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 [[File:Thriller 1960series.jpeg|thumb|200px|right|As sure as his name is Boris Karloff, this is a ''Thriller''!]]
-''Thriller'', AKA ''Boris Karloff's Thriller'' (1960 TV series); ''The Veil'' (1958 "mini-series" of episodes never released for TV), AKA
+''Thriller'', AKA ''Boris Karloff's Thriller'' (1960 TV series); ''The Veil'' AKA ''Destination Nightmare'' (1958 "mini-series" of episodes never released for TV)
 ==Summary==

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 * "The Cheaters" ([[Robert Bloch]]):  An old pair of eyeglasses offers a unique gift to the wearer—the ability to see into the minds and souls of others. But there's a price to pay for such wonderful magic.
 * "The Hungry Glass" ([[Robert Bloch]]):  Ignoring local superstition and the stories of hauntings, a young photographer and his wife follow through on their plans to purchase a long-abandoned seaside home.
 * "Hay-Fork and Bill-Hook": A rural English village is the site for murder, superstition, and accusations of witchcraft.
 * "Well of Doom": An ostensibly powerful sorcerer and his colossal minion abduct a wealthy gentleman and attempt to frighten him into to signing over his property and other holdings.

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 "Good evening. Tonight I'm going to tell you another strange and unusual story of the unexplainable which lies behind ''The Veil''!"  An obscure and technically unrelated 1958 anthology horror series called ''The Veil'' and hosted by (and starring) Karloff, was filmed but never released as a television show, and might be thought of as a predecessor to ''Thriller''; its purportedly true stories generally dealt with crime, suspense, mystery, and the unexplained (usually in the form of precognition and warnings from beyond the grave), with very little (if any) of the more purely fictional themes of Weird and supernatural horror that ''Thriller'' would occasionally explore.
-''Out of this World'' was a 1962 science fiction anthology spin-off of the British ''Armchair Theatre'' series; most episodes are believed to now be lost, but a couple surviving episode descriptions are tantalizing; I'm including references to it here because it, too, is a genre anthology series hosted by Boris Karloff at roughly the same time.
+''[[Out of this World (1962)]]'' was a 1962 science fiction anthology spin-off of the British ''Armchair Theatre'' series, also hosted by Karloff; most episodes are believed to now be lost, but a couple surviving episode descriptions are tantalizing; see it's follow-up series ''[[Out of the Unknown (1965)]]'' for sample episode synopses.
 ==Details==
-* Release Date:  1958 (''The Veil''), 1960-1962 (''Thriller''), 1962 (''Out of this World'')
+* Release Date:  1958 (''The Veil''), 1960-1962 (''Thriller'')
 * Country/Language:  USA/UK, English
 * Genres/Technical:  Crime, Suspense, Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction, black-and-white, anthology
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 * Director:  (various)
 * Writer:  (various)
-* Producer/Production Co:  Hubbell Robinson Productions, Revue Studios; (Hal Roach Studios produced ''The Veil'', and BBC and ABC Weekend Television produced ''Out of this World'')
+* Producer/Production Co:  Hubbell Robinson Productions, Revue Studios; (Hal Roach Studios produced ''The Veil''
 * Watch Episodes: ''Thriller'' ([http://hulutvhd.com/thriller-1960/ link]); ''The Veil'' ([https://free-classic-tv-shows.com/Sci-Fi-Horror/The-Veil/index.php link])
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 The ''Thriller'' anthology series veers wildly between crime stories and supernatural horror, with varying degrees of quality to the results ranging from quite boring (especially for the crime stories), to remarkably creepy and effective.  A few of the better supernatural horror stories were adaptations of stories by authors from the Lovecraft circle....
-''The Veil'' appears to have been almost completely non-Lovecraftian, but ''Out of this World'', though lost when BBC wiped video tapes of the show a few decades ago, does seem to have a couple of promising episode descriptions.
+''The Veil'' appears to have been almost completely non-Lovecraftian, with episodes focusing on allegedly true tales of psychic phenomenon, mystery, and crime.
 ''Note:  This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.''
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 * "The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk": The secret of Mrs. Hawk's ability to raise prize-winning pigs? She is Circe, the enchantress of Greek myth who once turned great warriors into swine.
 * "The Incredible Doktor Markesan" ([[August Derleth]]): After financial circumstances force a man and his wife to reside with his uncle in the uncle's creepy old mansion, the couple soon stumbles across a terrifying secret.

