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Are You Afraid of the Dark? on IMDB
First Aired: August 15th, 1992
Status: Ended
Genre: Kids, Mystery, Drama
Network: Nickelodeon
Summary: Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a joint Canadian-American horror/fantasy-themed anthology television series. The original series was a joint production between the Canadian company Cinar and the American company Nickelodeon. The episode "The Tale of the Twisted Claw" was aired as a pilot on the evening of October 31, 1991 in the USA and in October 1990 in Canada. Are You Afraid of the Dark? was aired from August 15, 1992 to April 20, 1996 on Nickelodeon's SNICK. The series also aired on the Canadian television network YTV from October 30, 1990 until June 11, 2000. A revived series with new directors, writers, and cast was produced by Nickelodeon from 1999 to 2000 and also aired on SNICK. The sole member from the original lineup to return for the sixth and seventh seasons was Tucker, although Ross Hull returned for the concluding miniseries, which notably broke from the show's established format by blurring the line between story and "reality".
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Season 5
Episode 1: The Tale of the Dead Man's Float
Air Date: October 7th, 1995
Summary: 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.
Episode 2: The Tale of Station 109.1
Air Date: November 4th, 1995
Summary: 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.
Episode 3: The Tale of the Mystical Mirror
Air Date: November 11st, 1995
Summary: 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.
Episode 4: The Tale of the Chameleons
Air Date: November 18th, 1995
Summary: When a chameleon bites a girl at a pet store, the lizard takes on her form and plots to take over the world.
Episode 5: The Tale of Prisoners Past
Air Date: December 2nd, 1995
Summary: 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 in peace.
Episode 6: The Tale of C7
Air Date: December 9th, 1995
Summary: 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.
Episode 7: The Tale of the Manaha
Air Date: December 30th, 1995
Summary: A blithe boy name Jonah enlists in a camping expedition with a group of misfits where an ancient legend has awoken in the woods.
Episode 8: The Tale of the Unexpected Visitor
Air Date: January 13rd, 1996
Summary: 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.
Episode 9: The Tale of the Vacant Lot
Air Date: January 20th, 1996
Summary: 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 to her than she thought.
Episode 10: The Tale of a Door Unlocked
Air Date: January 27th, 1996
Summary: 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 from the future.
Episode 11: The Tale of the Night Shift
Air Date: February 3rd, 1996
Summary: 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.
Episode 12: The Tale of the Jagged Sign
Air Date: March 9th, 1996
Summary: 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 ghost himself.
Episode 13: The Tale of Badge
Air Date: April 20th, 1996
Summary: 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 her family and herself.
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