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The lonely ghost episode terrified me as a child. The idea of bullies chasing a mute girl, and locking her into a room, where she slowly starved to death. It gave me nightmares.
"The Tale of the Frozen Ghost" is the episode that still sticks with me all these years later, just something about the way the ghost keeps repeating "I'm cold" just really creeped me out as a kid.
Agree! I was a kid when watching these episodes and our house bordered the woods, so I would frequent walking around there; after watching that episode as a kid, and walking in the woods, I had the shivers that I would turn around and see a ghost boy. I know it's silly since it was so long ago, but it's one of the episodes that just stuck with me.
Exactly. I don't remember a lot from this series except for a few things, and this creepy kid just standing there saying "I'm cold." is one of them. It's a really memorable episode for me.
@@sharonrivers9920my favorite episodes are… the tale of the bookish babysitter, the tale of the 13th floor, the tale of the dead man’s float, the tale of laughing in the dark
That is one I remember from childhood, and as for the 90s camera tricks they are using, they are more of an homage to Sam Raimi who is bot scary and cheesy.
The Night Shift was shot after Badge, but Badge aired after Night Shift. So, Night Shift was always intended to be the final episode and the 65 is a reference to the series, with "the door closing," like a book would close. Source: I talked a little bit with DJ McHale about 2 years ago.
The Tale of the Frozen Ghost is one of the episodes that stuck with me. I don't think you're giving that spooky child ghost enough credit. I used to tease my sister by standing outside her bedroom door when it was closed and saying "I'm cold".
Okay, I agree with a lot of your takes, especially the repeating "emotional ghost story" thing. However, there is one thing in this video I would like to correct. In "The Tale of the Mystic Mirror," you asked why the witch couldn't just get three dogs from the pound, instead of turning the girls into dogs. But if you listen to what she says, her spell requires "three tongues of dogs who spoke as women fare," meaning three dogs who were once beautiful women
How could u put the tale of the chameleon up that high.. as someone who watched AYAOTD religiously in my youth that is 1 of the stories that stuck with me throughout my life. That shit was terrifying. I still bring up that episode as an adult.
Ya, lost any credibility when I heard/saw how high the best episode of the series is. It's original af, and somehow placed higher than the recycled ghost stories. 😂
I was a big fan of “the tale of the shiny red bicycle” personally. I watched that during my childhood and it stuck with me ever since. It to me just had excellent writing. From the dialogue of the midnight society, to the story itself. It just hits on a higher level.
The tale of the prom queen was my all-time fav episode of the show. It is based on the concept of hitchhiking ghost stories, and to me, it is the best adaption of one. The twist at the end was probably the best as well.
Oh man. I gotta say. I grew up in the 90s, I’m almost 34 now, and the Crimson Clown episode still haunts me to this day. Glad to see it rank so high on your list, which is very well done! ✨
"Or you need background noise while you write your essay" I was half-listening while writing a school essay, heard that line, and felt called out as fuck
I like watching long videos when they are super engaging. There's plenty of hour or even more then an hour long videos that I will rewatch endlessly and never get tired of
It never really occurred to me how many emotional ghost story episodes there are. But the fact that emotional ghost stories are my favourite type of horror and that I grew up watching Are You Afraid of the Dark can't be a coincidence.
The makeup in BADGE creeped me out as a kid so bad it stuck with me. The way the prosthetics moved made appearances in my nightmares. I ended up becoming fascinated with special effects makeup and went to school for it. It’s an underrated one for me, since it quite literally changed the trajectory of my life. Without it I wouldn’t have my cosmetology license or 4 of my closest friends.
Tale of the Dream Girl is the best episode of the series. Even if the twist is predictable to post-Sixth Sense audiences, it's still pretty emotionally powerful. I've fortunately never lost a sibling, but I have lost two cousins. One very close, another not really at all. And a best friend who was basically a brother. I've had dreams about him where he's alive, having come back, but only for a time before he has to leave. The scene where the girl finally reveals to her brother what happened and has to let him go hits right in the feels. I can only imagine this episode resonates with kids who've lost a sibling pretty strongly.
Was pleasantly surprised when you decided to do this. Never get tired of your videos. Clearly the best thing to do is watch the goosebumps and then this one back to back as a double feature on Halloween.
The Tale of Quicksilver and Tale of the Water Demons petrified me as a kid. Demonic entities coming through the walls? Demons that drown you if you take trinkets from their grave? Kid me was TERRIFIED. And Tale of the Super Specs?! I've been terrified of shadow creatures since I was a kid and that episode did not help my fear. Watching AYAOTD for the first time as an adult isn't going to give you the childhood trauma. I watched AYAOTD long before Goosebumps even came out and the latter was never scary. It was like...baby's AYAOTD for me. EDIT: I am ridiculously happy The Tale of the Shiny Red Bicycle was your no. 1. It was my favorite episode as a kid because of how it handled death. And watching it as an adult who blamed herself for her brother's death (since come to terms there was nothing I could have done), it hit even harder, to the point it makes me cry, now. 😅
Your Goosebumps video was how I found you. I'm so glad I was recommended your channel. Your videos have always been a treat to watch. I honestly can't believe that it's been a year! Hopefully more people can find you with this vid!
