Chicho Ibáñez Serrador

Writing

Chicho Ibáñez Serrador

Born 1935-07-04 · Montevideo, Uruguay

Narciso Ibáñez Serrador, known as Chicho Ibáñez Serrador or Luis Peñafiel — the pseudonym with which he signed his scripts — was a Spanish film and television director, stage director, actor and screenwriter. Throughout his life he stood out for his contribution to fantasy and horror films, as well as for the numerous programs he directed for Televisión Española.

Acting credits

El televisor poster
7.7

Enrique buys a color television set just to satisfy a personal pleasure long time deferred but, from that moment on, he becomes obsessed with it in such way that eventually he is incapable to differ reality from fiction.

El televisor

1974

Who Can Kill a Child? poster
7.0

A couple of English tourists arrive at the island of Almanzora, off the Spanish Mediterranean coast, where they discover that there are no adults in a small fishing village, only some children who stare at them and smile mysteriously.

Who Can Kill a Child?

1976

País S. A. poster
7.0

A useless kidnapper tries to kdnap a rich industrialist.

País S. A.

1975

Dying of Laughter poster
6.4

Nino and Bruno are two comedians who reach the heights of success with their duo act, turning them into huge TV celebrities. However, the hate between them grows fast, as much as their fame.

Dying of Laughter

1999

El guión poster
NR

A lonely writer one day meets a prostitute to whom he offers his money in exchange for her time and friendship. However, she begins to tire of him when his economy declines, so he must get money at all costs. Pilot episode of a series that was not broadcast at the time by TVE.

El guión

1970

La Promesa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La Promesa

1968

Cult of Terror poster
6.8

A journey of years through many countries and film festivals; a nostalgic, adrenaline-fueled and rock-spirited immersion into the universe of cinephilia, in search of genre specialists, fans and filmmakers who speak of their shared passion for fantastic cinema; a whole international spiritual community united under the cathartic shadow of horror.

Cult of Terror

2017

Coffins of Light poster
10.0

In December 1974, a Spanish filmmaker named Sergio del Monte died under strange circumstances while shooting his debut film. Only a few people were able to see the footage that had been captured, and they all allegedly went blind or suffered the same fate as the director. The producers made the negatives disappear, however some cans filed in an Italian laboratory appear to have survived...

Coffins of Light

2009

Narciso Ibáñez Serrador: historias para recordar poster
7.8

How the Uruguayan-Spanish actor, writer, producer and director Narciso «Chicho» Ibáñez Serrador changed forever the way of producing programs for Spanish television.

Narciso Ibáñez Serrador: historias para recordar

2017

Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss poster
7.4

Actor and writer Mark Gatiss embarks on a chilling journey through European horror cinema, from the silent nightmares of German Expressionism in the 1920s to the Belgian lesbian vampires in the 1970s, from the black-gloved killers of Italian bloody giallo cinema to the ghosts of the Spanish Civil War, and finally reveals how Europe's turbulent 20th century forged its ground-breaking horror tradition.

Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss

2012

No artwork available
10.0

Edgar Allan Poe's short story adapted as a TV-Movie in Argentina

Berenice

1959

El Caso del Señor Valdemar poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

El Caso del Señor Valdemar

1982

El pionero: el cine parapsicológico de Sebastià D'Arbó poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

El pionero: el cine parapsicológico de Sebastià D'Arbó

2018

Carola de día, Carola de noche poster
4.9

Due to the triumph of a revolution, Carola, a young and beautiful heiress to the throne, leaves her country to save her life; but her new existence, constantly watched, threatened by her enemies, subjected to the punctilious demands of her position, bores her desperately.

Carola de día, Carola de noche

1969

Todo el año es Navidad poster
6.7

A celestial envoy comes to Earth to help solve some small conflicts between humans, related to their attitude and relationships.

Todo el año es Navidad

1960

Nadie inquietó más poster
7.3

A peculiar, meticulous, vocationally archeological account of the professional life of the actor, Spanish by birth, Argentinean by adoption, Narciso Ibañez Menta (1912-2004), spiritual disciple of Lon Chaney, the new man of a thousand faces, master of horror, star of Argentinean theater, cinema and television for decades.

Nadie inquietó más

2008

Masterworks of Terror poster
5.1

Three extraordinary tales written by Edgar Allan Poe, the Master of the Grotesque: a man who is dead but is not; a cask of wine and a meditated revenge; and a heart that refuses to stop beating.

Masterworks of Terror

1960

Master of Horror poster
6.0

An anthology film of two classic tales from Edgar Allan Poe. A re-edited and dubbed version of Masterworks of Terror (1960) for American cinemas.

Master of Horror

1965

Behind the camera

El Vidente poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

El Vidente

1967

El Vidente poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

El Vidente

1967

El televisor poster
7.7

Enrique buys a color television set just to satisfy a personal pleasure long time deferred but, from that moment on, he becomes obsessed with it in such way that eventually he is incapable to differ reality from fiction.

El televisor

1974

El televisor poster
7.7

Enrique buys a color television set just to satisfy a personal pleasure long time deferred but, from that moment on, he becomes obsessed with it in such way that eventually he is incapable to differ reality from fiction.

El televisor

1974

El Trapero poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

El Trapero

1982

El Trapero poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

El Trapero

1982

La Oferta poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La Oferta

1966

La Oferta poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La Oferta

1966

Who Can Kill a Child? poster
7.0

A couple of English tourists arrive at the island of Almanzora, off the Spanish Mediterranean coast, where they discover that there are no adults in a small fishing village, only some children who stare at them and smile mysteriously.

Who Can Kill a Child?

1976

Who Can Kill a Child? poster
7.0

A couple of English tourists arrive at the island of Almanzora, off the Spanish Mediterranean coast, where they discover that there are no adults in a small fishing village, only some children who stare at them and smile mysteriously.

Who Can Kill a Child?

1976

La Zarpa poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

La Zarpa

1967

La Zarpa poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

La Zarpa

1967

Insania poster
9.0

Tono is continuously harassed by her mother, who is uncannily cruel and authoritarian. His obsession with a woman's voice recorded on cassette and his favorite doll will help him fight out of his mother's control.

Insania

2019

El último reloj poster
6.0

In 1829, a young man goes to London in search of his uncle, an irate watchmaker, in order to provide him with a home and a job.

El último reloj

1964

El último reloj poster
6.0

In 1829, a young man goes to London in search of his uncle, an irate watchmaker, in order to provide him with a home and a job.

El último reloj

1964

El Cuervo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

El Cuervo

1969

El Cuervo poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

El Cuervo

1969

El Regreso poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

El Regreso

1967

El Regreso poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

El Regreso

1967

The House That Screamed poster
6.5

Southern France, 19th century. Teresa, a young girl, arrives at an isolated female boarding school that is tyrannically mastered by Mrs. Fourneau, the strict headmistress, whose protective shadow haunts Luis, her weak son.

The House That Screamed

1969

The House That Screamed poster
6.5

Southern France, 19th century. Teresa, a young girl, arrives at an isolated female boarding school that is tyrannically mastered by Mrs. Fourneau, the strict headmistress, whose protective shadow haunts Luis, her weak son.

The House That Screamed

1969

La Cabaña poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La Cabaña

1966

La Cabaña poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La Cabaña

1966

El Pacto poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

El Pacto

1966