The Best Episodes of Goosebumps

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   8.3/10(1324 votes)

   #1 - The Haunted Mask (2)

   S1:E210/27/1995

   Shy, quiet Carly Beth is an easy target for everyone's teasing and practical jokes. But this Halloween she's found a wonderfully spooky mask that has her tormentors scared and running. Carly Beth refuses to take her new mask off, even though it causes strange things to happen to her and other people. One day the magic of the mask turns on Carly Beth. She's horrified to discover that she and the mask have become one.

   Director:Timothy Bond

   Writers:Dan Angel, Billy Brown

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   Writers:Dan Angel, Billy Brown
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   8.2/10(1640 votes)

   #2 - The Haunted Mask (1)

   S1:E110/27/1995

   Shy, quiet Carly Beth is an easy target for everyone's teasing and practical jokes. But this Halloween she's found a wonderfully spooky mask that has her tormentors scared and running. Carly Beth refuses to take her new mask off, even though it causes strange things to happen to her and other people. One day the magic of the mask turns on Carly Beth. She's horrified to discover that she and the mask have become one.

   Director:Timothy Bond

   Writers:Dan Angel, Billy Brown

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   Director:Timothy Bond

   Writers:Dan Angel, Billy Brown
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   8.0/10(842 votes)

   #3 - Night of the Living Dummy III (2)

   S2:E257/20/1997

   Trina O'Dell's dad used to have a ventriloquist act. That's why he has all those dummies in the attic. One night he brings home this spooky dummy. Weird, evil things start to happen. Could this new dummy be the cause?

   Director:Timothy Bond

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Timothy Bond

   Writer:Unknown
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   7.8/10(1055 votes)

   #4 - Night of the Living Dummy II

   S1:E101/12/1996

   It's the middle of Amy Kramer's most-hated night, Family Night, where every member of the family has to share something with the others. After a home-made video of the family's most embarrasing situations put together by Amy's mischievious little brother, Jed, it's Amy's turn to share. She decides to share a ventriloquist act with her ventriloquist dummy, Dennis. However, not even halfway through the routine, Dennis loses his head. Amy complains to her father, reminding him that he told her she'd get a new dummy. So Amy does. She gets Slappy. However, after Amy reads the card of magic gibberish in Slappy's coat pocket, she's just put her family and herself in jeopardy. Because Slappy's no normal dummy. He's one that can come to life...

   Director:Ron Oliver

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.8/10(979 votes)

   #5 - Stay Out of the Basement (2)

   S1:E131/27/1996

   When Margaret's dad gets fired from his job as a botanist, he begins acting weird and spending all his time down in the basement. But no one seems to notice his odd behavior or hear the strange noises coming from below-except Margaret. She's really scared. Has her father turned into a mad scientist? Her brother, Casey, thinks she's nuts-that is until he finds out that dad has been eating plant food! What is going on? Together Margaret and Casey venture down into the dark, creepy basement to unearth their father's spooky secret...

   Director:William Fruet

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.8/10(827 votes)

   #6 - The Haunted Mask II (1)

   S2:E1110/29/1996

   After last year's terrifying Halloween, Carly Beth buried her old haunted mask. Now this year her friend Steve wants to find a mask just as scary, but Carly Beth refuses to tell him where she bought hers. At the last minute though, Steve encounters a stranger wearing Carly Beth's old mask, a mysterious man who leads him to a boarded-up novelty shop. Steve elips in through the back door and steals a creepy mask he finds in the basement. What he doesn't realize is that Carly Beth's old mask is alive-and using both Steve and the shopkeeper to get her back!

   Director:William Fruet

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.8/10(860 votes)

   #7 - Night of the Living Dummy III (1)

   S2:E247/20/1997

   Trina and Dan love their Dad's collection of ventriloquist dummies, except for the creepy new dummy, who has a card containing a magic spell in its pocket. They're pretty mad when their visiting cousin, Zane, uses the dummies in his pranks. But one night, when their parents are out, spooky things start to happen...things that only the dummies can be doing. What weird power does the new dummy have? Is he controlling the others? And can he be stopped before he turns the three children into his dummy slaves?

   Director:Timothy Bond

   Writer:Neal Shusterman

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   Writer:Neal Shusterman
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   7.7/10(995 votes)

   #8 - Stay Out of the Basement (1)

   S1:E121/27/1996

   When Margaret's dad gets fired from his job as a botanist, he begins acting weird and spending all his time down in the basement. But no one seems to notice his odd behavior or hear the strange noises coming from below-except Margaret. She's really scared. Has her father turned into a mad scientist? Her brother, Casey, thinks she's nuts-that is until he finds out that dad has been eating plant food! What is going on? Together Margaret and Casey venture down into the dark, creepy basement to unearth their father's spooky secret...

