Classic TVE series formed by a lot of episodes based mostly on Edgar Allan Poe stories , as well as Ray Bradbury , Henry James, Harlan Ellison, Robert Arthur , Robert Bloch , among others , furthermore , scripts from Narciso Ibañez Serrador .
Splendid TV series written and directed by the great Narciso Ibañez Serrador and many episodes starred by his father Narciso Ibañez Menta. It starts with a prologue in which Narciso Ibañez Serrador himself explains ironically and hilariously -in Alfred Hitchcock presenta style- some events to happen in the episode . There are several episodes , outstanding adaptions based on Poe as The Cask of Amontillado , The case of Mr Valdemar , The Raven , and The Last clock with Narciso Ibañez Menta . And other important stories shot as El asfalto or The asphalt , El Muñeco , El Regreso , La casa , La Zarpa , La Bodega , Pesadilla, El Aniversario and several others . While most scenes were shot in video at Prado Del Rey studios , the outdoors scenes were shot in film , and subsequently combined .
The series are compellingly presented and directed by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador , and a number of chapters performed Narciso Ibañez Menta , like father like son , they are deemed to be the greatest
specialists on Terror genre in both countries , Spain and Argentine . As the prestigious actor Narciso Ibáñez Menta developed an overlong career tied to movies of horror as Television as cinema . Both of them starred the Argentine film : Obras Maestras de Terror or Masterworks of Terror 1960 by Enrique Carreras , an Allan Poe anthology movie with three segments : The Case of Mr Valdemar , The Cask of Amontillado and The Tell-tale Heart . These episodes to be copied in the Spanish series Historias para no dormir , in fact the last segment who starred Narciso Menta-Narciso Serrador looks exactly like El Ultimo Reloj starred by Narciso Menta-Manuel Galiana. This great writer , actor and director Narciso Ibáñez Serrador worked especially for TV getting his biggest sucesses with Un Dos Tres Responda otra Vez , Mis Terrores Favoritos , Waku Waku and TV films as La Cabina , El Televisor , Historias de Frivolidad and of course Historias para no Dormir . Although Serrador also made for cinema two known terror masterpieces , considered to be cult movies : La Residencia or The Boarding School and ? Quien puede matar un niño ? Or The Island of the Damned .
