Theatre Macabre (Temporada 1)

First Love (Episodio 1) 5.0

Fecha de emisión: 1971-10-01

Duración: 25 min

Sinopsis: 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.

The Man Who Demoralized Hadleyburg (Episodio 2) 7.0

Fecha de emisión: 1971-10-08

Duración: 25 min

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

The Tortures of Hope (Episodio 3) 4.0

Fecha de emisión: 1971-10-15

Duración: 25 min

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

Mateo Falcone (Episodio 4) 2.0

Fecha de emisión: 1971-10-22

Duración: 25 min

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

The Vampire (Episodio 5) 6.0

Fecha de emisión: 1971-10-29

Duración: 25 min

Sinopsis: 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.

The Swashbuckler (Episodio 6) 3.0

Fecha de emisión: 1971-11-05

Duración: 25 min

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

The Actress (Episodio 7) 4.0

Fecha de emisión: 1971-11-12

Duración: 25 min

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

The System of Dr Tarr and Professor Fether (Episodio 8) 8.0

Fecha de emisión: 1971-11-19

Duración: 25 min

Sinopsis: 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.

The Rajah's Diamond (Episodio 9) 8.0

Fecha de emisión: 1971-11-26

Duración: 25 min

Sinopsis: 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.

The Nose (Episodio 10) 3.0

Fecha de emisión: 1971-12-03

Duración: 25 min

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

Tell-Tale Hearts (Episodio 11) 9.0

Fecha de emisión: 1971-12-10

Duración: 25 min

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

Markheim (Episodio 12) 7.0

Fecha de emisión: 1971-12-17

Duración: 25 min

Sinopsis: 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.

The Barrel Organ (Episodio 13) 7.0

Fecha de emisión: 1971-12-24

Duración: 25 min

Sinopsis: 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.

The Canterville Ghost (Episodio 14) 6.0

Fecha de emisión: 1971-12-31

Duración: 25 min

Sinopsis: 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.

Decameron (Episodio 15) 1.0

Fecha de emisión: 1972-01-07

Duración: 25 min

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

A Matter of Conscience (Episodio 16) 6.0

Fecha de emisión: 1972-01-14

Duración: 25 min

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

The Husband Under the Bed (Episodio 17) 6.0

Fecha de emisión: 1972-01-21

Duración: 25 min

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

Pavoncello (Episodio 18) 4.0

Guionista: Stefan Żeromski

Fecha de emisión: 1972-01-28

Duración: 25 min

Sinopsis: From Stefan Zeromski's 'Pavoncello.'

The Song of Triumphant Love (Episodio 19) 2.0

Fecha de emisión: 1972-02-04

Duración: 25 min

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

The Postmaster (Episodio 20) 4.0

Fecha de emisión: 1972-02-11

Duración: 25 min

Sinopsis: From Alexander Pushkin's 'The Postmaster.'

A Terribly Strange Bed (Episodio 21) 6.0

Fecha de emisión: 1972-02-18

Duración: 25 min

Sinopsis: From William Wilkie Collins' 'A Terribly Strange Bed.'

The Fatalist (Episodio 22) 3.0

Fecha de emisión: 1972-02-25

Duración: 25 min

Sinopsis: From Mikhail Lermontov's 'The Fatalist.'

Resurrection of the Offland (Episodio 23) 5.0

Fecha de emisión: 1972-03-03

Duración: 25 min

Sinopsis: From Alexandre Dumas 'The Resurrection of the Offland.'

Boarded Window (Episodio 24) 3.0

Fecha de emisión: 1972-03-10

Duración: 25 min

Sinopsis: From Ambrose Bierce's 'The Boarded Window.'