Thriller - Disc-by-Disc Contents (Episodes, Extras) for The Complete Series with Boris Karloff
14-DVD collection coming out on August 31st from Image Entertainment
Posted by David Lambert
7/06/2010
Back in mid-May we brought you Image Entertainment's press release for their August 31st title, Boris Karloff's Thriller - The Complete Series. The press release had lots of info about the contents, including extras. But now Image has kindly given us the disc-by-disc details for those contents, and we've got the first look at that for you:
DISC ONE
Episode 1: The Twisted Image
(Original Air Date: 9/13/60) The life of a business executive (Leslie Nielsen) takes a nightmarish turn when a mentally disturbed mailroom clerk exhibits an unusual fixation.
Bonus Features:
Audio Commentary by Arthur Hiller and Steve Mitchell
Episode Promo
Episode 2: Child's Play
(Original Air Date: 9/20/60) A lonely boy deals with his estranged parents by losing himself in a fantasy world at a mountain cabin and roams the area with a rifle in hand.
Bonus Feature: Episode Promo
Episode 3: Worse Than Murder
(Original Air Date: 9/27/60) A determined widow (Constance Ford) discovers a diary that reveals the sinister facts involved in the death of her father-in-law, who was plagued by recurring nightmares.
Bonus Feature: Episode Promo
Episode 4: The Mark of the Hand
(Original Air Date: 10/4/60) An eight-year-old girl holding a gun at a crime scene refuses to speak when she becomes the only possible suspect.
Bonus Feature: Episode Promo
Episode 5: Rose's Last Summer
(Original Air Date: 10/11/60) The mysterious death of a faded actress (Mary Astor) in a family's garden uncovers some very unpleasant secrets.
DISC TWO
Episode 6: The Guilty Men
(Original Air Date: 10/18/60) The don of a crime syndicate tries to go straight, but family issues and a family lawyer complicate his plans.
Bonus Feature: Episode Promo
Episode 7: The Purple Room
(Original Air Date: 10/25/60) In this chilling episode originally aired for Halloween, a cocky heir (Rip Torn) follows the orders of a will to spend the night with his two cousins in a haunted bayou mansion (the infamous Psycho house) containing a legendary cursed room.
Bonus Feature: Audio Commentary by Richard Anderson and Steve Mitchell
Episode 8: The Watcher
(Original Air Date: 11/1/60) A teenager's death in a tourist area is covered up by nervous authorities, leaving the killer free to stalk a young couple (including a young Richard Chamberlain).
Bonus Feature: Episode Promo
Episode 9: Girl with a Secret
(Original Air Date: 11/15/60) A newlywed discovers her husband's top secret identity and is immediately put at risk by enemies willing to kill to find out her secret. Featuring Cloris Leachman, Victor Buono and The Waltons' Ellen Corby.
Bonus Feature: Episode Promo
Episode 10: The Prediction
(Original Air Date: 11/22/60) A phony psychic (Boris Karloff) is horrified to discover his premonitions of murder may be coming true.
Bonus Features:
Audio Commentary by Lucy Chase Williams and Gary Gerani
Episode Promo
DISC THREE
Episode 11: The Fatal Impulse
(Original Air Date: 11/29/60) An assassin plants a bomb on a young woman in an elevator, triggering a frantic race against time to stop her before disaster strikes. Watch out for a young Mary Tyler Moore.
Bonus Feature: Episode Promo
Episode 12: The Big Blackout
(Original Air Date: 12/6/60) The morning after turns out to be murder for an alcoholic who can't remember the night before and finds his life in danger.
Episode 13: Knock Three-One-Two
(Original Air Date: 12/13/60) An indebted gambler uses a homicidal maniac to concoct a grisly scheme to get rich - by bumping off his wife. Featuring Beverly Garland and an early role for Warren Oates.
Episode 14: Man in the Middle
(Original Air Date: 12/20/60) A writer (Mort Sahl) tries and fails to stay out of trouble when he overhears a plot to kidnap and murder a young socialite.
