# Old (1960's) TV Series "THRILLER"-Available on DVD? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 27, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1960s-tv-series-thriller-available-on-dvd/435229 "2008-01-27T21:33:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1960s-tv-series-thriller-available-on-dvd/435229/1 "2008-01-27T21:33:52Z")
This series was introduced by Boris Karloff-and it was pretty creepy. I enjoyed watching it as a kid-is it avilable on DVD? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1960s-tv-series-thriller-available-on-dvd/435229/2 "2008-01-27T22:03:30Z")
Just [VHS](http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&tag=imdb-adbox&index=vhs&hidden-keywords=6303128637%7C%206303128629%7C%206303128610%7C%20630312920X%7C%206303128602%7C%206303129196&link%5Fcode=qs) currently. It is unknown if MCA/Universal still has the video license. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1960s-tv-series-thriller-available-on-dvd/435229/3 "2008-01-27T22:58:46Z")
It was on the Sci-Fi Channel a number of years ago. It was okay, but it generally didn’t hold up to my own childhood memories. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1960s-tv-series-thriller-available-on-dvd/435229/4 "2008-01-27T23:44:12Z")
I wonder when it’s going to show up in the cheapie DVD bins. A lot of orphaned TV shows seem to & even copyright-impaired classics (Andy Griffith & Beverly Hillbillies). ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1960s-tv-series-thriller-available-on-dvd/435229/5 "2008-01-28T00:04:57Z")
I’m sure that one time I saw somebody with an eBay store selling what appeared to be legal DVDs of “Thriller”, because I was thinking of bidding on them. But I can’t find anything listed now. I have also seen people selling what appeared to be DVDs of various shows taped off TV, but I know those sites are in violation of copyright so I can’t say anything more about them. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1960s-tv-series-thriller-available-on-dvd/435229/6 "2008-01-28T00:23:46Z")
Oops…I think early-onset senility is setting it. It wasn’t Karloff’s Thriller series I was thinking of. It was an earlier series he hosted, “The Veil”. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1960s-tv-series-thriller-available-on-dvd/435229/7 "2008-01-28T01:20:04Z")
nm, wrong person. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1960s-tv-series-thriller-available-on-dvd/435229/8 "2008-01-28T03:09:15Z")
Is that the one that started with a skull emerging from murky water? That used to freak me out. I don’t remember a single episode thought. I might not have made it past the opening titles. Hey, I was very, very young, OK? ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1960s-tv-series-thriller-available-on-dvd/435229/9 "2008-01-28T18:36:38Z")
thriller’s best ep, hands down for me, was the one where elizabeth montgomery and (i think) tom poston? played a very unsual couple stuck for the night in a creepy old house? loved the twisty ending…