The WORST episodes of Goosebumps

Every episode of Goosebumps ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Goosebumps!

This Canadian children series based on the popular series of books by RL Stine adapts some of the best tales in the spinechilling series to the screen.

Last Updated: 11/12/2024Network: YTV (CA)Status: Ended
Deep Trouble (1)
star
4.27
60 votes

#1 - Deep Trouble (1)

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1998

Billy and his sister, Sheena, are visiting their uncle Dr. Deep on a tiny Caribbean island. It's the perfect place to go exploring underwater...and Billy's ready for an adventure. There's only one rule to remember: Stay away from the coral reefs. Still, the reefs are so beautiful. So peaceful. Billy can't resist. But he's not alone in the water. Something's lurking deep below the surface. Something dark and scaly. Something that's half-human, half-fish...

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Don't Go to Sleep
star
5.69
36 votes

#2 - Don't Go to Sleep

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/20/1997

Matt hates his tiny bedroom. It's so small it's practically a closet! Still, Matt's mom refuses to let him sleep in the attic. After all, they might need to use it. Some day. Or year. Then Matt does it. Late one night. When everyone's paying no attention. He sneaks into the attic and falls asleep. Poor Matt. He should have listened to his mom. Because when Matt wakes up, his whole life has changed. For the worse. And every time he falls asleep, he wakes up in a new nightmare...

Writer: Rick Drew
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Teacher's Pet
star
5.71
59 votes

#3 - Teacher's Pet

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/16/1998

Becca and Benji were on a class field-trip with, well, their class. However, when they got on the trail, Becca realizes she lost the locket that her grandmother gave her. Becca and Benji went back to find it. Becca did, but then it moved by itself. She soon realized that it really didn't, a bunny moved it. However, when she picked the bunny up, she found it had a snake's face! However, no one believes her, and the trip resumed. Mr. Blankenship, their teacher, showed them how a snake devoured a mouse. However, when Becca and Benji went exploring, they found a strange cabin. With live snakes...

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The Barking Ghost
star
5.97
31 votes

#4 - The Barking Ghost

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/11/1997

Scared of his own shadow. That's what everyone says about Cooper Holmes. But when Cooper's family moves into a new house deep in the woods, scary things really do start happening. Problem is, no one believes a scaredy-cat like Cooper. But then, no one else heard the bone-chilling barking late at night. No one else watched as the two evil-looking dogs disappeared into thin air. Can Cooper convince anyone of the creepy canines before it's too late?

Directors: William Fruet
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Attack of the Mutant (2)
star
6.11
46 votes

#5 - Attack of the Mutant (2)

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/7/1996

Skipper Matthews has an awesome comic book collection. His favorite one is called The Masked Mutant. It's about an evil supervillain who's out to rule the universe! Skipper can't get enough of The Mutant. Until one day he gets lost in a strange part of town. And finds a building that looks exactly like The Mutant's secret headquarters. A building that appears and disappers. Has Skipper read one too many comic books? Or does The Masked Mutant really live in Riverview Falls?

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Calling All Creeps!
star
6.39
38 votes

#6 - Calling All Creeps!

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/15/1997

When Ricky gets kicked off the paper, he decides to play a prank on the editor. He sticks a message in the paper. If you're a real creep, call Tasha after midnight. But Ricky's message gets messed up. And now he's getting strange calls from kids who say they are creeps...

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An Old Story
star
6.47
34 votes

#7 - An Old Story

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/4/1997

Tom and Jon's parents are out on vacation, preparing for their new baby. Tom and Jon are in the basement looking for something to eat when they are greeted by their weird Aunt Dalia. She says that she will feed the boys and they can go off and play video games. So they do. But Aunt Dalia then serves them prune cookies. Tom and Jon are reluctant, but try them out anyway, and to their surprise, find out they like prunes. But, the more prune meals their aunt cooks them, the older they get. And now Tom and Jon are both feeling old, tired, and worn out. And their hair is beginning to gray...

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The House of No Return
star
6.50
38 votes

#8 - The House of No Return

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/13/1997

Lori, Nathan, and Robbie need a new member for their club called ""Danger Incorporated."" To get into Danger Incoroporated, you have to stay in an old, abandoned mansion for one hour, nicknamed The House Of No Return by local kids in town. However, no one can seem to stay in the house for one hour. And the strange thing about it is, the kids that can't stay in the house always come out screaming that they saw a ghost. So when a new kid, Chris, comes to town, the trio finds him the perfect potential member. However, when Chris doesn't come out after one hour, the kids will discover their little prank has gone farther than they thought...

