Boris Karloff's 'Thriller' - Doktor Markesan - Pt. 5/5

[AllisChalmersD19]

I live in Markesan!

[saml760]

the ending gave me nightmares for quite some time,real scary stuff!!

[pandorabangles]

Finally, a decent offering from this incredibly overrated series. The one with Liz Montgomery and Tom Poston was AWFUL, as was the three parter called "Trio."

This show was NEVER in the same quality as "Twilight Zone" or "Alfred Hitchcock Presents." And, no, Dick York was the original "Darrin" on "Bewitched."

[CrashingCrockery]

How did Doktor Markesan reanimate HIMSELF, and get himself out of his own crypt if he was indeed dead, as Angus Holden testifies ("I attended the funeral")?

[DisneyBlackJet]

That "NOOOOO!!!!" at the end is fantastic.

[maxreger100]

Always loved the music on this series.

Another terrific aspect of why it was such a success.

[Lurvy1963]

Fred Bancroft (Dick York), you should have brought your wife Molly (Carolyn Kearney) with you when you paid a late night visit with the professor so the undead, demented doctor wouldn't have turned your beloved wife into a zombie. An oldie but a goldie horror series from the early 1960s. I'm looking forward to finding it on DVD.

[greymalkinfilms]

you don´t happen to have the "weird tailor" episode tucked away in a dusty vault somewhere, do you? that was a very creepy little piece, as i remember.

[greymalkinfilms]

thanks very much for posting this - i´ve been looking for it for ages. i didn´t even know what it was, but i saw it as 4/5 year old and that ending has stuck in my head ever since. cheers.

[gardenvarietypenis]

super-concentrated resveratrol

[MaceMn]

Thriller is far superior to anything coming out of Hollywood these days. Karloff is a genius.

[sloppyoscar]

If those were brain-eating Zombies then she surely dissapointed them

[upwards11]

Dick Sargeant replaced Dick York in Bewitched. He (Dick York) had infasima (sp). Dick Sargeant

is (was-don't know if he is dead) gay. I thought Dick York made a better Darrien, but maybe that is because he was the orginial one.

[recordman64]

@upwards11 : Dick Sargent is indeed dead...he died in 1993 of prostate cancer. He couldn't seem to convince anyone, sadly, that it wasn't AIDS-related.

His death came at a period when most of the Bewitched people were dying. Dick York died of emphysema in '89, David White and George Tobias both died in 1991, and of course, Elizabeth Montgomery died in 1995.

[iangordoncraig]

I remember watching this decades ago when first broadcast in the UK. It scared the crap out of me. Here i am, decades later, in the dark, finding it again on YouTube. This has to be the single most scary hour ever broadcast on TV. That closing scene still shocks me.

[tapeduk]

Dick York was one of those rare actors that could do comedy and drama

[luvsmovies79]

MOLLY! Dumb...Dumb...DEE...Dumb...dum­b!

[launwatch]

I just wanted to punch that whiny bitch she ruined the whole show!

[dartanniah]

Loved it . Happy it has come out of the dungeon at this special time.

[wrght9185]

I don't know what Fred is screaming about. Molly will be a better wife for him now. Ha ha!!!!

Thanks very much for uploading this. This is great stuff.!

[ProTwoAm]

Now here is a genuine example of the term "fright". No pathetic slash-gore schock-effect Jason/Freddie Krueger stuff. This is the real thing. And all more amazing as it was a made-for-Tv series. Thanks so much for posting this. I'd love to see this entire season's episodes presented here. They are absolute classics.

[mia2654]

ive got the whole series on dvd.

[auirora]

I do as well, I only wish that the quality on these shows were better.

[sweetladystarlight]

Karloff is so scary all he had to do was walk into the room! Fantastic episode!!

[susan462]

my apologies, i have had these 2 actors names wrong all these years then.

[monster4josh]

Oh man, don't apologize...

I'm sure these guys are mixed up all the time. Not an expert, but I think York was replaced by Sargent on "I Dream of Genie"

He's also in a few Twilight Zones, and is good in them. He plays to type really well, and can be very funny.

[susan462]

This is Dick Sargeant, i think the actor Dick York who portrayed Darren Stevens #2 was gay.

[monster4josh]

It is Dick York, check the credits

[gaIIery]

Of the three episodes I have seen of this lauded series, this is the only one that held my interest for the entire hour. Thanks, josh.

[robothat23]

I heard some place that the bewitched guy was gay..You don't imagine that had anything to do with him going out in the middle of the night for no apparent reason..do you?

[arfies]

@robothat23 You're thinking of Dick Sargent, the "second Darrin," who was gay. Dick York (first Darrin, who is the actor here) was straight. As for him going out at night in this episode, it was probably to get away from his whiny wife Molly... nothing against the actress personally. But her character, yeesh...

[Shawnster65]

@arfies

What a great great episode!

I see a LOT of the influence from this episode in other horror films:.

"The Unearthly" with John Carradine, "Dead And Buried," "Re-Animator" and of course, Fulci's "House By The Cemetery." All centrally themed in their portrayal of mad doctors who kept themselves alive (undead, actually) thru the body parts of others.

Save for Re-Animator ,where the doctor was LIVING and trying to conquer death. Again, what a great episode.. Karloff is KING!

[Teflon65]

I think this series must have helped inspire the old novelty song, "The Monster Mash", although they couldn't get Karloff to do the voice for that record, so they used an impersonator, I think. Of course, Karloff had been around for years, but I think this series brought him to the forefront again.

[flirken]

I saw this episode when it first came out, and it gave me nightmares for years.

[monster4josh]

Its hard to compare with Twilight Zone. I don't see many similarities, although they do feature some of the same actors.

[luvsmovies79]

This is more horror while Twilight Zone was psychological. Both were great though.

[VandalStork]

There's a lot of Lovecraft's story "The Reanimator" in this episode, but I don't care. Classic Thriller (just as good as Twilight Zone) and a Karloff gives a wonderful performance! No argument that the husband's a dick for lraving her though ;>)

[Jackalman99]

Bright boy knows his uncle is reanimating the dead, so he goes to see some guy and leaves her alone with a madman and three stiffs he's revived. Glad I don't got a husband.

[blueBlackpurple]

I was thinking the same thing.

Why would he leave his wife in that

creepy house with his crazy uncle

and three zomies?

[luvsmovies79]

Yeah--I would have taken her and SCRAMMED!

[Jackalman99]

Blame the script writers. It was a queer twist though. By and large these antique films are superior to the rubbish that's on TV today today.

[luvsmovies79]

Yeah-a real dope!