8.0/102 votes#1 - Halloween Candy
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/1985
A mean old man harboring an intense hatred for the celebration of Halloween is left alone by his son to hand out candy to the neighborhood children. The old man initially ignores the trick-or-treaters, but later cruelly fills their bags with a mixture of syrup and cleaning fluid. Satisfied, the old man retreats to his armchair to watch television, when a goblin-like creature pays him a visit. The creature relentlessly asks the old man for candy and he eventually shuts himself inside the house to avoid it. He suddenly realizes that he is unable to make phone calls as the goblin continues to stalk him from outside the house. Finally deciding to confront the creature, the old man walks out to the porch, only to discover that the goblin has vanished. He goes back into the house and looks out the window one last time. As he closes the curtain, he is confronted face-to-face by the creature inside the house, who again asks him for candy. Shocked and frightened, he falls to the floor and passe
Director: Tom Savini
Writer: Michael McDowell
7.2/105 votes#2 - Inside the Closet
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/18/1984
A student takes a room with an abrupt, somewhat rude anthropology professor. He instructs her never to open the small door in the back of her closet. Hearing strange noises, she eventually opens the door and finds the chamber beyond occupied by a small, hairless-monkey sort of a creature. It kills her and goes after the professor...only to reveal that it is his deformed daughter, which he lovingly dotes on.
Director: Tom Savini
Writer: Michael McDowell
6.5/106 votes#3 - Skincrawlers / By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/2019
Dr. Sloan discovers a cure to weight loss in a rare fat-sucking leech. Then, Rose believes she found Champ, the legendary monster of Lake Champlain, but the real monster may still be out there...
Director: Tom Savini
Writer: Paul Dini
6.0/101 votes#4 - Family Reunion
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 5/22/1988
Janice, a young mother, swears to a social worker, Trudy, that her husband Robert kidnapped their son Bobby six months ago and she hasn't seen either of them since. Trudy agrees to find the father and son, but discovers that everything isn't what she was led to believe.
Director: Tom Savini
Writer: Edithe Swensen
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"Halloween Candy" is the best rated episode directed by Tom Savini. It scored 8/10 based on 2 votes. It was written by Michael McDowell. It aired on 10/27/1985 and is rated 0.8 points higher than their second-best episode, "Inside the Closet".