Writer: Dan Angel
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Bad Hare Day
star
6.50
80 votes

#9 - Bad Hare Day

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/14/1996

Trick cards, floating scarves, disappearing doves. Tim Swanson loves magic tricks. Someday he wants to be a real magician. Just like his all-time favorite hero, Amaz-O. But then Tim goes to Amaz-O's show. And he finds out his idol is a total grump. That's when Tim decides to steal the bag of tricks. Amaz-O's bag of secret tricks. Scary tricks. The one that makes a person really disappear. And that talking rabbit...

Directors: John Bell
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Awesome Ants
star
6.51
35 votes

#10 - Awesome Ants

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/7/1998

Ben and Dave stopped at an ice cream shop. They ordered some very strange ice cream, as Dave says ""Life is too short for boring ice cream"". However, the ice cream was stranger than they thought as they found it covered with ants! People then began to scream as they found the whole shop infested with ants. Running out, Dave and Ben met a man from ""Nuke 'Em"" pest control, and Ben quickly left as Dave went inside with the exterminator. While inside, the exterminator started looking for the queen's next. He found the queen and squashed it, then gave Dave an idea for a science project. After ordering an ant home, Dave feeds them. Though, when Ben says they aren't getting enough food, they start feeding them hot dogs and more pellets than the ants are supposed to get. However, now the ants are growing larger and larger...

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Don't Wake Mummy
star
6.52
33 votes

#11 - Don't Wake Mummy

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 7/12/1997

Jeff's Parents Do Not Believe that the Mummy in their basement is Alive.

Directors: William Fruet
Writer: Rick Drew
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Say Cheese and Die-Again!
star
6.53
36 votes

#12 - Say Cheese and Die-Again!

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/28/1998

Sourball. That's what Greg calls his English teacher, Mr. Saur. He's a real grouch. And now he just gave Greg a big fat ""F"" on his oral report. He didn't believe Greg's story. About the camera Greg found last summer. About the pictures it took. About the evil things that happened. Poor Greg. He just wanted to prove old Sourball wrong. But now that he's dug up the camera, bad things are happening. Really bad things. Just like the first time...

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Ghost Beach
star
6.56
52 votes

#13 - Ghost Beach

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/19/1996

Jerry can't wait to explore the dark, spooky old cave he found down by the beach. Then the other kids tell him a story. A story about a ghost who lives deep inside the cave. A ghost who is three hundred years old. A ghost who comes out when the moon is full. A ghost who is haunting the beach. Just another stupid ghost story. Right?

Directors: Steve DiMarco
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My Best Friend Is Invisible
star
6.58
45 votes

#14 - My Best Friend Is Invisible

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/1997

Sammy Jacobs is into ghosts and science fiction. Not exactly the smartest hobby-at least not if you ask Sammy's parents. They're research scientists and they only believe in real science. But now Sammy's met someone who's totally unreal. He's hanging out in Sammy's room. And and eating his cereal at breakfast. Sammy's got to find a way to get rid of his new ""friend."" Only problem is...Sammy's new ""friend"" is invisible!

Directors: William Fruet
Writer: Scott Peters
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Bride of the Living Dummy
star
6.58
43 votes

#15 - Bride of the Living Dummy

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/14/1998

Katie, Harrison, Jillian, and Katie's annoying doll Mary-Ellen were seeing a show put on by the famous ventriloquist Jimmie O' James, who was using his dummy, Slappy. However, as most would know, Slappy is no normal dummy. He's alive. And, while at the show, it would seem that he fell in love with Katie's doll. When Jillian searched for her sister after she forgot Mary-Ellen, she met Jimmie O' James, and Jimmie gave her an autographed photo and she gave her address. However, Jimmie used the address to send Slappy to Jillian. And now strange things are happening around the house. Scary things. Evil things. And Jillian and Katie get the hint when Slappy steals their Mom's wedding ring...

