Season 1
🎬 13 Episodes 📅 1992 ⏱ 23 min
A young storyteller in Are You Afraid of the Dark? recounts a chilling tale of a boy who finds an old pocket watch that steals moments from his life, aging him with every tick. As days blur into months, he races against time to discover who cursed the watch and why it hungers for his years. The story unfolds with genuine dread, grounding the supernatural horror in the universal fear of losing childhood itself. By the episode's end, the twist reveals the watch belonged to someone seeking to reclaim what was stolen from them long ago.
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📊 Season Stats
13
Episodes
1992
Year
23
min / ep
5
Watch Hours
1/7
Season No.
⭐ 7.7
Best Episode
Ep. 1 · The Tale of the Phanto…
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🎬 Episodes 13 episodes
1
⭐ 7.7
The Tale of the Phantom Cab
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.
🎬 Ron Oliver ✍️ Chloe Brown
2
⭐ 4.5
The Tale of Laughing in the Dark
A kid named Josh decides to prove that a fun house isn't haunted by stealing the nose of the clown who is supposed to haunt the place. He learns that the story isn't fiction when Zeebo pays him a little visit.
🎬 Ron Oliver ✍️ Chloe Brown
3
⭐ 5.5
The Tale of the Lonely Ghost
A girl who desperately wants to be friends with her snotty cousin and her group of friends agrees to spend the night in the haunted house next door to become part of the group.
🎬 D.J. MacHale ✍️ Naomi Janzen
4
The Tale of the Twisted Claw
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.
🎬 D.J. MacHale ✍️ Chloe Brown
5
The Tale of the Hungry Hounds
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.
🎬 D.J. MacHale
6
⭐ 5.2
The Tale of the Super Specs
Weeds, a prankster, buys his friend Marybeth a pair of super spec glasses as part of an April's Fool Day where once she places on the glasses, strange figures appear and can't be explained.
🎬 Ron Oliver ✍️ Chloe Brown
7
The Tale of the Captured Souls
A family moves to a small house in the summer where they befriend a young man, where the family starts feeling weaker every day.
🎬 D.J. MacHale
8
The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors
Some new neighbors move into a neighborhood. They are originally from Eastern Europe, wear black, collect blood, and only are active at night.
✍️ Chloe Brown
9
⭐ 6.7
The Tale of the Sorcerer's Apprentice
Dean, a troubled student, awakens an ancient secret hidden in the school.
🎬 D.J. MacHale ✍️ Stephen Zoller
10
The Tale of Jake and the Leprechaun
Jake, an inspiring young actor, is in a play where during rehearsals strange things start happening to him where it's only a matter of time before opening night.
🎬 D.J. MacHale
11
⭐ 7.3
The Tale of the Dark Music
Andy Carr moves in the new neighborhood where things don't start out well until he figures out that there's something hidden inside his basement.
🎬 Ron Oliver ✍️ Chloe Brown
12
The Tale of the Prom Queen
Two boys befriend a young woman where they encourage her to join them in search of a legend that comes every year.
🎬 Jean-Marie Comeau ✍️ Chloe Brown
13
⭐ 4.5
The Tale of the Pinball Wizard
Ross, a mischievous kid, goes to the mall where his old habits sometimes get the best of him.
🎬 D.J. MacHale