Narciso Ibáñez Menta

A history of Argentine horror cinema, from its beginnings in 1934 to present day. It is a path of defeat, dead-end streets and triumphs, where the protagonists will lead us through the lesser known hallways of local horror.

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.

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

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An audiovisual journey through the strangest of Argentine cinema.

Pilot episode of a never-produced horror short series: In 1870, a group of Argentine landowners founded the Logia del Eterno Retorno, sponsoring the research of Poison, a British veterinarian seeking immortality. However, a yellow fever epidemic interrupted his plans. Before dying, Poison managed to inject his formula into his son, who became Lazarus. This child, condemned to immortality, returned to Argentina in 1995, carrying the fever in his body, forcing him to undergo constant transplants. Now, he seeks the heirs of the lodge to recreate his ancestors' formula.

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An evil witch brings back to life the infamous Elizabeth Bathory, who was executed several hundred years previously for murdering young women and bathing in their blood.

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A doctor in parapsychology invites some people to their mansion. They all have lived some kind of paranormal experiences.

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In a second-rate variety company, a strange Hungarian fortune teller, a magician with a criminal record, a ventriloquist who uses a dummy named Freddy, a singer, and a group of girls who can no longer find work in top-tier theaters all live together.

Third Roque Gonzalez is a freeloader who lives with his friend Federico, famous ex-jockey who is now racing in hours after low fat. Federico can not shake off Roque, as it constantly reminds that when they were seven, saved his life. The thing is that Frederic attends a gym with the hope of returning to thin enough to ride again, and learns that there Botija Kid, the champion of Spain in the welterweights, need to stake his title to qualify for the European Championship boxing. But of course, nobody wants to take a beating the champion, despite offering her coach bag. Among Paco, the owner of the gym, and Frederick, Roque to get rolling, deceived, you agree to fight the champion ... Parody of the popular movie "Rocky."

A woman recovering from the death of her husband suspects that her house has been invaded by demonic spirits. She summons a paranormal expert to help her get rid of them.

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A famous composer creative in crisis and must compose a new album, but is going through a painful separation that prevents him from concentrating. In this situation, your manager will provide a time extension

Count Dracula's pregnant granddaughter arrives at his castle, along with her husband, who is not a vampire. While she prepares to give birth to a new member of the Dracula line, her husband secretly launches into a series of affairs with the Count's resident "brides."

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.

Mara Ordaz, a former film star who lives in an isolated mansion with her husband, her doctor and her money manager, decides to sell the house and return to Buenos Aires; but the three men do not agree with her decision.

The brain of a male engineer is transplanted into a female’s body. He soon finds it very frustrating to cope with the daily sexist discrimination most women deal with. For example, he is surprised when no one will hire a female engineer. When he is faced with dealing with female sexuality, he quickly begins exhibiting lesbian tendencies.

Two men escape from prison and one start a murder spree.

Manolo is the trusted servant of a famous tenor, Riccardi, an international opera singer. Although his life is overshadowed by the fame of his master, one day his luck changes. In a short time, two unusual events occur: he falls in love and an eccentric inventor offers him the deal of a lifetime...

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.

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An innocent girl arrives as a domestic in a house where people are fueled by mutual hatred.

Paralytic Alicia is sent by her father to a bizarre clinic to be cured and soon begins to suspect sinister things are occurring upstairs (which the staff claim is uninhabited).

Luke Barrett, having lost his memory due to an accident, does not realize that Dingus had killed his wife and brother to take possession of the Barretts' land and money. At first Luke trusts him, but while looking for his forgotten identity he discovers the truth.

The vicissitudes of six different couples who arrive at a hostel in Buenos Aires called La Cigarra and are quarantined because of a supposed bubonic plague, causing all kinds of inconveniences and entanglements as a result of this forced coexistence.

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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.

The Lecturer, leader of the Feminine League Against Frivolity, tells the history of eroticism and censorship from the beginning of time until the late 1960s.

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Arnold Hall (Narciso Ibáñez Menta) is a middle-aged comedian who, betrayed by his wife, decides to murder her and flee using his own show as a cover. From this moment on, he is pursued by a mysterious and strange character who claims to know his crime, and blackmails him to betray him if he does not do what he asks.

Mr.White, their wife and son, receive the visit of a person that possesses a monkey's paw with magic powers: it grants three desires. But the monkey's paw has the power of demonstrating that the destination governs the life of the men and that nobody can oppose without receiving a hideous punishment.

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A man is falsely accused and executed. He is brought back from the dead but suffers terrible burns on his face. He uses multiple different masks to get revenge on the people who wronged him.

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.

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Leandro and Carancha inhabit the islands located in the Parana delta. When their son brings home a girlfriend, her presence makes Carancha jealous and dramatic consequences ensue.

The story unfolds through the twists and turns of a strange curse attributed to a jewel that, passed from hand to hand, carries a deadly destiny. Its theme spans the three countries where it was filmed (Spain, Mexico, and Argentina), beginning in Spain and then moving to Mexico. The jewel, which takes on the character of another figure in the narrative as it travels through different parts of the world, arrives in Buenos Aires. The film ultimately presents the jewel's final destination in Mexico, where its owner dies, like others who were also marked by its malevolent influence.

A crime writer searching for the truth about a personal tragedy becomes involved in a murder investigation.

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

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

The protagonist commits a crime and abandons his brother, on whom the shadow of suspicion falls, to avoid punishment. In his escape he meets for the first time the emotion of a true love, but fatality takes it upon himself, pushing him back onto the criminal path.

A humble man pretends to be a millionaire. When a young man arrives in town asking for his help, he will try to hide the truth.

The life of the famous poet Evaristo Carriego (1883-1912), who lived in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo and who painted the customs of the people of those years like no one else.

Each month a school teacher narrates a new story to his students, with a moral in each of them.

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After learning that his widowed father will remarry, a boy escapes home.

The life and work of philanthropist and educator William Case Morris (1864-1932).

Margarita, the nun of a cloistered convent in charge of handling the lathe, this is a rotating mechanism provided with a small window through which she delivered and received things from the outside without direct visual contact, she is seduced by a Don Juan and induced to escape with him .

A woman and her two companions get lost in a storm and end up in a creepy house where a mad doctor is conducting experiments in the basement.

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In 1830, a young orphan lady poses as a man in order to meet the expectations of her uncle.

A humble maid is confused with a millionaire from a misunderstanding in the hotel that works and a journalist falls madly in love with her.