The Nightmare Room is an American children's anthology horror series that aired on Kids' WB!. The series was based on the short-lived book series The Nightmare Room children's books created by Goosebumps author, R.L. Stine. The Nightmare Room originally aired from August 31, 2001, to March 16, 2002, in the United States. It was rated TV-Y7 for fantasy violence (FV) and scenes deemed too scary or disturbing for younger viewers in the United States. [edit] Synopsis The Nightmare Room is based on fears kids have such as ghosts or monsters and normally ends with comments by the narrator whose final words always are "The nightmare room", then a door with the The Nightmare Room logo appears closing. In many ways, the series resembles The Twilight Zone with teens taking the role as the main characters. Many of the actors who portrayed the characters were up and coming actors such as Amanda Bynes, Drake Bell, Brenda Song, Shia Labeouf, A.J. Trauth and Dylan and Cole Sprouse. The Nightmare Room is Kids' WB!'s only live-action show and also it aired on the short-lived Kids' WB variant of Toonami, making it the only live action show to air on the strand. The show was produced by Parachute Entertainment, Tollin/Robbins Productions, and Warner Bros. Television. [edit] Book Titles and Summaries - 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: On the first day of school, Luke gets assigned locker number 13—and is haunted by an evil spirit who wants to curse him with bad luck.
- My Name is Evil: A carnival fortuneteller 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 his room that predicts the future, including his death. Can Alex prevent his own demise?
- They Call Me Creature: Laura must find out why the animals she cares for are turning on her—and discovers a horrible creature her father created in the woods.
- The Howler: Self-proclaimed electronics geek Spencer Turner buys a machine called "The Howler" that lets humans communicate with the dead...and gets messages from three ghosts who want to escape.
- Shadow Girl: A bored girl named Selena discovers that she's really a superheroine named Shadow Girl...who, 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 Indian spirit.
- Full Moon Halloween: It's a frightful Halloween night as a group of 5 teens realize that one of them may very well be a werewolf, during a Halloween party hosted by one of the 5 teens at his house.
- Scare School: A boy in school is haunted by an Imp who hates new kids.
- Visitors: UFO enthusiast Ben Shipley discovers that aliens are covertly invading Earth.
[edit] 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 spirts.
[edit] Episodes | Episode # | Title | Air date | | 1 | "Don't Forget Me!" | August 31, 2001 | | Danielle (Amanda Bynes from Nickelodeon's The Amanda Show and ABC Family's What I Like About You) 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. Once the child gets touched by strange goo by the forgotten children....they will start to be forgotten by their friends and family. | | 2 | "Scareful What You Wish For" | August 31, 2001 | While packing away all of the toys from his childhood days before his 12th birthday, Dylan Pierce (Shia LaBeouf from Disney's Even Stevens.) is haunted by a strange little boy (played alternately by Dylan and Cole Sprouse from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody) who turns out to be Dylan's favorite childhood doll come to life—and not willing to let his human friend go.
NOTE: This is the first of two episodes where the story isn't adapted from a Nightmare Room book. | | 3 | "The Howler" | September 29, 2001 | Three kids find a strange machine called "The Howler" that lets them communicate with spirits, but the spirits that come out need three human bodies to possess.
NOTE: This episode features Robert Englund (from the Nightmare on Elm Street movies) and Cara DeLizia (from the Disney's So Weird). | | 4 | "Tangled Web" | October 6, 2001 | | A boy named Josh (Justin Berfield from the WB's Unhappily Ever After and FOX's Malcolm in the Middle), who has a reputation for lying, suddenly finds his outrageous tales coming true after a substitute teacher tells Josh that he believes everything he says.
NOTE: Based on Book #4 of The Nightmare Room, which had an alternate title, "Liar, Liar", and had a plot about a liar who is trapped in an alternate universe where he is being stalked by an evil twin who tells him that he will die.
| | 5 | "Fear Games" | October 13, 2001 | Five teenagers on a Survivor-esque reality game show must compete in island challenges—and fight a psychotic witch who haunts the island.
NOTE: Based on the three books of the Nightmare Room trilogy series called "Fear Games". | | 6 | "School Spirit" | October 20, 2001 | A group of students serving detention must help the ghost of a teacher seeking retribution.
NOTE: This is the last of the two episodes where the story isn't based on any of the books in the Nightmare Room series. | | 7 | "Full Moon Halloween" | October 27, 2001 | A group of teenagers grow suspicious of one another when a werewolf is heard to be on the loose in their town.
NOTE: The same actors are used in School Spirit. | | 8 | "Four Eyes" | December 1, 2001 | A boy's new glasses gives him the power to see aliens secretly living among humans and ready to take over the world.
NOTE: The premise of aliens covertly invading Earth was used in the last book of the Nightmare Room series, "Visitors". | | 9 | "Locker 13" | December 8, 2001 | | A boy is terrified of the consequences when his school assigns him Locker #13, a locker rumored to give the owner eternal bad luck. | | 10 | "Dear Diary, I'm Dead" | February 2, 2002 | Alex (played by Drake Bell from Nickelodeon's Drake and Josh and The Amanda Show ) is a normal boy that discovers a diary that predicts the future—including his death.
NOTE: Also starring Brenda Song from Disney's Suite Life of Zack and Cody and A.J. Trauth from Disney's Even Stevens and You Wish!. | | 11 | "My Name is Evil" | February 23, 2002 | A boy's encounter with a carnival fortune teller leads to horrific consequences when the boy turns evil.
NOTE: This episode features Kaley Cuoco | | 12 | "Camp Nowhere (Part 1)" | March 9, 2002 | | Part one of two. A group of kids discover that their new summer camp has been trapped in time thanks to the violent Indian spirits that haunt the campgrounds. | | 13 | "Camp Nowhere (Part 2)" | March 16, 2002 | | Conclusion. The group of kids must contend with Indian spirits that have captured the kids of Camp Hawkwood. NOTE: This is the very last episode of "The Nightmare Room" television series as a Grand Finale. | [edit] Award nominations | Year | Award | Result | Category | Recipient | | 2002 | Emmy Award | Nominated | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing | Michael C. Gutierrez, James L. Pearson, Tony Torretto, Susan Welsh, and Debby Ruby-Winsberg | [edit] External links |
