The Frighteners
The Frighteners
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The Frighteners

8.5 / 10
1972
1 season
13 episodes
MysteryDrama

A horror anthology series, with each episode featuring a different eerie tale.

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  • Ep 1

    1.The Minder

    07-07-197230m

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

  • Ep 2

    2.The Night of the Stag

    14-07-197230m

    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...

  • Ep 3

    3.Old Comrades

    21-07-197230m

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

  • Ep 4

    4.The Manipulators

    28-07-197230m

    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...

  • Ep 5

    5.The Disappearing Man

    04-08-197230m

    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.

  • Ep 6

    6.Firing Squad

    11-08-197230m

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

  • Ep 7

    7.Miss Mouse

    25-08-197230m

    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...

  • Ep 8

    8.The Treat

    01-09-197230m

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

  • Ep 9

    9.Bed and Breakfast

    08-09-197230m

    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 boa...

  • Ep 10

    10.You Remind Me of Someone

    23-09-197230m

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

  • Ep 11

    11.The Classroom

    13-05-197330m

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

  • Ep 12

    12.Glad to Be of Help

    20-05-197330m

    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.

  • Ep 13

    13.Have a Nice Time at the Zoo, Darling

    03-06-197330m

    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?

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