The Worst Episodes of Goosebumps
Every episode of Goosebumps ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Goosebumps!
Anything can turn spooky in this horror anthology series based on the best-selling books by master of kid horror, R.L. Stine. In every episode, see what happens when regular kids find themselves in scary situations, and how they work to confront and overcome their fears.
Lowest Rated Episodes Summary
The worst episode of "Goosebumps" is "Strained Peas", rated 5.1/10 from 642 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Strained Peas" aired on 2/21/1998 and is rated 0.3 point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Teacher's Pet".
5.1/10 642 votes#1 - Strained Peas
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/21/1998
Nicholas is at first optimistic about getting a baby sister, but his friend tells him all the cons. When his parents arrive, he meets his sister Grace. Though, Grace is no normal baby. She makes a block message that says ""Only me"". And she pukes on Nicholas when he goes to comfort her when she is crying in the night. Nicholas can take a hint when she eats his pet. Nicholas knows that Grace wants to be an only child. And she'll do anything to get rid of him. So when their parents leave Nicholas home alone to babysit Grace, Grace does some real bad things. Scary things. Evil things. Things that COULD make her an only child...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.4/10 626 votes#2 - Teacher's Pet
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/16/1998
Becca and Benji were on a class field-trip with, well, their class. However, when they got on the trail, Becca realizes she lost the locket that her grandmother gave her. Becca and Benji went back to find it. Becca did, but then it moved by itself. She soon realized that it really didn't, a bunny moved it. However, when she picked the bunny up, she found it had a snake's face! However, no one believes her, and the trip resumed. Mr. Blankenship, their teacher, showed them how a snake devoured a mouse. However, when Becca and Benji went exploring, they found a strange cabin. With live snakes...
Director: Stefan Scaini
Writer: N/A
5.7/10 721 votes#3 - Go Eat Worms!
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 9/28/1996
Obsessed with worms? That's putting it mildly. Todd is so fascinated with worms, he keeps a worm farm in his basement! Most of all, Todd loves torturing his sister and her best friend with worms. Dropping them in their hair. Down their backs. Until one day, after cutting a worm in half, Todd notices something strange. The rest of the worms seem to be staring at him! Suddenly worms start showing up in the worst places for Todd. In his bed. In his homework. Even in his spaghetti! What's a worm lover to do when his own worms are starting to gross him out?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.8/10 621 votes#4 - Don't Go to Sleep
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/20/1997
Matt Amsterdam is tired of being just a kid, while his siblings have all the fun. So one night decides to go up to the attic to sleep. When he wakes up, he is in another dimension where everyone treats him like an adult. To complicate things, a pair of men in black begin pursuing him.
Director: John Bell
Writer: Rick Drew
5.9/10 606 votes#5 - Cry of the Cat (2)
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1998
In the light of the full moon, Alison saw the cat sprawled on its back, its head twisted to one side, its four paws straight up in the air. Even from my bedroom window high above the ground, Alison recognized the cat. The cat named Rip. And Alison knew without going down there that she had killed it again. Killed it for a third time.
Director: Ron Oliver
Writer: N/A
6.0/10 674 votes#6 - Bad Hare Day
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/14/1996
Matt hates his tiny bedroom. It's so small it's practically a closet! Still, Matt's mom refuses to let him sleep in the attic. After all, they might need to use it. Some day. Or year. Then Matt does it. Late one night. When everyone's paying no attention. He sneaks into the attic and falls asleep. Poor Matt. He should have listened to his mom. Because when Matt wakes up, his whole life has changed. For the worse. And every time he falls asleep, he wakes up in a new nightmare...
Director: John Bell
Writer: N/A
6.0/10 742 votes#7 - Calling All Creeps!
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/15/1997
When Ricky gets kicked off the paper, he decides to play a prank on the editor. He sticks a message in the paper. If you're a real creep, call Tasha after midnight. But Ricky's message gets messed up. And now he's getting strange calls from kids who say they are creeps...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.1/10 619 votes#8 - My Best Friend is Invisible
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/1997
Sammy Jacobs is into ghosts and science fiction. Not exactly the smartest hobby-at least not if you ask Sammy's parents. They're research scientists and they only believe in real science. But now Sammy's met someone who's totally unreal. He's hanging out in Sammy's room. And and eating his cereal at breakfast. Sammy's got to find a way to get rid of his new ""friend."" Only problem is...Sammy's new ""friend"" is invisible!
