The Veil (TV-1958) GIRL ON THE ROAD (Ep 2) Boris Karloff

[@keithnaylor1981]

Brilliant! Tod Andrews in the lead role as John Prescott could not be more perfect as a forceful knight in shining armour. But what impressed me even more was his magnificent car! What an amazing time it must have been to drive cars like that!

[@jandasalovich6469]

53 years old here. My dad and brothers let me watch Twilight Zones growing up. Having loved that series I have been grateful to find others through youtube. This series being the latest. What an awesome treat. Thanks PizzaFlix! Glad to be part of a group of folks who appreciate these classics.

[@kimtodd2657]

BORIS Karloff, is fabulous in all his movies as an actor, he makes the movie!

[@jaycompany4886]

What a great show the veil was.......girl on the road episode had a great plot........ it gives you horror n suspense without today's gore, halfnaked women, n special effects....... I truly love these old goodies.

[@Auntee-Sara]

You've provided a lovely critique of this episode and I heartily agree on the quality of being superior to modern filmed stories. It is often said that history repeats itself and I would welcome a return to the cleanliness of censorship. One example is yesterday's screen tales of romance ended with a tender kiss as the groom carried his bride into the bedroom; slowly fade to black and The End. Today's tales begin with a close-up of a French kiss so sloppy the tongues resemble two pigs in a sack fighting for one M&M and progresses to soft porno bedroom scenes and blue language. Just because America affords freedom of speech doesn't mean we must reduce our culture to raw vulgarity. Too often stories today rely too much on sex, swearing and CGI and little to nothing on the story itself. Old B/W films of Bella Lugosi as Dracula are another magnificent example. Soft music plays as we would see the beautiful woman asleep on her back, hair fanned out providing a lovely frame. Her head was turned to the side exposing her milk-white throat. Suddenly the music shifts to an ominous quality, then there he is at the window !!!GASP!!! *Dracula* 😱 He begins his slow approach while the music rises as does our fear! Wake Up we yell at the screen *WAKE UP* but unaware the beauty sleeps. Nearer to her he soundlessly moves, does he walk or glide on air?! We can not know because the eye of the camera ignores his feet, instead panning ever more closely to her oh so vulnerable throat; how is she still breathing when we have seemingly forgotten how to in our stressful fear?! WAKE UP!!! Once again the camera favors the Vampire, closer it moves to his white bloodless face. Edges of the screen begin to darken with shadows until we are forced to nearly touch his face with ours and then...And Then...his evil lips pull back exposing demonic razor sharp fangs. He moves closer, bending reaching ever closer still, fangs and lips greedy for the taste of his innocent victims blood. omg OMG *OMG* Her throat His fangs He's nearly on her as his lips draw further back the better to ravage her throat her beauty her very life's doomed future! The music swells sending our pounding heart to lodge itself in our throats until we could not scream if our lives depended upon it. With inhuman grace and a mighty *WHOOSH* Dracula throws up a single side of his cape and we are left to be punished and terrified by our own imagination! Today's films do not use suspense but rely heavily upon CGI and props. Without finesse or subtly the scene is rushed, too-loud music does not guide us but rather is an auditory intrusion dulled only by enhanced terrified screams. We're denied the opportunity to view the dreadful act within our imagination. Instead, for those who can stomach extreme gore, the Vampire not only sinks teeth into the artery that immediately gushes copious amounts of blood but also rips out a sizable chunk of the throat for which there is no need. It is not often I view a movie or TV show with the same enjoyment as I do those that came before 1960. If you've read this far I thank you for the opportunity of conversation. As to the ending of this episode of The Veil I'm grateful it explained why Lila removed no purse or keys from her little red car before driving off with Mr. Prescott. 🎉🎥👻🔑😀👜🍾🥂🎊

[@ansm1277]

I've become a fan of these older horror suspense shows like hammer house, twilight zone, Alfred Hitchcock, tales of tommorrow, Lights Out , Boris karloff's Thriller, and now stumbled across The Veil series. Enjoy watching these so much. Thanks for sharing.

[@CyanBlackflower]

YES

[@laurallama73]

Hammer House’s Thriller series is my fave! I love these old horror shows too. They’re like a creepy old friend. 🧟‍♀️❤️

[@idrisgregory2102]

I realize I am kinda off topic but does anyone know a good place to stream new series online?

