Theatre Macabre

1971 · 10h 10m · TMDB 3.0/10 (3 votes)

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About 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.

Status
Ended
TMDB rating
3.0/10 from 3 votes
Seasons
1
Episodes
24

Seasons and episodes

The latest season with aired episodes is shown first. Specials are kept separate.

Latest aired season

Season 1

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S1 E125 min

First Love

Vladimir, 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.

TMDB 5.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E225 min

The Man Who Demoralized Hadleyburg

A stranger comes to town with a bag full of gold and a test for everyone.

TMDB 7.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E325 min

The Tortures of Hope

A man is about to be executed by the Inquisition. Is hope enough to save him?

TMDB 4.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E425 min

Mateo Falcone

A young Corsican boy defies local customs and dishonors his family when he turns in a bandit to police.

TMDB 2.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E525 min

The Vampire

Intertwines 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 imagination.

TMDB 6.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E625 min

The Swashbuckler

A psychological character study revolving around Luchkov, an aggressive, manipulative former military officer who lives for duels and social domination.

TMDB 3.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E725 min

The Actress

A failed actress wants to go back to her husband, who has fallen into alcoholism.

TMDB 4.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E825 min

The System of Dr Tarr and Professor Fether

A 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 'doctors' are actually the patients, and the 'keepers' are those locked away, tarred and feathered.

TMDB 8.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E925 min

The Rajah's Diamond

Follows 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 links these tales through the diamond's movement from London to Paris, exploring themes of crime, deception, and morality.

TMDB 8.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E1025 min

The Nose

A government official's nose leaves his face and develops a life of its own.

TMDB 3.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E1125 min

Tell-Tale Hearts

A nameless man insists on his sanity while confessing to murdering an old man because of his 'vulture-like' eye.

TMDB 9.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E1225 min

Markheim

A 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 him to confront his evil and ultimately choose confession over further sin.

TMDB 7.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E1325 min

The Barrel Organ

Reclusive, 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 cherish as a source of joy and connection, ultimately leading him to help her.

TMDB 7.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E1425 min

The Canterville Ghost

A 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. The only way he can escape is if one of his descendants performs an heroic act, something he intends to get the husband to do.

TMDB 6.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E1525 min

Decameron

From Giovanni Boccaccio's 'The Decameron No. 40.'

TMDB 1.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E1625 min

A Matter of Conscience

From Ambrose Bierce's 'A Matter of Conscience.'

TMDB 6.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E1725 min

The Husband Under the Bed

From Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'Another Man's Wife and a Husband Under the Bed.'

TMDB 6.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E1825 min

Pavoncello

From Stefan Zeromski's 'Pavoncello.'

TMDB 4.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E1925 min

The Song of Triumphant Love

From Ivan Turgenev's 'The Song of Triumphant Love.'

TMDB 2.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E2025 min

The Postmaster

From Alexander Pushkin's 'The Postmaster.'

TMDB 4.0/10 from 1 votes

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