Theatre Macabre

Season 1

24 episodes · Oct 1, 1971

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  • S1E1

    First Love

    Oct 1, 197125m

    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.

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  • S1E2

    The Man Who Demoralized Hadleyburg

    Oct 8, 197125m

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

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  • S1E3

    The Tortures of Hope

    Oct 15, 197125m

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

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  • S1E4

    Mateo Falcone

    Oct 22, 197125m

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

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  • S1E5

    The Vampire

    Oct 29, 197125m

    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.

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  • S1E6

    The Swashbuckler

    Nov 5, 197125m

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

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  • S1E7

    The Actress

    Nov 12, 197125m

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

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  • S1E8

    The System of Dr Tarr and Professor Fether

    Nov 19, 197125m

    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.

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  • S1E9

    The Rajah's Diamond

    Nov 26, 197125m

    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.

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  • S1E10

    The Nose

    Dec 3, 197125m

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

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  • S1E11

    Tell-Tale Hearts

    Dec 10, 197125m

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

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  • S1E12

    Markheim

    Dec 17, 197125m

    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.

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  • S1E13

    The Barrel Organ

    Dec 24, 197125m

    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.

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  • S1E14

    The Canterville Ghost

    Dec 31, 197125m

    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.

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  • S1E15

    Decameron

    Jan 7, 197225m

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

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  • S1E16

    A Matter of Conscience

    Jan 14, 197225m

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

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  • S1E17

    The Husband Under the Bed

    Jan 21, 197225m

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

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  • S1E18

    Pavoncello

    Jan 28, 197225m

    From Stefan Zeromski's 'Pavoncello.'

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  • S1E19

    The Song of Triumphant Love

    Feb 4, 197225m

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

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  • S1E20

    The Postmaster

    Feb 11, 197225m

    From Alexander Pushkin's 'The Postmaster.'

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  • S1E21

    A Terribly Strange Bed

    Feb 18, 197225m

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

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  • S1E22

    The Fatalist

    Feb 25, 197225m

    From Mikhail Lermontov's 'The Fatalist.'

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  • S1E23

    Resurrection of the Offland

    Mar 3, 197225m

    From Alexandre Dumas 'The Resurrection of the Offland.'

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  • S1E24

    Boarded Window

    Mar 10, 197225m

    From Ambrose Bierce's 'The Boarded Window.'

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