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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.

4 Seasons
74 Episodes
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Sci-Fi & Fantasy Mystery Kids Comedy
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episode image Night of the Living Dummy II
7.8/10 (1002 votes)

#1 Night of the Living Dummy II

S1:E10

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...

episode image The Haunted Mask (2)
7.7/10 (950 votes)

#2 The Haunted Mask (2)

S1:E2

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 seems to cause 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.

episode image An Old Story
7.6/10 (732 votes)

#3 An Old Story

S3:E6

Tom and Jon's parents are out on vacation, preparing for their new baby. Tom and Jon are in the basement looking for something to eat when they are greeted by their weird Aunt Dalia. She says that she will feed the boys and they can go off and play video games. So they do. But Aunt Dalia then serves them prune cookies. Tom and Jon are reluctant, but try them out anyway, and to their surprise, find out they like prunes. But, the more prune meals their aunt cooks them, the older they get. And now Tom and Jon are both feeling old, tired, and worn out. And their hair is beginning to gray...

episode image The Ghost Next Door (2)
7.5/10 (557 votes)

#4 The Ghost Next Door (2)

S4:E4

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?

episode image Welcome to Camp Nightmare (2)
7.4/10 (965 votes)

#5 Welcome to Camp Nightmare (2)

S1:E6

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.

episode image Piano Lessons Can Be Murder
7.4/10 (837 votes)

#6 Piano Lessons Can Be Murder

S1:E8

When Jerry finds a dusty old piano in the attic of his new house, his parents offer to pay for lessons. At first, taking piano seems like a cool idea. But there's something creepy about Jerry's piano teacher, Dr. Shreek. Something really creepy. Something Jerry can't quite put his finger on. Then Jerry hears the stories. Terrifying stories. About the students at Dr. Shreek's music school. Students who went in for a lesson... and never came out.

episode image Attack of The Jack-O'-Lanterns
7.4/10 (762 votes)

#7 Attack of The Jack-O'-Lanterns

S2:E10

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...

episode image The Perfect School (1)
7.4/10 (649 votes)

#8 The Perfect School (1)

S3:E11

Brian 'O Connor dresses up as a burglar to scare his little brother Riley, so his parents finally decide to teach him a lesson. They send him to ""The Perfect School"". There, the headmasters are strict. The instructors are even stricter. But Brian and his two friends have noticed something strange about the school. And how perfect they make the students. But the school makes them ""perfect"" in such a short amount of time. When Brian tries to escape, he is countered by numerous guards, but finds a box of ""tissue samples"". But then a horrific thought comes to mind. That the school might be cloning the children and making them perfect.

episode image The Ghost Next Door (1)
7.4/10 (582 votes)

#9 The Ghost Next Door (1)

S4:E3

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???

episode image Welcome to Camp Nightmare (1)
7.3/10 (1017 votes)

#10 Welcome to Camp Nightmare (1)

S1:E5

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.

episode image Say Cheese and Die!
7.3/10 (1041 votes)

#11 Say Cheese and Die!

S1:E15

Greg thinks there is something wrong with the old camera he and his friends found. The photographs keep turning out wrong. Very wrong. Like the snapshot Greg took of his father's new car that shows it totalled. And then Greg's father is in a nasty wreck. But Greg's friends don't believe him. Shari even makes Greg bring the camera to her birthday party and take her picture. Only Shari's not in the photograph when it develops. Is Shari about to be taken out of the picture permanently? Who is going to take the next fall for...the evil camera?

episode image The Cuckoo Clock of Doom
7.2/10 (1033 votes)

#12 The Cuckoo Clock of Doom

S1:E3

Michael Webster is always getting in trouble! And he knows it's because of his bratty sister, Tara the terrible. But now something else is about to make Michael's life even worse. His father has just brought home an antique cuckoo clock. It's old. It's expensive. And Mr. Webster won't let anyone touch it. Poor Michael. He should have listened to his dad. Because someone put a spell on the clock. A strange spell. A dangerous spell. And now Michael's life will never be the same again...

episode image Bride of The Living Dummy
7.1/10 (664 votes)

