Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)

Genre

anthology series, horror television series, thriller television series

Country

United States

Length

7 seasons, 268 episodes

Rated

TV-PG

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 256 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Alfred Hitchcock hosts and introduces each episode of this anthology series. The stories are dramas, thrillers, or mysteries with unexpected twists.

suspensefulwryominousunpredictableclevertwistedtheatricaldarkly humorous

What happens

Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, airing on CBS and NBC, alternately, between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. In 1962, it was renamed The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. Hitchcock directed 18 of the series' 361 episodes. By the time the show premiered on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades. In the 21st century, Time magazine named Alfred Hitchcock Presents as one of "The 100 Best TV Shows of All Time". The Writers Guild of America ranked it #79 on their list of the 101 Best-Written TV Series, tying it with Monty Python's Flying Circus, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Upstairs, Downstairs. In 2021, Rolling Stone ranked it 18th on its list of 30 Best Horror TV Shows of All Time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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