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Are You Afraid of the Dark?

January 01, 1970

For other uses, see Are You Afraid of the Dark? (disambiguation).

Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a children's horror anthology television series created by D. J. MacHale and Ned Kandel. The original series aired on Nickelodeon from 1992 to 1996; the pilot episode aired respectively on YTV and Nickelodeon in 1990 and 1991. It led to two revival series, with the first airing from 1999 to 2000, and the second airing from 2019 to 2022.

Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Genre
Created by
Starring(See list of cast)
Theme music composer
Ending theme"Welcome to the Carnival" by Lilou Bouhier (2019)
Country of origin
  • Canada
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons10
No. of episodes104 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Camera setupSingle-camera
Running time
  • 22–25 minutes (1990–2000)
  • 44–45 minutes (2019–22)
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseOctober 31, 1990 (1990-10-31) –
April 20, 1996 (1996-04-20)
ReleaseFebruary 6, 1999 (1999-02-06) –
June 11, 2000 (2000-06-11)
ReleaseOctober 11, 2019 (2019-10-11) –
August 13, 2022 (2022-08-13)

The original series was distributed worldwide by D. J. MacHale and Ned Kandel and was picked up by Nickelodeon in 1991.[3] MacHale, Kandel, and Nickelodeon teamed up with the Canadian company Cinar (now known as WildBrain), and as a part of the deal the show was filmed primarily in Montreal, Quebec,[4] with some additional filming taking place in Richmond, British Columbia. The production teams were respectively represented by the ACTRA and SCTVQ (Syndicat des techniciens du cinéma et de la vidéo du Québec) labour unions.[b] It premiered with the episode "The Tale of the Twisted Claw" as a pilot on October 31, 1990, on the Canadian television network YTV.[citation needed] The pilot aired on Nickelodeon on October 25, 1991, as a Halloween special. The series premiered the following year on Nickelodeon's SNICK on August 15, 1992, and on Family Channel on September 2, 1992.[6] The series moved from Family Channel to YTV on September 6, 1993.[7] The original series ended on April 20, 1996.

The first revival series, with new directors, writers, and a cast, was produced by Nickelodeon from 1999 to 2000 and also aired on the SNICK block. The only member from the original lineup to return for the first and second seasons of the revival was Tucker (Daniel DeSanto), although Gary (Ross Hull) returned for the concluding show, which notably broke from the show's established format by blurring the line between story and "reality".[citation needed]

On November 13, 2017, it was announced that Paramount Players would make a live-action feature film adaptation. However, the film was later removed from Paramount's schedule. On February 14, 2019, it was announced that the series would be revived again for a limited series,[8] which premiered on October 11, 2019.[9] On February 19, 2020, this revival was renewed for a second season, titled Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Curse of the Shadows, which premiered on February 12, 2021, featuring a different cast.[10][11][12] In March 2022, the revival was renewed for a third and final season, which premiered on July 30, 2022.

On March 28, 2024, the revival series was removed from Paramount+ as part of a "strategic decision to focus on content with mass global appeal."[13]

Background edit

Are You Afraid of the Dark? was filmed in Montreal by CINAR and created by producer D. J. MacHale, an American television producer.[14] The show is a co-production between Montreal-based CINAR Films and the U.S. Nickelodeon network.[14] It had its American debut on Nickelodeon in the United States during August, while Canada's Family Channel had the series premiere in September 1992.[15] By 1993, the series had moved from Family Channel to YTV.[14]

Both series of Are You Afraid of the Dark? revolved around a group of teenagers who referred to themselves as "The Midnight Society". Every episode, at a secret location in the woods at night, one member would tell a scary story to the group. The actual story, rather than the telling, was displayed to the television viewer. The story was shown between the group's arrival at the site and their departure.

Each storyteller would begin their story by saying "Submitted for the approval of The Midnight Society, I call this story '(story name)'", at which point they would toss a handful of "midnight dust" (actually Coffee-Mate[16]) from a leather pouch into a campfire to heighten the flames and produce an eerie white smoke.[17]

MacHale wrote the line "submitted for the approval of" as a nod to The Twilight Zone, in which creator Rod Serling would, after introducing the episode, say "submitted for your approval." The storyteller would continue by announcing its title (The Tale of...).[18] The themes of the stories usually revolve around a variety of paranormal phenomena, such as demons, ghosts, magic, haunted houses, magical curses, aliens, witches, vampires, werewolves, and the like coming into contact with average youths. Usually, the episodes were either filmed in the woods, in abandoned houses, or in public places like schools or libraries. Sources of these tales vary in different ways; many were adaptations of public domain fairy tales and short stories or urban legends. For example, the episode "The Tale of the Twisted Claw" is an adaptation of W. W. Jacobs' short story The Monkey's Paw.[19]