Bonus Feature: Episode Promo
Episode 15: The Cheaters
(Original Air Date: 12/27/60) A mysterious pair of glasses offer a glimpse at the true thoughts of anyone in sight, but they extract a deadly price, leading to one of the series' most chilling finales. Based on a story by Robert Bloch, and featuring an early role for Jack Weston.
Bonus Features:
Audio Commentary by Gary Gerani
Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
DISC FOUR
Episode 16: The Hungry Glass
(Original Air Date: 1/3/61) In this eerie supernatural tale, a married couple moves into a seaside home containing a secret room filled with ghostly mirrors. Featuring a pre-Star Trek William Shatner and Gilligan's Island's Russell Johnson.
Bonus Feature: Audio Commentary by Gary Gerani and Marc Scott Zicree
Episode 17: The Poisoner
(Original Air Date: 1/10/61) A serial poisoner who kills off his relatives finally sets his sights on his own wife.
Bonus Feature: Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
Episode 18: Man in the Cage
(Original Air Date: 1/17/61) The criminal underworld pulls in an innocent man searching for his missing brother in Morocco.
Bonus Feature: Episode Promo
Episode 19: Choose a Victim
(Original Air Date: 1/24/61) A beach bum becomes entangled with a beautiful, wealthy young woman who plans to use him in a murderous plan involving her uncle.
Bonus Feature: Episode Promo
Episode 20: Hay-Fork and Bill-Hook
(Original Air Date: 2/7/61) Mysterious deaths and whispered stories of witchcraft plague a remote English village.
Bonus Feature: Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
DISC FIVE
Episode 21: The Merriweather File
(Original Air Date: 2/14/61) An intruder's attempted murder of a housewife uncovers another possible homicide committed by her husband, but no one suspects the actual shocking truth.
Bonus Feature: Episode Promo
Episode 22: The Fingers of Fear
(Original Air Date: 2/21/61) A string of child murders points to a mentally impaired suspect, but one policeman suspects otherwise.
Bonus Feature: Episode Promo
Episode 23: Well of Doom
(Original Air Date: 2/28/61) Two wealthy men fall into the clutches of fearsome magician Moloch and his hulking assistant who force them into a night-long game of cat and mouse. Featuring Richard Kiel, best known as Jaws in the James Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker.
Bonus Features:
Audio Commentary by Gary Gerani and David Schow
Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
Episode Promo
Episode 24: The Ordeal of Dr. Cordell
(Original Air Date: 3/7/61) A college medical experiment has dire consequences for a scientist (Robert Vaughn) who has murderous impulses when he hears a ringing bell. Also starring Marlo Thomas.
Bonus Feature: Episode Promo
Episode 25: Trio for Terror
(Original Air Date: 3/14/61) Three stories in one from Hollywood's first major female director, Ida Lupino: a warlock killed by his nephew proves more vindictive than planned; a casino robber spends the night with an unusual piece of furniture; and an artist showcases a waxworks rogues' gallery with a nasty secret.
Bonus Features:
Audio Commentary by Gary Gerani and David Schow
Episode Promo
DISC SIX
Episode 26: Papa Benjamin
(Original Air Date: 3/21/61) The voodoo curse of Papa Benjamin wreaks havoc on a composer (John Ireland) who uses a mystical melody in his latest performance.
Bonus Feature: Audio Commentary by Steve Mitchell and Ted Post
Episode 27: Late Date
(Original Air Date: 4/4/61) Two brothers attempt to pin the murder of an adulterous wife on her lover...with unexpected consequences.
Bonus Features:
Audio Commentary by Larry Blamire and David Schow
Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
Episode 28: Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper
(Original Air Date: 4/11/61) In this adaptation of the classic Robert Bloch short story directed by Hollywood legend Ray Milland, Sir Guy (John Williams) believes that Jack the Ripper has resurfaced seven decades later in modern-day New York City.