[@cesardevin9454]

@Idris Gregory Flixportal :)

[@idrisgregory2102]

@Cesar Devin Thank you, signed up and it seems to work =) I really appreciate it !

[@yolandajones9736]

I love Boris Karloff, but I've never heard of this series...I'm so hooked right now!!! These episodes are so intense 😄

[@lala-gj4oo]

the series were never released to tv. there were 11 episodes filmed.

[@randyhebbebusche3644]

Thank you for this enjoyable episode ❤❤❤

[@raphaelandrews3617]

Boris Karloff is fantastic stared and presented this series unlike Thriller which he mainly hosted, here he played series of roles.

[@danielgardner394]

The comfort we took for granted. Movies, a free press, faith in the SCOTUS and we never worried that we would become an authoritarian dictatorship. These old movies are a relief and hopefully a reminder of what we could lose.

[@Tahitianpearl75]

Gorgeous plot and making. I love these old shows. So happy you share them with us. Thanks !

[@blackhawkorg]

Great top shelf character actors. A real treat... Thank you. Boris Karloff was a gem...

[@rafaelramirez9109]

MY ALL TIME FAVORITE ACTOR, BORIS KARLOFF, WOW WHAT TALENT! AS FOR THIS SHOW, "WHOA, WHAT A GEM!"

[@deedoloressalon6911]

Great episode! Boris Karloff was a great actor!

[@CyanBlackflower]

YES!!

That 1958 Edsel Citation, with a big 410 , 4 barrel engine, is a runner. The Teletouch transmission selector, (in the center of the steering wheel), was cool to see in action.

[@bardotbardo3633]

Boris Karloff was born "William Henry Pratt, 1887, Camberwell London" A great actor and man of many faces.

[@michaelwertzy9808]

That's exactly what you find on googlywiki woo!

[@denisejohnson2960]

Mr. Pratt did legally change his name to Boris Karloff because he thought is sounded more sophisticated than Pratt. And NO, he did not take the name from the character Warner Oland played "Boris Karlov". Oland was "Charlie Chan".

[@lydiaboyd7629]

Mr. Karloff said he took the name out of the cold night air! That’s typical Karloff

[@gmanette188]

I've seen varied versions of this one So far this is my favorite

[@marks.8586]

Just love them. Find myself watching more of these than anything on TV. An l just getting old or is TV just getting that bad???

[@esdee499]

Been getting my BK fix with Thriller as well. Fabulous!!!

[@kimmaddison8686]

Brilliant it's cold ☔ raining outside in bed 8 may 2023 ..watching this for the first time it's great I'm 50 this is first time ever seen this

[@kimberlykasimoff1447]

Good one. Reminds me of One Step Beyond with the spooky music.

[@knitpurlsquirrelwithgrannydee]

Just recently stumbled across these gems! Thanks so much for sharing these’

[@bruceghent8776]

Boris Karloff, a fine actor and a real gentleman. A truly nice person in real life, generous and protective of his friends, family, and those in need. He saw to it that Bela Lugosi was paid the same as anyone else when working in a film. Because Lugosi was often type-cast and his English was rudimentary, studios often took advantage of him.

[@hidden7195]

And he was married 6 times, the first 4 were each less than 3 years. The 5th for over 10 years, the last one for over 15 years. His real name was Henry William Pratt, he never changed it legally. He was an Angelo Indian on both sides of his family, and had to be raised by his siblings.

[@maryreid3387]

Love 💕 Love this material!!!!

[@markhouse578]

Brilliant episode. Lovely cars. But when she got in the man's car She never took her drivers key with her. Certainly couldn't do that in this day and age. Love Boris Karloff he was the man.

[@extraspooky819]

It played like a mafia story up until that amazing twist. This was a really good one.

[@vincentvanpot4333]

Thank you for uploading these Veil's!

[@lowerclassbrats77]

This one is pretty good.👍🏽 Totally worth the time.

[@soniaguzman7327]

Love Love Love this series!

[@sandrafraser8120]

Im really enjoying this seres especially with Boris Karloff in the main part,thank you so much for sharing.

[@notyourbusiness2258]

Just discovered this series. Thank you.

[@barbarabrooks2090]

As a veteran repertory actor, BK must have loved the opportunity to play a role in every episode, even a supporting character. What a pro.

