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The Frighteners

The Frighteners

★ 8.5/10•1972•15•Mystery•Drama
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A horror anthology series, with each episode featuring a different eerie tale.

StatusEnded
LanguageEN
First Air DateJul 7, 1972

Episodes

E130m

The Minder

A daring jailbreak is planned — but does Bender mastermind the escape of his boss out of loyalty, or a more sinister motive?

Jul 7, 1972

E230m

The Night of the Stag

Ginny receives a phone call from her lover, Mike, telling her that it is over between them. He is calling from the pub where he is celebrating his stag night. Ginny convinces Mike that they should spend one more night together before his wedding the next morning.

Jul 14, 1972

E330m

Old Comrades

A retired Army Sergeant receives an unexpected visit from two of his former unit members who seem to have some unfinished business with him.

Jul 21, 1972

E430m

The Manipulators

A lecture on Pavlov's Dogs: a room full of women being computer-tested for their typing skills. Two blokes, in a flat above a butchers' shop have been watching the young couple in the flat opposite, and their baby, taping their conversations.

Jul 28, 1972

E530m

The Disappearing Man

A weary man fails to see his reflection in a train window, and comes to the conclusion that he's being ignored in life because he is disappearing from the world.

Aug 4, 1972

E630m

Firing Squad

A mercenary returns to England, having switched sides in a coup and discovers his former associates waiting for him, looking for revenge.

Aug 11, 1972

E730m

Miss Mouse

A henpecked husband brings his marriage to a life-altering conclusion after a night out with his wife. Meanwhile, their neighbour, Miss Mouse, hears everything via the intercom she uses for babysitting their child.

Aug 25, 1972

E830m

The Treat

It was meant to be a great day out for three veterans and the male nurse. But their uneasy friendship soon becomes savage enmity.

Sep 1, 1972

E930m

Bed and Breakfast

Anthony and Olive Ashworth arrive at Fred Cartwright's remote country home and place a sign outside, indicating the place is a hotel. They then demand that Cartwright give them board for the night.

Sep 8, 1972

E1030m

You Remind Me of Someone

A lorry driver grows uneasy about the conversation he is having with his hitchhiker companion and decides it's time for him to leave.

Sep 23, 1972

E1130m

The Classroom

A teacher is about to retire, very popular with pupils, but there's an exception.

May 13, 1973

E1230m

Glad to Be of Help

An MP, skilled in problem-solving, finds his expertise begin to fail in the face of a routine interview that slowly turns into a meeting of mounting menace.

May 20, 1973

E1330m

Have a Nice Time at the Zoo, Darling

A man has been watching attractive, thirteen-year-old Ruth. When they meet face-to-face, heart-rending mistakes of the past are revealed - but what of the future?

Jun 3, 1973

Recommendations

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Creeped Out
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Twilight Zone
Dark Shadows
Crooked House
Goosebumps
Nancy Drew
The Hardy Boys
The Ray Bradbury Theater
Agatha Christie's Marple
The Doctor Blake Mysteries
The Teacher
Annika
Calls
Salem's Lot
Coven Academy
Rose Red
WandaVision
Moonlight

Similars

Dr. Death
The Jazz Age
Murder in Mind
Bedtime Stories
The Edwardians
Unnatural Causes
50 States of Fright
Armchair Theatre
The Girl in the Mirror
Refinement of Faith
Lilli Palmer Theatre
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
Coming Up
The Dick Powell Show
One Day Off
Club Sapan Fine
Černí andělé
The Twilight Zone
Accusé
Tales of the Unexpected