Stories to Stay Awake (Seasons 1–2)

Stories to Stay Awake (Historias para no dormir, 2021) — watch online on iFILM. This Spanish horror anthology series presents eight standalone episodes based on the psychological horror and dark fiction of Edgar Allan Poe, with a different director behind each one.

The lineup reads like a rollcall of Spanish genre cinema: Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró (the duo behind the REC films), Rodrigo Cortés (Buried), Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Nacho Vigalondo, Alice Waddington, Paula Ortiz and Salvador Calvo. Dani Rovira, Inma Cuesta, Raúl Arévalo and Eduard Fernández appear across the different episodes. No two installments share the same tone.

The anthology format usually means uneven quality. Not here. Each episode has its own texture — paranoia, body dread, Gothic atmosphere, quiet psychological unraveling — and the collected effect is a serious piece of horror television. Stream Stories to Stay Awake online on iFILM.