The Nightmare Room
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The Nightmare Room is an American television program that aired on Kids' WB!. It was created by R. L. Stine, who is the writer of the popular Goosebumps children's books. It was based on The Nightmare Room books, also written by R. L. Stine.
The show in many ways 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 and Cole Sprouse.
The Nightmare Room is Kids' WB!'s only live-action show and gained infamy when it aired on the short-lived Kids' WB variant of Toonami, making it the first live action show to air on the strand. The show was produced by Parachute Entertainment, Tollin/Robbins Productions, and Warner Bros. Television.
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. Its original run was from October 15, 2001, to March 16, 2002, in the United States.
[edit] Episodes
- 1 Don't Forget Me 8/1/2001
Danielle and her family have just moved into a new house. But when her mischievous younger brother, Peter, sneaks into the basement, weird things begin to happen, and everyone begins to forget that Peter exists. However, Danielle soon learns that her family has moved into a house of many horrors, when people start forgetting her too. It is a house where the forgotten children are sentenced to wander and haunt the house for eternity.
- 2 Scareful What You Wish For 8/31/2001
Dylan Pierce is trying to put his childhood behind him, to move on. However, he soon learns that some things just won't stay put, as he soon begins to be stalked by a young, strange little boy, who looks like an exact replica of his favorite childhood doll, named Buddy. Buddy doesn't like the fact that Dylan would like to have nothing to do with him any more, and slowly begins to ruin Dylan's life. However, Dylan is in the greatest of dangers when he is home alone with the doll.
- 3 The Howler 9/29/2001
Three young kids find a device that allows them to communicate with other spirits, called The Howler. Unknown to them, these otherworldly spirits want to take over their bodies.
- 4 Tangled Web 10/6/2001
A student, Josh, who has a habit of telling lies, gets trapped in a web of terror when his lies begin to come true after a new substitute teacher arrives at his school who believes his outlandish tales.
- 5 Fear Games 10/13/2001
On an island, five teenagers compete in a survival contest for a grand prize, but unknown to them, they are being stalked by a psychotic witch.
- 6 School Spirit 10/20/2001
While serving detention, a group of students are haunted by a deceased teacher seeking retribution.
- 7 Full Moon Halloween 10/27/2001
It's a frightful Halloween night as a group of teens realize that one of them may very well be a werewolf.
- 8 Four Eyes 12/1/2001
A boy's new glasses allow him to see aliens living among us who are trying to take over the world.
- 9 Locker 13 12/8/2001
A young 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 2/2/2002
Alex Smith learns of his imminent death when an entry appears in his diary, which he has never written in. But Alex is actually caught in a time warp, and will forever re-live the day he found the diary.
- 11 My Name is Evil 2/23/2002
A boy's encounter with a carnival fortune teller leads to evil happenings at his school.
- 12 Camp Nowhere (Part 1) 3/9/2002
At Camp Hawkwood, a group of young teens on a camping trip must escape their camp, due to Indian spirits who have turned violent.
- 13 Camp Nowhere (Part 2) 3/16/2002
At Camp Hawkwood, a group of young teens on a trip must escape because Indian spirits have turned violent.
[edit] Nominations
It was nominated for an Emmy in Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing in 2002. Dylan Sprouse went up the crew to get the Emmy.
