The BEST episodes directed by D.j. Machale

The Tale of the Dead Man's Float
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9.05
95 votes

#1 - The Tale of the Dead Man's Float

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Season 5 - Episode 1

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.

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The Tale of the Night Shift
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8.82
87 votes

#2 - The Tale of the Night Shift

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Season 5 - Episode 11

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.

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The Tale of the Midnight Ride
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8.54
105 votes

#3 - The Tale of the Midnight Ride

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Season 3 - Episode 1

When a teenager moves to Sleepy Hollow, he learns that some of the folks believe in the old legend of the headless horseman. He soon learns that it's not just a legend.

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Arrival
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8.50
2 votes

#4 - Arrival

Flight 29 Down - Season 1 - Episode 1

Nine teenagers and a 10-year-old boy are planning on having a school trip they will never forget. However, they get more than they bargained for when their plane crashes and they end up stuck on an island with nothing but canned food, an airplane, and each other.

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The Tale of the Midnight Madness
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8.33
119 votes

#5 - The Tale of the Midnight Madness

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Season 2 - Episode 2

An old movie theater has two weeks before they close down for good. Ever since the multiplex came into town, the older movie theater has made less than six dollars per day. All of a sudden, the mysterious Dr. Vink appears and offers them a horror movie he made decades ago. He promises the owner and his staff that his movie would save them from closing down and it works! Dr. Vink's horror movie, Nosferatu: The Demon Vampire, starts attracting more than fifty people a night. The staff wonders what attracts people to this film and unfortunately they find out. The terrifying vampire jumps out of the movie and into the real world where it can have all the victims it wants. Now the staff must pull the plug on the movie before it gets out of hand!

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The Tale of the Guardian's Curse
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8.28
96 votes

#6 - The Tale of the Guardian's Curse

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Season 3 - Episode 8

A mummy is delivered to a museum owned by an archeologist. The mummy happens to be a dead pharaoh queen whose ancient potion and ring brings eternal life. The trouble begins when the mummy mysteriously disappears.

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The Tale of the Dangerous Soup
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7.80
94 votes

#7 - The Tale of the Dangerous Soup

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Season 3 - Episode 13

Dr. Vink is back and now running his own restaraunt, The Wild Boar. After staff members continually decide to just quit at the drop of a hat, two employees soon discover why. Dr. Vink makes his famous soup with a special ingredient that he gets from his employees- FEAR. However, the two accidentally release the creature that gathers the fear and give it the ability to prey upon anyone.

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The Tale of the Lonely Ghost
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7.74
191 votes

#8 - The Tale of the Lonely Ghost

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Season 1 - Episode 3

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.

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The Tale of Cutter's Treasure (2)
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7.74
89 votes

#9 - The Tale of Cutter's Treasure (2)

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Season 4 - Episode 5

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The Tale of the Captured Souls
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7.51
117 votes

#10 - The Tale of the Captured Souls

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Season 1 - Episode 7

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

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The Tale of Train Magic
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7.46
84 votes

#11 - The Tale of Train Magic

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Season 4 - Episode 13

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, which is actually Train 713, a train that crashed and killed everyone aboard years ago.

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The Tale of the Sorcerer's Apprentice
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7.46
113 votes

#12 - The Tale of the Sorcerer's Apprentice

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Season 1 - Episode 9

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

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The Tale of the Whispering Walls
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7.40
102 votes

#13 - The Tale of the Whispering Walls

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Season 2 - Episode 7

While driving to a carnival, a babysitter and the two children she's looking after get lost. When their car breaks down, she goes inside a house to call for help. Trouble begins when she disappears and the kids soon find out that while they aren't the only ones in the house, they're the only ones that are alive.

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The Tale of Jake and the Leprechaun
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7.27
114 votes

#14 - The Tale of Jake and the Leprechaun

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Season 1 - Episode 10

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.

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The Tale of the Hungry Hounds
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7.25
136 votes

#15 - The Tale of the Hungry Hounds

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Season 1 - Episode 5

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.

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The Tale of the Twisted Claw
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7.15
140 votes

#16 - The Tale of the Twisted Claw

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Season 1 - Episode 4

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.

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The Tale of the Final Wish
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6.97
111 votes

#17 - The Tale of the Final Wish

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Season 2 - Episode 1

Jill is a thirteen year old that still loves things her peers have grown out of, such as unicorns and fairy tales. One night she wishes that she could be in a fairy tale world forever. After her wish is granted, she finds that living in a fairy tale isn't as happy as she'd once imagined.

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The Tale of Cutter's Treasure (1)
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6.79
87 votes

#18 - The Tale of Cutter's Treasure (1)

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Season 4 - Episode 4

After opening a treasure chest, Rush Keegan unleashes the ghost of Jonas Cutter, an evil pirate. Captain Cutter kidnaps Rush's little brother, and he must use his instincts to finish what his ancestors started and get his brother back. Both Dr. Vink and Sardo team up with Rush to help him battle the phantom pirate.

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The Tale of the Pinball Wizard
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6.64
121 votes

#19 - The Tale of the Pinball Wizard

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Season 1 - Episode 13

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

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The Tale of the Dark Dragon
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6.55
69 votes

#20 - The Tale of the Dark Dragon

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Season 2 - Episode 6

A teenager buys a potion from Sardo's magic shop hoping to make himself cooler, since he was in a accident that caused him to have to wear a brace on his leg. He soon finds himself changing, but also discovers that the potion has some very bad side effects.

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The Tale of the Hatching
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5.90
99 votes

#21 - The Tale of the Hatching

Are You Afraid of the Dark? - Season 2 - Episode 12

Two siblings, Jazz and Augie, are sent to boarding school while their parents are away. They immediately notice that the school is quite different and has some rather strange rules. For example, only calm, soothing tones are allowed inside the school and the students are only given the option to eat something called 'sponge' for meals daily. Jazz and Augie soon learn why the owners are so strange and have these odd rules in place.

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