Chiller tv series boris karloff biography
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Thriller (American TV series)
American TV series
For the earlier radio/TV series Boris Karloff Presents, see Starring Boris Karloff.
Thriller (also known as Boris Karloff's Thriller and Boris Karloff Presents) is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing a mix of macabre horror tales and suspense thrillers.[1]
Overview
[edit]Thriller was created by Hubbell Robinson for MCA's Revue Studios. Though remembered primarily as a series that emphasized gothic horror, under producer Fletcher MarkleThriller was initially a series oriented towards suspense and crime drama, in the manner of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Markle was let go after having completed eight episodes, and replaced by Maxwell Shane. Shane continued in the crime drama mold, though he began to add trappings of gothic horror to a few stories, but he too was replaced after having completed a further nine episodes. The rest of the first season and all of the second was produced by William Frye, who firmly moved Thriller into the format for which it would be most well-remembered, although non-horror crime and mystery stories would still be featured from time to time throughout the
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Bill Fleck's CLASSIC HORROR BEHIND THE SCENES
[Above. Rondo Classic Horror Award-winning filmmaker Thomas Hamilton is planning on making a 12-part series called HORROR ICONS.]
By Bill Fleck, author of the Rondo-nominated book CHANEY’S BABY, available here.
UPDATE, April 26, 2023: Tom Hamilton has decided to make the Chaneys the subject of the first episode, and to fund the series one film at a time. Check out the exciting preview—and maybe contribute?—here.
Filmmaker Thomas Hamilton scored a Rondo Classic Horror Award last year for his excellent documentary, BORIS KARLOFF: THE MAN BEHIND THE MONSTER. And he’s been nominated again this year for adding extended bonus features to the film. But perhaps his most exciting announcement has to do with his proposed new series, which will feature the Chaneys, Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Basil Rathbone, and even Barbara Steele.
The name? HORROR ICONS, of course.
Tom and I had a chance to chat about the project—and the related Indiegogo campaign—from our opposite sides of the pond via Zoom the other day…a day which fittingly featured old-school, Universal Studios-like lightning outside his London home.
BILL FLECK: Well, Tom, you’re a documentary filmmaker, and we’re kind of turning the tables on you here today!
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