Are You Afraid Of The Dark Season 1 Episode 1 The Tale Of The Phantom Cab
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00:00 We're called the Midnight Society.
00:04 Separately, we're very different.
00:12 We like different things.
00:14 We go to different schools, and we have different friends.
00:19 But one thing draws us together.
00:23 The dark.
00:26 Each week, we gather around this fire to share our fears and our strange and scary tales.
00:35 It's what got us together, and it's what keeps bringing us back.
00:42 This is a warning to all who join us.
00:46 You're going to leave the comfort of the light...
00:52 and step into the world of the supernatural.
00:56 Hey, watch it, man!
01:04 I'm sorry.
01:06 Frank Moore, you're here to be considered as a new member of the Midnight Society.
01:10 Yeah, what's with the blindfold?
01:12 This meeting place is secret.
01:14 Yeah, and you're not in yet.
01:17 Swell.
01:18 Who sponsors Frank?
01:20 I do. He's a good guy.
01:22 Yeah, but can he tell a good story?
01:24 Who said that?
01:26 To be a member, you have to tell us a scary tale.
01:30 Then we vote, and it has to be unanimous, or you're not in.
01:33 You ready?
01:34 Hey, I'm ready.
01:36 Are you guys ready?
01:38 Oh, I'm scared now.
01:49 Yo, take this thing off.
01:51 I'm sorry.
01:53 Not unless you get in.
01:55 You're the sponsor, Dean.
01:57 You got us started.
01:59 Remember how to do it?
02:03 Just say the word.
02:05 Anytime.
02:09 Okay, let's do it.
02:11 Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society,
02:15 I call this story...
02:19 The Tale of the Phantom Cab.
02:23 Denny and Buzz were brothers.
02:35 Denny was big, strong, and smart.
02:39 Buzz was, well, kind of a geek
02:42 who wanted to prove himself to his big brother.
02:47 (music)
02:50 What neither guy knew was that on this hiking trip,
02:59 Buzz was going to get the chance.
03:02 (music)
03:05 So where are we, Tonto?
03:23 This is strange.
03:26 We're lost, aren't we?
03:29 Don't sweat, Denny.
03:31 I know how to plot a course.
03:33 You never trust me.
03:35 I did trust you, and you got us lost, Cheeseball.
03:38 We're not lost.
03:40 Watch it!
03:42 Great, lamewad.
03:44 Now we're lost and we can't read the map.
03:47 You are such a loser.
03:49 I'm not a loser, and we're not lost.
03:52 Look, this is the ridge we came up on.
03:55 We can circle back and take the red trail.
03:58 Watch the edge.
04:00 Whoa!
04:02 Grab my hand!
04:08 I can't! I'll fall!
04:10 Grab me, you jerk!
04:27 Hey, I saved the compass.
04:30 I should have let you fall.
04:36 The guys really were lost.
04:41 It was just a pain at first,
04:43 but night time was coming on fast,
04:46 and it was getting cold.
04:49 It doesn't make sense.
04:57 You even know how to use this?
05:00 Give me a break.
05:02 We've been going south for hours.
05:05 We should have been in town by now.
05:08 The needle points north, and we're heading south.
05:11 What can I say?
05:13 Is that the way you always hold it?
05:16 Yeah, so?
05:18 You're belt-buckled, genius.
05:20 It's metal.
05:22 You're always going to point to it because it's a magnet.
05:26 Uh-oh.
05:28 We've been going the wrong way all day.
05:31 Now we're lost and it's freezing.
05:34 You are worthless.
05:36 No, I know this place.
05:38 We've got to be close to town.
05:41 Whoa!
05:50 There's a trail up here! Come on!
05:53 I should pound you!
06:08 Look!
06:12 Someone's coming!
06:18 Maybe it's a ranger.
06:20 Or maybe it's a hugger that knows his way back to town.
06:23 I hope he's got a blanket. I'm freezing.
06:25 Me, too.
06:27 Forget it. You can freeze.
06:29 Maybe it's a maniac killer in a hockey mask who's going to slash us.
06:33 Or maybe you should stay here and let me do the talking.
06:38 Hey, hello? Who's there?
06:41 Whoa! Turn off the brights.
06:46 Hello. What have we here?
06:49 I'm Buzz and this is Denny.
06:52 We got lost and we can't find the trail back to town.