Bonus Features:
Audio Commentary by Alan Brennert and David Schow
Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
Episode 29: The Devil's Ticket
(Original Air Date: 4/18/61) The devil convinces a struggling artist to pawn his soul for fame and fortune with a ticket which can only be redeemed with the painting of another person's soul.
Bonus Feature: Episode Promo
Episode 30: Parasite Mansion
(Original Air Date: 4/25/61) Following a car accident, a young woman (Pippa Scott) finds herself in a spooky house whose eccentric inhabitants harbor a horrific secret.
Bonus Features:
Audio Commentary by Steve Mitchell and Beverly Washburn
Isolated Score by Morton Stevens
DISC SEVEN
Episode 31: A Good Imagination
(Original Air Date: 5/2/61) A Poe-loving bookworm creatively disposes of his spouse's unsuspecting lovers but saves his most ingenious plot for his wife.
Bonus Feature: Isolated Score by Morton Stevens
Episode 32: Mr. George
(Original Air Date: 5/9/61) Nasty relatives try to get rid of a young girl to obtain her inheritance…but her "imaginary" protector has other plans.
Bonus Features:
Audio Commentary by Lucy Chase Williams and Gary Gerani
Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
Episode 33: The Terror in Teakwood
(Original Air Date: 5/16/61) An obsessed concert pianist (Mr. Sardonicus' Guy Rolfe) plots to perform his deceased rival's most challenging composition - with the aid of the dead man's hands. Also starring scream queen Hazel Court.
Bonus Features:
Audio Commentary by Gary Gerani and David Schow
Audio Commentary by Jon Burlingame and Steve Mitchell
Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
Episode 34: The Prisoner in the Mirror
(Original Air Date: 5/23/61) The legacy of sorcerer Count Cagliostro comes to horrific life through a painted-over mirror which falls into the hands of a professor (Lloyd Bochner) and his fiancée (Happy Days' Marion Ross).
Bonus Feature: Isolated Score by Morton Stevens
Episode 35: Dark Legacy
(Original Air Date: 5/30/61) A hack magician (Harry Townes) comes into possession of an all-too-real book of magic spells able to summon demonic powers.
Bonus Feature: Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
DISC EIGHT
Episode 36: Pigeons from Hell
(Original Air Date: 6/6/61) Two young men stranded in Louisiana spend a terrifying night in an abandoned mansion. Widely cited as one of the series' most famous and chilling Episodes.
Bonus Feature: Audio Commentary by Gary Gerani
Episode 37: The Grim Reaper
(Original Air Date: 6/13/61) A cursed painting falls into the hands of a publicity-seeking mystery writer (Natalie Schafer) whose nephew (William Shatner) warns her of its deadly legacy.
Bonus Features:
Audio Commentary by Ernest Dickerson, Gary Gerani, Tim Lucas and David Schow
Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
Episode Promo
Additional Bonus Features on DISC:
Thriller Series Promo
Still Galleries
DISC NINE
Episode 1: What Beckoning Ghost?
(Original Air Date: 9/18/61) A recuperating concert pianist (The Tingler's Judith Evelyn) experiences ghostly visions of her own funeral, but no one else believes her.
Bonus Feature: Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
Episode 2: Guillotine
(Original Air Date: 9/26/61) A convicted man on death row (Alejandro Rey) and his girlfriend exploit a bizarre legal loophole that will free him if the executioner dies before carrying out the death sentence. Later remade for the 1981 NBC horror series Darkroom.
Bonus Feature: Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
Episode 3: The Premature Burial
(Original Air Date: 10/2/61) A millionaire suffering from catalepsy (Rosemary's Baby's Sidney Blackmer) takes drastic measures to prevent being buried alive, but his cheating wife has other plans. Also starring Boris Karloff.