#13 Bride of The Living Dummy

S3:E16

Katie, Harrison, Jillian, and Katie's annoying doll Mary-Ellen were seeing a show put on by the famous ventriloquist Jimmie O' James, who was using his dummy, Slappy. However, as most would know, Slappy is no normal dummy. He's alive. And, while at the show, it would seem that he fell in love with Katie's doll. When Jillian searched for her sister after she forgot Mary-Ellen, she met Jimmie O' James, and Jimmie gave her an autographed photo and she gave her address. However, Jimmie used the address to send Slappy to Jillian. And now strange things are happening around the house. Scary things. Evil things. And Jillian and Katie get the hint when Slappy steals their Mom's wedding ring...

episode image The Girl Who Cried Monster
7.0/10 (1112 votes)

#14 The Girl Who Cried Monster

S1:E4

Lucy likes to tell monster stories. She's told so many that her friends and her family are sick of it. Then one day, Lucy discovers a real, live monster: the librarian in charge of the summer reading program. Too bad Lucy's told so many monster tall tales. Too bad no one believes a word she says. Too bad the monster knows who she is... and is coming after her next.

episode image The Haunted House Game
6.9/10 (615 votes)

#15 The Haunted House Game

S3:E10

Jonathan and Nadine were headed to a pep rally with their camera, when they passed the old abandoned mansion on the street. Standing outside the entrance gate is a strange little girl who tells them that her cat ran inside the door of the mansion. Jonathan is reluctant, but Nadine says that it will only take a second. So they both enter, but the cat is nowhere to be found. However, they do find a game. It's called ""The Mansion of Terror"". And it's got a strange effect on the players. Because now Jonathan and Nadine are trapped inside the game, and must win to get out...

episode image How to Kill a Monster
6.8/10 (663 votes)

#16 How to Kill a Monster

S2:E18

Gretchen and her brother, Clark, hate staying at their weird grandparents' house. they live right in the middle of a dark, muddy swamp. And things just keep getting spookier as there's something really weird about Grandma and Grandpa's house. Something about that room upstairs. The one that's locked and has those strange noises coming from it...

episode image A Shocker on Shock Street
6.8/10 (644 votes)

#17 A Shocker on Shock Street

S3:E1

Erin Wright and her best friend, Marty, love horror movies. Especially Shocker on Shock Street movies. All kinds of scary creatures live on Shock Street. The Toadinator. Ape Face. The Mad Mangler. But when Erin and Marty visit the new Shocker Studio Theme Park, they get the scare of their lives. First their tram gets stuck in The Cave of the Living Creeps. Then they're attacked by a group of enormous praying mantises! Real life is a whole lot scarier than the movies. But Shock Street isn't really real. Is it?

episode image The House of No Return
6.7/10 (648 votes)

#18 The House of No Return

S3:E3

Lori, Nathan, and Robbie need a new member for their club called ""Danger Incorporated."" To get into Danger Incoroporated, you have to stay in an old, abandoned mansion for one hour, nicknamed The House Of No Return by local kids in town. However, no one can seem to stay in the house for one hour. And the strange thing about it is, the kids that can't stay in the house always come out screaming that they saw a ghost. So when a new kid, Chris, comes to town, the trio finds him the perfect potential member. However, when Chris doesn't come out after one hour, the kids will discover their little prank has gone farther than they thought...

episode image Click
6.7/10 (645 votes)

#19 Click

S3:E5

Seth is interested to see the catalog-ordered Verona XG-20 remote he just got appears to be universal - it works on the stereo as well as the TV. But he's even more amazed when, turning it on "PAUSE" on his younger sister Jamie as a joke really does stop her tap-dancing! He's then informed by the still-playing tape that came with the remote by Tony Huband that "It's not a toy!" Eager to see what else it can do, he continues testing it: changing the color of his fish, rewinding/fast-forwarding passerby, hitting channel change so the school bully transforms into something more benign. But soon he goes on to bigger things, like pausing his teacher to cheat on tests, or his family when they want him to give the remote to Janie, despite his best friend's opposition. After all, none of Tony's phone-recorded warnings mean anything. Right?

episode image Phantom of the Auditorium
6.6/10 (907 votes)

#20 Phantom of the Auditorium

S1:E7

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?

episode image Attack of The Mutant (1)
6.6/10 (762 votes)

#21 Attack of The Mutant (1)

S2:E2

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?

episode image Monster Blood (1)
6.6/10 (663 votes)

#22 Monster Blood (1)

S2:E15

While staying with his weird great-aunt Kathryn, Evan visits a funky old toy store and buys a dusty can of monster blood. It's fun to play with at first. And Evan's dog, Trigger, likes it so much, he eats some! But then Evan notices something weird about the green, slimy stuff-it seems to be growing. And growing. And growing. And all that growing has given the monster blood a monstrous appetite...

episode image Deep Trouble (2)
6.4/10 (582 votes)

#23 Deep Trouble (2)

S4:E8

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...

episode image Return of the Mummy
6.3/10 (859 votes)

#24 Return of the Mummy

S1:E9

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?

episode image How I Got My Shrunken Head (1)
6.3/10 (593 votes)

#25 How I Got My Shrunken Head (1)

S4:E1

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...

episode image Say Cheese and Die-Again!
6.1/10 (652 votes)

#26 Say Cheese and Die-Again!

