"Vampire Breath" is the seventeenth episode of Season 2 of the Goosebumps TV series and the 36th episode overall. The episode aired on Fox during the Fox Kids block on November 23, 1996. It was directed by Ron Oliver.
Blurb[]
While their parents are out, Freddy and Cara Renfield discover a secret door in their house. The mysterious door leads to an underground cavern . . . and the most unbelievable night of their lives. Turns out the Renfields have a bat problem—a vampire bat problem!
Cast[]
- Zack Lipovsky as Freddy Renfield
- Meredith Henderson as Cara Renfield
- Earl Pastko as Count Nightwing
- Krista Dufresne as Gwendolyn
- Nola Augustson as Mrs. Renfield
- Robert McClure as Mr. Renfield
Differences from the Book[]
- Freddy and Cara are twin siblings instead of best friends.
- Tyler Brown, a kid Freddy and Cara babysit for, is absent.
- In the book, they discover the tunnel after bumping a cabinet over while fighting. In the episode, they find it while looking for their birthday presents.
- In the book, Freddy's last name is Martinez, and Cara's last name is Simonetti. In the episode, Freddy and Cara both have the last name Renfield.
- Instead of being teleported back in time to an old castle, Freddy and Cara go down a slide into a vampire-infested cave beneath their house. Time travel is not involved in the episode.
- Gwendolyn was actually an ally and did not try to bite Freddy and Cara, though she does betray them when she steals the Vampire Breath for herself and ends up being turned into an insect by Count Nightwing. In the book, she is last seen being cornered by Nightwing and her fate is left ambiguous.
- The ending in the book version includes a scene where Cara finds a vial of "Werewolf Sweat", gets drenched with it, and becomes a werewolf. In the episode, Freddy and Cara become vampires once it becomes midnight and they receive their birthday present: Coffin Bunk Beds.
Other media[]
Home media[]
"Vampire Breath" was released on DVD on September 8, 2009, as the second episode on Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns. It was included in a 3-Pack Thriller DVD on August 26, 2014.
| Title | Release date | Media type |
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Attack of the Jack-O'Lanterns  |
September 8, 2009 | DVD |
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3-Pack Thriller
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August 26, 2014 | DVD |
Trivia[]
- This is the second of three episodes on the DVD, Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns.
- Meredith Henderson, who played Cara Renfield also starred in the 2008 movie Jumper with actor Hayden Christensen, who played Zane O'Dell in the TV episodes of Night of the Living Dummy III, also in season 2.
- The scene in which Freddy and Cara are running through a tunnel from Count Nightwing is actually recycled footage from Season 1's A Night in Terror Tower.
- The last name Renfield is a reference to the character Renfield from the 1897 novel Dracula.
- Both the book and episode would be released in November 1996.
Gallery[]
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Goosebumps Promo - Vampire Breath