Director: William Fruet
Writer: Scott Peters
6.1/10 640 votes#9 - Say Cheese and Die-Again!
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/28/1998
Sourball. That's what Greg calls his English teacher, Mr. Saur. He's a real grouch. And now he just gave Greg a big fat ""F"" on his oral report. He didn't believe Greg's story. About the camera Greg found last summer. About the pictures it took. About the evil things that happened. Poor Greg. He just wanted to prove old Sourball wrong. But now that he's dug up the camera, bad things are happening. Really bad things. Just like the first time...
Director: Ron Oliver
Writer: N/A
6.1/10 607 votes#10 - Cry of the Cat (1)
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1998
In the light of the full moon, Allison Rogers saw the cat sprawled on its back, its head twisted to one side, its four paws straight up in the air. Even from her bedroom window high above the ground, Allison recognized the cat. The cat named Rip. And Allison knew without going down there that she had killed it again. Killed it for a third time.
Director: Ron Oliver
Writer: N/A
6.2/10 597 votes#11 - The Barking Ghost
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/11/1997
Scared of his own shadow. That's what everyone says about Cooper Holmes. But when Cooper's family moves into a new house deep in the woods, scary things really do start happening. Problem is, no one believes a scaredy-cat like Cooper. But then, no one else heard the bone-chilling barking late at night. No one else watched as the two evil-looking dogs disappeared into thin air. Can Cooper convince anyone of the creepy canines before it's too late?
Director: William Fruet
Writer: Charles Lazer
6.3/10 835 votes#12 - Return of the Mummy
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/22/1995
After last year's scary adventure, Gabe's a little nervous about being back in Egypt. Back near the ancient pyramids. Back where he saw all those creepy mummies. Then he learns about an Egyptian superstition. A secret chant that is supposed to bring mummies to life. Gabe's uncle says it's just a hoax. But now it sounds like something's moving in the mummy's tomb. No way a couple of dumb words can wake the dead. Can they?
Director: John Bell
Writer: N/A
6.3/10 831 votes#13 - My Hairiest Adventure
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/19/1996
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: David Warry-Smith
Writer: N/A
6.3/10 729 votes#14 - Attack of The Mutant (2)
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/7/1996
Skipper Matthews has an awesome comic book collection. His favorite one is called The Masked Mutant. It's about an evil supervillain who's out to rule the universe! Skipper can't get enough of The Mutant. Until one day he gets lost in a strange part of town. And finds a building that looks exactly like The Mutant's secret headquarters. A building that appears and disappers. Has Skipper read one too many comic books? Or does The Masked Mutant really live in Riverview Falls?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.3/10 578 votes#15 - How I Got My Shrunken Head (2)
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1998
What has two eyes, a mouth, and wrinkly green skin? Mark's shrunken head. It's a present from his Aunt Benna. A gift from the jungle island of Baladora. Mark can't wait to show the kids at school his shrunken head. It's so ugly. So gross. So awesome. But late on night the head starts to glow. Because it's no ordinary head. It gives Mark a strange power. A magical power. A dangerous power...
Director: Ron Oliver
Writer: N/A
6.3/10 565 votes#16 - Deep Trouble (1)
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1998
Billy and his sister, Sheena, are visiting their uncle Dr. Deep on a tiny Caribbean island. It's the perfect place to go exploring underwater...and Billy's ready for an adventure. There's only one rule to remember: Stay away from the coral reefs. Still, the reefs are so beautiful. So peaceful. Billy can't resist. But he's not alone in the water. Something's lurking deep below the surface. Something dark and scaly. Something that's half-human, half-fish...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.4/10 582 votes#17 - How I Got My Shrunken Head (1)
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1998
What has two eyes, a mouth, a wrinkly green skin? Mark's shrunken head. It's a present from his Aunt Benna. A gift from the jungle island of Baladora. Mark can't wait to show the kids at school his shrunken head. It's so ugly. So gross. So awesome. But late one night the head starts to glow. Because it's no ordinary head. It gives Mark a strange power. A magical power. A dangerous power...
