The WORST episodes of R L Stine's The Haunting Hour

Every episode of R L Stine's The Haunting Hour ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of R L Stine's The Haunting Hour!

"R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour" is an anthology series aimed at kids and teens, and inspired by the stories of horror master R.L. Stine. Each thirty minute episode is a tale of horror and suspense, invariably involving a supernatural element. Disdaining gore and overt violence, the episodes rely on sharp story telling and imaginative cinematic techniques to evoke chills, thrills and scares.

Last Updated: 2/24/2024Network: Discovery FamilyStatus: Ended
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Spores
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4.88
8 votes

#1 - Spores

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/22/2014

While on a hike in the woods, strange things begin to happen to Melvin's family.

Mrs. Worthington
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5.00
6 votes

#2 - Mrs. Worthington

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/2014

Nate finds himself in trouble when he imagines his sister being punished for her bullying.

Bad Egg
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5.50
8 votes

#3 - Bad Egg

Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 12/7/2013

Jason, a problem child, is given one more chance. Then he's accidentally given a monster.

Coat Rack Cowboy
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5.57
7 votes

#4 - Coat Rack Cowboy

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/9/2013

Sometimes it's best to just leave the old tree alone.

Poof de Fromage
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5.71
17 votes

#5 - Poof de Fromage

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/2012

Bobby (Quinn Lord) and his family are housing a French exchange student, Jean-Louis (Vincent Martella) for a year, but a chain of strange happenings make Bobby suspect that his French exchange student may be an alien.

Directors: Ken Friss
Terrible Love
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5.92
13 votes

#6 - Terrible Love

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/9/2013

Hopelessly infatuated with a boy who seems to have more important things to do than pay any attention to her, a girl commissions Cupid to cast his spell on him but with two times the normal strength, inevitably leading to a terrifying obsession.

Directors: Ken Friss
Bad Feng Shui
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5.95
19 votes

#7 - Bad Feng Shui

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2011

A Chinese girl named Jessica hates how strict her mother is right down to rearranging her room. When Jessica decides to arrange the room the way she wants it, dark forces begin haunting her house and she turns to Mr. Ming on how to set things right.

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Goodwill Toward Men
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6.00
6 votes

#8 - Goodwill Toward Men

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/29/2014

A mysterious gift enters the home of Missy and her family who do not yet understand the true meaning of the holidays.

Ghostly Stare
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6.09
55 votes

#9 - Ghostly Stare

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/29/2011

Lauren (Emma Grabinsky) and Mark (Jason Spevack) learn that when cemeteries are disturbed, not everything stays buried.

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Pool Shark
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6.13
15 votes

#10 - Pool Shark

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/16/2011

Can a handsome boy overcome his fear of the water and convince people there is a shark in the pool?

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The Golem (Part 1)
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6.23
13 votes

#11 - The Golem (Part 1)

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/2012

Jeremy and Bonnie are saddened to learn of the passing of their grandmother and travel to her homeland of Russia to spread her ashes. But soon after they arrive, a bewildering secret is uncovered from their grandmother's past.

Directors: Neill Fearnley
Writer: Jack Monaco
Long Live Rock and Roll
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6.25
8 votes

#12 - Long Live Rock and Roll

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 11/16/2013

Holden buys a new guitar that will apparently make him into the rock star he wants to be, but he might have just traded for his soul.

Scarecrow
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6.33
12 votes

#13 - Scarecrow

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/2011

A farmer named Jenny has trouble ridding her crops of an infestation of crows, so she buys a scarecrow from a mysterious salesman -- and soon discovers that the scarecrow has the power to scare more than crows.

Directors: Ken Friss
The Cast
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6.36
22 votes

#14 - The Cast

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/20/2012

When Lex rats out his friends for egging the house of a mysterious cat lady, her cats begin to follow him and take interest in his increasingly itchy arm cast.

Best Friend Forever
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6.37
19 votes

#15 - Best Friend Forever

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/5/2011

12 year old Jack Pierce performs an experiment at home, and finds himself saddled with a new best friend: Cheeky the Zombie.

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The Golem (Part 2)
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6.38
13 votes

#16 - The Golem (Part 2)

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/2012

After arriving to his late grandmother's homeland of Russia to spread her ashes, Jeremy must use what he knows about a certain secret from her past to save the village and his sister from a malevolent threatening being.

Directors: Neill Fearnley
Writer: Jack Monaco
Intruders
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6.48
21 votes

#17 - Intruders

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/2012

A young girl, who's been unhappy ever since the birth of her baby brother, makes a deal with a seemingly harmless forest creature who promises to give the girl a better life with a new family in exchange for her baby brother.

Directors: Ken Friss
Writer: Jack Monaco
My Robot
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6.63
8 votes

#18 - My Robot

Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 11/30/2013

Philip has his own robot, and while that sounds cool, it has certain... drawbacks.

The Return of Lilly D
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6.63
19 votes

#19 - The Return of Lilly D

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/4/2012

The evil doll Lilly D. (from the series premiere "Really You") is being beaten up by boys when a young girl named Natalie takes her home to her grandfather.

Near Mint Condition
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6.67
12 votes

#20 - Near Mint Condition

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/2014

Ted has an obsession with toy collecting an online auctions, until his latest auction win becomes a threat to more than just his money stash.

Séance
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6.73
11 votes

#21 - Séance

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/12/2013

As part of a joke, Naomi (Julia Sarah Stone) and Tracey (Laine MacNeil) try to scare Naomi's sister Carla (Joey King) by summoning the spirit of an evil man named Cyrus Clayton (Ian Gregson), a sawmill worker who was fired for drinking on the job and killed his boss before he lost his leg. But the joke's on them when Carla goes missing and the spirit is let loose in the house.

The Most Evil Sorcerer (Part 1)
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6.78
18 votes

#22 - The Most Evil Sorcerer (Part 1)

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/2012

In a medieval English town ruled under a corrupt sorcerer, two teens, Ned and Sara, set out to dethrone the sorcerer and rid him of his magic.

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Grampires (Part 2)
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6.89
18 votes

#23 - Grampires (Part 2)

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/13/2012

The grandpa must protect and save his grandchildren from the bloodthirsty residents of his retirement community.

Night of the Mummy
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6.93
14 votes

#24 - Night of the Mummy

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/21/2012

When a rare Egyptian exhibit comes to town, Seth discovers a horrible secret that connects him with the mummy of The Boy Pharaoh.

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Return of the Pumpkinheads
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7.00
9 votes

#25 - Return of the Pumpkinheads

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/2014

Karen and Zach's family moves to the same farm that once belonged to evil old man Palmer and his creatures.

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