The Barking Ghost/TV episode

The Barking Ghost was adapted into an episode of the Goosebumps TV series. The episode aired on Fox Network on October 11, 1997 as the seventh episode of Season 3. It was directed by William Fruet.

Cast

 * Blair Slater as Cooper Holmes
 * Peter Costigan as Mickey Holmes
 * Jennifer Martini as Fergie
 * Rena Pauley as Mrs. Holmes
 * Paul Miller as Mr. Holmes
 * Conrad Dunn as Grimm
 * Sam Malkin as Scratch

Differences from the Book

 * The TV version of this episode gives a bit of history behind the ghost dogs; they used to be robbers hiding from the law, but they were attacked by dogs and killed. The robbers now haunt the woods looking for humans to switch bodies with them.
 * In the TV version of this episode, Cooper and Margaret are turned back to normal, but Cooper's older brother Mickey is transformed into a chipmunk as a punishment for harassing and bullying him.

Trivia

 * Blair Slater (Cooper Holmes) played Daniel O'Dell in Season 3's Night of the Living Dummy III.
 * Paul Miller (Mr. Holmes) played Dr. Harold Deep in Season 4's Deep Trouble.
 * Goofs: The small twig in Margaret's hair disappears and reappears randomly, after she and Cooper are pushed into the cave in the ground.