Macabre
1961-62
Circulating Episodes: 8
Macabre was produced by Tokyo studios, the Far East Network (FEN) of the Armed Forces Radio Service and written and directed by William Verdier. There were only nine episodes aired.
Is it pronounced “McCobb,” or “Ma-kabrah” in English? I’m not so sure they get it right…
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Avenger, The
A white man invades a temple and angers its gods, who incur The Curse of Twelve Moons upon him. The Avenger is sent to off him. The only redeeming quality of this episode is its entertaining silliness.
Crystalline Man , The
A man from beyond time is discovered in the arctic. He has transformed himself into crystal, feeding on others’ life-force. A scream-queen is his only downfall.
Edge of Evil, The
A false mad scientist points a super-sonic ray at the house making it feel haunted. His disfigured assistant, the real scientist, leaves a suicide note, but the doctor ends up haunting the mansion. Atmospheric, fun in its nonsensical disregard for logic.
Final Resting Place
A man agrees to be buried alive for a sizable payment. Hypnotized by Prof. Vincent, he successfully awakes a week later… but there are more experiments to be done.
House in the Garden, The
To solve a dispute over a woman, one man wagers he can stay in the stone house for ten years! Just when the time is almost up, murders begin, and the woman loses face.
Man in the Mirror, The
A speeder makes a Faustian deal to live for one extra week after a car crash rips his face off. He bleeds from his head, though there is no wound. His wife convinces him it was a hallucination, then the Devil comes for his due… He’s been dead for a week!
Midnight Horseman
A man purchases a mesmerizing antique painting his psychic wife believes to be evil. He and a friend discover a ritual can reach through the ages and bring the frightful horseman from the painting to life! They succeed!
Weekend
A group of medical students are invited for a getaway weekend at their professor’s island resort cum experimentation lab. It’s all fun until someone is overdosed with shape-shifter serum!