Bonus Features:
Audio Commentary by Ernest Dickerson, Tim Lucas and David Schow
Isolated Score by Morton Stevens
Episode 4: The Weird Tailor
(Original Air Date: 10/16/61) A struggling tailor gets an unusual client who offers a huge payment in exchange for a very unusual suit linked to black magic. Featuring one of the series' most startling finales, this Robert Bloch story was later remade with Peter Cushing in the horror anthology film Asylum.
Bonus Features:
Audio Commentary by Daniel Benton and Gary Gerani
Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
Episode 5: God Grante That She Lye Stille
(Original Air Date: 10/23/61) A woman is haunted by her witchcraft-practicing 17th Century ancestor who was burned at the stake.
Bonus Feature: Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
DISC TEN
Episode 6: Masquerade
(Original Air Date: 10/30/61) This ghoulishly funny Halloween Episode features a young couple (Newhart's Tom Poston and Bewitched's Elizabeth Montgomery) who run afoul of a strange family (including John Carradine) in a house which will appear strangely familiar to anyone who's seen Psycho.
Bonus Feature: Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
Episode 7: The Last of the Sommervilles
(Original Air Date: 11/6/61) Boris Karloff stars in this darkly humorous story of murder and mischief as an old woman's inheritance inspires a homicidal stand-off among her descendants.
Bonus Feature: Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
Episode 8: Letter to a Lover
(Original Air Date: 11/13/61) Infidelities and dark secrets bubble to the surface when a doctor's death unleashes an incriminating letter.
Bonus Feature: Isolated Score by Morton Stevens
Episode 9: A Third for Pinochle
(Original Air Date: 11/20/61) An unassuming man manipulates his two spinster neighbors as unwitting alibis in a plan to knock off his wife.
Bonus Features:
Audio Commentary by Ron Borst and Jim Wynorski
Isolated Score by Morton Stevens
Episode 10: The Closed Cabinet
(Original Air Date: 11/27/61) An ancient curse is reborn to terrorize a young American tourist while doing some castle sightseeing.
Bonus Feature: Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
DISC ELEVEN
Episode 11: Dialogues with Death
(Original Air Date: 11/4/61) Boris Karloff appears in this two-story Episode about a morgue employee who has an unusual rapport with his "guests" and a Louisiana military man who devises comeuppance for two of his selfish relatives.
Bonus Feature: Isolated Score by Morton Stevens
Episode 12: The Return of Andrew Bentley
(Original Air Date: 12/11/61) A magician's death draws his nephew into a pact to protect the deceased's body from possession by a rival necromancer.
Bonus Features:
Audio Commentary by Gary Gerani and David Schow
Isolated Score by Morton Stevens
Episode 13: The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk
(Original Air Date: 12/18/61) Prize-winning pig raiser Cissy (Jo Van Fleet) has a supernatural secret involving a string of disappearing locals in this quirky tale featuring John Carradine and a young Bruce Dern.
Bonus Feature: Isolated Score by Morton Stevens
Episode 14: Portrait Without a Face
(Original Air Date: 12/25/61) The final, incomplete painting of a dead artist is still being finished - but no one can figure out how. Featuring John Newland, Jane Greer, Robert Webber and Hogan's Heroes' John Banner.
Bonus Feature: Isolated Score by Morton Stevens
Episode 15: An Attractive Family
(Original Air Date: 1/1/62) A trio of murderous gold diggers plans to kill off their pretty relative when she begins to figure out how they've been stealing the family inheritance.
Bonus Feature: Isolated Score by Morton Stevens
DISC TWELVE
Episode 16: Waxworks
(Original Air Date: 1/8/62) A wax museum owner (Oscar Homolka) showcases some unusually entrancing, lifelike exhibits that cast a spell over some of the visitors. This macabre story was later remade with Christopher Lee as part of the anthology horror film The House that Dripped Blood.
Bonus Features:
Audio Commentary by Ron Borst and Gary Gerani
Isolated Score by Morton Stevens
Episode 17: La Strega
(Original Air Date: 1/15/62) A beautiful young woman (Ursula Andress) targeted for death by villagers joins a man (Alejandro Rey) to help her escape the clutches of her sorceress grandmother (Jeanette Nolan) who wants to keep her in the service of the dark arts.