Holy crap man, amazing video. Nice to see someone talk about part of my childhood. It feels like for some reaosn in the late 90's to early 2000's Canadian children's entertainment was obsessed with spooky weird anthologies. Two of my faves was the cartoon "Tales form the Cryptkeeper" and "Freaky Stories". It's kind of nice to see the return/redemption of the kind of horror comics and themes that caused early comic books to be censored amid a moral outrage about the depravity of "horror comics". I watched a great video about the history and tragedy of the early American horror comics industry and how it was the genesis of a demand for "adult" content in comic mediums. One major result was the creation of MAD Magazine since magazines were exempt from the comics code. When I heard that it made so much sense to me because I've read early MAD comics and their style was so often that kind of realistic pop-art style that horror comics used.
Yes! Curious Camera is absolutely Say Cheese and Die. No lie there. However, there is no conversation to be had on which came first. Both were inspired by the episode A Most Unusual Camera from the original Twilight Zone back in the 60s. In fact a lot of Twilight Zone episodes were inspiration for AYAOTD and for Goosebumps. Which probably explains why both shows were so good.
Absolutely fantastic job on this, dude! I heavily enjoyed the Goosebumps video and I had been looking forward to this for a while! I know people are already recommending it, but the original Twilight Zone run would be cool to visit. Great choices on music, great editing, great commentary, I'm happy this came out!
I was becoming worried when I didn't see your #1 pick's title and then to find out my favorite is #1? I'm thrilled!! Also, the Frozen Ghost saying "I'm.. cold.." has stuck with me for decades!
I can definitely tell that you didn't watch it when you was a kid. Ghastly Grinner is a classic. I disagreed with most but I also appreciate the video and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Watching it when it was still on TV definitely hit differently. Use to watch in my grandmother's room hidden under her blankets, while reassuring her I would sleep fine that night. Might have been because I was 7, but I like to believe the show was just that good on the first watch.
I love this show but watched this entire thing in one sitting to see if you ranked Shiny Red Bicycle high on the list. As a child the ghostly boy terrified me, it's one of the few episodes that I clearly remembered into adulthood. And as an adult I've watched it back and it's actually the best storyline of the entire series. Glad you gave it a fantastic ranking.
Bro, this is excellent. I only saw 1 episode of this show as a kid (the soup one that took place 15), and watched this video intending just to see where that episode landed. But I found your content so entertaining that I watched this entire hour and a half. I know this is a year old, but thanks for the legit content, homie
I'll always have a soft spot for "The Tale of the Lonely Ghost" since we had a SNICK tape and that was the episode on it and I watched it a ton growing up.
I loved the video. That’s all I need to say, overall, this video was probably the reason I originally subscribed to this channel, so the hype for this video was real going into it, and, while I personally prefer the goosebumps video, this was still a very entertaining joy of a watch I subscribed for the Are You Afraid of The Dark Ranking, but, this channel is such a joy to watch now, if you ever decide to do another long ranking video similar to this and goosebumps, I personally would recommend the twilight zone
thanks man that honestly means a lot, and yeah someone else in the comments said twilight zone too. And I love that series, ut I'll decide what to do for next Halloween later on
This show made me who i am. Born in the late 80s. I cant remember any birthday i had as a kid, but i can tell you exactly what was going on saturday night. Snick with All That and AYAOTD. Legendary
The gasoline grinner at the spot you have it on is terribly underrated. Also, I'm still watching at number 46 and I hope tale of Dead Man's float is in the top five
I think if you’d have watched this as a kid some of your lower episodes would have been higher. The tale of the frozen ghost should be higher imo.. I’m cold still pops in my head every now and then. Plus Melissa Joan hart was in it. I wish I could be a kid and rewatch AYAOTD all over again it’s what got me into horror
God bless you for this upload. Keep making videos and I GUARANTEE that in some amount of time you will have many thousands of subscribers Love you Colin- from another Colin
The fact that the kid took the deal though. No lesson, no moral, no making up for a mistake, the kid just goes there. That episode showed something that we all knew growing up, that adults forget about: Kids can turn evil too, and when they do, it's scary.
I love seeing all these "Before they were famous" faces: Neve Campbell, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Dominic Zamprogna, one of the Ashmores, Brooke Nevin, Ryan Cooley, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and the queen of '90s Canadian television cameos, Jewel Staite.
At 47:06 that statement got me hard. I remember at my “elementary” school it went up to 6th Grade. I was friends with 2 of them due to me having a DS and a Wii because we used to play together during Summer Daycare. When I had gotten into 7th Grade, they saw me and made me go wait in this old house in their neighborhood. So I did and we’re still great friends. I do remember being scared shitless because their was a Cuckoo Clock in the house and it sounded like a Raven cawing.
