The Nightmare Room is an American children'shorroranthology television series that aired on Kids' WB.[1] The series was based on the short-lived children's book series that went by the same title created by Goosebumps author, R. L. Stine. The Nightmare Room originally aired in the United States from August 31, 2001, to March 16, 2002.
Don't Forget Me: Danielle Warner, and her brother Peter, move into a house where the basement is haunted by the ghosts of children who have been forgotten by their friends and families. And lure living children in by making their friends and families forget about them.
Locker 13: Superstitious Luke Green gets assigned Locker #13 on his first day of school and tries to quell the bad luck that goes along with it by finding a good-luck charm. But the good-luck charm has a twisted secret of its own.
My Name is Evil: A carnival fortune teller accuses Maggie of being evil. Maggie brushes it off as a joke — until accidents occur in school and all signs point to Maggie as a suspect.
Liar, Liar: Years of lying suddenly catch up with Ross when he finds himself in a parallel world where an evil twin tells him that he will die in two days.
Dear Diary, I'm Dead: Alex Smith discovers a diary in a desk that predicts the future, leading to disastrous consequences.
They Call Me Creature: Laura must find out why the animals she cares for are attacking her - and discovers a horrible creature living in her father's shed.
The Howler: Self-proclaimed electronics geek Spencer Turner buys a machine called "The Howler" that lets humans communicate with the dead... and summons three ghosts that want to possess Spencer and his friends.
Shadow Girl: A bored girl named Selena discovers that she's really a superheroine named Shadow Girl, and, like all superheroes, has an arch-enemy who wants her dead.
Camp Nowhere: At summer camp, Russell rows over Forbidden Falls — and finds himself in a summer camp haunted by the ghost of an evil Native spirit.
Full Moon Halloween: It's a frightful Halloween night as a teacher gets four of his students and tries to discover that one of them may be a werewolf.
Scare School: Sam is haunted by an imp at his new school that preys on new students.
Visitors: UFO enthusiast Ben Shipley discovers that aliens are covertly invading Earth.
The Nightmare Room Thrillogy
Fear Games: Twelve kids with special abilities have been selected to take part in a reality show called Life Games, set on an island haunted by a psychotic witch.
What Scares You the Most?: April (one of the contestants) is stranded on the island and must fight her biggest fears in order to escape.
No Survivors: After her escape in What Scares You the Most?, April must return to the haunted island in order to rid it of the witch's spirits.
When the lights fade and the moon rises, anything can happen. The world becomes a carnival of shocks and chills. A whirling merry-go-round that never stops, spinning faster and faster, taking you on a frightening ride. I'm R. L. Stine, don't fall asleep... or you might find yourself in The Nightmare Room.
— R. L. Stine
Despite the claim of being R. L. Stine, the narration was provided by James Avery of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air fame. Avery also did the closing narration for each episode.
Danielle Warner (Amanda Bynes) along with her brother Peter (Daniel Hansen) and the rest of her family (Jim Meskimen and Romy Windsor), have just moved into a new house where the basement is haunted by the ghosts of children who have been forgotten by their friends and families — and lure living children in by making their friends and families forget about them.
While packing away all of the toys from his childhood days before his 14th birthday, Dylan Pierce (Shia LaBeouf) is haunted by a strange little boy (played alternately by Dylan and Cole Sprouse) who turns out to be Dylan's favorite childhood doll come to life thanks to a seemingly fake spell from a birthday magician (Brian Jacobs) — and not willing to let his human friend go.
Three kids Vanessa (Cara DeLizia), Spencer (Jeremy Ray Valdez) and Charlie (Jermaine Williams) find a strange machine called "The Howler" that lets them communicate with ghosts, but the ghosts that come out need three human bodies to possess.
An incorrigible liar named Josh (Justin Berfield) suddenly finds all his tall tales are coming true after his substitute teacher (David Carradine) tells him he believes everything he says.
Story by : Paul Bernbaum Teleplay by : Richard Rossner
October 13, 2001 (2001-10-13)
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Five teenagers (Lindsay Felton, Hunter Ritter, Eric "Ty" Hodges II, Lena Cardwell, and Lauren Petty) on a Survivor-esque reality game show called "Life Games" hosted by Don Marks (Roger Lodge) must compete in island challenges on Tranquility Island — and fight a psychotic witch (Tippi Hedren) who haunts the island.
Note: Based on the first book of The Nightmare Room Thrillogy called "Fear Games".
In a connection with "School Spirit," Janet, Todd, Freddy, Dex and Alexis grow suspicious of one another when a werewolf is heard to be on the loose in their town on Halloween.
In this homage to the cult horror satire They Live, Jeremy Clark (Josh Zuckerman) receives glasses from his eye doctor (John C. McGinley) while in the company of his friend Cindy (Lynsey Bartilson). He discovers that his new glasses gives him the power to see aliens secretly living among humans and ready to take over the world.
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"Locker 13"
Ron Oliver
Teleplay by : Richard Rossner
December 8, 2001 (2001-12-08)
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Luke Greene (Brandon Gilberstadt), a superstitious boy is terrified of the consequences when his school assigns him Locker #13, a locker rumored to give the owner eternal bad luck. When he finds a good luck charm in the locker, good things happen to him until he has an encounter with a being named the Fatemaster (Angus Scrimm) who says that he must repay the luck with his own life.
On his birthday, the good-natured Morgan Gray (Marco Gould) is made a fool by Kristin (Kaley Cuoco) and has an encounter with a carnival fortune teller (Pamela Gordon) who claims that he's evil. This leads to a chain of disasters that may or may not be turning him evil.
Russell (Sam Jones III), Charlotte (Allison Mack), Dave (Kyle Gibson), and Erin (Kathy Wagner) are at summer camp and find themselves in another camp that's been suspended in time thanks to a Native American spirit.