Sometimes, the stories were inspired by a certain event in the life of the storyteller. In the episode "The Tale of the Crimson Clown," for instance, Tucker blackmailed his brother Gary with a poem he had found, which Gary had written for Samantha. Gary then told a story in which a naughty younger brother was punished cruelly for his evil deeds. At the end of the episode, Tucker gave the poem back to his brother. The majority of the horror stories on Are You Afraid of the Dark? had happy endings (or at least endings in which their characters were in decent places), but some of them (albeit a very small number of them) had either bad endings or twist endings like "The Tale of the Lonely Ghost," "The Tale of the Dark Music," "The Tale of the Chameleons," "The Tale of Vampire Town," and "The Tale of the Pinball Wizard."

At the end of most episodes, one character (usually Gary in the first run and Tucker in the second run of the show) would throw a red bucket of water onto the fire, stating, "I declare this meeting of The Midnight Society closed", and the group would leave the campsite, thus ending the storytelling. Sometimes, the story would be related to an event (e.g. in "The Tale of Laughing in the Dark," Kristen, who was afraid of clowns, ran off when Eric put on a clown mask. Then, everyone chased after her). This would cause either Gary or Tucker to hurriedly dump the water on the fire, and The Midnight Society would run off to wherever they go after meetings.

Episodes edit

Main article: List of Are You Afraid of the Dark? episodes
SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast airedNetwork
Original series
113August 15, 1992 (1992-08-15)November 14, 1992 (1992-11-14)YTV
Nickelodeon
213June 19, 1993 (1993-06-19)October 2, 1993 (1993-10-02)
313January 8, 1994 (1994-01-08)April 16, 1994 (1994-04-16)
413October 1, 1994 (1994-10-01)January 21, 1995 (1995-01-21)
513October 7, 1995 (1995-10-07)April 20, 1996 (1996-04-20)
1999 revival
613February 6, 1999 (1999-02-06)May 15, 1999 (1999-05-15)Nickelodeon
Family Channel
713April 2, 2000 (2000-04-02)June 11, 2000 (2000-06-11)
2019 revival
Carnival of Doom3October 11, 2019 (2019-10-11)October 25, 2019 (2019-10-25)Nickelodeon
Curse of the Shadows6February 12, 2021 (2021-02-12)March 19, 2021 (2021-03-19)
Ghost Island4July 30, 2022 (2022-07-30)August 13, 2022 (2022-08-13)

Characters and cast edit

Main article: List of Are You Afraid of the Dark? cast members

Each member of The Midnight Society from 1991 to 1996 has a distinct personality, and a notable trend in their storytelling. Though not all of their stories have similar styles and plots, in many of the stories, each character carries a unique aspect that reflects the nature of the storyteller, and what they find to be the most important to themselves.[20] In the second generation, the characters derive their stories more from events that happen during the days leading up to the society meetings instead of from their personal interests and views. Many of the later episodes were simply given to a random society member to tell.

Role Actor/Actress Year(s) Notes
The Midnight Society (1991–1996)
Gary Ross Hull[21] 1991–1996 Appeared in "The Tale of the Silver Sight", 3 episodes, in 2000.
Betty Ann Raine Pare-Coull 1991–1996
Kiki Jodie Resther 1991–1996
Frank Moore Jason Alisharan 1991–1995
Tucker Daniel DeSanto 1993–1996
Samantha JoAnna Garcia 1993–1996
Kristen Rachel Blanchard 1991–1993
David Nathaniel Moreau 1991–1993
Stig Codie Wilbee 1995–1996
Eric Jacob Tierney 1991–1992
The Midnight Society (1999–2000)
Quinn Kareem Blackwell 1999–2000
Megan Elisha Cuthbert[22] 1999–2000
Vange Vanessa Lengies 1999–2000
Tucker Daniel DeSanto 1999–2000
Andy David Deveau 1999–2000
The Midnight Society (2019)
Rachel Carpenter Lyliana Wray 2019
Gavin Coscarelli Sam Ashe Arnold 2019
Akiko Yamato Miya Cech 2019
Graham Raimi Jeremy Ray Taylor 2019
Louise Fulci Tamara Smart 2019
The Midnight Society (2021)
Luke McCoy Bryce Gheisar 2021
Hanna Romero Beatrice Kitsos 2021
Gabby Lewis Malia Baker[23] 2021
Jai Malya Arjun Athalye 2021
Seth Romero Dominic Mariche 2021
Connor Stevens Parker Queenan 2021
The Midnight Society (2022)
Kayla King Telci Huynh 2022
Max Matheson Conor Sherry 2022
Leo B. Stoker Luca Padovan 2022
Summer DaCosta Dior Goodjohn 2022
Ferris Poe Chance Hurstfield 2022

