Ironically, the only episode based on a short story from R.L. Stine compilation The Haunting Hour; the other nine based on his short stories were all taken from his earlier one The Nightmare Hour. (However, one of these, "The Most Evil Sorcerer", had a sequel in The Haunting Hour, "The Dragon's Bargain", though it was never adapted for the show because the first short story was adapted loosely with no way to tie in the sequel).