Are You Afraid of the Dark? season 1 The Tale of the Pinball Wizard - Metacritic

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TV-Y7
Nickelodeon
Nov 14, 1992
22 m

TV-Y7
Nickelodeon
Nov 14, 1992
22 m

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Summary Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a show based on a group of kids called "The Midnight Society". Members meet in a location in the woods and take turns telling their own spooky tales. The series aired on Nickelodeon in the United States as part of their SNICK line-up in 1992. It lasted for 5 seasons until it was canceled in 1996. Later o...

Directed By: D.J. MacHale

Written By: Louise Lamarre, Tom Rack, D.J. MacHale

TV-Y7
Nickelodeon
Nov 14, 1992
22 m

TV-Y7
Nickelodeon
Nov 14, 1992
22 m

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

S1 • Episode 13

The Tale of the Pinball Wizard

Air Date: Nov 14, 1992

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Summary Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a show based on a group of kids called "The Midnight Society". Members meet in a location in the woods and take turns telling their own spooky tales. The series aired on Nickelodeon in the United States as part of their SNICK line-up in 1992. It lasted for 5 seasons until it was canceled in 1996. Later o...

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Episode 1 • Oct 31, 1990 • 24 m

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.

Episode 2 • Aug 22, 1992 • 22 m

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.

Episode 3 • Aug 29, 1992 • 22 m

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.

Episode 4 • Oct 31, 1990 • 22 m

The Tale of the Twisted Claw

In a twist of "The Monkey's Paw" story, two boys harass a little old lady the night before Halloween. The next night, she gives them a wooden vulture foot that grants wishes - and curses.

Episode 5 • Sep 12, 1992 • 22 m

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.

Episode 6 • Sep 19, 1992 • 22 m

The Tale of the Super Specs

Weeds, a prankster, buys his girlfriend Marybeth a pair of super spec glasses as part of his April's Fool Day collection. Once she puts on the glasses, strange figures appear and can't be explained.

Episode 7 • Sep 26, 1992 • 22 m

The Tale of the Captured Souls

A family moves to a small house in the summer where they befriend a young man, and start feeling weaker every day.

Episode 8 • Oct 3, 1992 • 22 m

The Tale of the Nightly Neighbors

Some new neighbors move into a neighborhood. They are originally from Eastern Europe, wear black, collect blood, and are only active at night.

Episode 9 • Oct 10, 1992 • 22 m

The Tale of the Sorcerer's Apprentice

Dean, a troubled student, awakens an ancient secret hidden in the school.

Episode 10 • Oct 17, 1992 • 22 m

The Tale of Jake and the Leprechaun

Jake, an aspiring young actor, is in a play where, during rehearsals, strange things start happening to him when it's only a matter of time before opening night.

Episode 11 • Oct 24, 1992 • 22 m

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.

Episode 12 • Nov 7, 1992 • 22 m

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.

Episode 13 • Nov 14, 1992 • 22 m

The Tale of the Pinball Wizard

Ross, a mischievous kid, goes to the mall where his old habits sometimes get the best of him.

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