'Fear Games' is the 5th episode in The Nightmare Room TV Series. It is based on an entire trilogy of books from the book series.
Differences from the books[]
- In the book, Marlin was black while in the episode, he is white. On a similar note, the book implied Kristen was white while in the episode, she is black. Same goes with Anthony.
- In the book, Martin was a nice kid who encouraged the others.
- Each of the books had a subplot set in the far past during a Salem Witch Trial'-esque era to explain the backstory of the witch. It involved a girl named Deborah who had been blamed for horrible magical accidents in the village, when they were actually done by her mother Kathryn who allowed her daughter to take the fall. The episode alludes to this by calling the witch Kathryn and having it be mentioned she seeks revenge on her daughter.
- The book revealed that Kristen was actually the reincarnation of Deborah, who had come back to get revenge on her evil mother. The episode alludes to this by having Kristen pretend to out herself, while in the book she does for real.
- In the book, April took the blame for some of the bad things happening, which does not happen much in the episode.
- The twist of it all being fake is taken from the start of Book 2 where the host claimed it was all fake, which later turned out to be false in order to distract them as it later turned out he had met the witch before and was forced to set up all this.
- In the book, the competition was not televised.
Trivia[]
- One of the opening credits reads Based on the Short Story by R. L. Stine.. This credit is inaccurate since Fear Games was based on 3 full books.
- Tippi Hedren says "First birds now this", referencing her role in the film The Birds.