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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    undefined Season 2 Episode 2 - The Tale of the Midnight Madness
    9.0/10(2 votes)

    S2:E2

    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
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  2. undefined Season 5 Episode 1 - The Tale of the Dead Man's Float
    9.0/10(3 votes)

    S5:E1

    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
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  3. undefined Season 1 Episode 4 - The Tale of the Twisted Claw
    7.3/10(3 votes)

    S1:E4

    In a twist of "The Monkey's Paw," two boys scare an old lady to death the night before Halloween just as the next night they receive a hand granting them wishes with consequences.

    Director:D.J. MacHale
    Writer:N/A

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  4. undefined Season 4 Episode 2 - The Tale of the Long Ago Locket
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    S4:E2

    A boy is transported by to the Revolutionary War, where he must help a solider return to his girlfriend, before she marries another man.

    Director:D.J. MacHale
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  5. undefined Season 4 Episode 13 - The Tale of Train Magic
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    S4:E13

    Tim loves trains and everything about them, just like his father did who used to work at the station. After an electric train is mysteriously sent to him, he puts it on the track with the rest of his collection and watches it go. But at 7:13 PM he finds himself sucked into the mysterious town train, which is actually Train 713, a train that crashed and killed everyone aboard years ago.

    Director:D.J. MacHale
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  6. undefined Season 5 Episode 11 - The Tale of the Vacant Lot
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    S5:E11

    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.

    Director:D.J. MacHale
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  7. undefined Season 1 Episode 5 - The Tale of the Hungry Hounds
    6.7/10(3 votes)

    S1:E5

    Two girls go to an attic where one of them tries on a uniform that belonged to a dead relative where her spirit lives on.

    Director:D.J. MacHale
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  8. undefined Season 4 Episode 1 - The Tale of the Renegade Virus
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    S4:E1

    A boy and his friend are constantly getting each other in trouble. One friend decides to plant a virus in the new virtual reality system this his friend is going to play. But things don't go as planned when the virus tries to take over the player's body and escape to the real world.

    Director:D.J. MacHale
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  9. undefined Season 3 Episode 8 - The Tale of the Guardian's Curse
    6.5/10(2 votes)

    S3:E8

    A mummy is delivered to a museum owned by an archeologist. The mummy happens to be a dead pharaoh queen whose ancient potion and ring brings eternal life. The trouble begins when the mummy mysteriously disappears.

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  10. undefined Season 1 Episode 7 - The Tale of the Captured Souls
    6.3/10(3 votes)

    S1:E7

    A family moves to a small house in the summer where they befriend a young man, where the family starts feeling weaker every day.

    Director:D.J. MacHale
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  11. undefined Season 1 Episode 9 - The Tale of the Sorcerer's Apprentice
    6.0/10(4 votes)

    S1:E9

    Dean, a troubled student, awakens an ancient secret hidden in the school.

    Director:D.J. MacHale
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  12. undefined Season 2 Episode 7 - The Tale of the Whispering Walls
    6.0/10(2 votes)

    S2:E7

    While driving to a carnival, a babysitter and the two children she's looking after get lost. When their car breaks down, she goes inside a house to call for help. Trouble begins when she disappears and the kids soon find out that while they aren't the only ones in the house, they're the only ones that are alive.

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  13. undefined Season 5 Episode 12 - The Tale of a Door Unlocked
    6.0/10(3 votes)

    S5:E12

    Justin visits Sardo's Magic Mansion and buys a miniature door from Sardo that's supposed to let him see the future. He sees an unfamiliar girl trapped in a fire. But soon a new girl, Ashley, arrives at school and looks exactly like the girl that Justin saw in the fire. It's up to him to save her from the future.

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  14. undefined Season 3 Episode 13 - The Tale of the Dangerous Soup
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    S3:E13

    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
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  15. undefined Season 3 Episode 1 - The Tale of the Midnight Ride
    5.5/10(2 votes)

    S3:E1

    When a teenager moves to Sleepy Hollow, he learns that some of the folks believe in the old legend of the headless horseman. He soon learns that it's not just a legend.

    Director:D.J. MacHale
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  16. undefined Season 1 Episode 10 - The Tale of Jake and the Leprechaun
    5.3/10(3 votes)

    S1:E10

    Jake, an inspiring young actor, is in a play where during rehearsals strange things start happening to him where it's only a matter of time before opening night.

    Director:D.J. MacHale
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  17. undefined Season 1 Episode 13 - The Tale of the Pinball Wizard
    5.2/10(5 votes)

    S1:E13

    Ross, a mischievous kid, goes to the mall where his old habits sometimes get the best of him.

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  18. undefined Season 1 Episode 3 - The Tale of the Lonely Ghost
    5.2/10(5 votes)

    S1:E3

    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.

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  19. undefined Season 2 Episode 1 - The Tale of the Final Wish
    4.5/10(2 votes)

    S2:E1

    Jill is a thirteen year old that still loves things her peers have grown out of, such as unicorns and fairy tales. One night she wishes that she could be in a fairy tale world forever. After her wish is granted, she finds that living in a fairy tale isn't as happy as she'd once imagined.

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  20. undefined Season 4 Episode 4 - The Tale of Cutter's Treasure (1)
    4.5/10(4 votes)

    S4:E4

    When a teenager finds a spyglass locked in a treasure chest at the magic shop, the ghost of an evil pirate is released.

    Director:D.J. MacHale
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  21. undefined Season 2 Episode 6 - The Tale of the Dark Dragon
    4.0/10(2 votes)

    S2:E6

    A teenager buys a potion from Sardo's magic shop hoping to make himself cooler, since he was in a accident that caused him to have to wear a brace on his leg. He soon finds himself changing, but also discovers that the potion has some very bad side effects.

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  22. undefined Season 4 Episode 5 - The Tale of Cutter's Treasure (2)
    4.0/10(1 votes)

    S4:E5

    Rush must find a way to save Max with the help of Dr. Vink and Sardo.

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  23. undefined Season 2 Episode 12 - The Tale of the Hatching
    3.5/10(2 votes)

    S2:E12

    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.

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D.J. MacHale Ratings Summary

"The Tale of the Midnight Madness" is the best rated episode directed by D.J. MacHale. It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by N/A. It aired on 6/26/1993 and is rated 0.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "The Tale of the Dead Man's Float".