Thanks for taking the time to prepare this list and review each episode. The fact you didn't really watch it as a kid definitely gives you a unique perspective as many of us grew up on the show and were thus terrified of it. Still, you had a great balance of different episode types all the way to the top. The only odd picks were putting The Chameleons, Laughing In The Dark and The Ghastly Grinner so low. The Grinner especially is a common fan favourite but of course taste is subjective.
It sucks you didn’t include the revival episodes because The Tale of the Silver Sight is one of my favorites. It’s a three part episode where the characters themselves are part of a ghost story, and tying back to their grandparents’ “Midnight Society” from the 1930s
Both Laughing in the Dark and Crimson Clown gave me actual childhood nightmares and a phobia of clowns that lasted until I was a teenager. Of course rewatching the Zeebo episode as an adult is really funny because he barely does anything scary at all. Still an all time banger that got robbed in this list though.
The dang alien episode still haunts me as an adult. Something about the faceless design just always gets to me. Same with the funeral scene where the kid is confronting his dead uncle. These scenes have just haunted me forever and even rewatching the show as an adult I'm still just as taken by these scenes XD
the quicksilver episode scared me to death as a kid every time i got sick i would look for a Q on the wall and think he is going to come out of my walls!
Another great review bro, next year you should do a review of all The Nightmare Room episodes. Never hear that show discussed and it’s definitely an underrated series.
someone else commented about that series on my goosebumps video about a month back, i’ve never heard of it but it looks kinda sick. But it’s incredibly short. So maybe next year I could rank that as a bonus halloween special? idk, nothing for next years halloween special is set and stone yet, and probably won’t be for a while, but that’s why i’m open to all suggestions
Hey man, I’m back damn near a year later. Really hoping you can still do a review on The Nightmare Room. Just thought about your reviews and really hoping you can fit it in with other uploads.
oh most definitely, a lot of horror based tv shows take a lot of inspiration from twilight zone. And that just speaks to how good twilight zone is/how influential and timeless it really is
Although your top ones are good, I like a few of the bottom ones. But it is all about different opinions so it’s all good! Super Specs is one of my favourites and for me in my opinion it deserves one of the spots in the top. I thought it was a very good episode
The Shiny Red Bicycle at Number 1. Now that is something I can actually agree with. You don't really need to have a particularly scary episode to be the best episode of the show. That story could really happen. Some kid could be killed in an accident with a furious waterfall. And a friend could actually be in-blame about the death. The realism of that happening makes it really effin' good!
The unexpected visitor was one of my favorites and I love how it’s one of those misunderstandings tales that would usually end with a “sorry we won’t do it again” only here the two continue to broadcast their jam sessions out into space to talk with their new alien friend. It’s very heartwarming.
Really loved all 3 of these style of videos! Hopefully you decide to cover the rest of the episodes sometime. I always loved watching goosebumps growing up. Keep it up man!
The tell of the dream girl is my favorite episode. Good story and well executed. Very good twist and had some emotion in it. Not scary but it was a fun episode
44:08 last time I saw this episode I was maybe 6, but 26 years later and the title alone gave me goosebumps all over my body. This episode is responsible for my fear of the uncanny valley and its insane how long it has stuck with me. I should rewatch it once lol
I liked your goosebumps video a lot, it was super neat to see you did this series too! It's fun to see recaps of these old shows and see which eps I remember.
I remember very little about the episodes of this show, but I'll say that the gargoyle with the fans from The Tale of the Dangerous Soup and the creepy vibes of the uncle has always stuck with me, even though I forgot even the episode's title. Glad it was ranked so highly!
This video was a real nostalgia trip. There were so many times I thought to myself: "Oh, yeah, I remember that." Although I do find it funny that of the handful of episodes I did remember even before watching the video, 3 of them (Frozen Ghost, Captured Souls, and Phantom Cab) were all near the bottom while only 1 (Pinball Wizard) was near the top.
my favorite was tale of the lonely ghost also the saddest. the only thing i wish the lonely ghost story did was expose the people who killed the girl because after the episode i realized they bullies who killed her got away with her murder and they are out there free now grown up and she didnt get to have a life because of them
This just popped up on my recommend list and I'm loving going down memory lane of these episodes, but terrified to see the 2 that started my night terrors and where they rank on this list (or if somehow my brain merged memories of this show with unrelated things). The two I remember are one where a kid is at like a boarding school and there are pools the kids are forced to work in and the teachers are like reptilians and they did this nasty reveal of like rubbing the human skin off their arms to show their green reptile skin underneath. Then the one that ruined my childhood being a kid who drew comics and he made a villain kind of like the Joker, but blue and if he laughed it made the victims laugh until blue goo came out of their mouths and like died or something awful. I know it won't look anything like how my brain remembers if those are real episodes, but I'm still not looking forward to if they pop up lol
The witch in the tale of the mystical mirror couldn’t just use dogs from the pound. Somewhere in the episode, it says that she had to use three young beautiful women, and then turn them into dogs.