06:55 Easy, Toad. You're not a ranger, are you?
06:58 Ranger? No, not me.
07:01 I don't travel the same as you.
07:04 Flynn's the name.
07:06 So what are you doing up here? Are you lost, too?
07:09 Lost? Me?
07:11 Oh, you might say that.
07:15 Though I suppose I couldn't be truly lost.
07:18 I know these woods too well.
07:20 Are we far from town?
07:22 Farther than you know, my friend. Farther than you know.
07:25 So can you help us get back?
07:28 Me? Yeah, Jew. I don't see anybody else here.
07:31 You guys look half frozen.
07:34 Tell you what. You follow me...
07:37 and I'll lead you to someone who can help you.
07:43 Wait.
07:45 I wouldn't go with him. He gives me the creeps.
07:52 You got a better idea?
07:55 Don't worry. I can handle this, too.
07:58 [ Whirring ]
08:01 Why don't you just tell us how to get back?
08:20 Too far. You never find your way in the dark.
08:23 So who's this guy you're taking us to?
08:26 He's a doctor. He's got a cottage a little ways up here.
08:29 In the woods? What kind of a doctor lives in the woods?
08:32 Patience, boys. You'll see.
08:35 By the way, how are you guys at solving riddles?
08:39 Riddles? Why?
08:41 Just ask him. Just ask him.
08:44 There you go, boys. Home of the good doctor.
08:53 Just like I promised.
08:56 You guys thought I was joking, didn't you?
08:59 Who lives here? The seven dwarfs?
09:05 There's just one thing, guys.
09:08 Before you go asking the doctor for help,
09:11 you make sure you really need it. Why?
09:14 Well, sometimes the price he charges is a little, uh, steep.
09:18 [ Chuckles ]
09:21 So why don't you just tell us how--
09:24 Yo, Flynn!
09:28 This is creepy. Let's bolt.
09:30 To where? We're lost, remember?
09:33 You're not going in there.
09:37 What else are we gonna do? It's freezing.
09:40 Maybe he's got a phone.
09:45 [ Wind Whistling ]
09:48 Back off, would ya?
09:55 I'm sorry I got us lost, Danny.
09:57 Don't worry. I'll smack you when we get home.
10:00 [ Door Opens ]
10:02 [ Dog Barking ]
10:05 What's that?
10:07 Flynn, I know it's you. He's trying to scare us.
10:11 He's doing a good job.
10:14 That can't be him, too.
10:16 Probably a raccoon.
10:18 That's no raccoon!
10:21 Danny, what's going on?
10:24 Danny! Come on!
10:27 What's there? I don't know.
10:29 Open up!
10:37 You boys have made a very grave mistake.
10:41 I don't suppose either of you are any good at riddles.
10:50 [ Laughs ]
10:53 Uh, I think we have the wrong house. Bye.
11:02 Boys, boys, you've made a mistake.
11:06 If you're at my door at this time of night,
11:09 you've taken a wrong turn and lost your way. Correct?
11:12 Yeah.
11:14 Happens all the time.
11:16 Come in, come in. Get warm.
11:19 [ Baby Crying ]
11:28 [ Water Bubbling ]
11:31 Vink's the name. Dr. Vink.
11:54 Dr. Fink?
11:56 With a "v-v-v-v."
11:59 Who wants tea?
12:01 I do!
12:03 Hot tea on a cold night.
12:06 Perfect.
12:08 Uh, Flynn said you could help us find a way to get back to--
12:12 Natural science. Huh?
12:14 That's why I'm here, in case you're wondering.
12:17 I've dedicated my life to studying flora and fauna.
12:21 Who?
12:23 There are many strange and wonderful things that occur in nature,
12:27 but no one takes the time to really look and study.
12:32 Observe.
12:35 This guy's a nut bag.
12:38 Behold, a true wonder of nature.
12:43 The brain of a wild boar.
12:47 Ew! Cool!
12:50 I've discovered that long after the body dies,
12:54 the brain still gives off electric impulses.
12:58 Can you imagine if that energy could be harnessed?
13:03 And I am not a nut bag.
13:09 Look, our parents are probably going nuts by now, and, uh--
13:15 Riddles.
13:17 How are you boys at riddles?
13:20 Doc, we're tired and we just want to go home.
