Season 5
🎬 13 Episodes 📅 1995 ⏱ 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
1995
Year
23
min / ep
5
Watch Hours
5/7
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🎬 Episodes 13 episodes
1
The Tale of the Dead Man's Float
Zeke is good at chemistry, but not at girls. When he befriends one, she teaches him how to swim at the school pool. However, the pool is haunted by the ghost of a body that was previously buried underneath the school.
🎬 D.J. MacHale
2
The Tale of the Jagged Sign
A young girl, Claudia, goes to visit her relatives at the boarding house for the elderly that they own. She's bored at first but soon learns the legend of a ghost who haunts a special spot of a mountain in the woods. Her time spent away from home gets even more unusual when she actually sees the g…
🎬 Ron Oliver
3
The Tale of Station 109.1
Chris is obsessed with death. His brother tries to get him to snap out of it by locking him in a hearse and turning up the radio full blast. The radio goes right to 109.1. When Chris goes to the station, DJ Roy mistakes him for a dead man, and sends him to the afterlife.
🎬 Ron Oliver ✍️ Scott Peters
4
The Tale of the Mystical Mirror
Employees from a boutique are disappearing and no one knows why. Soon after getting a job there, Cindy discovers the truth. Mrs. Valenti, the owner, is really centuries old and using her youthful employees to stay young.
5
The Tale of Prisoners Past
Scott and his step-brother hate each other and can't seem to get along. After fighting on their school field trip to a famous prison, they accidentally release One-Eyed Jack, an ex-prisoner's ghost, and he follows them home. They finally have to learn to cooperate in order to get the ghost to rest i…
🎬 Ron Oliver
6
The Tale of C7
A family buys an old abondoned hotel, with the intentions of fixing it up and re-opening it. But when the old jukebox is pulled out and fixed, it starts to play a long-forgotten song late at night, summoning a restless spirit from the nearby lake.
🎬 Ron Oliver
7
The Tale of Badge
Gwen is constantly being upstaged by her brother- even on her birthday. Her grandmother Willy gives her a special necklace and a magical flute that holds the key to a family secret. When her brother accidentally releases an evil creature named Badge, it's up to Gwen to use her musical gift to save h…
🎬 David Winning
8
The Tale of the Manaha
A blithe boy name Jonah enlists in a camping expedition with a group of misfits where an ancient legend has awoken in the woods.
9
The Tale of the Unexpected Visitor
Using the equipment of Jeff's father, who's working on a special space project, two friends send some of their music into space. This apparently attracts the attention of an alien creature who has received their message.
10
The Tale of the Chameleons
When a chameleon bites a girl at a pet store, the lizard takes on her form and plots to take over the world.
🎬 Ron Oliver
11
The Tale of the Vacant Lot
A young girl, who feels inferior to her peers, encounters a strange woman in an empty lot who seems to have everything she'd ever want. The woman doesn't seem to want anything important in return. But when the young girl starts losing her looks, she finds that what she's given up is more important t…
🎬 Ron Oliver ✍️ Scott Peters
12
The Tale of a Door Unlocked
Justin visits Sardo's Magic Mansion and buys a miniature door from Sardo that's supposed to let him see the future. He sees an unfamiliar girl trapped in a fire. But soon a new girl, Ashley, arrives at school and looks exactly like the girl that Justin saw in the fire. It's up to him to save her fro…
🎬 D.J. MacHale ✍️ Chloe Brown
13
The Tale of the Night Shift
A new girl starts volunteering during the nightshift at the local hospital. But the hospital seems to have more than just a new volunteer. Someone or something is feeding on the hospital's patients and employees, draining them of their blood and turning them into walking zombies.