The Haunting Hour: The Series facts for kids

Quick facts for kids The Haunting Hour: The Series
Genre	Horror Science Fiction Supernatural Dark Fantasy Drama
Theme music composer	John Sereda Paul Michael Thomas
Country of origin	Canada United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	76 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Dan Angel Kim Arnott Billy Brown Harvey Kahn
Production location(s)	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Cinematography	Micheael Balfry
Production company(s)	The Hatchery Incendo Films Front Street Pictures
Distributor	Endemol
Release
Original network	Hub Network (2010–2014) Discovery Family (2014)
Original release	October 29, 2010 (2010-10-29) – November 29, 2014 (2014-11-29)

R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: The Series is a Canadian-American original anthology horror-fantasy television series which is based on the 2007 movie R.L Stine's The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It and the anthologies The Haunting Hour and Nightmare Hour by R.L. Stine, that originally aired on The Hub Network from October 29, 2010 to October 11, 2014. The only story taken from The Haunting Hour anthology was My Imaginary Friend, and the only story unused from The Nightmare Hour was Make Me a Witch. The fourth season's seven remaining episodes ran on Discovery Family from October 18, 2014 to November 29, 2014. The series was produced by Front Street Pictures, The Hatchery, Incendo Films, and Endemol.

On July 9, 2012, it was announced that R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour was one of four original series from The Hub that won the CINE Golden Eagle Award for high quality production and storytelling.

On December 8, 2014, it was confirmed by Stine via Twitter that Discovery Family cancelled the show after its run of four seasons.

Premise

Like Goosebumps, every episode features a different cast in a scary situation that would involve ghosts, aliens, witches, zombies, and monsters. However, the storylines are much darker than its aforementioned predecessor and some episodes serve as very dark morality tales. Unlike the Goosebumps series, the threat of death is not implied, being both clear and permanent. In addition, death in the show is not limited to antagonists and minor characters with some stories even ending with the main protagonist(s) being killed. However, there are some episodes that have happy endings similar to most of the episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? which had this formula.

Episodes

List of The Haunting Hour: The Series episodes

Accolades

Made Of Matches

"Made Of Matches"
Promotional single by Debby Ryan
Released	March 29, 2011 (2011-03-29)
Recorded	2011
Genre	Pop rock
Length	1:53
Label	The Hatchery
Songwriter(s)	Debby Ryan
Producer(s)	Debby Ryan

"Made Of Matches" is a song performed, written and produced by American actress, singer and songwriter Debby Ryan. It was released as a digital download on March 29, 2011, as a promotional single in the United States by The Hatchery label. The song is featured in the episode "Wrong Number" that Ryan also appears in. It was not included on any studio album or soundtrack.

Composition

A midtempo pop rock song, "Made of Matches" exhibits elements of alternative rock and pop. Built on a beat, multi-tracked harmonies, the song's instrumentation includes slow-bouncing electric guitar and drums.

In an interview with Cambio, Ryan commented about writing a song for the first time "It's very much my heart. 'Made of Matches' was kind of the first time I've really expressed myself through Music personally". On April 6, 2011, Ryan commented on Twitter that "Writing has always been a release for me, and lately I've fallen in love with the music production. Knitting together my stories and feelings."

Music video

The official music video for the song premiered on The Hub on February 4, 2011. The video was directed by Neill Fearnley with scenes from the episode "Wrong Number."

See also

In Spanish: R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour para niños