The BEST episodes of R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series

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

"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: 3/31/2026Network: Discovery FamilyStatus: Ended
Uncle Howee
star
8.44
18 votes

#1 - Uncle Howee

Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 12/21/2013

Jared tries to turn off an annoying kids show, but shutting off the TV isn't doing the trick.

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Catching Cold
star
8.30
27 votes

#2 - Catching Cold

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/9/2011

A boy becomes obsessed with catching a mysterious ice cream truck that seems to haunt his neighborhood.

Game Over
star
8.16
63 votes

#3 - Game Over

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/12/2011

Kelly "Kell-razer" (Calum Worthy) and his friend Gooch (AJ Lutsky) receive a mysteriously new game called "Zee Town" that they got from a stranger, named the Game Master (voiced by David Sobolov). However, it turns out this game is actually real.

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The Red Dress
star
8.09
67 votes

#4 - The Red Dress

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/15/2011

When a teenage girl is faced with a moral dilemma she learns that everything that can be had has a price.

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Brush with Madness
star
8.05
19 votes

#5 - Brush with Madness

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/2011

When comic book geek Corey gets yelled at by his favorite artist Allan Miller (Mackenzie Gray) during a comic book convention, Corey steals Allan's brushes and comes up with his own creation – only to learn that Allan's brushes have the power to turn fantasy into reality.

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Dreamcatcher
star
8.00
25 votes

#6 - Dreamcatcher

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/2011

The camp legend of a mysterious creature who feeds on nightmares appears to be true after a cabin full of girls have a recurring nightmare that terrorizes them so badly, it leaves them unable to sleep.

Directors: Neill Fearnley
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Scary Mary (Part 2)
star
7.90
21 votes

#7 - Scary Mary (Part 2)

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/14/2011

While in Scary Mary's world, Hanna refuses to be like everyone else, who have given their faces to Mary.

Red Eye
star
7.89
18 votes

#8 - Red Eye

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/2012

It's always a good day for Georgia (Mackenzie Foy) when she gets a postcard from her traveling father away in another country, but soon she has reason to believe that he is being followed by someone and decides to figure out what's going on before it's too late.

Directors: Ken Friss
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Really You (Part 2)
star
7.77
75 votes

#9 - Really You (Part 2)

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/29/2010

Lily's brother, Brandon (Connor Price), suspects the doll is trying to get rid of Lilly since her mother seems to love the doll more than she loves Lilly as he tries to record what she does in the middle of the night, it shows that she is alive.

Sick
star
7.75
20 votes

#10 - Sick

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2011

Alex has to stay home from school, thanks to a bad cold – and soon finds that he's not alone in the house. To make matters worse, two morning news show anchors begin talking to him from the television, warning him that his mom and the government are out to kill him for being ill (along with the monster in the house that may have sickened the boy to start with). Is Alex really in danger or is this all a fever dream?

Fear Never Knocks
star
7.75
28 votes

#11 - Fear Never Knocks

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/26/2011

Siblings sneak into Grandpa's office to play with a mysterious old recorder. They record their worst fears and play them back. They will soon regret this decision.

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The Perfect Brother
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7.74
19 votes

#12 - The Perfect Brother

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/30/2011

Matt's brother Josh is perfect, maybe just a little too perfect.

Walls
star
7.71
58 votes

#13 - Walls

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/5/2011

A family moves into a new home, but the son soon discovers there is something wrong within the walls.

The Girl in the Painting
star
7.67
21 votes

#14 - The Girl in the Painting

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/2012

When a girl in a painting captures the attention of Becky (Bailee Madison), she becomes enthralled with the image and does everything she can to mirror the life and surroundings of the painted figure, but she soon realizes that things aren't as they seem.

Directors: Ken Friss
Writer: Jack Monaco
My Old House
star
7.64
11 votes

#15 - My Old House

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/2014

Alice is lured back into her old Victorian house for one more night.

Afraid Of Clowns
star
7.60
30 votes

#16 - Afraid Of Clowns

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/19/2011

Christopher is deathly afraid of clowns... are they really trying to get him or will he finally outgrow this childhood horror?

Wrong Number
star
7.57
30 votes

#17 - Wrong Number

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/2/2011

The two meanest girls at school prank call someone who turns out to be even meaner than they are.

My Sister the Witch
star
7.56
25 votes

#18 - My Sister the Witch

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/26/2011

Alice comes home from boarding school acting strange. Pete, her brother, suspects that she is a witch. He does everything he can to thwart her attempts to practice her craft.

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The Hole
star
7.56
18 votes

#19 - The Hole

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/2011

Rob and Carrie's family move to a new house which they find by the help of a video is haunted by a father who went insane during a barbecue and killed his family in a car wreck.

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Mascot
star
7.52
21 votes

#20 - Mascot

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2011

Willie and his friend Drake hate their school mascot Big Yellow and decide to have it replaced with a wolf....which doesn't sit well with Big Yellow himself.

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Headshot
star
7.52
23 votes

#21 - Headshot

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/28/2012

An ice cream shop girl named Gracie Wilde dreams of being the prettiest face in the world -- a wish that a ruthless teen magazine photographer named Cassandra is more than willing to grant Gracie. As Gracie gets more famous, her character begins to change.

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Toy Train
star
7.50
12 votes

#22 - Toy Train

Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 12/14/2013

When Logan and his dad are tasked with cleaning out his grandfather's house, the ghosts of secrets long past come back to haunt them.

Really You (Part 1)
star
7.44
96 votes

#23 - Really You (Part 1)

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/29/2010

A girl named Lilly (Bailee Madison) is given her very own life-sized "Really You" doll which is named Lilly D.; because she is good at manipulating her dad. Lilly remains a spoiled brat, bragging about Lilly D, even going as far as ripping the leg off a friends doll, after the friend informs Lilly that "Lilly D hates Lilly". Soon after, strange events begin to occur which Lilly's mother accuses Lilly of doing; despite how Lilly maintains she is innocent, and that Lilly D is alive.

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My Imaginary Friend
star
7.44
16 votes

#24 - My Imaginary Friend

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/2012

Shawn (Ryan Lee) is happy to make friends with a mysterious being named Travis, but soon the two are faced with a dilemma when Shawn's brother begins to butt heads with Travis, who just so happens to be an imaginary being, and perhaps even a ghost.

Directors: James Head
Writer: Melody Fox
Creature Feature (Part 1)
star
7.35
23 votes

#25 - Creature Feature (Part 1)

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/2011

A classic film lover named John (Joel Courtney) gets sucked into a 1950s B-movie called I Was A Teenage Tick Monster playing at a haunted drive-in.