The Promise
Tales to Keep You Awake - S2 - E6
Episode 6: La promesa. A mortician with a history of catalepsy forces his timid niece to promise to follow a strict set of rules to ensure that he will not be buried alive.
Tales to Keep You Awake: Season 2 - 8 Episode s
2x1 - The Nightmare
October 20, 1967
Episode 1: La pesadilla. A Carpathian village is plagued by a vampire; the town's men suspect Lolakin, a reclusive aristocrat. Catalina loves Lolakin and demands that he marry her and take her away or else she will produce "proof" that he is the vampire.
2x2 - The Paw
November 3, 1967
Episode 2: La zarpa. A poor family is given a monkey's paw that is able to grant three wishes to its owner but with a warning that the wishes always lead to tragedy.
2x3 - The Seer
November 17, 1967
Episode 3: El vidente. A team of parapsychologists are dying by suicide, one by one; could it be caused by a race of invisible beings who want to maintain the secret of their existence?
2x4 - The Return
December 15, 1967
Episode 4: El regreso. Two cousins plot to murder their rich old uncle but he knows all about it and promises to return from the dead for revenge.
2x5 - The Raven
December 29, 1967
Episode 5: El cuervo. The life of horror story genius Edgar Allan Poe is dramatized.
2x6 - The Promise
January 26, 1968
Episode 6: La promesa. A mortician with a history of catalepsy forces his timid niece to promise to follow a strict set of rules to ensure that he will not be buried alive.
2x7 - The House
February 9, 1968
Episode 7: La casa. The heir of an old house travels to a distant village to take possession of it. But the villagers say that the ghost of the owner appears at night killing those who dare to go to the house.
2x8 - The Transplant
March 15, 1968
Episode 8: El trasplante. In an undefined future, organ transplants are a usual thing and socially accepted action. A man rejects organ transplantation because he believes that in this way retains its moral integrity.