The Tale of the Dead Man's Float
- Episode aired Oct 7, 1995
- Not Rated
- 22m
IMDb RATING
8.7/10
1.1K
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Zeke and Clorice find an abandoned swimming pool at their school where a secret is contained.Zeke and Clorice find an abandoned swimming pool at their school where a secret is contained.Zeke and Clorice find an abandoned swimming pool at their school where a secret is contained.
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Kaj-Erik Eriksen
- Zeke Matthews
- (as Kaj Eriksen)
JoAnna Garcia Swisher
- Sam
- (as Joanna Garcia)
Codie Lucas Wilbee
- Stig
- (as Codie Wilbee)
Thaddeus Hawks
- Jacob
- (uncredited)
Lorelei Mahoney
- Tina Marie
- (uncredited)
- Director
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- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaThe exterior shot of the school reveals that it's the same one as shown in "The Tale of the Midnight Ride".
- GoofsMethyl orange is shown here as a colorless liquid, though it is in reality a red/orange solid. Even in solution, it would be yellow, not colorless.
- Quotes
Stig: I figure I have to impress you guys, so... I'm giving it my best shot. A lot of people don't like the way I am. They're always telling me I gotta clean up my act. But sometimes, things are the way they are for a reason, and if you go making changes, that shouldn't be made... You could end up with a whole mess of trouble. Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this story... The Tale of the Dead Man's Float.
- Crazy creditsNickelodeon Cap logo after end credits
- ConnectionsFeatured in JonTron: Are You Afraid of the Dark? Part 1 (2014)
- SoundtracksAre You Afraid of the Dark? Theme
Arranged and produced by Ray Fabi
Featured review
Probably the best episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark ever
Man, this is a great episode--probably the best of the entire series. I'd say it's as clever as many classic episodes of The Twilight Zone or The X-Files. The people responsible gave us an original story without cutting corners or taking lame shortcuts. In other words, they didn't write down to their target audience, which, I'm sorry to say, a lot of episodes from this series did. This results in a very mature episode, with genuine suspense and a real sense of danger. Perhaps the smartest thing the filmmakers did was not to show the actual monster until the very end, and when they finally do, it's actually pretty frightening and convincing, and I don't just mean for a kid's show. You can tell the makeup artists were inspired by the EC comics of the 1950s. The characters are also subtle and realistic, rather than two-dimensional cookie cutter figures, and Zeke's backstory feels very real, not overblown or melodramatic. I like the fact that the heroine resists friendship with the high school nerd; she's ultimately kind, but at the beginning of the story is reluctant to put her reputation on the line by giving him the time of day, which seems much more true to me than the typical "popular girl with an unconditionally accepting heart of gold" that often appears on children's shows. And the fact that the monster of the story has actually killed people makes it a tangible threat. This episode doesn't wrap everything in a nice soft safe package simply because preteens will be watching; instead it gives them enough credit to give the story a bit of an edge, so that you don't outgrow this one like you might others.
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- Pythe
- Sep 8, 2007
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- Montréal, Québec, Canada(Midnight Society scenes)
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- Runtime22 minutes
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