Theatre Macabre
Horror legend Christopher Lee hosts this anthology in the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, each half-hour episode adapting a story from a classic author, with tales by Edgar Allen Poe, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ambrose Bierce, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Oscar Wilde.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.First Love
5.001-10-197125 minVladimir, the teenage son of a local rich man, falls madly in love with his new neighbor's daughter Zina competing for her affections along with a host of her other suitors.
- Ep 2
2.The Man Who Demoralized Hadleyburg
7.008-10-197125 minA stranger comes to town with a bag full of gold and a test for everyone.
- Ep 3
3.The Tortures of Hope
4.015-10-197125 minA man is about to be executed by the Inquisition. Is hope enough to save him?
- Ep 4
4.Mateo Falcone
2.022-10-197125 minA young Corsican boy defies local customs and dishonors his family when he turns in a bandit to police.
- Ep 5
5.The Vampire
6.029-10-197125 minIntertwines multiple stories, including a framing device about a young man named Runevsky, and explores themes of obsession, the supernatural, and the line between reality and imag...
- Ep 6
6.The Swashbuckler
3.005-11-197125 minA psychological character study revolving around Luchkov, an aggressive, manipulative former military officer who lives for duels and social domination.
- Ep 7
7.The Actress
4.012-11-197125 minA failed actress wants to go back to her husband, who has fallen into alcoholism.
- Ep 8
8.The System of Dr Tarr and Professor Fether
8.019-11-197125 minA narrator visits a French mental asylum where the 'soothing system' of patient-led care has been overthrown by a new, more severe method, only for the narrator to discover the 'do...
- Ep 9
9.The Rajah's Diamond
8.026-11-197125 minFollows the journey of a cursed, valuable diamond as it passes through the hands of various characters, revealing their greed, folly, and the dark allure of wealth. The narrative l...
- Ep 10
10.The Nose
3.003-12-197125 minA government official's nose leaves his face and develops a life of its own.
- Ep 11
11.Tell-Tale Hearts
9.010-12-197125 minA nameless man insists on his sanity while confessing to murdering an old man because of his 'vulture-like' eye.
- Ep 12
12.Markheim
7.017-12-197125 minA man murders an antique dealer on Christmas Day to steal from him, only to be tormented by his own conscience, personified by a mysterious visitor who may be the Devil, forcing hi...
- Ep 13
13.The Barrel Organ
7.024-12-197125 minReclusive, cultured lawyer Mr Tomasz's solitary life is transformed by a blind orphan girl who moves in next door and her barrel organ, which he initially despises but comes to che...
- Ep 14
14.The Canterville Ghost
6.031-12-197125 minA young American couple inherits an English castle, only to find that it is haunted by the spirit of a disgraced ancestor, doomed to stay on the estate because of his cowardice. Th...
- Ep 15
15.Decameron
1.007-01-197225 minFrom Giovanni Boccaccio's 'The Decameron No. 40.'
- Ep 16
16.A Matter of Conscience
6.014-01-197225 minFrom Ambrose Bierce's 'A Matter of Conscience.'
- Ep 17
17.The Husband Under the Bed
6.021-01-197225 minFrom Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'Another Man's Wife and a Husband Under the Bed.'
- Ep 18
18.Pavoncello
4.028-01-197225 minFrom Stefan Zeromski's 'Pavoncello.'
- Ep 19
19.The Song of Triumphant Love
2.004-02-197225 minFrom Ivan Turgenev's 'The Song of Triumphant Love.'
- Ep 20
20.The Postmaster
4.011-02-197225 minFrom Alexander Pushkin's 'The Postmaster.'
- Ep 21
21.A Terribly Strange Bed
6.018-02-197225 minFrom William Wilkie Collins' 'A Terribly Strange Bed.'
- Ep 22
22.The Fatalist
3.025-02-197225 minFrom Mikhail Lermontov's 'The Fatalist.'
- Ep 23
23.Resurrection of the Offland
5.003-03-197225 minFrom Alexandre Dumas 'The Resurrection of the Offland.'
- Ep 24
24.Boarded Window
3.010-03-197225 minFrom Ambrose Bierce's 'The Boarded Window.'
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