Writer: Ron Oliver
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Attack of the Mutant (1)
star
6.61
56 votes

#16 - Attack of the Mutant (1)

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/7/1996

Skipper Matthews has an awesome comic book collection. His favorite one is called The Masked Mutant. It's about an evil supervillian who's out to rule the universe! Skipper can't get enough of The Mutant. Until one day he gets lost in a strange part of town. And finds a building that looks exactly like The Mutant's headquarters. A building that appears and disappears. Has Skipper read one too many comic books? Or does The Masked Mutant really live in Riverview Falls?

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The Haunted House Game
star
6.65
31 votes

#17 - The Haunted House Game

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/8/1997

Jonathan and Nadine were headed to a pep rally with their camera, when they passed the old abandoned mansion on the street. Standing outside the entrance gate is a strange little girl who tells them that her cat ran inside the door of the mansion. Jonathan is reluctant, but Nadine says that it will only take a second. So they both enter, but the cat is nowhere to be found. However, they do find a game. It's called ""The Mansion of Terror"". And it's got a strange effect on the players. Because now Jonathan and Nadine are trapped inside the game, and must win to get out...

Directors: William Fruet
Writer: Scott Peters
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The Cuckoo Clock of Doom
star
6.65
272 votes

#18 - The Cuckoo Clock of Doom

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/3/1995

An eerie old cuckoo clock in Michael's and Tara's house has mysterious powers and it's about to set back the hands of time ... forever!

Directors: John Bell
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My Hairiest Adventure
star
6.69
87 votes

#19 - My Hairiest Adventure

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/19/1996

Larry Boyd just found the coolest thing in the trash. It's an old bottle of INSTA-TAN. ""Rub on a dark suntan in minutes""-that's what the label says. So Larry and his friends do. But nothing much happens. Until Larry notices the hair. Dark spikey hair growing on his hands and face. Really gross shiny hair. Hair that keeps growing back even after he shaves it off...

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Strained Peas
star
6.72
36 votes

#20 - Strained Peas

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/21/1998

Nicholas is at first optimistic about getting a baby sister, but his friend tells him all the cons. When his parents arrive, he meets his sister Grace. Though, Grace is no normal baby. She makes a block message that says ""Only me"". And she pukes on Nicholas when he goes to comfort her when she is crying in the night. Nicholas can take a hint when she eats his pet. Nicholas knows that Grace wants to be an only child. And she'll do anything to get rid of him. So when their parents leave Nicholas home alone to babysit Grace, Grace does some real bad things. Scary things. Evil things. Things that COULD make her an only child...

Writer: Rick Drew
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Werewolf Skin (2)
star
6.75
24 votes

#21 - Werewolf Skin (2)

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/22/1997

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Welcome to Dead House (2)
star
6.82
34 votes

#22 - Welcome to Dead House (2)

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 6/29/1997

Amanda and Josh HATE their new house. Its just so spooky. And the town of Dark Falls too. But their parents don't listen to them. But they should have... Because the neighors want them to stay. Forever....

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The Blob That Ate Everyone
star
6.84
38 votes

#23 - The Blob That Ate Everyone

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 7/19/1997

A famous horror writer. That's what Zackie Beauchamp wants to be. He's writing a story about a giant blob monster. A pink slimy creature who eats up an entire town! Then Zackie finds the typewriter. In a burned down antique store. He takes it home and starts typing. But there's something really odd about that typewriter. Something really dangerous. Because now every scary word Zackie writes is starting to come true...

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The Perfect School (2)
star
6.87
31 votes

#24 - The Perfect School (2)

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/15/1997

After considering the thought a possibility, Brian decides to investigate the school further. He infiltrates the school far enough to find a room with a computer in it. Though it's no normal computer. The default program is the school's database. Brain clicks on an option saying ""Nursery"". He then sees a picture of himself, and it says that he is 95% complete. This confirms his suspicion that the school is cloning the children. Telling his friend CJ his findings, CJ agrees to help him escape. However, CJ has betrayed him. CJ was actually a spy, and Brian's other friends have been cloned. Brian might never escape...

Writer: Scott Peters
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Welcome to Dead House (1)
star
6.88
32 votes

#25 - Welcome to Dead House (1)

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/29/1997

For Josh and Amanda, having to move to the remote, desolate town of Dark Falls was bad enough. But as soon as they moved into Dead house, things began to happen, things their parents couldn't see -- a ghostly shape at the window, a shadow on the wall, the way their dog kept growling at strangers, the quiet, death-pale neighbor kids. Was it the chemical spill that made the people of Dark Falls so strange, or something far more sinister?

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