Original edit

  • Gary: An unassuming, bookish-looking boy and the founder of this generation of The Midnight Society. Gary has a distinct fascination with magic, especially where the magician Houdini is concerned. His stories tend to revolve around cursed or enchanted objects with supernatural properties, and how – in the wrong hands – they can cause disaster, for both the holder and those around them. His stories have the recurring character "Sardo" in them; most of his stories have the main character buying an enchanted item from Sardo's shop. In the 3-part episode, "The Tale of the Silver Sight", Gary reveals that his grandfather was the founder of The Midnight Society and that it was his grandfather's stories that inspired him to recreate the group.
  • Betty Ann: A vibrant girl who has an open and eager passion for the bizarre and twisted. Her stories often include themes where an alien or supernatural force is either trying to break into the world of the characters, or else trying to drag them into their own unnatural realms. Her stories tend to have twists reminiscent of Twilight Zone episodes, hinting that even after the protagonists of her stories manage to defeat the antagonists, they still have yet to fully escape danger by the end.
  • Kiki: A spunky, tomboyish girl who often makes fun of others. Many of her stories involve plots where the danger of carelessness or deceitfulness, as well as the danger of the past, repeats itself. Also notable is that a large number of the characters in her stories are also of African descent (likely due to Kiki herself being African-Canadian), though the trend dies off later on in the series. One story she came up with had to be read by Gary due to her suffering from laryngitis at the time.
  • Frank: A punkish teenager with an in-your-face attitude. Though his stories do not often have a running theme, they do often have the recurring character Dr. Vink appear as the villain, or at least, the creator of the story's antagonist. The first episode of the series has Frank attempting to impress the Midnight Society with a story to be allowed membership, which he does with "The Tale of the Phantom Cab". In season five, he and his family moved away, and he was replaced in the group by Stig.
  • Tucker: Gary's younger brother and the youngest member of The Midnight Society. Due to his age, he is often portrayed as youthfully obnoxious. His stories tend to involve family relationships that are at first sour but grow in strength in the face of adversity, possibly reflecting his relationship with his brother Gary. There is also a running theme of the characters accidentally unleashing evil upon their world. After Gary left, he took over his place as the president of The Midnight Society. Once Tucker is in charge, he is less of a brat and more of a serious leader like his older brother. He is the only character to appear in both generations of The Midnight Society.
  • Sam: A shy girl with an obvious mutual crush on Gary, which becomes one of the highlighted arcs of both their developments in the series. Reflecting this affection for Gary, Sam's stories tend to have more of a strong theme of love, and its endurance even beyond death.
  • Kristen: A girl who, though squeamish about much else, has a fondness for ghost stories and fairy tales. She has a growing crush on David, and their affection for each other is a developing arc in the first few seasons. She loves to dress up for her stories or bring something for effect, sometimes to scare the others with and her stories almost always deal with ghosts from the past who have unfinished business that they cannot complete without the aid of the living. In season 3, she left The Midnight Society due to her and her family moving, and she was replaced in the group by Sam.
  • David: A quiet boy with a mysterious expression. Reflecting his introverted nature and need to deal with his crush on Kristen, David's stories tend to be less about malignant outside forces, and more to do with the evil of past events left unresolved, or the darkness inside normal people, and the consequences of not dealing with their actions. In season 3, he and his family moved away, and he was replaced in the group by Tucker.
  • Stig: His nickname may come from the term stigma, as he is marked an outsider for his notable lack of hygiene. Stig is the last member to be initiated into this generation of The Midnight Society. As such, he has only two stories in the series before the cast is changed: "The Tale of the Dead Man's Float" and "The Tale of Station 109.1." Due to the aversion people seem to have against him for his looks, both of his stories seem to revolve around outsiders judged for their appearances and/or tastes.
  • Eric: Eric is portrayed as a diminutive teenager with visible Irish ancestry that influences his first story. As he has only had two stories in the first season before his character was cut, there is no visible theme in his storytelling but they seem to be about incredibly powerful evil forces (ones never proven innocent or misunderstood like some others). In his short run on the show, Eric was shown to be rather snide and negative, spending most of the time making sarcastic remarks and antagonizing the other members, especially Frank. He is the only character to leave the show without any explanation for his departure.