the one with Zeebo the clown will always be the best episode cause it is the most memorable episode and let's just say that Pennywise the clown from the movie IT is nothing compared to Zeebo the clown from the show are you afraid of the dark.
it must be really frustrating having one of your first videos that you don't like very much the every goosebumps episode do so well, only for no other videos you've made to really have the same amount of success but you'll get there man I'm rooting for you :D
Not to nitpick but in the hungry hounds didn't kill the aunt. She was killed when her horse stumbled, which is why the niece isn't allowed to take riding lessons as her mother, the aunts sister is traumatized by it. The hounds were starved for the fox hunt and when Dora died they were not fed (that was her chore). Giles, the stable master was attacked by them they were so ravenous but got away only to die of a heart attack afterwards.
The one ware the old man robbed riches from the ships. He gave back the things he still had from ships. The problem was he sold alot of it. That's how he got rich. The gave the gosts things he bought with $ from the ship recks. The one with music aliens. The kid sent a message that sounded like we are toys. The boy alien thought we were just toys.
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The lonely ghost episode terrified me as a child. The idea of bullies chasing a mute girl, and locking her into a room, where she slowly starved to death. It gave me nightmares.
The ending of that story made me cry happy tears. Loved it!
The scene of Billy being buried alive in the Dream Machine scared me as a kid
"Pick the right door and you go free. Pick the wrong door and there he'll be."
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“What do you think I am? Some kinda clown?” 🚬🤡💰
Thus Little Me gained a fear of the dark *and* clowns
@@SpoonieCreatesliterally. As a child this episode ruined me
Literally one of my favorite episodes.
As a kid, there were no bad episodes. They all rightfully scared the crap out of me and have probably rooted themselves in my subconscious.
Same!!
The intro did it for me every time
"The Tale of the Frozen Ghost" is the episode that still sticks with me all these years later, just something about the way the ghost keeps repeating "I'm cold" just really creeped me out as a kid.
Agree! I was a kid when watching these episodes and our house bordered the woods, so I would frequent walking around there; after watching that episode as a kid, and walking in the woods, I had the shivers that I would turn around and see a ghost boy. I know it's silly since it was so long ago, but it's one of the episodes that just stuck with me.
Literally came to the comments to say that.
Exactly. I don't remember a lot from this series except for a few things, and this creepy kid just standing there saying "I'm cold." is one of them. It's a really memorable episode for me.
@@sharonrivers9920my favorite episodes are… the tale of the bookish babysitter, the tale of the 13th floor, the tale of the dead man’s float, the tale of laughing in the dark
That is one I remember from childhood, and as for the 90s camera tricks they are using, they are more of an homage to Sam Raimi who is bot scary and cheesy.
The Night Shift was shot after Badge, but Badge aired after Night Shift. So, Night Shift was always intended to be the final episode and the 65 is a reference to the series, with "the door closing," like a book would close.
Source: I talked a little bit with DJ McHale about 2 years ago.
CORRECT!
Yeah on paramount badge is episode 11 and night shift is episode 17 of the 5th season
The Nigh Shift has always been my favorite episode as well, really creeped me out as a kid
The Tale of the Frozen Ghost is one of the episodes that stuck with me. I don't think you're giving that spooky child ghost enough credit. I used to tease my sister by standing outside her bedroom door when it was closed and saying "I'm cold".
I agree i'm 36 years old, and I still have an irrational fear of walking through the woods and seeing a child saying i'm cold.
With Nightly Neighbours, the twist is the son’s the head vampire. That’s not predictable IMO.
The execution was predictable, but not the actual twist, so I can see where he's coming fro.
@@bloodybee3553 It was very similar to the film Fright Night, yeah.
@@JohnStanworth Never seen it, wouldn't know
Okay, I agree with a lot of your takes, especially the repeating "emotional ghost story" thing. However, there is one thing in this video I would like to correct. In "The Tale of the Mystic Mirror," you asked why the witch couldn't just get three dogs from the pound, instead of turning the girls into dogs. But if you listen to what she says, her spell requires "three tongues of dogs who spoke as women fare," meaning three dogs who were once beautiful women
Don’t sell yourself short on your goosebumps video, I thought you did a fine job! I actually listen to it to fall asleep from time to time!
:)
I'm not sure that's exactly a compliment. Lol. Give u half credit.
Season 6 & 7 is a continuation as Tucker Gary's brother from the original midnight society is now the leader.
How could u put the tale of the chameleon up that high.. as someone who watched AYAOTD religiously in my youth that is 1 of the stories that stuck with me throughout my life. That shit was terrifying. I still bring up that episode as an adult.
That story sucked because Tia and Tamera are not even identical and it is super easy to tell them apart.
@@Not_AlwaysThey literally look exactly the same, whatchu talkin bout?