   Director:William Fruet

   Writer:Unknown

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   7.7/10(802 votes)

   #9 - Welcome to Dead House (2)

   S2:E216/29/1997

   Amanda and Josh HATE their new house. Its just so spooky. And the town of Dark Falls too. But their parents don't listen to them. But they should have... Because the neighors want them to stay. Forever....

   Director:William Fruet

   Writer:Unknown

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10. 

    7.6/10(810 votes)

    #10 - The Haunted Mask II (2)

    S2:E1210/29/1996

    After last year's terrifying Halloween, Carly Beth buried her old haunted mask. No this year her friend Steve wants to find a mask just as scary, but Carly Beth refuses to tell him where she bought hers. At the last minute though, Steve encounters a stranger wearing Carly Beth's old mask, a mysterious man who leads him to a boarded-up novelty shop. Steve slips in through the back door and steals a creepy mask he finds in the basement. What he doesn't realize is that Carly Beth's old mask is alive-and using both Steve and the shopkeeper to get her back!

    Director:William Fruet

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.6/10(787 votes)

    #11 - Welcome to Dead House (1)

    S2:E206/29/1997

    For Josh and Amanda, having to move to the remote, desolate town of Dark Falls was bad enough. But as soon as they moved into Dead house, things began to happen, things their parents couldn't see -- a ghostly shape at the window, a shadow on the wall, the way their dog kept growling at strangers, the quiet, death-pale neighbor kids. Was it the chemical spill that made the people of Dark Falls so strange, or something far more sinister?

    Director:William Fruet

    Writer:Unknown

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12. 

    7.6/10(771 votes)

    #12 - One Day at HorrorLand (1)

    S3:E810/25/1997

    The Morris family gets lost during a road trip and happens upon Horrorland, only to find that it's more sinister than it seems.

    Director:William Fruet

    Writers:Dan Angel, Billy Brown

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    Writers:Dan Angel, Billy Brown
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    7.6/10(581 votes)

    #13 - The Ghost Next Door (2)

    S4:E49/28/1998

    Hannah's neighborhood has just gotten a little-weird. Ever since that new boy moved in next door. But when did he move in? Wasn't the house empty when Hannah went to sleep the night before? Why does it still look so deserted? She's not getting any answeres from her new neighbor. He just keeps disappearing in the oddest ways. And he's so pale...Is Hannah being haunted by...the ghost next door?

    Director:Don McCutcheon

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.5/10(938 votes)

    #14 - A Night in Terror Tower (1)

    S1:E162/25/1996

    While visiting London, Sue and her brother, Eddie, are out on their own for the day while their parents attend a buisness conference. At first bored, they are delighted when their bus makes a stop at Terror Tower. But the fun turns to fright when the kids see the wax statues in the Tower's torture chamber moving as if they are real... and ghostly images start calling out warnings to them. Suddenly, Sue and Eddie are running for their lives as they travel back in time to the Middle Ages to escape the dark fate of Terror Tower.

    Director:William Fruet

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.5/10(842 votes)

    #15 - The Werewolf of Fever Swamp (2)

    S1:E195/17/1996

    Grady's family has just moved out of the city. Into the swamp. Suffice to say, Grady and his sister, Emily, aren't exactly thrilled, especially when his sister finds a snake in the medicine chest. After making a few jokes about the snake looking like Emily's old boyfriend, his father orders him to set the snake free in the swamp. So Grady does. However, he gets a bit lost, and realizes he's gone in a bit too deep. He then runs into the local swamp hermit. The next day, Grady meets the only other kid around, Will Blake. When the go into the swamp, Will tells Grady about a strange fever that you can get from the swamp. He also tells Grady about the swamp hermit, and how the swamp hermit is a werewolf. Grady somehow believes it, but his family is skeptical. That night, hoping he does not catch the ""Fever Swamp"", Grady goes downstairs to lock the basement door, but he is attacked by an animal. Is it the werewolf?

    Director:William Fruet

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.5/10(774 votes)

    #16 - The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight

    S2:E1411/9/1996

    Jodie loves visiting her grandparents' farm, listening to Grandpa Kurt's spooky stories and devouring Grandma Miriam's chocolate chip pancakes. But she and her brother Mark haven't been to the farm in a year, and it appears to have changed. The cornfields are sparse, their grandparents look terrible, and the single scarecrow has been replaced by 12 towering, dark, evil-looking ones that seem to have a life of their own.

    Director:Randy Bradshaw

    Writer:Scott Peters

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    Writer:Scott Peters
17. 

    7.5/10(607 votes)

    #17 - The Ghost Next Door (1)

    S4:E39/28/1998

    Hannah's neighborhood has just gotten a little-weird. Ever since that new boy moved in next door. But when did he move in? Wasn't the house empty when Hannah went to sleep the night before? Why does it still look so deserted? She's not getting any answers from her new neighbor. He just keeps disappearing in the oddest ways. And he's so pale...Is Hannah being haunted by...the ghost next door???