[@jillczarnyszewicz7494]

It's a very tired urban legend, but Boris Karloff makes it so darn watchable!

[@maryfeehan7896]

Wonderful

[@davidfaas58777]

Strange and Unusual happening Whether they are urban legends or Not And great Acting #entertainment

[@divingduck1970]

Great to discover this series.

[@fransvandenbosch1652]

so

[@ToniHunterOne]

Mr. Karloff did several of these mini series or short lived shows. The Veil, The Elgin Hour, Colonel March of Scotland Yard, and Thriller just to name a few. In some he's only the host but in most he takes on some of the characters. Usually one as a doctor. I recommend all of them.

[@johnshields6852]

Just found this, definitely my new binge watch. Thank you very much. Karloff is so intriguing to watch and listen to.

[@kimmaddison8686]

Boris karloff a great actor ❤❤

[@msatxgault560]

Always come back to this fav

[@dagnabbit6187]

Never heard of the Veil series . I am a fan of Thriller . Thriller was brought to me via mention in Stephen King’s 1980 excellent non Fiction book Danse Macabre . The Veil one just popped up on You Tube . This is a Vanishing Hitchhiker type of story. Have seen it one form or other before but the suspense element was well handled here . Well on to more Veil stories while it is still posted .

[@msatxgault560]

Bc it was never on TV.

[@PumaLyn]

A similar case happened here in Penang Island, Malaysia, back in the 80's. There's a cemetery opposite my primary school and there's a bus stop near the entrance. One of my teachers told us the story about a young woman who waits at the bus stop late at night after the busses stop for the day. Lone young men who pass that way give her a lift home, only to find the backseat empty when they reach the house down that road. They knock at the door and her mother will let them in and pointing to a portrait on the wall, ask if she's the one they saw.. My teacher wouldn't tell us how she died. All I know is, she's buried in that cemetery. This was forty years ago.

[@maryreid3387]

Boris Karloff Rules!!!!

[@rosabellelopez9115]

Love this short classic movie thank you ❤

[@RacheleLGreer]

Great story,plot and cast

[@MissLachine]

Great Story ~Thank You 💜🌟🌟🌟

[@DavidSmith-sb2ix]

You could push a car with another one in those days. No plastic bumpers, just steel.

[@sridharanv.k.881]

Interesting from start to finish. Thanks for posting

[@miapdx503]

Lol, I love the writing too, "everyone has dame trouble eventually!" I'm sure a lot of men agreed.😏

[@Linda-q3u8q]

Hey, I didn't know about this show. Way cool. 😊❤

[@kimmaddison8686]

Omg the story about lila 😮 ghost story has been told in many shows over the years a great ghost 👻👻 story

[@stephaniehand503]

Thank you

[@davidcarlson2152]

Nice Edsel convertible! The car is so long I'm surprised they didn't cut away instead of panning the camera when the lead character walked around the back of the car to open the passenger-side door, but maybe that was part of the agreement with Ford Motor.

[@qween.blance6583]

I love the black un white, suspense, is good', thanks

[@jeffreyberkin9842]

What a masher.

[@Tonithenightowl]

This one may be a bit "embellished" but it is entertainment after all. Loved it.:o)

[@nobodyuknow6337]

This is one of the classic storylines. It's been around so long, people claim there was a true story that inspired it. Probably, you could trace it back to a man stopping his horse and buggy on the road to give a girl a lift.

[@tracytovey9471]

First time watching this series. I've really enjoyed the episodes I've watched. I actually thought it was a thriller episode at first. Thank you for sharing

[@maxb4074]

Well made and acted.

[@douglasbarton6597]

Studio heads messed up not putting this series on the air, shame on you

[@qhsperson]

Yes, experts call it an urban legend. The Disappearing Hitchhiker or some version of same.

[@soniaguzman7327]

Do you have all 12 episodes? 0. (pilot) The Vestris (actually an episode of anthology series Telephone Time (s03e25), but it served as an unofficial pilot for the series) 1. Vision of Crime (with Robert Hardy, Patrick Macnee, and Jennifer Raine) 2. Girl on the Road (with Tod Andrews and Eve Brent) 3. Food on the Table (with Kay Stewart and Tudor Owen) 4. The Doctors (with Tony Travis and Argentina Brunetti) 5. The Crystal Ball (with Booth Colman and Roxane Berard) 6. Genesis (with Katherine Squire and Peter Miller) 7. Summer Heat (with Harry Bartell and Paul Bryar) 8. The Return of Madame Vernoy (with Lee Torrance, Jean del Val, and George Hamilton) 9. Destination Nightmare (with Ron Hagerthy and Myron Healey) 10. Jack the Ripper (with Niall MacGinnis and Dorothy Alison) 11. Whatever Happened To Peggy (with Denise Alexander, Whit Bissell, and Olive Blakeney) 12. The Gloucester Captain

[@Nikolaii2571]

Even the car has a ghost.