@@KerReeeee they literally don't
Ya, lost any credibility when I heard/saw how high the best episode of the series is. It's original af, and somehow placed higher than the recycled ghost stories. 😂
Yep, that ranking was insane.
I was a big fan of “the tale of the shiny red bicycle” personally. I watched that during my childhood and it stuck with me ever since. It to me just had excellent writing. From the dialogue of the midnight society, to the story itself. It just hits on a higher level.
I am 40 years old and I gotta say that tale of the 13th floor is the episode that stuck with me the most as a child. I still think about it.
Same here! It was freaky. That and the big doll in the basement one… oh god!
That is definitely my favorite. That and the Lonely Ghost.
The tale of the prom queen was my all-time fav episode of the show. It is based on the concept of hitchhiking ghost stories, and to me, it is the best adaption of one. The twist at the end was probably the best as well.
Oh man. I gotta say. I grew up in the 90s, I’m almost 34 now, and the Crimson Clown episode still haunts me to this day. Glad to see it rank so high on your list, which is very well done! ✨
"Or you need background noise while you write your essay" I was half-listening while writing a school essay, heard that line, and felt called out as fuck
I like watching long videos when they are super engaging. There's plenty of hour or even more then an hour long videos that I will rewatch endlessly and never get tired of
It never really occurred to me how many emotional ghost story episodes there are. But the fact that emotional ghost stories are my favourite type of horror and that I grew up watching Are You Afraid of the Dark can't be a coincidence.
The makeup in BADGE creeped me out as a kid so bad it stuck with me. The way the prosthetics moved made appearances in my nightmares. I ended up becoming fascinated with special effects makeup and went to school for it. It’s an underrated one for me, since it quite literally changed the trajectory of my life. Without it I wouldn’t have my cosmetology license or 4 of my closest friends.
The ghastly grinner gave me absolute nightmares as a kid. It took awhile before I grew out of it lol.
Tale of the Dream Girl is the best episode of the series. Even if the twist is predictable to post-Sixth Sense audiences, it's still pretty emotionally powerful. I've fortunately never lost a sibling, but I have lost two cousins. One very close, another not really at all. And a best friend who was basically a brother. I've had dreams about him where he's alive, having come back, but only for a time before he has to leave. The scene where the girl finally reveals to her brother what happened and has to let him go hits right in the feels. I can only imagine this episode resonates with kids who've lost a sibling pretty strongly.
I'm super happy you made another one of these, I personally really liked your goosebumps video!
thanks man! It really means a lot to hear that
Same this is wicked
Was pleasantly surprised when you decided to do this. Never get tired of your videos.
Clearly the best thing to do is watch the goosebumps and then this one back to back as a double feature on Halloween.
The Tale of Quicksilver and Tale of the Water Demons petrified me as a kid. Demonic entities coming through the walls? Demons that drown you if you take trinkets from their grave? Kid me was TERRIFIED.
And Tale of the Super Specs?! I've been terrified of shadow creatures since I was a kid and that episode did not help my fear. Watching AYAOTD for the first time as an adult isn't going to give you the childhood trauma. I watched AYAOTD long before Goosebumps even came out and the latter was never scary. It was like...baby's AYAOTD for me.
EDIT: I am ridiculously happy The Tale of the Shiny Red Bicycle was your no. 1. It was my favorite episode as a kid because of how it handled death. And watching it as an adult who blamed herself for her brother's death (since come to terms there was nothing I could have done), it hit even harder, to the point it makes me cry, now. 😅
The Quicksilver one gave me nightmares for years. How dare!
YASSSSSSS.This was my favorite show as a child and I still randomly quote things like "I'm cold." (8:58) when looking for a sweater. xD
Are You Afraid of the Dark > Goosebumps
nuh uh
Uh huh.
Love Goosebumps, but AYAOTD wins.
I cant believe there are so many ghost stories in a show about telling ghost stories.
Your Goosebumps video was how I found you. I'm so glad I was recommended your channel. Your videos have always been a treat to watch.
I honestly can't believe that it's been a year! Hopefully more people can find you with this vid!
hopefully and thank you!
Holy crap man, amazing video. Nice to see someone talk about part of my childhood. It feels like for some reaosn in the late 90's to early 2000's Canadian children's entertainment was obsessed with spooky weird anthologies. Two of my faves was the cartoon "Tales form the Cryptkeeper" and "Freaky Stories". It's kind of nice to see the return/redemption of the kind of horror comics and themes that caused early comic books to be censored amid a moral outrage about the depravity of "horror comics". I watched a great video about the history and tragedy of the early American horror comics industry and how it was the genesis of a demand for "adult" content in comic mediums. One major result was the creation of MAD Magazine since magazines were exempt from the comics code. When I heard that it made so much sense to me because I've read early MAD comics and their style was so often that kind of realistic pop-art style that horror comics used.
oh wow, that's actually a really intresting subject matter I never thought of before, I may have to do a bit of my own research...
