Tales To Keep You Awake
Tales To Keep You Awake
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The Tv
On Demand • Original Air Date: Feb 4, 1966
Enrique is a hardworking family man who finally allows himself the luxury of a new TV. But as the boob tube gradually takes over his life, Enrique’s grip on reality begins to weaken. What will he sacrifice to feed his cathode ray addiction?
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The Tv
On Demand • Original Air Date: Feb 4, 1966
Enrique is a hardworking family man who finally allows himself the luxury of a new TV. But as the boob tube gradually takes over his life, Enrique’s grip on reality begins to weaken. What will he sacrifice to feed his cathode ray addiction?
1 Hr 9 Min
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The Nightmare
On Demand • Original Air Date: Oct 20, 1967
Superstitious villagers are convinced there’s a vampire in their midst. Is the wealthy outsider who lives in the mansion simply an eccentric recluse or is he the Nosferatu next door? The answer might not be so simple.
48 Min
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The Paw
On Demand • Original Air Date: Nov 3, 1967
When an army officer returns to his hometown, he brings his family a very strange souvenir: a monkey’s paw. This gift quickly proves to be a blessing, a curse, and a source of unspeakable horror, all wrapped up in one small primate appendage. Based on W. W. Jacobs’ classic story.
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The Seer
On Demand • Original Air Date: Dec 1, 1967
A sudden rash of suicides has decimated the staff of Dr. Flashwell’s parapsychology lab. One by one, the department’s resident psychics fall victim to themselves, prompting the doctor to probe even deeper into the unknown.
50 Min
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The Return
On Demand • Original Air Date: Dec 15, 1967
A pair of cousins hatch a perfect plan to dispose of their rich uncle. After all, the world will never miss a miserly old man who dabbles in the occult. But the best laid plans of cunning criminals are no match for the power of true evil.
57 Min
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The Raven
On Demand • Original Air Date: Dec 29, 1967
Although he is now celebrated as one of the premier voices in American literature, Edgar Allan Poe’s life was short and tragic. Tormented by the demons of financial ruin and alcoholism, he nevertheless managed to pen works of great imagination. Will his name ever be forgotten? Nevermore.
49 Min
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The Promise
On Demand • Original Air Date: Jan 12, 1968
Life isn’t easy when you’re the gravedigger’s daughter. Long years laboring under a controlling father have taught Maria that much. But there are certain perks, especially when it comes to plotting the perfect revenge against those who have wronged you.
49 Min
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The House
On Demand • Original Air Date: Jan 26, 1968
The ancestral home Juan Dasir has inherited comes with many amenities: vaulted ceilings, a large kitchen, and the vengeful ghost of a countess whose skull was split open with an axe. It’s a unique fixer-upper, as long as you stay out of the family crypt.
46 Min
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The Transplant
On Demand • Original Air Date: Mar 15, 1968
In the future, transplanting body parts has become a way of life. Now, a person is free to assemble the perfect body, from head to toe. But this progress comes with a hefty price tag, and when one man refuses to pay up, he’ll learn that the perfect really is the enemy of the good.
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The Hand
On Demand • Original Air Date: Feb 4, 1966
In this mind-bending sci-fi tale, a man with no memory must rely on his robotic, super-computer hand to unravel the secret of his identity. However, a sinister gang of time-traveling, medallion- wearing humanoid aliens have other plans.
50 Min
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The birthday
On Demand • Original Air Date: Feb 4, 1966
For his 50 th birthday, a man plans to give himself the gift of freedom. But it’s a gift with a hefty price tag: a meticulously plotted murder. Can you have your cake and kill it too?
19 Min
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The Cellar - Part 1
On Demand • Original Air Date: Feb 18, 1966
Armed with a box of mushroom spores from the Bradley Crop Company, young Tommy plans to turn the cellar into a goldmine of edible fungi. There’s just one problem: these are no ordinary mushrooms.
32 Min
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The Cellar - Part 2
On Demand • Original Air Date: Feb 25, 1966
As eerie coincidences mount, Tommy’s father begins to suspect his son’s mushrooms possess a sinister power. Will he summon the courage to square off with the fungal foe in the cellar? Based on a tale that sprouted from the fertile imagination of Ray Bradbury.
27 Min
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The Cask
On Demand • Original Air Date: Mar 4, 1966
During the frivolity and mirth of the annual harvest festival, vineyard owner Jean Samibed plots to pour a full measure of revenge alongside his best vintages in this adaptation of a story by Edgar Allan Poe.
52 Min
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The Offer
On Demand • Original Air Date: Mar 11, 1966
Mr. Spalanzatto is a slick, cocky gangster, who has the kind of life ordinary people can only dream about. But he’s about to learn that there are some things that can’t be owned, even by the man who has everything.
27 Min
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The Double
On Demand • Original Air Date: Mar 18, 1966
A pair of average Joes think they’ve found a way to reclaim their leisure time: by hooking their wives up with robotic doppelgangers. What could possibly go wrong? Based on a story by Ray Bradbury.
35 Min
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The Pact
On Demand • Original Air Date: Mar 25, 1966
To the dismay of the stuffy medical establishment, a brilliant yet controversial doctor sets out to prove that not even death is a match for the power of the mind. Based on Edgar Allan Poe’s classic tale of the macabre.
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The Doll
On Demand • Original Air Date: Apr 1, 1966
Supernatural shenanigans ensue when wealthy widower is convinced witchcraft is the reason for his daughter’s increasingly bizarre behavior. Based on stories by Henry James (Turn of the Screw) and Robert Bloch (Psycho).
52 Min
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The Rocket
On Demand • Original Air Date: Apr 15, 1966
When a trip to outer space costs too much, a kindly grandfather proves that the childlike gift of wonder is strong enough to draw the moon and stars down to earth. Based on a short story by Ray Bradbury.
46 Min
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The Anniversary
On Demand • Original Air Date: Apr 22, 1966
A local hero policeman retires from the force to enjoy a quiet life in the country. But a young visitor soon reminds him that the difference between hero and villain is entirely a matter of perspective, and a violent past often leads to a bloody present.
31 Min
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The Cabin
On Demand • Original Air Date: Apr 29, 1966
When a blizzard traps them in a remote mountain cabin, two women struggle against the ever- tightening grip of fear. Could it be that even the forces of nature are no match for paranoia?
33 Min
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The Wait
On Demand • Original Air Date: May 6, 1966
A plague has destroyed the human colony on Mars, leaving behind only Dr. Hathaway and his family. When a pair of long-overdue astronauts arrive to bring the Hathaways back to Earth, they find a family clinging to the routine of daily life with a determination that is downright inhuman. Based on a story from Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles.
42 Min
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The Alarm - Part 1
On Demand • Original Air Date: May 20, 1966
The aliens are coming! The invasion will be televised! And like so many great stories, it all begins with a woman.
36 Min
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The Joke
On Demand • Original Air Date: Jun 17, 1966
An obnoxious TV producer hatches an intricate plan to teach his wife and her lover an important lesson: sometimes death is a laughing matter.
35 Min
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