First revival edit

Several years after the last meeting of The Midnight Society, Tucker returns to reinitialize the meetings, inviting his own circle of friends to reform The Midnight Society.

  • Quinn: Quinn is usually getting in trouble at school and at home, but he is a smart kid that likes to make fun of Andy teamed up with Vange. Quinn's stories have little in common though usually involve the protagonists' actions unleashing or bringing them face-to-face with the villain.
  • Vange: Vange (short for "Evangeline") is the youngest of the New Midnight Society. She is a tomboy and does not have a problem with speaking her mind. Teamed up with Quinn she makes fun of Andy a lot. Vange's stories have little in common though most seem to be about how wanting something too badly can cause the main character to play into the villain's hands.
  • Andy: Andy is very sweet and kind. He is always being made fun of by Quinn and Vange for having more muscle than brains. He lives on a farm with his family. He often works there before and after school. Andy is the closest to Megan. Andy's stories have little in common but are often about how characters' dark sides can unleash evil. Usually, the inspiration for his stories are based on his own real-life personal experiences.
  • Megan: Megan is a rich kid who is not very comfortable in the woods. She would rather hold the New Midnight Society Meetings in her own well-managed backyard. Tucker, not being the stickler his brother was, lets Megan refurnish the campfire with some comfortable old couches. She seems to have a soft spot for Andy. Megan's stories have little in common though most seem to somehow involve romance. Sometimes she brings a prop or starts a brief game relating to her story.

Second revival edit

In 2019, a second revival of the show began. The first season is known as "Carnival of Doom", the second season is known as "Curse of the Shadows" and the third season is known as "Ghost Island".

Carnival of Doom edit

The Midnight Society:

  • Rachel Carpenter: A shy girl who recently moved to the town of Argento. She quickly resigns herself to life as a social outsider, but when some classmates notice her interest in the horror genre, she earns an invite to the mysterious Midnight Society. She suffers from recurring nightmares and uses that to form her first story to submit to the group, The Carnival of Doom. She's named after John Carpenter.
  • Gavin Coscarelli: An outgoing member who lives next door to Rachel and quickly takes an interest in her. He's good friends with Louise and is shown to be fairly popular at school. He's also a vegetarian. He's named after Don Coscarelli.
  • Akiko Yamato: A blunt and pragmatic member of the Midnight Society who enjoys filmmaking and is seen directing her own scary movie throughout the series. Her older brother, Hideo, is a rookie police officer.
  • Graham Raimi: A horror film fanatic who loves gushing about his favorite movies, although he often comes off awkward to his peers. He is also a talented artist and a germaphobe. He sits behind Rachel in class and is the first to pick up on Rachel's horror obsession, eventually inviting her to the group. He's named after Sam Raimi.
  • Louise Fulci: A cheerleader and one of the popular girls at school who holds her reputation dearly. Although she's friends with Gavin, she avoids speaking to the other members of the Midnight Society outside of meetings, particularly Graham, in fear that it will affect her social status. She's named after Lucio Fulci.

Curse of the Shadows edit

The Midnight Society:

  • Luke McCoy
  • Hanna Romero
  • Gabby Lewis
  • Jai Malya
  • Seth Romero
  • Connor Stevens

Ghost Island edit

The Midnight Society:

  • Kayla King
  • Max Matheson
  • Leo B. Stoker
  • Summer DaCosta
  • Ferris Poe

Recurring characters edit

One of the more significant recurring characters was Sardo (Richard Dumont), owner of "Sardo's Magic Mansion" (a magic shop). He would often attempt to sell a character a "prized" item, succeeding almost every single time. He often had items in his shop that contained real properties of magic, yet did not know until it was revealed in the story. One of the most memorable recurring jokes in the series occurred when someone would address him as "Mr. Sardo." He would then get irritated and exclaim: "That's SarDO (Sardôh)! No mister; accent on the doh!"

