Are You Afraid of the Dark?

The Best Episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark?

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Every episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark? ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark?!

This spooky anthology series for kids recounts ghost stories told by the young members of the Midnight Society as they gather around a campfire. Each...
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  1. 10.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - The Tale of the Prom Queen

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    S1:E12

    Two boys befriend a young woman where they encourage her to join them in search of a legend that comes every year.

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  2. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - The Tale of the Twisted Claw

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    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.

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    Director:D.J. MacHale
  3. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - The Tale of the Hungry Hounds

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    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.

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    Director:D.J. MacHale
    Writer:N/A
  4. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - The Tale of the Midnight Madness

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    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!

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    Director:D.J. MacHale
  5. 9.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - The Tale of Locker 22

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    S2:E3

    In the 1970s, a young girl named Candy Warren was forced to work on her Chemistry assignment after school. However, neither she nor her teacher noticed that the gas line of her Bunsen burner was frayed. This caused an accident, claiming Candy's life. Years later, a young girl gets Candy's locker and soon finds herself haunted by Candy's ghost.

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  6. 8.9/10(1.1k votes)

    #6 - The Tale of the Dream Girl

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    S3:E10

    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.

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    Director:David Winning
    Writer:N/A
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  8. 8.4/10(911 votes)

    #7 - The Tale of Apartment 214

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    S3:E2

    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.

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    Director:Scott Peters
  9. 8.1/10(922 votes)

    #8 - The Tale of the Dangerous Soup

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    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.

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    Director:D.J. MacHale
  10. 8.1/10(758 votes)

    #9 - The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner

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    S4:E9

    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.

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    Director:Ron Oliver
    Writer:N/A
  11. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - The Tale of the Captured Souls

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    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.

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    Director:D.J. MacHale
    Writer:N/A
  12. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors

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    S1:E8

    Some new neighbors move into a neighborhood. They are originally from Eastern Europe, wear black, collect blood, and only are active at night.

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    Director:N/A
  13. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - The Tale of the Whispering Walls

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    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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  14. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - The Tale of the Frozen Ghost

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    S2:E8

    When Daphne takes Charlie to stay with his aunts, they mention something about a ghost. Charlie's terrified when he keeps seeing a strange, glowing boy complaining that he's cold.

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    Director:Ron Oliver
  15. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - The Tale of the Full Moon

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    S2:E9

    Two young pet detectives try to figure out where all the neighborhood cats are disappearing to. They find a clue when looking through a neighbor's back yard. He seems to have a rather large collection of cat collars hidden in his backyard. They begin to suspect that he's a werewolf, but unfortunately, no one believes them.

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    Director:Ron Oliver
    Writer:Ron Oliver
  16. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - The Tale of the Shiny Red Bicycle

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    S2:E10

    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.

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  17. 8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - The Tale of the Magician's Assistant

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    S2:E11

    A young boy, Todd, starts doing the one thing that he's wanted to do since his father died, further his interest in magic. He becomes an assistant to the great magician Shandu and learns the rules of being a magician: Only let the audience see what you want them to see, never touch another magician's wand unless he hands it to you, and never get caught in your own reflection. But trouble ensues when Todd makes an unwise decision to take Shandu's wand and use it for himself.

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  18. 8.0/10(881 votes)

    #17 - The Tale of the Unfinished Painting

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    S4:E12

    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.

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    Director:David Winning
    Writer:N/A
  19. 7.9/10(933 votes)

    #18 - The Tale of the Dollmaker

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    S3:E5

    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.

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    Director:David Winning
    Writer:N/A
  20. 7.9/10(903 votes)

    #19 - The Tale of the Bookish Babysitter

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    S3:E6

    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.

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    Director:N/A
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  21. 7.9/10(750 votes)

    #20 - The Tale of the Quicksilver

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    S3:E11

    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.

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  22. 7.8/10(5 votes)

    #21 - The Tale of the Phantom Cab

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    Two brothers, while lost in the woods, come across a mysterious cab driver and a very unusual man named Dr. Vink who won't let any of his victims go unless they solve a riddle.

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    Director:Ron Oliver
  23. 7.8/10(321 votes)

    #22 - The Tale of the Silver Sight (3)

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    S7:E3

    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'.

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    Director:N/A
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  24. 7.7/10(752 votes)

    #23 - The Tale of the Crimson Clown

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    S3:E12

    A young bratty boy learns a lesson when a Chucky-like clown doll comes to life and starts to terrorize him.

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    Director:Ron Oliver
    Writer:N/A
  25. 7.7/10(727 votes)

    #24 - The Tale of the Quiet Librarian

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    S4:E6

    A library is haunted by the ghost of a former librarian who dislikes noisy children.

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    Director:David Winning
    Writer:N/A
  26. 7.6/10(783 votes)

    #25 - The Tale of the Curious Camera

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    S3:E9

    After getting his portraits back from the basketball team, Matt finds that he didn't show up in the photos. To make it up to him, the photographer gives him an antique camera because it has apparently 'chosen' him. Matt soon learns that anything he takes a picture of willhave something bad happen to it. Whether you want it or not.

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    Director:Ron Oliver
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Best Episodes Summary

"The Tale of the Prom Queen" is the best rated episode of "Are You Afraid of the Dark?". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Jean-Marie Comeau and written by Chloe Brown, it aired on 11/7/1992. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Tale of the Twisted Claw".