The Best Episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark?

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8.9/10(1206 votes)
#1 - The Tale of the Dream Girl
S3:E103/26/1994
A teenager thinks he's just met the girl of his dreams when he puts on a mysterious ring that won't come off. Trouble begins when he learns that years ago she was killed in a car accident, and he realizes she wants to lure him to an early grave.
Director:David Winning
Writer:Unknown
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Director:David Winning
Writer:Unknown
8.7/10(1164 votes)
#2 - The Tale of the Dead Man's Float
S5:E110/7/1995
Zeke is good at chemistry, but not at girls. When he befriends one, she teaches him how to swim at the school pool. However, the pool is haunted by the ghost of a body that was previously buried underneath the school.
Director:D.J. MacHale
Writer:Unknown
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Director:D.J. MacHale
Writer:Unknown
8.5/10(1178 votes)
#3 - The Tale of the Midnight Madness
S2:E26/26/1993
An old movie theater has two weeks before they close down for good. Ever since the multiplex came into town, the older movie theater has made less than six dollars per day. All of a sudden, the mysterious Dr. Vink appears and offers them a horror movie he made decades ago. He promises the owner and his staff that his movie would save them from closing down and it works! Dr. Vink's horror movie, Nosferatu: The Demon Vampire, starts attracting more than fifty people a night. The staff wonders what attracts people to this film and unfortunately they find out. The terrifying vampire jumps out of the movie and into the real world where it can have all the victims it wants. Now the staff must pull the plug on the movie before it gets out of hand!
Director:D.J. MacHale
Writer:Chloe Brown
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Director:D.J. MacHale
Writer:Chloe Brown
8.5/10(1017 votes)
#4 - The Tale of the Night Shift
S5:E132/3/1996
A new girl starts volunteering during the nightshift at the local hospital. But the hospital seems to have more than just a new volunteer. Someone or something is feeding on the hospital's patients and employees, draining them of their blood and turning them into walking zombies.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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8.4/10(1091 votes)
#5 - The Tale of the Shiny Red Bicycle
S2:E108/28/1993
Years ago a boy named Ricky Hagerdy drowned. His close friend Mike Buckley tried to save him, but failed. Ever since that day he's felt guilty for what happened. Trouble begins when he starts seeing Ricky's ghost everywhere he looks.
Director:David Winning
Writer:Cassandra Schafhausen
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Director:David Winning
Writer:Cassandra Schafhausen
8.4/10(976 votes)
#6 - The Tale of Apartment 214
S3:E21/15/1994
After moving into a new apartment complex with her mother, Stacy finds herself without any friends. She befriends an older woman named Madeline that lives nearby and they soon start to spend quite a bit of time together. But when Stacy breaks a promise to visit Madeline on one specific afternoon, Madeline is enraged and comes after Stacy.
Director:Scott Peters
Writer:Scott Peters
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Director:Scott Peters
Writer:Scott Peters

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8.2/10(1576 votes)
#7 - The Tale of Laughing in the Dark
S1:E28/22/1992
A kid named Josh decides to prove that a fun house isn't haunted by stealing the nose of the clown who is supposed to haunt the place. He learns that the story isn't fiction when Zeebo pays him a little visit.
Director:Ron Oliver
Writer:Chloe Brown
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Director:Ron Oliver
Writer:Chloe Brown
8.2/10(1179 votes)
#8 - The Tale of the Prom Queen
S1:E1211/7/1992
Two boys befriend a young woman where they encourage her to join them in search of a legend that comes every year.
Director:Jean-Marie Comeau
Writer:Chloe Brown
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Director:Jean-Marie Comeau
Writer:Chloe Brown
8.2/10(1145 votes)
#9 - The Tale of the Dark Music
S1:E1110/31/1992
Andy Carr moves in the new neighborhood where things don't start out well until he figures out that there's something hidden inside his basement.
Director:Ron Oliver
Writer:Chloe Brown
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Director:Ron Oliver
Writer:Chloe Brown
8.2/10(968 votes)
#10 - The Tale of the Dangerous Soup
S3:E134/16/1994
Dr. Vink is back and now running his own restaraunt, The Wild Boar. After staff members continually decide to just quit at the drop of a hat, two employees soon discover why. Dr. Vink makes his famous soup with a special ingredient that he gets from his employees- FEAR. However, the two accidentally release the creature that gathers the fear and give it the ability to prey upon anyone.
Director:D.J. MacHale
Writer:Chloe Brown
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Director:D.J. MacHale
Writer:Chloe Brown
8.0/10(1137 votes)
#11 - The Tale of the Super Specs
S1:E69/26/1992
Weeds, a prankster, buys his friend Marybeth a pair of super spec glasses as part of an April's Fool Day where once she places on the glasses, strange figures appear and can't be explained.
Director:Ron Oliver
Writer:Chloe Brown
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Director:Ron Oliver
Writer:Chloe Brown
8.0/10(1008 votes)
#12 - The Tale of Old Man Corcoran
S2:E1310/2/1993
Two boys befriend a group of hide 'n' seekers who play their game in a graveyard that's rumored to be haunted by a caretakers's ghost. They soon find out that it might not be just a rumor.