If Dead Man's Float isn't the final entry I'm burning everything to the ground 💀
Yes! Curious Camera is absolutely Say Cheese and Die. No lie there.
However, there is no conversation to be had on which came first. Both were inspired by the episode A Most Unusual Camera from the original Twilight Zone back in the 60s.
In fact a lot of Twilight Zone episodes were inspiration for AYAOTD and for Goosebumps. Which probably explains why both shows were so good.
You should rank every segment of beyond belief fact or fiction!!!
Absolutely fantastic job on this, dude! I heavily enjoyed the Goosebumps video and I had been looking forward to this for a while! I know people are already recommending it, but the original Twilight Zone run would be cool to visit. Great choices on music, great editing, great commentary, I'm happy this came out!
thanks so much!
I was becoming worried when I didn't see your #1 pick's title and then to find out my favorite is #1? I'm thrilled!! Also, the Frozen Ghost saying "I'm.. cold.." has stuck with me for decades!
really enjoyed this and the goosebumps vid! you should do R.L stine’s the haunting hour for next halloween
it's in te running for next halloween special
That show is underrated
The Haunting Hour is really good and quite underrated. It had some of the best and scariest episodes for a kids horror anthology series.
I can definitely tell that you didn't watch it when you was a kid. Ghastly Grinner is a classic. I disagreed with most but I also appreciate the video and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Watching it when it was still on TV definitely hit differently. Use to watch in my grandmother's room hidden under her blankets, while reassuring her I would sleep fine that night. Might have been because I was 7, but I like to believe the show was just that good on the first watch.
Yea same, I watched it as a kid. I disagree with most of this list
I love this show but watched this entire thing in one sitting to see if you ranked Shiny Red Bicycle high on the list. As a child the ghostly boy terrified me, it's one of the few episodes that I clearly remembered into adulthood. And as an adult I've watched it back and it's actually the best storyline of the entire series. Glad you gave it a fantastic ranking.
The soup episode scarred me for life. I still think of the phrase "it knows what scares you " in that ominous voice.
this series made me stay up late when I was young, i love.
i got an ad for gravestones in the middle of the old man Corcoran section and i think that's funny
Bro, this is excellent.
I only saw 1 episode of this show as a kid (the soup one that took place 15), and watched this video intending just to see where that episode landed.
But I found your content so entertaining that I watched this entire hour and a half.
I know this is a year old, but thanks for the legit content, homie
Whoever did that copyright claim on the last segment needs to take a good long look at themselves in the mirror
I'm. Cold.
I'll always have a soft spot for "The Tale of the Lonely Ghost" since we had a SNICK tape and that was the episode on it and I watched it a ton growing up.
The Tale of the Super Specs is a bomb ass episode 10/10
Quicksilver and the one with the red zombie thing coming out of the school pool freaked me out bad as a kid. Gave me horrific nightmares.
The pool one ruined 7 year old me for life 😂😂😂
Yeah I was shocked the Quicksilver was rated so poorly. It was a great episode.
@cassychesser 100%
And he didn't even mention the beginning how the girl burned alive trapped in her room by the demon. It's easily a top 25 episode
The one with the Pool Ghost was called “The Tale of the Dead Man’s Float”
I loved the video. That’s all I need to say, overall, this video was probably the reason I originally subscribed to this channel, so the hype for this video was real going into it, and, while I personally prefer the goosebumps video, this was still a very entertaining joy of a watch
I subscribed for the Are You Afraid of The Dark Ranking, but, this channel is such a joy to watch
now, if you ever decide to do another long ranking video similar to this and goosebumps, I personally would recommend the twilight zone
thanks man that honestly means a lot, and yeah someone else in the comments said twilight zone too. And I love that series, ut I'll decide what to do for next Halloween later on
@@SimplyColin honestly, I’m not surprised someone else suggested it, the twilight zone is basically Goosebumps but for more adult audiences
This show made me who i am. Born in the late 80s. I cant remember any birthday i had as a kid, but i can tell you exactly what was going on saturday night. Snick with All That and AYAOTD. Legendary
same. fun fact, I was 10 when I saw that episode about the nightly neighbors and I remember legitimately being scared by it.
The gasoline grinner at the spot you have it on is terribly underrated. Also, I'm still watching at number 46 and I hope tale of Dead Man's float is in the top five
I think if you’d have watched this as a kid some of your lower episodes would have been higher. The tale of the frozen ghost should be higher imo.. I’m cold still pops in my head every now and then. Plus Melissa Joan hart was in it. I wish I could be a kid and rewatch AYAOTD all over again it’s what got me into horror
Just commented about that episode! I can still hear the ghosts voice saying "I'm cold" in my head all these years later!
God bless you for this upload. Keep making videos and I GUARANTEE that in some amount of time you will have many thousands of subscribers
Love you Colin- from another Colin
here's hoping to the thousands of subscribers, and cheers brother
The tale of the dark music is really the only one thats stuck with me after all these years
I know, that doll… that doll!
