Just in time for Halloween, tonight we’re opening the crypt, so to speak, to start into Thriller
Says Sara Karloff, Boris Karloff’s daughter:
Thriller was well written, beautifully directed, and had some of the finest actors performing these great shows. As if that were not enough, the episodes were not gory. They were suspenseful and intelligent. They invited the audience along on the adventure; they included the audience in the experience; they did not insult the audience’s intelligence as some of today’s viewing trash does.
It was the sheer quality of the content of the work of the participants–crew, writers, directors, actors, and my father’s hosting–that made this magical package called Thriller and that has given it its long legs and its immense popularity with the fans.
Well, in a few moments I’ll see if this series lives up to these high expectations. But in case it does, in case the horror is too intense and the frights too realistic, if you don’t hear from me in a few days, please send out a search party.