Summary
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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Drop-in friendly
- Pure escapism
Skip it if
- You scare easily
Where to watch
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Not for warmth, laughs or comfort.
Theatre Macabre episodes
1 season · 24 episodes
Episodes
- S1 E1 First Love, 5.0
- S1 E2 The Man Who Demoralized Hadleyburg, 5.8
- S1 E3 The Tortures of Hope, 6.0
- S1 E4 Mateo Falcone, 5.9
- S1 E5 The Vampire, 6.0
- S1 E6 The Swashbuckler, 5.4
- S1 E7 The Actress, 4.9
- S1 E8 The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether, 6.2
- S1 E9 The Rajah's Diamond, 5.4
- S1 E10 The Nose, 4.6
- S1 E11 Tell-Tale Hearts, 6.3
- S1 E12 Markheim, 5.9
- S1 E13 The Barrel Organ, 5.0
- S1 E14 The Canterville Ghost, 5.7
- S1 E15 Decameron, 5.3
- S1 E16 A Matter of Conscience, 5.9
- S1 E17 The Husband Under the Bed, 4.9
- S1 E18 Pavoncello, 5.7
- S1 E19 The Song of Triumphant Love, 5.9
- S1 E20 The Postmaster, 5.4
- S1 E21 A Terribly Strange Bed, 6.3
- S1 E22 The Fatalist, 5.7
- S1 E23 Resurrection of the Offland, 6.1
- S1 E24 Boarded Window, 4.2
Cast
24 of 50 · most episodes first
Christopher LeeSelf – Host
Magdalena ZawadzkaZinaida Alexandrovna Zasyekina 'Zinochka'
Wojciech SzymańskiVladimir Petrovich
Leon Niemczyk
Henryk Boukołowski
Bogomil SimeonovMateo
Anna MilewskaGiuseppa
Georgi PartsalevSergeant
Jadwiga Chojnacka
Jan Machulski
Ryszard Ronczewski
Edward Linde-Lubaszenko
Aleksandra Zawieruszanka
Tadeusz Łomnicki
Anna Ciepielewska
Gustaw Lutkiewicz
Zdzisław Kuźniar
Jerzy Przybylski
Krzysztof Kalczyński
Władysław Hańcza
Jerzy Karaszkiewicz
Elżbieta Góralczyk
Petar SlabakovBandit
Crew
- Directors
- Stanisław Lenartowicz, Czesław Petelski, Ewa Petelska
- Written by
- Ivan Turgenev, Aleksey Tolstoy, Stefan Żeromski
- Produced by
- Ben Kadish
- Music by
- Ron Goodwin, Adam Walaciński, Andrzej Korzyński
Everyone
Pick a department, or search for a name or a job (“editor”, “stunt”).
Facts
October 1, 1971 · March 10, 1972 · Ended
- First aired
- October 1, 1971
- Last aired
- March 10, 1972
- Status
- Ended
- Length
- 1 season · 24 episodes
- Content
- Violence, Disturbing Imagery
- Genres
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama
- Original language
- English
- Also spoken
- Polish
- Made in
- Poland
- Available in
- 3 countries
- Keywords
- based on novel or book
Q&A
5 questions, like "Where can I stream Theatre Macabre?"
Questions about Theatre Macabre
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
Is Theatre Macabre worth watching?
Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 43 (IMDb 5.6).
How long does it take to watch Theatre Macabre?
244 h
About 244 hours: 24 episodes in 1 season of about 610 minutes each, aired from 1971 to 1972.
Will I feel good after watching Theatre Macabre?
Probably not: the title analysis rates it 7 of 10 for bleakness and 6 for melancholy, against 1 for hopefulness.
Will Theatre Macabre scare me?
Yes, it's frightening: scares are rated 8 of 10.

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