Director:Ron Oliver
Writer:Scott Peters
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Director:Ron Oliver
Writer:Scott Peters
8.0/10(993 votes)
#13 - The Tale of Station 109.1
S5:E311/4/1995
Chris is obsessed with death. His brother tries to get him to snap out of it by locking him in a hearse and turning up the radio full blast. The radio goes right to 109.1. When Chris goes to the station, DJ Roy mistakes him for a dead man, and sends him to the afterlife.
Director:Ron Oliver
Writer:Scott Peters
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Director:Ron Oliver
Writer:Scott Peters
8.0/10(913 votes)
#14 - The Tale of the Unfinished Painting
S4:E121/14/1995
A girl who loves to draw starts spending time at an art gallery, finishing up paintings that have never been completed. But she soon finds out that once you sign your name to a painting, you're trapped inside of it for life.
Director:David Winning
Writer:Unknown
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Director:David Winning
Writer:Unknown
8.0/10(913 votes)
#15 - The Tale of the Vacant Lot
S5:E111/20/1996
A young girl, who feels inferior to her peers, encounters a strange woman in an empty lot who seems to have everything she'd ever want. The woman doesn't seem to want anything important in return. But when the young girl starts losing her looks, she finds that what she's given up is more important to her than she thought.
Directors:D.J. MacHale, Ron Oliver
Writer:Scott Peters
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Directors:D.J. MacHale, Ron Oliver
Writer:Scott Peters
8.0/10(809 votes)
#16 - The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner
S4:E912/3/1994
Ethan wants to be a comic book artist, but his submissions are constantly rejected by companies. One day, he's invited to a comic shop, where he gets the only copy of the comic ""The Ghastly Grinner."" He accidentally brings the supervillain to life and it starts turning everyone into giggling mindless idiots.
Director:Ron Oliver
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Ron Oliver
Writer:Unknown
7.9/10(1170 votes)
#17 - The Tale of the Pinball Wizard
S1:E1311/14/1992
Ross, a mischievous kid, goes to the mall where his old habits sometimes get the best of him.
Director:D.J. MacHale
Writer:Unknown
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Director:D.J. MacHale
Writer:Unknown
7.9/10(980 votes)
#18 - The Tale of the Dollmaker
S3:E52/5/1994
A young girl goes to the countryside to spend a summer with her best friend but she discovers that her friend is missing. She soon discovers that a mysterious doll house in the attic is responsible for her friend's disappearance.
Director:David Winning
Writer:Unknown
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Director:David Winning
Writer:Unknown
7.9/10(962 votes)
#19 - The Tale of the Bookish Babysitter
S3:E62/12/1994
A young boy named Ricky, who is obsessed with TV, is put under the care of a babysitter named Belinda. Belinda has a reputation for making children interested in reading. That's because she makes the books come alive. Literally.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
7.9/10(780 votes)
#20 - The Tale of the Quicksilver
S3:E114/2/1994
A long time ago a young girl named Laura was haunted by someone or something lurking in the walls of her house. She tried to get rid of the ghost but failed and died in the process. A year later, two new brothers move into the same house and discover that history repeats itself.
Director:Michael Keusch
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Michael Keusch
Writer:Unknown
7.8/10(1323 votes)
#21 - The Tale of the Lonely Ghost
S1:E38/29/1992
A girl who desperately wants to be friends with her snotty cousin and her group of friends agrees to spend the night in the haunted house next door to become part of the group.
Director:D.J. MacHale
Writer:Naomi Janzen
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Director:D.J. MacHale
Writer:Naomi Janzen
7.9/10(342 votes)
#22 - The Tale of the Silver Sight (3)
S7:E34/2/2000
The Midnight Society continues to go in search of the original members who each hold a clue to the mystery. The final episode focuses on Vange and Andy's search for 'The Riddle Man'.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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Writer:Unknown
7.7/10(1158 votes)
#23 - The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors
S1:E810/10/1992
Some new neighbors move into a neighborhood. They are originally from Eastern Europe, wear black, collect blood, and only are active at night.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Chloe Brown
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Writer:Chloe Brown
7.7/10(981 votes)
#24 - The Tale of the Hatching
S2:E129/25/1993
Two siblings, Jazz and Augie, are sent to boarding school while their parents are away. They immediately notice that the school is quite different and has some rather strange rules. For example, only calm, soothing tones are allowed inside the school and the students are only given the option to eat something called 'sponge' for meals daily. Jazz and Augie soon learn why the owners are so strange and have these odd rules in place.
Director:D.J. MacHale
Writer:Chloe Brown
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Director:D.J. MacHale
Writer:Chloe Brown
7.7/10(906 votes)
#25 - The Tale of the Mystical Mirror
S5:E411/11/1995
Employees from a boutique are disappearing and no one knows why. Soon after getting a job there, Cindy discovers the truth. Mrs. Valenti, the owner, is really centuries old and using her youthful employees to stay young.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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