Tales to Keep You Awake (1966)
Tales of terror by established authors such as Ray Bradbury or Edgar Allan Poe, as well as original scripts.
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Episode 1 - The Nightmare
Release Date: 1967-10-20Episode 1: La pesadilla. A Carpathian village is plagued by a vampire; the town's men suspect Lolakin, a reclusive aristocrat. Catalina loves Lolakin and demands that he marry her and take her away or else she will produce "proof" that he is the vampire.
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Episode 2 - The Paw
Release Date: 1967-11-03Episode 2: La zarpa. A poor family is given a monkey's paw that is able to grant three wishes to its owner but with a warning that the wishes always lead to tragedy.
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Episode 3 - The Seer
Release Date: 1967-11-17Episode 3: El vidente. A team of parapsychologists are dying by suicide, one by one; could it be caused by a race of invisible beings who want to maintain the secret of their existence?
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Episode 4 - The Return
Release Date: 1967-12-15Episode 4: El regreso. Two cousins plot to murder their rich old uncle but he knows all about it and promises to return from the dead for revenge.
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Episode 5 - The Raven
Release Date: 1967-12-29Episode 5: El cuervo. The life of horror story genius Edgar Allan Poe is dramatized.
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Episode 6 - The Promise
Release Date: 1968-01-26Episode 6: La promesa. A mortician with a history of catalepsy forces his timid niece to promise to follow a strict set of rules to ensure that he will not be buried alive.
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Episode 7 - The House
Release Date: 1968-02-09Episode 7: La casa. The heir of an old house travels to a distant village to take possession of it. But the villagers say that the ghost of the owner appears at night killing those who dare to go to the house.
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Episode 8 - The Transplant
Release Date: 1968-03-15Episode 8: El trasplante. In an undefined future, organ transplants are a usual thing and socially accepted action. A man rejects organ transplantation because he believes that in this way retains its moral integrity.