Why Thomas' Spooky Episodes Are GREAT!

[@Perrygallo]

Those first 15 seconds of "Ghost Train" gave me absolute nightmares for years. Unbelievable atmosphere and visuals created in a matter of seconds.

[@cindersandashesuk5744]

Same here!

[@claudinetoloza1708]

Spooky Halloween night Thomas and friends.

[@wheelchair21]

When "The Thing" score began to play I immediately couldn't stop laughing. I love that you used that for the video, just like when Unlucky Tug threw Willy Wonka into their Season 4 video.

[@TheYellowStryker]

Even though Flour Power isn't too scary, I love seeing Thomas covered in flour. The sound effects are also pretty chilling!

[@retrogamelover2012]

Yeah. Though, admittedly, I feel like Halloween did the better job in the atmosphere. Plus, the musical score that plays after the sheet landed on Emily, honestly sounded like something out of a classic Resident Evil game. Like, compare it to some of the music from say, RE 2 & 3, and you might get what I mean.

[@KorraDaTrainBuff]

Honestly I think some the spooky episodes of Thomas are both better and scarier than a good chunk of horror movies

[@greninjazac4577]

I mean, it makes sense, the best horror movies rely more on their atmosphere then just jumpscares. The Stone Tapes is a great example

[@roguerailroader4132]

Considering a lot of horror movies are so B line with oh no an accident happened and now the psycho is a (insert whatever they’ve become here) Jack Frost, Gingerdead Man, Kill Joy, they all follow that plot line. Not to mention I got to love how the fandom makes better scary stories just solely relying on this franchise and it just works! That’s a bonus

[@tennisuniverse5671]

You are the most underrated Thomas KZbinr. This video is incredible.

[@cindersandashesuk5744]

Thank you! 😊

[@jonnywalker3208]

That Chinese dragon with them massives absolutely fucked me up as a kid! Like it still gives me chills now 🤣

[@SiVlog1989]

I think that the two parter about Duke, the lost Engine, perfectly lives up to the two sided nature. The first part talks about how Duke was seemingly lost forever when his line closed down and nobody bought him because they considered him too old and him being left alone in the shed while the land around it was left to be reclaimed by nature was a really, beyond sad episode, but bleak. On the other hand, the second part of the story was genuinely heart warming, making it clear that Duke wasn't forgotten, far from it, and that people set out to find him, ultimately succeeding, reuniting him with his old friends, Stuart and Falcon (later rechristened Peter Sam and Sir Handel)

[@Koopalingfan]

Yeah that was nice and heartwarming.

[@alivegman3155]

And here I thought Duncan Gets Spooked was just a false memory I had from my childhood I loved it as much as a kid as I do now

[@zephon6745]

It scared me as a kid.

[@Kill0trocity]

Thomas was all I would ever watch since the vcr days as a kid in fact it was the first program I’ve watched ever and was glued to it until age 9. As a 23 almost 24 year old Watching this is bringing back great nostalgia and days where things were so much simpler. Most of this stuff went over my head especially the spookiness and life lessons. Thank you for the video, you’ve earned yourself another subscriber. Cheers 🥂

[@cindersandashesuk5744]

Thanks for sharing and welcom aboard!

[@davidgeorge1943]

Honestly, this show conditioned me to be afraid of owls when I was a little kid, and I didn't even know about the whole 180° neck turning thing. Seriously, whenever I heard their hoots or whatever, I just knew I was in for a scary episode.

[@samhuffer7005]

If you wanna feel some of that childhood fear of owls in Thomas again and don't mind some psychological horror, I'd have a look at The Blue Snowplow's series The Horrors at Hawin Lake, in particular part 2, as that features an owl most prominently.

[@TheFourBusyDebs]

Ghost train use to scare me as a kid . And now I love them . Especially how the atmosphere is set up . That’s how you make something spooky . It’s all in the atmosphere

[@Bennyboy1985]

That opening 30 second montage is a brilliant counterargument to people who claim Thomas is a kid's show

[@Thomlin12]

I was absolutely fascinated by the spooky episodes as a kid

[@Koopalingfan]

Same.

[@markusguadalupe2461]

Toby's Discovery is certainly one of the scarier spooky episodes in my opinion, the first time i watched it i was not expecting his driver and fireman to have him watch over the little railway at night.

[@Poynton90]

The episode "Duncan Gets Spooked" I remember watching years ago on video and it always upset me when the engine fell from the bridge...

[@jack_bench]

Maaaaaan that intro was to die for!!! Fantastic video all around man!!!

[@cindersandashesuk5744]

Thank you! ☺

[@Koopalingfan]

Totally agree. I really enjoyed them as a kid and I still do. I will admit Stepney Gets Lost kinda scared me the first time watching it, but in some extent I knew he will be fine. I also didn’t know what they meant by getting scraped. It’s disturbing when you realize how dark this show is. The CGI series did have a couple of spooky episodes like The Phantom Express and Diesel’s Ghostly Christmas, since the ghost scenes do feel like Halloween and great animation. It’s cool how Diesel’s Ghostly Christmas can be like A Christmas Carol while feeling like Halloween. Sort of like The Nightmare Before Christmas one of my favorite movies and my favorite Halloween movie. My favorite being Haunted Henry because great atmosphere and good performances. It’s also good because unlike Percy’s Ghosty Trick and Duncan Gets Spooked, Scaredy Engines, Halloween, The Phantom Express, and Diesel’s Ghosty Christmas we are not aware who it is that is spooky and it wasn’t even a trick.