The fact that the kid took the deal though. No lesson, no moral, no making up for a mistake, the kid just goes there. That episode showed something that we all knew growing up, that adults forget about: Kids can turn evil too, and when they do, it's scary.
I love seeing all these "Before they were famous" faces: Neve Campbell, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Dominic Zamprogna, one of the Ashmores, Brooke Nevin, Ryan Cooley, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and the queen of '90s Canadian television cameos, Jewel Staite.
Ah, this is where you've been. I missed ya. Yes you're Goosebumps video is how I found the channel.
"a bunch of ghost train bullshit" is my favorite line from this episode, nice work on the video!
At 47:06 that statement got me hard. I remember at my “elementary” school it went up to 6th Grade. I was friends with 2 of them due to me having a DS and a Wii because we used to play together during Summer Daycare. When I had gotten into 7th Grade, they saw me and made me go wait in this old house in their neighborhood. So I did and we’re still great friends. I do remember being scared shitless because their was a Cuckoo Clock in the house and it sounded like a Raven cawing.
oh wow that's actually really tight, I thought it was just some niche children's horror thing
Man, those copyright bots make no sense. They will claim some eps, but not others. Seems totally arbitrary.
yeah exactly! And they didn't even claim the part where I used audio from the show?? it's completely random
The ghastly grinner is my favorite episode. It has stuck with me many years
BROOOOOO LETS GOOOOO I love your content so much thank you for spending your time on a masterpiece like this
thanks for the support man
@@SimplyColin np man keep it up!
Thanks for taking the time to prepare this list and review each episode.
The fact you didn't really watch it as a kid definitely gives you a unique perspective as many of us grew up on the show and were thus terrified of it. Still, you had a great balance of different episode types all the way to the top.
The only odd picks were putting The Chameleons, Laughing In The Dark and The Ghastly Grinner so low. The Grinner especially is a common fan favourite but of course taste is subjective.
Quicksilver was the scariest episode to me as a kid. I legit would stay up at night because dehydrated Emperor Palpatine there scared me so much
I totally agree! It’s so anxiety inducing and dramatic
It sucks you didn’t include the revival episodes because The Tale of the Silver Sight is one of my favorites. It’s a three part episode where the characters themselves are part of a ghost story, and tying back to their grandparents’ “Midnight Society” from the 1930s
Silver Sight might collectively be my favorite episode.
Both Laughing in the Dark and Crimson Clown gave me actual childhood nightmares and a phobia of clowns that lasted until I was a teenager. Of course rewatching the Zeebo episode as an adult is really funny because he barely does anything scary at all. Still an all time banger that got robbed in this list though.
Hell yea deadman’s float is my favorite so happy to see it so high on your list
Gah it hurts so bad seeing most of my favorites on the bottom of the list lol
Most of my favourites are right at the bottom of the list. Bizarre.
The dang alien episode still haunts me as an adult. Something about the faceless design just always gets to me. Same with the funeral scene where the kid is confronting his dead uncle. These scenes have just haunted me forever and even rewatching the show as an adult I'm still just as taken by these scenes XD
I just found your goosebumps episode like a few days ago it was fantastic imo. Excited about this one
perfect timing, some people have been waiting for a full year for this one
the quicksilver episode scared me to death as a kid every time i got sick i would look for a Q on the wall and think he is going to come out of my walls!
Hey, we all missed you, but I'm glad you could make another long video, and hopefully you'll be back to regular uploads
oh yeah most definitely gonna be going back to a regular schedule now that I got the big Halloween special out of the way
Another great review bro, next year you should do a review of all The Nightmare Room episodes. Never hear that show discussed and it’s definitely an underrated series.
someone else commented about that series on my goosebumps video about a month back, i’ve never heard of it but it looks kinda sick. But it’s incredibly short. So maybe next year I could rank that as a bonus halloween special? idk, nothing for next years halloween special is set and stone yet, and probably won’t be for a while, but that’s why i’m open to all suggestions
Hey man, I’m back damn near a year later. Really hoping you can still do a review on The Nightmare Room. Just thought about your reviews and really hoping you can fit it in with other uploads.
Hungry Hounds is hands down the one that has always stuck with me, and I watched it when it first aired, and I was in...junior high, I believe.
The two that stand out as being ranked too low are The Quicksilver and The Ghastly Grinner. Cause yeah, it wasn't just the makeup.
I think Say Cheese and Die and The Curious Camera were actually inspired by a Twilight Zone episode.
oh most definitely, a lot of horror based tv shows take a lot of inspiration from twilight zone. And that just speaks to how good twilight zone is/how influential and timeless it really is
@@SimplyColin are there any Are you Afraid of the Dark Episodes that are inspired by The Twilight Zone?
Although your top ones are good, I like a few of the bottom ones. But it is all about different opinions so it’s all good! Super Specs is one of my favourites and for me in my opinion it deserves one of the spots in the top. I thought it was a very good episode
Super Specs made me so scared as a kid! Couldn't believe it was so low!
