introduce to this show through a sibling who devour r. l. stine book and i find i initially couldn not form my opinion of it since the first handful of episode i saw happen to be base on the book i hadn not read ( why be it the book you most want to read be the hard to find . ) and but once i be lucky ( unlucky . ) enough to see one base on the story i would read and my opinion be represent the one whose story counterpart i hadn not see be decent on their own and but those base off of book i have be mediocre in comparison . all of them do seem pretty formula now in retrospect represent an evil threatens but only the young protagonist realizes and have a difficult time make anyone else aware . the book be almost always formula in this point too but stine be phenomenal in spice the story up by conjure up different humorous dialogue and explanation for the evil and or detail to make it seem impressive to a kid . i find the book to be interesting but the show be never enough to scare even a 6 year old and and i wonder why stine be actually the host on this show rather than reject writer billy brown and dan angel and hunting for someone more faithful . the fact that ( with a few exception that run 2 episode ) and each story be limit to less than 30 minute ( the commercial break which account for the less than be surround by fade out of some new terror arise which and even the young viewer realize after a few break and would be a false alarm when it resume ) rush the plot of story i laugh and fascinate over in book form and give no time to absorb the scare and other than the phony one resolve in 60 second while the camera dim and return . i appreciate significantly more those that run 2 episode for just under an hour and even with the fade out still cause boredom . the plot of these leave on a cliffhanger after one episode and there be usually a good twist at the end . also and since few action scene be show in most of the single episode simpler story and special effect be severely limit while i never find the antagonist as terrify a they could be in imagination . example represent the book let get invisible doesn not instantly reveal who the be behind the mirror be and but the show have a dead giveaway a he wear a jersey with backward lettering just plain cheesy . in the 3rd series and a large number of episode be waste not on book and but on short story in his compilation story to give you goosebump and which contain 10 boring story ( the one i try and fail to read be the one never use to base tv scene off of and but i be sure the others be no good ) which often provoke no fear even on the page imagine how a screen adaption even weak than their book basis would have be . no and the plot wasn not rush while even bad it be a though the while plot be show but it be a rushed story to begin with . ironically my favorite episode ( along with a 3 part story i shouldn not mention while it wasn not base on a book ) of which i have see be one of these and click i doubt it be mean to be scary and but it do make me laugh expect that the boy who exploit a space and time control remote could so easily be punish . i just wish i could punish the writer for such a weak adaptation and even to a kid and of a kid favorite serial .