    Director:Don McCutcheon

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.4/10(1016 votes)

    #18 - Welcome to Camp Nightmare (2)

    S1:E611/24/1995

    The summer camp of Billy's dreams is turning out to be a total nightmare. The food stinks. The counselors are weird. And who or what is this vicious beast everyone calls ""Sabre""? Things are getting worse by the minute! So why doesn't Uncle Al, the camp director, seem worried? Does the mystery of the Forbidden Bunk have something to do with Billy's fellow campers disappearing one by one? Either way Billy has had it! He's determined to find out what is going on before it is too late.

    Director:Ron Oliver

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.4/10(871 votes)

    #19 - A Night in Terror Tower (2)

    S1:E175/24/1996

    While visiting London, Sue and her brother, Eddie, are out on their own for the day while their parents attend a buisness conference. At first bored, they are delighted when their bus makes a stop at Terror Tower. But the fun turns to fright when the kids see the wax statues in the Tower's torture chamber moving as if they are real... and ghostly images start calling out warnings to them. Suddenly, Sue and Eddie are running for their lives as they travel back in time to the Middle Ages to escape the dark fate of Terror Tower.

    Director:William Fruet

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.4/10(882 votes)

    #20 - The Werewolf of Fever Swamp (1)

    S1:E185/17/1996

    Grady's family has just moved out of the city. Into the swamp. Suffice to say, Grady and his sister, Emily, aren't exactly thrilled, especially when his sister finds a snake in the medicine chest. After making a few jokes about the snake looking like Emily's old boyfriend, his father orders him to set the snake free in the swamp. So Grady does. However, he gets a bit lost, and realizes he's gone in a bit too deep. He then runs into the local swamp hermit. The next day, Grady meets the only other kid around, Will Blake. When the go into the swamp, Will tells Grady about a strange fever that you can get from the swamp. He also tells Grady about the swamp hermit, and how the swamp hermit is a werewolf. Grady somehow believes it, but his family is skeptical. That night, hoping he does not catch the ""Fever Swamp"", Grady goes downstairs to lock the basement door, but he is attacked by an animal. Is it the werewolf?

    Director:William Fruet

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.4/10(797 votes)

    #21 - Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns

    S2:E1010/26/1996

    Nothing beats Halloween. And this year will be awesome. Much better than last year. Or the year Lee and Tabby played that joke. A nasty practical joke on Drew and her best friend, Walker. Yes, this year Drew and Walker have a plan. A plan for revenge. It involves two scary pumpkin heads. But something's gone wrong. Because the pumpkin heads are a little too scary. A little too real. With strange hissing voices. And flames shooting out of their faces...

    Director:William Fruet

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.4/10(675 votes)

    #22 - The Perfect School (1)

    S3:E1111/15/1997

    Brian O'Connor doesn't like school and he shows it, leading his parents to consider him for boarding school.

    Director:Ron Oliver

    Writer:Unknown

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    7.4/10(638 votes)

    #23 - Werewolf Skin (2)

    S3:E1411/22/1997

    While visiting his aunt and uncle in rural Wolf Creek, big-city camera bug Alex Blackwell is hoping to photograph something really scary in order to win Chiller Magazine's amateur ""shudder shot"" contest. Fortunately (or unfortunately), he doesn't have to look far, because when the moon is full, the woods are full of werewolves! Aided by his mysterious school-girl pal, Hannah, Alex has a plan-which includes a visit to the creepy house across the street-to break the curse of the wolf-skins in order to save his family...and himself!

    Director:Ron Oliver

    Writers:Dan Angel, Billy Brown

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    7.4/10(687 votes)

    #24 - Chillogy (1): Squeal of Fortune

    S3:E194/25/1998

    Jessica, a master negotiator who lives to make money, is sucked into the miniature town of Karlsville and is offered a golden opportunity that comes with a warning - there are no guarantees for `greedy little pigs'.

    Director:William Fruet

    Writers:Dan Angel, Billy Brown

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    7.3/10(1073 votes)

    #25 - Welcome to Camp Nightmare (1)

    S1:E511/17/1995

    The summer camp of Billy's dreams is turning out to be a total nightmare. The food stinks. The counselors are weird. And who or what is this vicious beast everyone calls ""Sabre""? Things are getting worse by the minute! So why doesn't Uncle Al, the camp director, seem worried? Does the mystery of the Forbidden Bunk have something to do with Billy's fellow campers disappearing one by one? Either way Billy has had it! He's determined to find out what is going on before it is too late.

    Director:Ron Oliver

    Writer:Unknown

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