S3:E18

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...

episode image Cry of the Cat (1)
6.1/10 (620 votes)

#27 Cry of the Cat (1)

S4:E5

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.

episode image Cry of the Cat (2)
5.9/10 (622 votes)

#28 Cry of the Cat (2)

S4:E6

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.

episode image Don't Go to Sleep
5.8/10 (631 votes)

#29 Don't Go to Sleep

S3:E4

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.

episode image The Haunted Mask (1)
0.0/10

#30 The Haunted Mask (1)

S1:E1

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.

episode image My Hairiest Adventure
0.0/10

#31 My Hairiest Adventure

S1:E11

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...

episode image Stay Out of The Basement (1)
0.0/10

#32 Stay Out of The Basement (1)

S1:E12

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...

episode image Stay Out of The Basement (2)
0.0/10

#33 Stay Out of The Basement (2)

S1:E13

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...

episode image It Came from Beneath the Sink
0.0/10

#34 It Came from Beneath the Sink

S1:E14

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...

episode image A Night in Terror Tower (1)
0.0/10

#35 A Night in Terror Tower (1)

S1:E16

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.

episode image A Night in Terror Tower (2)
0.0/10

#36 A Night in Terror Tower (2)

S1:E17

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.

episode image The Werewolf of Fever Swamp (1)
0.0/10

#37 The Werewolf of Fever Swamp (1)

S1:E18

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?

episode image The Werewolf of Fever Swamp (2)
0.0/10

#38 The Werewolf of Fever Swamp (2)

S1:E19

When Grady's family moves out of the city and into a rickety old house in Fever Swamp, both he and his sister Emily find a lot to complain about: they have no friends, no neighbors and nothing to do. Then Grady meets the only other kid around, Will Blake, who tells him the legend of the swamp and about the werewolf responsible for the mysterious disappearances of many former residents. Although Grady is afraid the legend may be true, his parents and sister refuse to believe it...until the next full moon.

episode image Be Careful What You Wish For...
0.0/10

#39 Be Careful What You Wish For...

S2:E1

Samantha Byrd is a klutz. An accident waiting to happen. She's the laughingstock of the girls' basketball team. And tha mean, rotten Judith Bellwood is making her life miserable on and off the court. But everything's about to change. Sam's met someone who can grant her three wishes. For real. Too bad Sam wasn't careful what she wished for. Because her wishes are coming true. And they're turning her life into a living nightmare!

episode image Attack of The Mutant (2)
0.0/10

#40 Attack of The Mutant (2)

S2:E3

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?

Cast & Chracters

The highest rated episode of Goosebumps is "Night of the Living Dummy II" (S1E10) with a rating of 7.80.

This episode received 1,002 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Don't Go to Sleep" (S3E4) with a rating of 5.80.

This episode received 631 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Night of the Living Dummy II" (S1E10) with a rating of 7.80.

This episode received 1,002 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Return of the Mummy" (S1E9) with a rating of 6.30.

This episode received 859 votes.

The highest rated episode is "Attack of The Jack-O'-Lanterns" (S2E10) with a rating of 7.40.

This episode received 762 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Attack of The Mutant (1)" (S2E2) with a rating of 6.60.

This episode received 762 votes.

The highest rated episode is "An Old Story" (S3E6) with a rating of 7.60.

This episode received 732 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Don't Go to Sleep" (S3E4) with a rating of 5.80.

This episode received 631 votes.

The highest rated episode is "The Ghost Next Door (2)" (S4E4) with a rating of 7.50.

This episode received 557 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "Cry of the Cat (2)" (S4E6) with a rating of 5.90.

This episode received 622 votes.

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Deborah Forte Production Executive Producer
Thomas L. Wilhite Production Executive Producer
R.L. Stine Writing Book

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