Director: Ron Oliver
Writer: N/A
6.4/10 568 votes#18 - Deep Trouble (2)
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1998
Billy and his sister, Sheena, are visiting their uncle Dr. Deep on a tiny Caribbean island. It's the perfect place to go exploring underwater...and Billy's ready for an adventure. There's only one rule to remember: Stay away from the coral reefs. Still, the reefs are so beautiful. So peaceful. Billy can't resist. But he's not alone in the water. Something's lurking deep below the surface. Something dark and scaly. Something that's half-human, half-fish...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.5/10 921 votes#19 - It Came from Beneath the Sink
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/1996
Kat and her brother, Daniel, are so lucky. They just moved to a new house with tons of rooms, two balconies, and a lawn the size of a football field! But all that good luck is about to run out. Because there's something really evil living in their new house. Something that's moving. Watching. Waiting. Something that comes from beneath the kitchen sink...
Director: David Winning
Writer: R.L. Stine
6.5/10 593 votes#20 - Awesome Ants
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/7/1998
Ben and Dave stopped at an ice cream shop. They ordered some very strange ice cream, as Dave says ""Life is too short for boring ice cream"". However, the ice cream was stranger than they thought as they found it covered with ants! People then began to scream as they found the whole shop infested with ants. Running out, Dave and Ben met a man from ""Nuke 'Em"" pest control, and Ben quickly left as Dave went inside with the exterminator. While inside, the exterminator started looking for the queen's next. He found the queen and squashed it, then gave Dave an idea for a science project. After ordering an ant home, Dave feeds them. Though, when Ben says they aren't getting enough food, they start feeding them hot dogs and more pellets than the ants are supposed to get. However, now the ants are growing larger and larger...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.5/10 600 votes#21 - Chillogy (2): Strike Three... You're Doomed
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 5/2/1998
After Jessica's scary adventure in Karlsville, she and her brother throw it out on an agreement that she will give him fifty dollars for an anniversary present. However, Todd and Matthew find it when they are coming home from their friend's house one night. They carry it home, and the next day Matthew goes to his baseball game. Matthew finally gets a chance to play-and strikes out horribly. Sad, he sits in his room while the rest of his family watches a movie. Tossing his baseball up and down, the ball suddenly floats into Karlsville. Following it, Matthew is transported into the town just as Jessica was, only he's in a baseball game. And in Karlsville baseball games, it's not whether you win or lose. It's how you save your life...
Director: William Fruet
Writer: Billy Brown, Dan Angel
6.6/10 886 votes#22 - Phantom of the Auditorium
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/1/1995
Brooke's best friend, Zeke, has just gotten the lead role in the school play, The Phantom. Zeke's totally into it. He loves dressing up in the grotesque phantom costume. And scaring the other members of the cast. Brooke thinks Zeke is getting a little too into it. But then really scary things start happening. A message appears on a piece of scenery: ""Stay away from my home sweet home, Esmeralda!"" A stage light comes crashing down. Is someone trying to ruin the play? Or is there really a phantom living under the stage?
Director: John Bell
Writer: N/A
6.6/10 740 votes#23 - Attack of The Mutant (1)
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/7/1996
Skipper Matthews has an awesome comic book collection. His favorite one is called The Masked Mutant. It's about an evil supervillian who's out to rule the universe! Skipper can't get enough of The Mutant. Until one day he gets lost in a strange part of town. And finds a building that looks exactly like The Mutant's headquarters. A building that appears and disappears. Has Skipper read one too many comic books? Or does The Masked Mutant really live in Riverview Falls?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/10 680 votes#24 - Ghost Beach
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 10/19/1996
Jerry can't wait to explore the dark, spooky old cave he found down by the beach. Then the other kids tell him a story. A story about a ghost who lives deep inside the cave. A ghost who is three hundred years old. A ghost who comes out when the moon is full. A ghost who is haunting the beach. Just another stupid ghost story. Right?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/10 648 votes#25 - More Monster Blood (2)
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 11/16/1996
Evan is flying to Atlanta to meet his parents, as the family is moving due to his father's job. On the plane, Evan meets three kids. But as each of them get to know Evan more, Evan tells them about the monster blood. And all the trouble it caused. However, none of them believe him. Though, that's going to change soon. Very soon. Because the monster blood has followed Evan. And now it's going to cause a very frightening flight...
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A