7.6 /10 1 Votes
Created by R.L. Stine Original language(s) English First episode date 29 October 2010 | 8.2/10 IMDb 8.8/10 TV Country of origin Canada
United States No. of seasons 4 Network Discovery Family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genre Horror
Science Fiction
Paranormal
Dark Fantasy
Drama Theme music composer John Sereda
Paul Michael Thomas Writers Dan Angel, Billy Brown, Erik Patterson, Melody Fox Cast Bailee Madison, Connor Price, Liam Fearnley, Brenna O'Brien, Jody Thompson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 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 My Sister the 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.
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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 R. L. Stine via Twitter that Discovery Family cancelled the show after its run of four seasons.
Production
Prior to the broadcast of the series, series creator R. L. Stine reported via Twitter saying The Haunting Hour was similar to his previous series Goosebumps. The series is filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Premise
Like Goosebumps and The Nightmare Room, 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. 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.
Made of Matches
"Made of Matches" is a song by American actress/singer/songwriter Debby Ryan. It was released as a digital download on March 29, 2011, as a promotional single by The Hatchery label. The song was written by Debby Ryan and played on the episode Wrong Number, but not being included on any studio album or soundtrack.
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. The song was written and produced by Ryan. The song was release for digital download in March 29, 2011, as a promotional single only in United States by The Hatchery label.
In an interview with Cambio, Debby 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". In other interview, Ryan commented about putting the heart in his songs: "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."
The official music video for the song premiered on The Hub in February 4, 2011. The video was directed by Neill Fearnley with scenes of the episode "Wrong Number."
- "Made of Matches" – 1:53