Bonus Features:
Audio Commentary by Gary Gerani, Steve Mitchell and Craig Reardon
Audio Commentary by Jon Burlingame and Steve Mitchell
Isolated Score by Morton Stevens
Episode 18: The Storm
(Original Air Date: 1/22/62) A newlywed (Nancy Kelly) waits for her husband on a dark and stormy night and makes a shocking discovery down in the cellar.
Bonus Features:
Audio Commentary by Larry Blamire and David Schow
Isolated Score by Morton Stevens
Episode 19: A Wig for Miss Devore
(Original Air Date: 1/29/62) The wig of an executed witch proves to be a career reviver for a B-list actress longing to return to the limelight.
Bonus Features:
Audio Commentary by Patricia Barry and Steve Mitchell
Isolated Score by Morton Stevens
Episode 20: The Hollow Watcher
(Original Air Date: 2/12/62) A very unusual scarecrow proves to be the main obstacle in a young woman's plan to kill her father-in-law.
Bonus Feature: Audio Commentary by Larry Blamire, Gary Gerani and David Schow
DISC THIRTEEN
Episode 21: Cousin Tundifer
(Original Air Date: 2/19/62) An old mansion's twisted past affords a young man who bears an uncanny resemblance to his evil ancestor the chance to carry out a time-tripping murder.
Bonus Feature: Isolated Score by Morton Stevens
Episode 22: The Incredible Doktor Markesan
(Original Air Date: 2/26/62) A financially-strapped young man (Bewitched's Dick York) and his bride make the ill-fated decision to stay at the remote, decaying estate of his reclusive uncle (Boris Karloff) who warns them to never leave their room at night.
Bonus Features:
Audio Commentary by Gary Gerani and David Schow
Isolated Score by Morton Stevens
Episode 23: Flowers of Evil
(Original Air Date: 3/5/62) Dead men do tell tales when a screaming skeleton points the finger at a group of murderous malcontents including Jack Weston and Thunderball's Luciana Paluzzi.
Bonus Feature: Isolated Score by Morton Stevens
Episode 24: 'Til Death Do Us Part
(Original Air Date: 3/12/62) In a Western town, a mortician comes up with an ingenious plan to dispose of the body of his murdered wife.
Bonus Feature: Audio Commentary by Larry Blamire and David Schow
Episode 25: The Bride Who Died Twice
(Original Air Date: 3/19/62) A military officer plans to steal the fiancée of one of his subordinate officers and unwittingly triggers her homicide - or does he?
Bonus Feature: Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
DISC FOURTEEN
Episode 26: Kill My Love
(Original Air Date: 3/26/62) When a cheating husband (Richard Carlson) schemes to get rid of his mistress, he also places the lives of his wife and son in peril.
Bonus Feature: Isolated Score by Morton Stevens
Episode 27: Man of Mystery
(Original Air Date: 4/2/62) Mary Tyler Moore stars in the story of a prominent financier whose shady past causes everyone who raises suspicions about him to wind up dead; only a nosy reporter and an unlikely comic and his girlfriend stand a chance of revealing the truth.
Bonus Features:
Audio Commentary by Larry Blamire and David Schow
Isolated Score by Morton Stevens
Episode 28: The Innocent Bystanders
(Original Air Date: 4/9/62) The demand for cadavers drives a booming black market business in Victorian England in this grisly yarn featuring George Kennedy (Cool Hand Luke).
Episode 29: The Lethal Ladies
(Original Air Date: 4/16/62) Hell hath no fury like the heroines of two twisted stories in which a married couple's murder plots run wildly out of control and a longtime librarian forced out of her job uses her unique job skills for revenge.
Episode 30: The Specialists
(Original Air Date: 4/30/62) International jewel thieves may have met their match in the form of special detectives determined to bring them down at any cost.
