"The Tale of the Twisted Claw" is the first episode of the first season of Are You Afraid of the Dark? This episode first aired on Nickelodeon on September 12, 1991. "The Tale of the Twisted Claw" was written by Chloe Brown and directed by D. J. MacHale.
Are You Afraid of the Dark? was created by D. J. MacHale and Ned Kandel and produced by Cinar and Nickelodeon Productions.