Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Season 4

1994 · 13 episodes · ★ 5.8

What Season 4 of Are You Afraid of the Dark?

A group of teenagers calls itself The Midnight Society and sneaks off to the woods at night, gathering around a campfire. Each week, one member narrates a scary story to the rest. Before they begin, they toss midnight dust into the fire, and the smoke turns white. The stories deal with demons, ghosts, haunted houses and curses that strike ordinary young people. Viewers see each narration acted out while the rest of the group listens from the clearing. Ross Hull and Daniel DeSanto lead the cast of this series, created by D.J. MacHale and Ned Kandel, which airs on Nickelodeon, YTV and Family Channel.

13episodes

Oct 1, 1994aired

Jan 21, 1995Latest episode

5.2 hrtotal runtime

Season 4 Episodes

4x01 The Tale of the Renegade Virus
Oct 1, 1994 · 24 min
A boy and his friend are constantly getting each other in trouble. One friend decides to plant a virus in the new virtual reality system this his friend is going to play. But things don't go as planned when the virus tries to take over the player's body and escape to the real world.
Directing: Ron Oliver, D.J. MacHale · Writing: Chloe Brown · Starring: Eric Fink, Christopher Redman, Micah Gardener, Paul Cagelet
4x02 The Tale of the Long Ago Locket
Oct 8, 1994 · 24 min
A boy is transported by to the Revolutionary War, where he must help a solider return to his girlfriend, before she marries another man.
Directing: David Winning, D.J. MacHale · Writing: Chloe Brown · Starring: Paul Hopkins, Will Friedle, Joel Gordon, Peter Colvey
4x03 The Tale of the Water Demons
Oct 15, 1994 · 24 min
Shawn McKenzie visits his relatives and works in a job for the summer where him and his cousin deliver groceries to an old man's house and see why he's very odd.
Directing: Ron Oliver · Starring: Griffith Brewer, Tony Sampson, Charlie Hofheimer, Luis de Cespedes
4x04 The Tale of Cutter's Treasure (1)
Oct 29, 1994 · 24 min
When a teenager finds a spyglass locked in a treasure chest at the magic shop, the ghost of an evil pirate is released.
Directing: David Winning, D.J. MacHale · Starring: Aron Tager, Dominic Zamprogna, Charles S. Dutton, Andrew Sardella
4x05 The Tale of Cutter's Treasure (2)
Oct 29, 1994 · 24 min
Rush must find a way to save Max with the help of Dr. Vink and Sardo.
Directing: D.J. MacHale · Starring: Aron Tager, Dominic Zamprogna, Charles S. Dutton, Andrew Sardella
4x06 The Tale of the Quiet Librarian
Nov 5, 1994 · 24 min
A library is haunted by the ghost of a former librarian who dislikes noisy children.
Directing: David Winning · Starring: Leni Parker, Aaron A. McConnaughey, Shannon Duff, Anna MacCormack
4x07 The Tale of the Silent Servant
Nov 12, 1994 · 24 min
Two kids on a farm find a scarecrow with a magic spell, and they use it. The scarecrow does whatever they order it to. At first it's great, their new servant puts up an entire fence that they were supposed to build. But they find that it has it's drawbacks when they order it to make a baseball dugout and it tears apart the new fence for wood. Things get serious when one of them accidentally orders it to kill.
Starring: Tyler Labine, Brian Dooley, Jesse R. Tendler, Kimberley Warnat
4x08 The Tale of the Room for Rent
Nov 19, 1994 · 24 min
Jessie's grandfarther wants to earn some extra money, so he decides to rent out the extra room in his house. One night, Jessie sees a man enter the local psychic's house through the ceiling. When she returns home, she's shocked to find that the not only is the room of their house rented out, but the new tenant is the ghostly man that she saw.
Starring: Melissa Altro, Alison Hildreth, Walter Massey, Andreas Apergis
4x09 The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner
Dec 3, 1994 · 24 min
Ethan wants to be a comic book artist, but his submissions are constantly rejected by companies. One day, he's invited to a comic shop, where he gets the only copy of the comic ""The Ghastly Grinner."" He accidentally brings the supervillain to life and it starts turning everyone into giggling mindless idiots.
Directing: Ron Oliver · Starring: Amos Crawley, Missy Christianssen, Neil Kroetsch, Penny Mancuso
4x10 The Tale of the Fire Ghost
Dec 10, 1994 · 24 min
While celebrating their dad's birthday at the firehouse he works at, Jimmy and Roxanne end up being left alone when a call comes in and the firefighters must take off to stop a fire.They soon find that they're not exactly the only occupants of the firehouse. There's a fire ghost who's seeking revenge.
Writing: Scott Peters · Starring: Myles Ferguson, Vanessa King, Michael Copeman, Larry Day
4x11 The Tale of the Closet Keepers
Jan 7, 1995 · 24 min
Aliens kidnap several youngsters from Earth to put on display in their zoo.
Directing: David Winning · Starring: Tommy J. Michaels, Peter Messaline, Rebecca Drysdale, Brigid Tierney
4x12 The Tale of the Unfinished Painting
Jan 14, 1995 · 24 min
A girl who loves to draw starts spending time at an art gallery, finishing up paintings that have never been completed. But she soon finds out that once you sign your name to a painting, you're trapped inside of it for life.
Directing: David Winning · Starring: Joel S. Keller, Jewel Staite, Vivian Reis, Amanda Gay
4x13 The Tale of Train Magic Season Finale
Jan 21, 1995 · 24 min
Tim loves trains and everything about them, just like his father did who used to work at the station. After an electric train is mysteriously sent to him, he puts it on the track with the rest of his collection and watches it go. But at 7:13 PM he finds himself sucked into the mysterious town train, which is actually Train 713, a train that crashed and killed everyone aboard years ago.
Directing: D.J. MacHale · Starring: Colin Fox, Jesse Moss, Gregory Smith, Susan Glover