Theatre Macabre

Theatre Macabre

1971 · 1 season · 24 eps · ★ 3.0 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama

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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.

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Network: TVP

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