13:23 Indeed, indeed. But first, a riddle.
13:27 Try this one.
13:29 How far can you walk into the woods?
13:33 We don't want to do riddles.
13:35 You must. Riddles exercise your brain.
13:38 And where would you be with no brain?
13:41 I don't know. Ask the wild boar.
13:44 Halfway.
13:46 Say what?
13:48 He asked how far he can walk into the woods. Halfway.
13:52 After that, you'd be walking out.
13:54 Good! Very good!
13:57 You may, too.
14:00 I'm gonna call our folks.
14:05 No, no, not yet!
14:07 We've only just begun.
14:09 No, I think we're done.
14:13 We play by my rules.
14:15 No, we don't play.
14:17 What do you want?
14:19 Another riddle.
14:22 Here's the deal.
14:24 I ask you a riddle, and if you solve it, you can call your parents.
14:31 And if we don't solve it?
14:36 Then you leave.
14:39 That's it? We just leave?
14:42 Simple, no?
14:44 Let's do it. I'm good at riddles.
14:48 Okay, what's the riddle?
14:55 Wonderful! Wonderful!
14:58 Now, what riddle?
15:02 Let's see. There's the...
15:06 No, not that one.
15:11 Maybe the...
15:14 Ah!
15:23 The perfect choice!
15:26 This is a riddle that has perplexed many and confounded even more.
15:30 Now, young lads, it's your turn to solve it.
15:34 Here we go.
15:39 What is it that has no weight,
15:44 can be seen by the naked eye,
15:48 and if you put it in a barrel,
15:52 it would make the barrel lighter?
15:56 I hate riddles!
16:01 Okay, it's weightless,
16:04 it can be seen by the naked eye,
16:07 and if put in a barrel,
16:10 it would make the barrel lighter.
16:13 So?
16:15 I don't know.
16:20 Goodbye!
16:26 I knew you wouldn't get it.
16:28 Wait! That riddle was too hard.
16:31 Give us another one.
16:33 You had your chance and failed,
16:36 like all the others.
16:38 Others? What others?
16:41 Go away. You know where the door is.
16:45 But we're lost!
16:47 Take a left on the trail,
16:50 follow it to the dirt road and wait.
16:53 A taxi cab will pick you up.
16:56 A cab? In the woods?
16:59 Comes by every night.
17:01 Hurry, or you'll miss it.
17:04 Come on, Doc. Just let us use the phone.
17:08 There is one way, I suppose.
17:17 What? What's that?
17:20 You can leave me a specimen.
17:24 A specimen?
17:30 You're much smarter than your brother gives you credit for.
17:35 What kind of specimen?
17:38 Something I can use in my experiments.
17:43 Something valuable.
17:48 Something fresh.
17:51 Something like...
17:54 this!
17:57 (SCREAMING)
17:59 Goodbye... for now.
18:25 Wait a minute. No fair.
18:28 You can't put a riddle in a story that can't be solved.
18:32 Maybe it can.
18:34 Yeah, right.
18:36 It's weightless, you can see it,
18:39 and if you put it in a barrel, it makes the barrel lighter.
18:42 No way.
18:44 Sounds like one of those riddles you can't solve.
18:47 That's a cheat.
18:49 No. Maybe it can be solved.
18:52 Maybe you should all just lighten up and let me finish the story.
18:56 Thank you.
19:03 So...
19:05 Danny and Buzz beat feet back into the woods.
19:10 All they wanted was to get as far away from Dr. Vink as possible.
19:15 Hey, Danny! Wait up!
19:18 Was... was that somebody's hand?
19:21 You saw it. The guy's a lunatic.
19:24 As soon as we get home, I'm calling the cops.
19:27 We're still lost, you know.
19:31 Yeah, I know.
19:33 You really think a cab's gonna come by?
19:36 Get real. There's no cabs in the woods.
19:40 No.
19:47 No way.
19:49 He wasn't lying. It's a taxi cab.
19:53 Man, are we ever glad you came by.
20:04 Take us into town.
20:16 Our parents will be a bit further when we get home.
20:19 Don't worry. I know you're good for it.
20:24 Flynn!
20:26 I figured I'd run into you guys again.
20:28 Guess you didn't solve the riddle.
20:30 How do you know? Who are you?
20:32 I give a ride to folks who can't answer Dr. Vink's riddles.