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 "Good evening. Tonight I'm going to tell you another strange and unusual story of the unexplainable which lies behind ''The Veil''!"  An obscure and technically unrelated 1958 anthology horror series called ''The Veil'' and hosted by (and starring) Karloff, was filmed but never released as a television show, and might be thought of as a predecessor to ''Thriller''; its purportedly true stories generally dealt with crime, suspense, mystery, and the unexplained (usually in the form of precognition and warnings from beyond the grave), with very little (if any) of the more purely fictional themes of Weird and supernatural horror that ''Thriller'' would occasionally explore.
 ==Details==
-* Release Date:  1960-1962 (1958 ''The Veil'')
+* Release Date:  1958 (''The Veil''), 1960-1962 (''Thriller''), 1962 (''Out of this World'')
 * Country/Language:  USA/UK, English
 * Genres/Technical:  Crime, Suspense, Horror, Fantasy, Science Fiction, black-and-white, anthology
 * Runtime:  (''Thriller'' generally formatted for a 1-hour commercial television slot; ''The Veil'' for a 30-minute slot)
-* Starring:  [[Boris Karloff]] and an ensemble of guest stars
+* Starring:  host [[Boris Karloff]] and an ensemble of guest stars (often including Karloff)
 * Director:  (various)
 * Writer:  (various)
-* Producer/Production Co:  Hubbell Robinson Productions, Revue Studios; (Hal Roach Studios produced ''The Veil'')
+* Producer/Production Co:  Hubbell Robinson Productions, Revue Studios; (Hal Roach Studios produced ''The Veil'', and BBC and ABC Weekend Television produced ''Out of this World'')
 * Watch Episodes: ''Thriller'' ([http://hulutvhd.com/thriller-1960/ link]); ''The Veil'' ([https://free-classic-tv-shows.com/Sci-Fi-Horror/The-Veil/index.php link])
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 * Rated:  (none) (equivalent of a "G" or "PG")
-The series had a reputation in its day for being violent, gory, and scary, though today's audiences might find it hard to imagine; [[Boris Karloff]]'s grandfatherly presence in the stories' prologues and epilogues tends to take the edge ff the horror a bit, too; still, it might not be considered a particularly "kid friendly" series even by today's standards....
+''Thriller'' had a reputation in its day for being violent, gory, and scary, though today's audiences might find it hard to imagine; [[Boris Karloff]]'s grandfatherly presence in the stories' prologues and epilogues tends to take the edge ff the horror a bit, too; still, it might not be considered a particularly "kid friendly" series even by today's standards....
 ===Tentacle Ratings===
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 * S____ (One Tentacle:  Debateably Lovecraftian; has almost no direct connection to Lovecraft's work)
-This anthology series veers wildly between crime stories and supernatural horror, with varying degrees of quality to the results ranging from quite boring (especially for the crime stories), to remarkably creepy and effective.  A few of the better supernatural horror stories were adaptations of stories by authors from the Lovecraft circle....
+The ''Thriller'' anthology series veers wildly between crime stories and supernatural horror, with varying degrees of quality to the results ranging from quite boring (especially for the crime stories), to remarkably creepy and effective.  A few of the better supernatural horror stories were adaptations of stories by authors from the Lovecraft circle....
 ''Note:  This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.''
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 * "The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk": The secret of Mrs. Hawk's ability to raise prize-winning pigs? She is Circe, the enchantress of Greek myth who once turned great warriors into swine.
 * "The Incredible Doktor Markesan" ([[August Derleth]]): After financial circumstances force a man and his wife to reside with his uncle in the uncle's creepy old mansion, the couple soon stumbles across a terrifying secret.

