About this season
Mystery and Imagination is a British television anthology of classic horror and supernatural dramas. Five series were broadcast from 1966 to 1970 on ITV and produced by ABC and Thames Television.
Episodes (5)
1. Room 13
Aired 22 October 1966 • 60 min
Academic researcher Mr Anderson of Viborg studies Reformation history, and stays at an inn where Room 13 mysteriously appears at night, despite the landlord claiming it doesn't exist, leading to escalating supernatural disturbances—noises, vanishing furniture, and ominous figures—as Anderson uncovers a witchcraft scandal connected to the phantom room, culminating in an attack and a chilling glimpse into the room's dark occupant before the supernatural presence fades, leaving behind unsettling remnants.
2. The Beckoning Shadow
Aired 29 October 1966 • 60 min
A malevolent spirit is hard at work in frightening all-comers to its house of occupation.
3. The Flying Dragon
Aired 5 November 1966 • 60 min
A young Englishman follows a mysterious countess to the Dragon Volant Inn that has been the site of mysterious disappearances.
4. Carmilla
Aired 12 November 1966 • 60 min
In 19th-century Styria, isolated Laura's quiet life is upended by the arrival of mysterious, beautiful Carmilla, a female vampire with whom she develops an intense, homoerotic bond. As Laura's life slowly drains, themes of forbidden desire, identity, and the supernatural are explored, culminating in Laura's discovery of Carmilla's vampiric nature and a confrontation with her ancient lineage.
5. The Phantom Lover
Aired 19 November 1966 • 60 min
A painter is commissioned for portraits of a wealthy couple, the Okes, at their estate, where he becomes entangled in the wife's obsession with a 17th-century ancestor, leading to supernatural events and a blurring of reality and madness.