[@TheSandwhichman108]

The scrap yard episode scaredy engines always scared me as a four year old. The music and atmosphere was unnerving and the moment those doors to the smelters shed shut and the music goes silent combined with the eerie build up to that damn steam whistle is pure terror.

[@Aaron-ns2lb]

Great video. Had hoped to see more of Thomas, Percy and the Dragon here because that was the one that gave me nightmares as a kid (and seemed like a proper scary episode), but still a great overview!

[@cindersandashesuk5744]

Yeah, I do wish I'd given it more attention. I guess it just doesn't to mind as much for me since, to me at least, it'd the least scary of all spooky episodes. Still a stellar one though. Thanks for the kind words!

[@adamhickey396]

Love the use of "The Thing" music in this! 'It could've imitated a million engines on a million railways. Could change into any one of them at any time. Now it wants engines on Sodor!'

[@WelshGiraffa]

Gateway spooky episodes for Thomas I’ll always recommend will be Ghost Train,Haunted Henry and of course the cream of said crop Duncan gets spooked

[@joshuaW5621]

I’m off to watch these episodes now.

[@danielhawke26]

Haunted Henry kept me up at night as a kid. One of the few episodes that I kind of remember from when I watched it in the early 2000s

[@ciarangleeson2880]

It kept me up, too! Same goes for Toby’s Discovery and Duncan Gets Spooked.

[@barnabyabbott1782]

@@ciarangleeson2880all 3 of these episodes terrified me to know end when I was a kid. I remember hiding behind the sofa whenever Haunted Henry started playing on my VHS.

[@JohnDavies-cn3ro]

Personally I loved the original series (and to some extent the HIT era) for the model work; being a model maker I appreciated the skill which went into them. The new CGI, well, I like the variety and general accuracy of the many new characters - but don't know whether to laugh, cry or despair about the impossibilities introduced into the stories. As for the ghosts - well, 'Ghost Train' as you say is the only original, canonical Awdry story, and was meant to be funny. They seem to have proliferated on youtube, from various sources of late. Some are very good - some, indeed, I feel Rev Awdry would approve of, others, well........ they get darker, and are certainly not pitched for children (There's an exe murderer ghost, for example.) Again, on a personal level, I love the Skarloey stories - the incredible visual charm of the sets is top of the line.

[@cindersandashesuk5744]

Couldn't have put it better myself. 👏 Thanks for sharing John!

[@ieuanbriers]

Love it. Thomas could always tell a good scary story. For me 'Haunted Henry' is always a personal favourite. And every year on Halloween I watch the TUGS episode 'Ghosts'. I'd love to see the best 'Sad' and 'Happy' episodes. What about the most dramatic episodes/best accidents. (I can imagine it would be between James and the tar wagons or Gordon crashing through the station wall.) Would you consider doing the opposite as well, for example boring or bland episodes of the classic era? Episodes that could have been more enjoyable. You will always get bad episodes in a good series.

[@cindersandashesuk5744]

Thanks Leuan! Great choices in your favourites! Yes I'd love to do those ideas too! Thanks :)

[@ryanfuller912]

That’s why my favorite Thomas dvd is Thomas’ Halloween Adventures.

[@giulianodervelociraptorder734]

I think ,, Henry in the dark " is a good CGI spooky .

[@Trickshotter]

Can I just say that I fucking love how at the end of Ghosts everything is explained but Neptune's appearance, always leaving room for the potential presence of the supernatural.

[@cindersandashesuk5744]

Couldn't agree more! David Mitton was a master when it came ambiguity!

[@Mythbuster3808]

I still get shivers when I watch haunted Henry even just thinking about it.

[@shironasama0445]

This is a trip down nostalgia lane, thanks for the vid!

[@jamesthomas5109]

Love the Ghost Train music at the beginning of the video, so nostalgic and creepy. 👻 🧙‍♀️ 🪄 👽 👾 🧛‍♂️ 🦇

[@cindersandashesuk5744]

Thank you 😊

[@landonkjolhede6483]

I love that he used the theme song for the thing as background music

[@TomKeresey10]

5:35-5:37, I love the echo effect for that shout, it sends a shiver through me every time and I find it annoying that it's not included in some versions of Haunted Henry. The echo adds a slight spookiness to it and it seems to lose a bit of that magic when it's not included.

[@jmagowan12]

Wow I remember some of these scenes in these series really scared me when I was a wee en just. Haha 😱🍂☠️

[@benjaminholmertz4827]

Never been a horror fan but the Classic Series spooky episodes are brilliant! Haunted Henry, Ducan Gets Spooked, and Ghost Train are my top three spooky episodes!

[@cindersandashesuk5744]

Good choices!

[@benjaminholmertz4827]

​@@cindersandashesuk5744 Thanks!

