Season 4
🎬 13 Episodes 📅 1994 ⏱ 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
1994
Year
23
min / ep
5
Watch Hours
4/7
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🎬 Episodes 13 episodes
1
The Tale of the Renegade Virus
A boy and his friend are constantly getting each other in trouble. One friend decides to plant a virus in the new virtual reality system this his friend is going to play. But things don't go as planned when the virus tries to take over the player's body and escape to the real world.
🎬 Ron Oliver ✍️ Chloe Brown
2
The Tale of the Long Ago Locket
A boy is transported by to the Revolutionary War, where he must help a solider return to his girlfriend, before she marries another man.
🎬 David Winning ✍️ Chloe Brown
3
The Tale of the Water Demons
Shawn McKenzie visits his relatives and works in a job for the summer where him and his cousin deliver groceries to an old man's house and see why he's very odd.
🎬 Ron Oliver
4
The Tale of Cutter's Treasure (1)
When a teenager finds a spyglass locked in a treasure chest at the magic shop, the ghost of an evil pirate is released.
🎬 David Winning
5
The Tale of Cutter's Treasure (2)
Rush must find a way to save Max with the help of Dr. Vink and Sardo.
🎬 D.J. MacHale
6
The Tale of the Quiet Librarian
A library is haunted by the ghost of a former librarian who dislikes noisy children.
🎬 David Winning
7
The Tale of the Silent Servant
Two kids on a farm find a scarecrow with a magic spell, and they use it. The scarecrow does whatever they order it to. At first it's great, their new servant puts up an entire fence that they were supposed to build. But they find that it has it's drawbacks when they order it to make a baseball dug…
8
The Tale of the Room for Rent
Jessie's grandfarther wants to earn some extra money, so he decides to rent out the extra room in his house. One night, Jessie sees a man enter the local psychic's house through the ceiling. When she returns home, she's shocked to find that the not only is the room of their house rented out, but t…
9
The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner
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 mindl…
🎬 Ron Oliver
10
The Tale of the Fire Ghost
While celebrating their dad's birthday at the firehouse he works at, Jimmy and Roxanne end up being left alone when a call comes in and the firefighters must take off to stop a fire.
They soon find that they're not exactly the only occupants of the firehouse. There's a fire ghost who's seeking rev…
✍️ Scott Peters
11
The Tale of the Closet Keepers
Aliens kidnap several youngsters from Earth to put on display in their zoo.
🎬 David Winning
12
The Tale of the Unfinished Painting
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.
🎬 David Winning
13
The Tale of Train Magic
Tim loves trains and everything about them, just like his father did who used to work at the station. After an electric train is mysteriously sent to him, he puts it on the track with the rest of his collection and watches it go. But at 7:13 PM he finds himself sucked into the mysterious town train…
🎬 D.J. MacHale