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	"As sure as my name is Boris Karloff, this is a ''Thriller''!" Fright-film favorite [[Boris Karloff]] introduces and occasionally appears in this eerie anthology series' tales of people thrust into strange and usually terrifying situations, enacted by a different ensemble cast of character-actors each episode, with many of the more memorable supernatural stories written by such authors as [[Robert Bloch]], [[August Derleth]], [[Robert E. Howard]], and [[Henry Kuttner]].		"As sure as my name is Boris Karloff, this is a ''Thriller''!" Fright-film favorite [[Boris Karloff]] introduces and occasionally appears in this eerie anthology series' tales of people thrust into strange and usually terrifying situations, enacted by a different ensemble cast of character-actors each episode, with many of the more memorable supernatural stories written by such authors as [[Robert Bloch]], [[August Derleth]], [[Robert E. Howard]], and [[Henry Kuttner]].

−	An obscure and technically unrelated 1958 anthology horror series called ''The Veil'' and hosted by (and starring) Karloff, was filmed but never released as a television show, and might be thought of as a predecessor to ''Thriller''; its purportedly true stories generally dealt with crime, suspense, mystery, and the unexplained (usually in the form of precognition and warnings from beyond the grave), with very little (if any) of the more purely fictional themes of Weird and supernatural horror that ''Thriller'' would occasionally explore.	+	"Good evening. Tonight I'm going to tell you another strange and unusual story of the unexplainable which lies behind ''The Veil''!" An obscure and technically unrelated 1958 anthology horror series called ''The Veil'' and hosted by (and starring) Karloff, was filmed but never released as a television show, and might be thought of as a predecessor to ''Thriller''; its purportedly true stories generally dealt with crime, suspense, mystery, and the unexplained (usually in the form of precognition and warnings from beyond the grave), with very little (if any) of the more purely fictional themes of Weird and supernatural horror that ''Thriller'' would occasionally explore.

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 <!-- Short, Spoiler-Free Summary; tag-line or elevator pitch. -->
-Fright-film favorite Boris Karloff introduces and occasionally appears in this eerie anthology series' tales of people thrust into strange and usually terrifying situations, enacted by a different ensemble cast of character-actors each episode.
+Fright-film favorite Boris Karloff introduces and occasionally appears in this eerie anthology series' tales of people thrust into strange and usually terrifying situations, enacted by a different ensemble cast of character-actors each episode, with many of the more memorable supernatural stories written by such authors as [[Robert Bloch]], [[August Derleth]], [[Robert E. Howard]], and [[Henry Kuttner]].
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 * "The Prisoner in the Mirror": After being trapped in an enchanted mirror for centuries, an evil sorcerer exchanges locales—as well as bodies—with a present-day historian and wreaks havoc on the streets of a modern city.
 * "Dark Legacy": A two-bit stage magician inherits a book that enables him to summon demonic forces.
-* "Pigeons from Hell":  Car trouble forces two young brothers to spend a terrifying night in a dilapidated and seemingly abandoned Louisiana manor house.
+* "Pigeons from Hell" ([[Robert E. Howard]]):  Car trouble forces two young brothers to spend a terrifying night in a dilapidated and seemingly abandoned Louisiana manor house.
 * "The Grim Reaper" ([[Robert Bloch]]): Legend has it that a lurid painting of the Grim Reaper is cursed and will bring a violent demise to anyone who owns it.
 * "The Premature Burial" ([[Edgar Allan Poe]]): A man who suffers from catalepsy becomes obsessed with ensuring that he is never buried alive during a seizure, but his cuckolding young wife has other plans.