[@kristinerodrigues7919]

That song from the beginning always give me the creeps 😖

[@cindersandashesuk5744]

Same here!

[@seanclark6438]

Seem to remember the episode Escape was a little spooky but had an inspiring end

[@WillSimpson-jq5qq]

Thomas' spooky episodes are some the series' goat episodes. In regards to Toby's discovery, I've only heard people say that his face after the sound is creepy/scary in and itself.

[@ciarangleeson2880]

I know, right? That part always kept me up at night!

[@Normandy1998]

I grew up with original Thomas the tank engine and the sequel show, I loved the spooky episodes as I loved how such a fun kids show could get my heart beating at such a rate

[@cleanerben9636]

these episodes were soo spooky as a child it was perfect.

[@aidandunn1009]

I found Duncan gets Spooked the scariest episode because although i was 24 at the time watching it i was traumatized that much I had trouble sleeping.

[@Wayrail]

The scariest for me is ‘spooky engines’, for its aggressive use of the colour red, The pieces of scrap that actually twisted from being animated shook me to the core, since they may have well been parts off, well, the living engines of sodor. For me, Its like industrial gore seeing those parts strewn and hung about in the scrapyard. And don’t get me started on the opening scene! while the ghost of duncan gets spooked was mysterious, i wasn’t really scared by it because it was a slower, paler ghost that served more as a warning then anything else. Compare that to the deep crimson of the smelting shed, which felt large and appearing to have several layers like a gritty metallic hell, and seeing this dark figure of an engine rushing through in the background as if it was a malicious creature. that is a combination that makes my spine sieze up in absolute terror. Jack frost is funny though, i liked that one

[@AbbeyYard]

It's Scaredy Engines, not spooky engines.

[@shermanngjazz]

T1E2H3's Haunted Henry YTP is a classic lol

[@ciarangleeson2880]

You know, when it comes to the spooky episodes, I often like wonder about the backstories of the ghosts, and I know that I’m not the only one.

[@floridamattsreviewsvlogsan3892]

So, the next time I go somewhere that looks spooky, I’ll make sure to bring a fog machine.

[@blueraccoon1088]

I remember when I was little ghost train was my all time favorite I wondered who was that train same for Duncan gets spooked. As for Halloween terrified me as a kid never noticed the ending scene.

[@jeremiahdavide3820]

My favorite episode is Jack Frost

[@cindersandashesuk5744]

Good choice

[@privateerbouncher9622]

I feel like Rusty and The Boulder, is more mysterious than scary. You don't know if the boulder is alive or not, but you sure know that whatever its alive or not, it doesn't take kindly to being disturbed.

[@giulianodervelociraptorder734]

Hype.

[@olentangyriver1191]

Good us of the tugs soundtrack on the video...

[@jmagowan12]

Where could one watch the original series these days? I remember I had some videos as a child Ach that era has since last. Their not on Netflix or something these days? Maybe here in KZbin? 😍

[@cindersandashesuk5744]

You can find pretty much all classic series episodes on KZbin :)

[@callumhaigh8233]

Wonder if we’ll hear about Thomas Percy and the Dragon

[@knapfordproductions3641]

Amazing just bravo

[@cindersandashesuk5744]

Thank you :)

[@lt.bagelbites6969]

🎵FEAR OF THE DARK!🎵 FEAR OF THE DA-ARK!🎵

[@MrSleepy677]

UP THE IRONS.

[@jonathonvasquez812]

yeah, ghost train scared me a lot of the kids watching it

[@warsthemarvel8608]

When it comes to the Ghost engine on the Old Iron bridge I like to believe it’s Proteus from the Magic lamp from s9.

[@cindersandashesuk5744]

An interesting and solid theory 🤔

[@olivermensinger6022]

Lots of people like to have that head-cannon, myself included. It clearly isn’t, because Proteus didn’t exist until season 9, but it’s still a neat idea.

[@theeyeoftheyinyangs]

Anything can lurk in the dark. What makes it more scary… Is what you think is in that darkness.

[@robnewman6101]

Myths & Legends.

[@theholygamer969]

So strange that I was always excited and entranced by the spooky episodes from THIS series with no nightmares whatsoever... ...yet the very first VeggieTales episode gave me dreams for YEARS. There was probably a good reason, though. m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKTSaoKEoM2DgJI

[@robnewman6101]

1958 Dracula Horror Film. The Diary of Jonathan Harker. 3rd of May 1885.

[@TheUKNutter]

Do these “spooky stories” include Shed 17?

[@ciarangleeson2880]

We don’t speak about that.

[@TheUKNutter]

@@ciarangleeson2880 Why not?

[@Coolman_14_Sid]

can you do a video of how the model series were made of Thomas the Tank engine to friends like how are the props made and the background selling through season 1 and season 12

[@mathuasher9184]

Positive comment

[@cindersandashesuk5744]

Positive reply

[@paulinejhill6942]

Definately do the episodes you planned........please?

[@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967]

Too bad CGI weren't included.

[@dragonboy265]

Stupid bird.

[@ciarangleeson2880]

Owls! Mists! Ghosts! Edward is going soft in the boiler! There’s no mist!