20:37 Happened to me around 40 years ago.
20:39 Whoa! Slow down.
20:43 40 years ago?
20:45 Mm-hmm.
20:47 I gave Dr. Vink a ride up here in my cab.
20:50 He offered me a big tip if I could solve the riddle.
20:53 I couldn't, so he took a specimen from me.
20:57 What kind of specimen?
20:59 You didn't see it at his house?
21:01 Ooh, boy. I think it's one of his favorites.
21:04 What is it?
21:06 It's not what it is. It's what it was.
21:09 Oh!
21:11 He took your hand?
21:14 I got off easy.
21:16 For 40 years, I've been bringing folks up to Dr. Vink's,
21:19 hoping they can solve the riddle.
21:21 But they don't, so they all end up here with me.
21:24 What happens to them?
21:26 Hey, Dr. Vink's needs his specimens.
21:28 You're a lying sack. First of all, you're not that old.
21:31 Didn't I tell you?
21:33 Before the good doctor got his specimen,
21:36 I had myself a nasty little accident.
21:39 I crashed into this big old tree.
21:41 You might say...
21:43 I'm going to die!
21:45 [laughing]
21:47 [screaming]
21:49 Stop the car! Stop the car!
21:55 They all died, just like me.
21:58 Every night I had the same accident with a different fare.
22:01 It's kind of a curse.
22:03 You probably heard some of my affairs around Dr. Vink's house.
22:07 The bushes! There were ghosts!
22:10 Nobody can leave until someone solves Dr. Vink's riddle.
22:14 I was hoping the two of you could do it.
22:16 You know, somehow break the spell.
22:19 Oh, well, when you see the accident we're going to have,
22:22 it's going to be a real doozy.
22:25 This is your fault! You said you could solve the riddle!
22:28 Still got time.
22:30 We don't crash for another, oh, 30 seconds.
22:33 Think fast, boys.
22:35 Think!
22:37 Okay, okay. It's weightless.
22:39 It can be seen by the naked eye.
22:41 It'll make the barrel lighter.
22:44 We're dead. We're dead!
22:53 I can't think like this!
22:59 You have to.
23:01 It's helium.
23:03 Helium will make the barrel lighter.
23:06 But you can't see helium.
23:08 Won't be long now.
23:10 What can you see that's weightless?
23:12 Nothing! Air.
23:14 But you can't see air.
23:17 Or can you?
23:19 Wait a second. There's a trick here.
23:22 You can't put something in the barrel to make it lighter.
23:25 You have to take something out.
23:27 If you take something out of the barrel itself, it'll be lighter.
23:33 Wait till you see the explosion we're gonna make.
23:36 I got it! I know the answer!
23:38 What is it?
23:39 It's weightless. You can see it.
23:41 And if you put it in the barrel, it'll make the barrel lighter.
23:44 Say it!
23:45 It's a hole! It's a hole in the barrel!
23:47 Here we go!
23:49 Yee-haw!
23:52 (Tires screeching)
23:54 We didn't crash.
24:06 We're alive.
24:08 Where's the cab?
24:10 It's gone.
24:12 We broke the curse. We're saved!
24:20 We didn't break the curse. You did.
24:24 Nice going.
24:26 But you're still a loser.
24:29 Aw, man! Not again!
24:39 You're dating a buzz crocker?
24:47 Yeah.
24:49 Your parents have been going nuts looking for you.
24:52 The whole town's in a nut-thrower.
24:55 Come on, Gideon.
24:57 What are you boys doing here, anyway?
25:07 Tell me something.
25:09 How were you at Riddle's?
25:11 No one ever saw the Phantom Cab again.
25:15 And when the boys brought the police back to Dr. Vink's cottage...
25:20 all that was left...
25:23 was an old stone foundation...
25:26 covered with weeds.
25:29 The end.
25:31 And now the vote.
25:39 Thumbs up means Frank's in. Thumbs down, he's not.
25:43 And it has to be unanimous.
25:46 David...
25:48 Kiki...
25:53 Betty Ann...
25:57 Kristen...
26:01 Eric...
26:03 and me.
26:08 Congratulations, Frank.
26:11 Welcome to the Moonlight Society.
26:14 Good job.
26:16 This is gonna be good.
26:20 All right.
26:23 [indistinct chatter]
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