R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series is an original anthology horror-fantasy television series which is based on the 2007 movie R.L Stine's The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It and the anthologies The Haunting Hour and Nightmare Hour by R.L. Stine, that originally aired on The Hub Network from October 29, 2010 to October 11, 2014.
Storyline
Like Goosebumps, every episode features a different cast in a scary situation that would involve ghosts, aliens, witches, zombies, and monsters. However, the storylines are much darker than its aforementioned predecessor and some episodes serve as very dark morality tales. Unlike the Goosebumps series, the threat of death is not implied, being both clear and permanent. In addition, death in the show is not limited to antagonists and minor characters with some stories even ending with the main protagonist(s) being killed. There are some episodes that have twist endings for some of the episodes. However, there are some episodes that have happy endings similar to most of the episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? which had this formula.
Sound Effects Used
- Earshot, Ahooga Horn A (Heard once in "Uncle Howee".)
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - SWISH AND ZING (Heard once in "Uncle Howee".)
- H-B ZIP, CARTOON - ZING AND TIMP RISE (Heard once in "Uncle Howee".)
- Sound Ideas, BELL, FIGHT - BOXING RING FIGHT BELL: SINGLE RING, SPORTS (Heard twice in "Uncle Howee".)
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, TAWNY OWL - TAWNY OWL, STRIX ALUCO, BIRD, DIGIFFECTS
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON - QUICK SHUFFLE AND TAKE OFF, RUN (Heard once in "Uncle Howee".)
- Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BOING - JEW'S HARP BOUNCES (Heard once in "Uncle Howee".)
- Sound Ideas, Comedy - Squeaky Toy 01 (Heard twice in "Uncle Howee".)
- Sound Ideas, COMEDY, ACCENT - SLIDE WHISTLE DOWN (Heard once in "Uncle Howee".)
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, CARTOON - KEN'S BASS, DRUM AND CYMBAL CRASH, MUSIC, PERCUSSION (Heard once in "Uncle Howee".)
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - FLBONK (Heard once in "Uncle Howee".)
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - HEAVY RISING HIT (Heard once in "Uncle Howee".)
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - HOLLOW METALLIC HEAD KONK AND HORN (Heard once in "Uncle Howee".)
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - TIMP RISE (Heard once in "Uncle Howee".)
- Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - FAST SLIDE UP AND DOWN 02 (Heard once in "Uncle Howee".)
- Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - FIDDLE SLIDE DOWN, SHORT (Heard once in "Uncle Howee".)
- Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - FIDDLE SLIDE UP 01 (Heard once in "Uncle Howee".)
- Sound Ideas, SLIDE, CARTOON - FIDDLE SLIDE UP, SHORT 02 (Heard once in "Uncle Howee".)
- Sound Ideas, TAP DANCE - INTRODUCTION STEPS 01 (Heard once in "Uncle Howee".)
- Sound Ideas, TAKE, CARTOON - TUBE TAKE (Heard once in "Uncle Howee".)
- Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP IN (Heard once in "Uncle Howee".)