[@mikieknight6607]

Not even being totally engulfed in flames could stop consummate professional Boris Karloff from delivering his monologue.

[@Karloffrules]

Made me laugh sitting here in the dark at 1AM. My dog thinks I'm nuts.

[@ginny709]

She left the car door open, and didn't take her purse....ha!

[@esdee499]

Thank God for YT

[@jangray395]

John Prescott had the most beautiful car I've ever seen..!

[@AOCrazies]

Well acted, but not much of a plot. Had this been an "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" episode, the girl would have come down the steps right after the fellow from Boston left. Her "guardian" would've chastised her for "the last time" not to keep taking up with strange men and trying to get them to drive her out of town.

[@hbena3747]

A case for Poirot, or Miss Marple. Why was she so afraid of her guardian? Did he do it? 🙄😀🤔

[@OrangeTabbyCat]

LOL! When he said "I push you out of the way" I thought he'd do it with his body. Just imagine anyone today push your car out of the way with their car 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Cars nowadays would have to be fixed for a loooot of money.

[@danpatch4751]

Just imagine the chrome that was messed up

[@chrisn7259]

A year before The Twilight Zone and One Step Beyond.

[@waderaney7]

Great😉

[@BrianStorey-j5n]

Technicality..even bone dry..itd still make noise.. (from MuCH experience)

[@WWZenaDo]

And who puts a dirty old stick picked up from the ground down through their gas cap opening??? Ewwwww!!!

[@stefaniestefan6689]

They don't make cars like that anymore I tellsya - wish they did

[@pinkbeautytwinkle]

Not just the cars, the shows too.

[@TAROTAI]

$350,000,000 loss to Ford - yeah now that's an expensive car!

[@robertwalker5521]

My '98 Grand Marquis weighs 4,000 pounds and is a safe, smooth ride . And now 25 years later, the metal is rolled thinner, many (formerly) metal items are plastic and the percentage of rollovers has soared Escaping them in that position is truly frightening, I have been told..

[@sferrell1000]

Wonderful, how many shows have you seen that star a Edsel convertible?

[@scottferrell630]

+greenrate He would have opened the passenger door for her, but I think because of the camera, it was easier to film from the drivers side. I not only know about Edsels, I was brought up by Southern parents, I know good manners, by the way, I own a Studebaker.

[@scottferrell630]

+greenrate Sure, almost all American cars at the time had a bench seat, her sports car is a 1955 Triumph TR3. Her car had bucket seats,

[@scottferrell630]

+greenrate Lucas, Prince of Darkness

[@scottferrell630]

+greenrate My pleasure, A car I would love to have is a Hillman Minx from that period.

[@scottferrell630]

+greenrate How fun, a convertible or drophead . I wonder what the pound is worth in American money?

[@douglasbarton6597]

Just loved the Edsel hardtop convertible - too bad it failed to interest consumers

[@ZnenTitan]

You know it's going to be a spooky plot if the "hero" is driving the car that haunted Ford!

[@jagdishacharya8832]

I just luv those era's cars & ladies, today (2018) I wish to drive & date those both. Looking for Mr.H.G.wells time machine.

[@miapdx503]

The clothes, the cars, wonderful...

[@NoosaHeads]

Me Too (and I don't mean the "women's " movement.)

[@robertwalker5521]

@@NoosaHeads .."bowel"?...or the other kind?

[@voya8480]

I was wandering where did she keep her drivers license?

[@OrangeTabbyCat]

Where were you wandering off to? 😋

[@steverhodesvideos6244]

'58 Edsel. That grill always reminds me of a koala bear.

[@gwenamm8238]

Where was her car when they pulled away?

[@msatxgault560]

It was there

[@stephenthompson5413]

I prefer the original plot where the girl lures the man into her car, promises a little action on Lookout Point (aptly named), and then drives over the cliff and the two plunge to a fiery demise.

