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Region 2 UK Import set
Rare and long-deleted remastered Network boxed set.
4 Volumes comprising all six series of 45 episodes across 15 discs.
Presented in thick style dvd cases with fully detailed inlays depicting episode details on the back and synopsis on the inside. Excellent condition all round, with the hardbox outer slipcase showing minimal signs of wear.
Total running time of over 2150 minutes
Special features include Script PDFs, US main and end titles for each episode, Image Gallery, Restoration featurette, Talk with creator Brian Clemens and more.
Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.
Complete edition of the classic 1970s horror and suspense anthology series, created by Brian Clemens. Each episode takes the form of a self-contained mystery story with a horrific twist at the end, and features performances from stars such as Robert Powell, Jeremy Brett, Patrick Troughton, Helen Mirren, Denholm Elliott and Brian Blessed, among others. Episodes are: 'Lady Killer'; 'Possession'; 'Someone at the Top of the Stairs'; 'An Echo of Theresa'; 'The Colour of Blood'; 'Murder in Mind'; 'A Place to Die'; 'File it Under Fear'; 'The Eyes Have It'; 'Spell of Evil'; 'Only a Scream Away'; 'Once the Killing Starts'; 'Kiss Me and Die'; 'One Deadly Owner'; 'Ring Once For Death'; 'K is For Killing'; 'Sign It Death'; 'A Coffin For the Bride'; 'I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill'; 'Death to Sister Mary'; 'In the Steps of a Deadman'; 'Come Out, Come Out Wherever You Are'; 'The Next Scream You Hear'; 'Screamer'; 'Nurse Will Make it Better'; 'Night is the Time For Killing'; 'Killer With Two Faces'; 'A Killer in Every Corner'; 'Where the Action Is'; 'If It's a Man - Hang Up!'; 'The Double Kill'; 'Won't Write Home Mom - I'm Dead'; 'The Crazy Kill'; 'Good Salary - Prospects - Free Coffin'; 'The Next Voice You See'; 'Murder Motel'; 'Sleepwalker'; 'The Next Victim'; 'Nightmare For a Nightingale'; 'Dial a Deadly Number'; 'Kill Two Birds'; 'A Midsummer Nightmare' and 'Death in Deep Water'.
The series was created by Brian Clemens, who also scripted the majority of the episodes and story-lined every installment. It was produced by John Sichel (the first three series), John Cooper (series 4) and Ian Fordyce (the final two series) for ATV at its Elstree studios north of London. The series evolved from Clemens' previous work, in particular two films in a similar style: And Soon the Darkness (1970) and Blind Terror (aka See No Evil, 1971); the latter shares plot similarities with the Thriller episodes "The Eyes Have It" and "The Next Voice You See". Original music, including the theme tune, was supplied by Clemens' regular collaborator Laurie Johnson.
The original UK title sequence featured still shots of locations in the story, devoid of people, shot through a fisheye lens, bordered in bright red and set to Johnson's eerie, discordant theme music. With an eye to the American re-broadcast market, most episodes, especially from the second season onwards, featured at least one American principal character, portrayed by an American actor. After originally being screened late at night in the U.S. under the ABC's Wide World of Entertainment billing from 1973, some episodes were retitled for U.S. syndication in 1978, and all had additional opening sequences shot with new titles and credits but without the original cast and, for this reason, often only featuring menacing figures seen from the neck down. These title sequences were used in Britain when the series was repeated on regional ITV stations in the 1980s, and are also included as extras on the Complete Series box set. When the series was re-broadcast as part of The CBS Late Movie however, the original title sequences and music were restored.
The stories were often set in the London commuter belt. A particular trademark of the series' storytelling was to hook the viewer with a simple yet totally baffling situation, of the kind seen in films such as Les Diaboliques (1955). "Come Out Come Out, Wherever You Are" takes place at a creaky country house hotel: a female guest begins asking about her missing travelling companion whom the owner claims was not with her upon arrival the previous evening and whom none of the other guests initially recall seeing. One episode, "Screamer", concerns a rape victim who murders her attacker, only to then see the man stalking her everywhere. In the Dial M for Murder-style "The Double Kill", a man hires a hitman to kill his wife, but makes a fatal error in his otherwise meticulous planning.
Other episodes include: "Someone at the Top of the Stairs", one of a handful of forays into the supernatural, in which two female students move into a boarding house and begin to notice that none of the other residents ever goes out or receives any mail; and "I'm The Girl He Wants to Kill", in which a witness to a murder finds herself trapped in a deserted office block overnight with the killer, and has to play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with him to survive (there is barely any dialogue throughout its second half). Brian Clemens' own favourite episode, "A Coffin for the Bride" (US: Kiss Kiss, Kill Kill), featured a performance from a young Helen Mirren.
