Product Details

• Actors: Boris Karloff, Richard Peel, Henry Daniell, David Frankham, Paul Newlan
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Universal Studios
• VHS Release Date: August 6, 1996
• Run Time: 50 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303128629
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #178,769 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Episode of a Sublime, Though Sadly Forgotten, TV Show, October 21, 1999

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Michael R Gates (Nampa, ID United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thriller: Prediction [VHS] (VHS Tape)

True fans of Horror who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s love this show. Even Stephen King, in his book DANSE MACABRE (p. 216 of the oversized paperback), calls this "the best horror series ever put on TV."

The show's host, Boris Karloff, obviously no stranger to the horror genre, stars in this particular episode, "The Prediction." It is a story about a second-rate magician (Karloff) whose "stage" predictions about the future suddenly start to come true. But when the old prognosticator warns that a secretly planned elopement will result in death, his assistant and her fiance think it's all a smoke-and-mirrors attempt to end their relationship. Though the ending to this story is a bit predictable (excuse the pun), the strong performance by Karloff makes it definitely worth watching.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Karloff in excellent form!, January 6, 2001

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Lee Hartsfeld (Central Ohio, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thriller: Prediction [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Not too long ago, the classic early-sixties horror/suspense/crime series "Thriller" ended a highly-edited run on The Sci-Fi Channel, where it was tucked into the wee hours of the morning. To its credit, Sci-Fi showed all of the series' episodes, horror and non-horror, and in their original order, which made this episode all the more significant, as it was the first truly supernatural installment in the series, and an excellent one. The story is conventional but very cleverly done and wonderfully atmospheric, paving the way for such great entries as Robert Bloch's "The Hungry Glass" and Robert Arthur's "Pigeons from Hell." Karloff, who had a tendency to ham up such roles, is excellent here as the magician/seer who suddenly finds himself cursed with terrible powers. The ending, while unsurprising, is memorably tragic. One of the best!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An often immitated story line., March 10, 2003

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Randolph Carter "Randy" (Florida, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Thriller: Prediction [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Boris is a quack prestidigitator whose premonitions suddenly begin to come true. One of the first of these kinds of stories possibly, but often immitated since. Reminicent of a One Step Beyond story. Worth a look though.