Goosebumps Episodes That I Loved

Goosebumps was a show based on the famous R. L. Stine books. I think a lot of people know about this show, but that might not be accurate anymore. 🤣 Goosebumps ran from 1995-1998 on Fox Kids. I looked up the episodes in two different places. One was IMDB. There may still be some episodes that I missed. Sometimes looking up older shows is strange; they don't list every episode or they list them out of order, but I tried. I was actually surprised because I didn't write down that many episodes. I tried to only list episodes that I really loved/made an impression on me. Before I get into this list, I think I'll make note of the episode "Night of the Living Dummy". I actually hated that episode, but it made me terrified of ventriloquist dummies, so I had to mention it here. But enough introduction, here is my list of favorite Goosebumps episodes!! 

• The Haunted Mask Parts 1 and 2
• I feel like this one is a classic of Goosebumps. Carly Beth and that creepy mask! This one takes place on Halloween, so it's a great one to watch this month. Honestly, everything in this blog post series is, but since this takes place on Halloween, even better. It was scary, and had a nice message, too. 
• The Cuckoo Clock of Doom 
• In this one, Michael wants to get his prank loving little sister in trouble, so he turns the head on his father's cuckoo clock backwards and things do very wrong. Of course. I've always loved this episode. And the ending was very interesting; I liked it, 
• Welcome to Camp Nightmare Parts 1 and 2
• I've seen several people say they didn't like this two-parter, but I loved it. It's about a camp with a creature that seems to be picking off the campers one by one but the counselors are flippant and uncaring. It seems like a standard creature episode, but it has a twist that I absolutely loved.
• Phantom of the Auditorium
• Of course, this is a take on The Phantom of the Opera, and was probably my first introduction to that story. Brooke gets cast as the lead in her school's production of The Phantom, but there are rumors of the play being cursed. Then Brooke starts having nightmares and getting strange warnings related to the production. This one was eerie and almost more of a mystery. I think there was a bit of a twist; though I wonder if as an adult I would see this twist coming. 
• Piano Lessons Can Be Murder
• I almost didn't put this on the list, but realized I have watched several times since this show ended, so I thought it should be on the list. Jerry finds a long-abandoned piano in his family's new house, and he decides to take lessons. But there is a ghost who warns him about the music school he attends.
• My Hairiest Adventure
• I don't know how much to say about some of these because I don't want to give things way, especially since these are short. For some reason, I always liked this one and have watched it several times since the show ended. Direct from IMDB: "After Larry and his friends use the contents of an expired bottle of instant tan, strange things start to happen: Larry beings to grow hair on unusual parts of his body, and his friends start to disappear." Yes, that sounds very strange, but I would wonder if you would get the twist from that description.
• Stay Out of the Basement Parts 1 and 2
• This one doesn't scare me as much now, but it does still get me a bit. According to my mom, this one absolutely terrified me as a kid. Margaret and her brother are home alone with their dad for a while, but he is spending a lot of time in the basement and his behavior is changing. He also insists they stay out of the basement... Another interesting ending.
• A Night in Terror Tower Parts 1 and 2
• This one didn't really scare me, I just absolutely loved the story. Don't get me wrong, it is scary, but not in the same way as the others. Eddie and Sue are on a tour of Terror Tower and they get stuck in there. I'm only going into part one here, but part two really makes it, I think. It's a fantastic two-parter that I highly recommend. 
• The Werewolf of Fever Swamp Parts 1 and 2
• Oh, the Goosebumps two-parter that scared me the most... I think you probably get the gist, right? Well, Grady and his family move to a remote area, Fever Swamp. A boy there tells Grady about a fever people in the swamp get, and the old man in the woods who is a werewolf. Yes, now, the costumes/effects would be mocked, but it was the 90s, okay? Despite that, there are some very scary parts in this one, and the ending...well, I think that was what set it over the edge for me. It still scares me today. Another instance of: I loved it, but it terrified me. I still only watch this one in the daytime. 
• Scarecrow Walks at Midnight 
• Thanks to this episode and an episode of another show, scarecrows scare the crap out of me. 😅 I don't even remember this one very well. 

Most of these episodes were from season one. At least, that's what it said online, but four of these were two-parters which I remember being special presentations and when Goosebumps was on Netflix the two-parters were listed in their own season, so I'm not sure. Either way, it seems most of the episodes I liked most were earlier ones. Scarecrow Walks at Midnight is from season two; the only one not from the first season, if the internet was accurate. 😅

Next week I will go through my favorite So Weird episodes!! There were a lot more of these than I thought there would be, so I'm excited. It will be a long one. 

Did you watch Goosebumps? Which episodes were your favorite? Which ones scared you the most? Were they one and the same? Let me know in the comments below!!