This three-part miniseries introduces us to the new Midnight Society – comprised of Gavin ( Sam Ashe Arnold ), Akiko ( Miya Cech ), Louise ( Tamara Smart ), Graham ( Jeremy Ray Taylor ), and, now, Rachel ( Lyliana Wray ). Nearly 30 years after the original series, showrunner and writer BenDavid Grabinski and director Dean Israelite created an updated, yet equally creepy new story for approval. The characters, and therefore the audience, remind themselves that it was just a story, allowing them to get through another school day or weekend a little less afraid. The appeal of the show was that it terrified the audience but left them feeling braver after the story ended. "Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society," the storyteller would say before presenting a new spooky tale, which ranged from adaptations of public domain stories, to urban legends to original tales. This is a warning to all who join us: You're going to leave the comfort of the light and step into the world of the supernatural."Įach episode, the teens would gather around a campfire, throw something on the flames to make them shoot up, and trade scary stories. It's what got us together, and it's what keeps bringing us back. "Each week we gather around this fire to share our fears, and our strange and scary tales. But one thing draws us together: the dark." That's how a group of teens introduce themselves in the first episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark in 1990.
We like different things we go to different schools and we have different friends.
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Arguably, the TV side of things started with the horror anthology Are You Afraid of the Dark? Nearly 30 years later, Nickelodeon just finished airing a revival of Are You Afraid of the Dark? and it not only succeeds at updating the scares of the original show while appealing to a new audience, but it serves as a great reminder of the importance of horror aimed at kids. With Scholastic becoming a staple of horror literature, movies like The Witches and Hocus Pocus, and shows like Goosebumps, Courage the Cowardly Dog, the kid-friendly version of Tales from the Crypt flooding our TV sets, the decade turned millions of kids into horror fans.
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