TV series

Theatre Macabre

1971–1972 · 1 season

A stately, literary creepshow: each half-hour tale unfolds with old-world gravity and a host's wry chill, more unsettling than shocking.

Overview: 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.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, melancholic and campy. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Death, guilt, obsession, madness
Content: Mild violence, gore and sexual content. No swearing.
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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: death
guilt
obsession
madness
fate
Places: single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild