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.
Episodes Season Season 1 · 0/24 0/24 watched · 1971
S01E01 First Love 1971-10-01 25m
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. more
S01E02 The Man Who Demoralized Hadleyburg 1971-10-08 25m
A stranger comes to town with a bag full of gold and a test for everyone. more
S01E03 The Tortures of Hope 1971-10-15 25m
A man is about to be executed by the Inquisition. Is hope enough to save him? more
S01E04 Mateo Falcone 1971-10-22 25m
A young Corsican boy defies local customs and dishonors his family when he turns in a bandit to police. more
S01E05 The Vampire 1971-10-29 25m
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. more
S01E06 The Swashbuckler 1971-11-05 25m
A psychological character study revolving around Luchkov, an aggressive, manipulative former military officer who lives for duels and social domination. more
S01E07 The Actress 1971-11-12 25m
A failed actress wants to go back to her husband, who has fallen into alcoholism. more
S01E08 The System of Dr Tarr and Professor Fether 1971-11-19 25m
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. more
S01E09 The Rajah's Diamond 1971-11-26 25m
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. more
S01E10 The Nose 1971-12-03 25m
A government official's nose leaves his face and develops a life of its own. more
S01E11 Tell-Tale Hearts 1971-12-10 25m
A nameless man insists on his sanity while confessing to murdering an old man because of his 'vulture-like' eye. more
S01E12 Markheim 1971-12-17 25m
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. more
S01E13 The Barrel Organ 1971-12-24 25m
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. more
S01E14 The Canterville Ghost 1971-12-31 25m
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. more
S01E15 Decameron 1972-01-07 25m
From Giovanni Boccaccio's 'The Decameron No. 40.' more
S01E16 A Matter of Conscience 1972-01-14 25m
From Ambrose Bierce's 'A Matter of Conscience.' more
S01E17 The Husband Under the Bed 1972-01-21 25m
From Fyodor Dostoevsky's 'Another Man's Wife and a Husband Under the Bed.' more
S01E18 Pavoncello 1972-01-28 25m
From Stefan Zeromski's 'Pavoncello.' more
S01E19 The Song of Triumphant Love 1972-02-04 25m
From Ivan Turgenev's 'The Song of Triumphant Love.' more
S01E20 The Postmaster 1972-02-11 25m
From Alexander Pushkin's 'The Postmaster.' more
S01E21 A Terribly Strange Bed 1972-02-18 25m
From William Wilkie Collins' 'A Terribly Strange Bed.' more
S01E22 The Fatalist 1972-02-25 25m
From Mikhail Lermontov's 'The Fatalist.' more
S01E23 Resurrection of the Offland 1972-03-03 25m
From Alexandre Dumas 'The Resurrection of the Offland.' more
S01E24 Boarded Window 1972-03-10 25m
From Ambrose Bierce's 'The Boarded Window.' more 