[@hermanbrown7858]

So if you see a lady on the road with car trouble don't be surprised if she's not really alive ...just as sure as my name is Herman Brown your gonna experience a real thriller ah ah ah ah aaaah.

[@msbrowngault]

Why are my video "likes" disappearing???😡 frustrating as hell Everytime I click the thumbs up button - it goes away. It doesn't stay! Every video!

[@debraleesparks]

My sister had an Edsel, in the early 70's... I had a 66 mustang..

[@davehallett3128]

I had a car too. Small world huh

[@hidden7195]

Debra Sparks lovely, now I’m jealous of you both. What colours were they.

[@debraleesparks]

Hidden my sisters Edsel was black.. But my mustang was silver, with chrome wheels, and a air lift, so the back was higher than the front.. it only cost $2,000 back in the seventies.. gas was 50 cents a gallon back then... now, at 64, I drive a mobility scooter that looks just like an old Model T... I call it my ‘Tiny-T’... great on gas.. haha just a charge will work for this!!!

[@MentoringGrowingLeaders]

I had a 66 mustang too. White. Chrome wheels jacked up a bit in the back.

[@debraleesparks]

Mentoring Growing Leaders mine had the chrome wheels, and air lifts too !! Those cars were sooo easy to work on.. I changed my starter, carburetor, ect. Myself, and I was just a 16 year old girl !!! Haha

[@bendelrey2188]

Love old BK

[@rentslave]

This shows how well the economy was doing in the 50's:Almost everyone had a recent model car-unlike today with 20 year old beaters everywhere.People have no money for new cars because of housing cars.

[@rentslave]

+Tom Dockery Cars should read costs.Hell,its 6 in the morning.

[@jlkitz1775]

Ugh, guys were so cringey & inappropriate 🙄. He basically kidnapped this woman so he could hit on her; wasn't he supposed to be taking her to get gas so she BE ON HER WAY?! Oy 🤦🏾‍♀️😳

[@williamschlenger1518]

My Edsel always goes fast😊

[@gregingram4996]

Just one thing: Why didn't Prescott give the Sheriff her license plate number?

[@msatxgault560]

What good would that do?

[@AOCrazies]

@@msatxgault560 You mean besides allowing them to discover her full name and address so the sheriff could check up on her? The problem for the script writer was that the sheriff would then learn that she was already dead....

[@ivettea6358]

Did he say that lady was Lila's mom and His sister? doesn't that make Boris her Uncle?? what am I missing!

[@abbdabs67]

some of these epps were made into movies...saw them in the 80s

[@loralou-djflowerdove]

Mother Bates!!

[@mrtomdorn]

Who wrote this?

[@coleparker]

Gawd that would scare me, pushing that old Edsel around the corner that fast.

[@cootumrebel]

Guy drives an Edsel, huh? 🤪

[@michaelhewitt258]

Great T.V. When it was worth watching Great cars, Can't beat Detroit Steel Oh the day's when cars were built like tanks

[@charlesdowns1691]

she the babe was also in dragnet

[@haggis655]

Almost certainly refilmed in the ONE STEP BEYOND series. Most of these seem like blueprints for the later series. But the Harry Lubin Fear theme really gave character to that series. Incidentally, George Waggner, who directed "The Wolfman" with Lon Chaney, Jr. and other episodes in this series, also wrote the teleplay for this one. Compare the way the woman was dressed in those days with today! She's almost certainly have half her body exposed today.

[@JamesVaughan]

This episode is very similar to the OSB entry "If You See Sally". Coincidentally it also featured Rusty Lane (who plays the sheriff here) as the owner of the diner where Sally works as a waitress after leaving her home. I think the OSB episode is far superior…and hauntingly sad.

[@charlesdowns1691]

great mechanic lol

[@msbrowngault]

@Pizzaflix +Pizzaflix Can you please upload "Carnival of Souls"? Thx 4/25/19

[@robertwalker5521]

@@prettyrebel3001 ...she was just an apparition

[@melmothe2030]

Oh hell I thought it was Thriller.Nope never saw The Veil. Lol

[@taylorpresley4604]

Only girl in America that doesn't take her purse with her everywhere she goes. Boo-boo!

[@WWZenaDo]

Ghosts don't need purses??