Finally I’ve waited so long for this
The Shiny Red Bicycle at Number 1. Now that is something I can actually agree with. You don't really need to have a particularly scary episode to be the best episode of the show. That story could really happen. Some kid could be killed in an accident with a furious waterfall. And a friend could actually be in-blame about the death. The realism of that happening makes it really effin' good!
The unexpected visitor was one of my favorites and I love how it’s one of those misunderstandings tales that would usually end with a “sorry we won’t do it again” only here the two continue to broadcast their jam sessions out into space to talk with their new alien friend. It’s very heartwarming.
Really loved all 3 of these style of videos! Hopefully you decide to cover the rest of the episodes sometime. I always loved watching goosebumps growing up. Keep it up man!
The tell of the dream girl is my favorite episode. Good story and well executed. Very good twist and had some emotion in it. Not scary but it was a fun episode
44:08 last time I saw this episode I was maybe 6, but 26 years later and the title alone gave me goosebumps all over my body. This episode is responsible for my fear of the uncanny valley and its insane how long it has stuck with me. I should rewatch it once lol
In production order Night Shift is the last episode
Way to go, Gary! You proved that you'll never be shit! 😂😂😂
I liked your goosebumps video a lot, it was super neat to see you did this series too! It's fun to see recaps of these old shows and see which eps I remember.
ALSO I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU PUT DREAM GIRL SO LOW. I CRY EVERY TIME.
Dude your choices in music are incredible. Lisa, Klonoa, Castlevania, Silent Hill, Persona 5, great picks.
Zebo used to scare that bejeezus outta me
I remember very little about the episodes of this show, but I'll say that the gargoyle with the fans from The Tale of the Dangerous Soup and the creepy vibes of the uncle has always stuck with me, even though I forgot even the episode's title. Glad it was ranked so highly!
This video was a real nostalgia trip. There were so many times I thought to myself: "Oh, yeah, I remember that."
Although I do find it funny that of the handful of episodes I did remember even before watching the video, 3 of them (Frozen Ghost, Captured Souls, and Phantom Cab) were all near the bottom while only 1 (Pinball Wizard) was near the top.
my favorite was tale of the lonely ghost also the saddest. the only thing i wish the lonely ghost story did was expose the people who killed the girl because after the episode i realized they bullies who killed her got away with her murder and they are out there free now grown up and she didnt get to have a life because of them
Lonely Ghost scared the shit out of me when i was a kid. At the first commercial break, that is.
This just popped up on my recommend list and I'm loving going down memory lane of these episodes, but terrified to see the 2 that started my night terrors and where they rank on this list (or if somehow my brain merged memories of this show with unrelated things). The two I remember are one where a kid is at like a boarding school and there are pools the kids are forced to work in and the teachers are like reptilians and they did this nasty reveal of like rubbing the human skin off their arms to show their green reptile skin underneath. Then the one that ruined my childhood being a kid who drew comics and he made a villain kind of like the Joker, but blue and if he laughed it made the victims laugh until blue goo came out of their mouths and like died or something awful. I know it won't look anything like how my brain remembers if those are real episodes, but I'm still not looking forward to if they pop up lol
Same! I still remember the "The Tale of the Hatching" (ranked No.12 in this video), definitely a memorable AYAOTD? episode
One of the videos that introduced me to your channel. Glad I found it, because your a great UA-camr
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Your goosebumps video was honestly really good. Such a great blast of childhood nostalgia! Looking forward to going through this one too.
The witch in the tale of the mystical mirror couldn’t just use dogs from the pound. Somewhere in the episode, it says that she had to use three young beautiful women, and then turn them into dogs.
Thank You! I also commented that just now, glad to know I wasn't making up that angle!
the one with Zeebo the clown will always be the best episode cause it is the most memorable episode and let's just say that Pennywise the clown from the movie IT is nothing compared to Zeebo the clown from the show are you afraid of the dark.
The chameleon episode scared the shit out of me as a kid I thought I was gonna be turned into a chameleon one day
As a kid, that's super spooky, but as an adult, I think I'd welcome the chameleon life, haha.
it must be really frustrating having one of your first videos that you don't like very much the every goosebumps episode do so well, only for no other videos you've made to really have the same amount of success but you'll get there man I'm rooting for you :D
Not to nitpick but in the hungry hounds didn't kill the aunt. She was killed when her horse stumbled, which is why the niece isn't allowed to take riding lessons as her mother, the aunts sister is traumatized by it.
The hounds were starved for the fox hunt and when Dora died they were not fed (that was her chore). Giles, the stable master was attacked by them they were so ravenous but got away only to die of a heart attack afterwards.
The one ware the old man robbed riches from the ships. He gave back the things he still had from ships. The problem was he sold alot of it. That's how he got rich. The gave the gosts things he bought with $ from the ship recks. The one with music aliens. The kid sent a message that sounded like we are toys. The boy alien thought we were just toys.