Another recurring gag is Sardo attempting to sell a series of cheap novelty items before revealing the magical artifact, culminating with fake vomit, asking the protagonists, "Have you seen our vomit?" Additionally, when selling someone an item, he would often ask a rather high price. The main character would mention how much money they had, and Sardo would grab the money saying, "But I'm losing on the deal." Although he rarely got what he wanted, he would often end up helping the characters, often unintentionally. He appeared in Gary's stories, although in the later seasons, he appeared in two of Tucker's[24][25] and one of David's in the episode "The Tale of The Dark Dragon."[26]

Sardo's character is revived in the second season of the second revival, "Curse of the Shadows." Sardo's son (Ryan Beil) is the owner of "Sardo's Magic Shop". Richard Dumont appears in the finale as Sardo.

Another recurring character was Dr. Vink (Aron Tager). He was a physically imposing man who would often appear as a mad scientist, sorcerer, and the like. When he enters, he introduces himself by saying, "Vink's the name. Dr. Vink." He would also get his name mispronounced, usually something like "Dr. Fink?" When this happened, he would respond "Vink. With a va-va-va!" Often, the protagonist would call him a "nutbag" behind his back, assuming he could not hear him, only to have him reply later, "...and I am not a nutbag".

Unlike Sardo, whose character was set in a magic shop, Dr. Vink had many 'unique endeavors' as he called them, for his stories. These ranged from living deep in the woods conducting strange nature experiments, being a retired filmmaker, owning his own restaurant as head chef and lastly a barbershop. His activities were usually villainous, designed to put the characters in peril and allow him the last laugh. However, in his last appearance, "The Tale of Cutter's Treasure" (which was told by both Frank and Gary), he allied himself with Sardo and the main characters without his usual maliciousness. He appeared in Frank's stories. Aron Tager also played the carnival worker who stands in front of the Funhouse and invites people to go inside in the episode "The Tale of the Laughing in the Dark".[27]

The character of Zeebo the Clown, also played by Tager, who appeared in "The Tale of the Laughing in the Dark" is referenced in several other stories, for example, in the episode "The Tale of the Whispering Walls", two children mention seeing him at a fun park, in the episode "The Tale of the Mystical Mirror", a girl says she will look like Zeebo if she wears too much lipstick, and in the episode "The Tale of the Crimson Clown" in the boys' room a video game called Zeebo's Big House can be seen on the desk with a picture of Zeebo on it as the title character. The video game was also mentioned in the episode "The Tale of Train Magic." Finally, in the episode "The Tale of the Night Shift," the teenage janitor is called Zeebo by his supervisor a few times at the beginning of the episode.[28]

The villain, the "Ghastly Grinner" (star of "The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner"), like Zeebo the Clown, appears in a comic book that "Dark" characters read. In "Tale of the Ghastly Grinner", The Grinner is shown as being the star of a comic book.

Legacy edit

The show became a weekly staple for children and tweens in the 1990s. Kids “were old enough to stay up but not old enough to stay out, so [they] spent nearly every Saturday night huddled around television sets with friends or siblings, pretending not to be terrified by that week’s tale.”[19] As written by Matt Melis,

“But there’s also a lot to admire in the care that went into trying to frighten us. We saw the protagonists encountering the creepy and supernatural in the same suburban settings we hailed from. They were remarkably vulnerable and insecure kids, too, ones with problems we could relate to; they were new kids, outcasts, rival siblings, and children experiencing rough patches like deaths in the family or parents filing for divorce.”[19]

Said series co-creator D.J. MacHale, “I wanted stories about real kids who were facing challenges that had nothing to do with the supernatural situation they ended up in.”[29] He added, “But I'd like to believe that by depicting kids taking charge of difficult situations, it opened up kid-viewers to the idea that they aren't powerless in their own lives.”[29] The show has also been hailed for its diversity in characters and stories. “I write about kids who find themselves in challenging situations, and ultimately solve the problems themselves ... no matter their sex, race, or age. We wanted to depict a wide variety of stories, characters, and situations. It was all about diversity,” says MacHale.[29] “We didn't play to stereotypes.”[29] The series was nominated for an NAACP Image Award in 1996.[29] The show has also been seen as helping to create a generation of feminist horror fans, as it showed kids a world “where girls got to be the imperfect heroes as often as the boys did.”[29] According to MacHale, “in the first season alone, half of the scripts focused on female characters and were written by female writers.”[29]

Home media edit

VHS releases edit

Three VHS tapes were released by Sony Wonder. Ghostly Tales, which included the episodes "The Tale of the Shiny Red Bicycle" and "The Tale of the Frozen Ghost" plus a bonus "Feel the Fear" music video, was released on March 22, 1994;[30] Nightmare Tales, which included the episodes "The Tale of the Final Wish" and "The Tale of the Dream Machine", was released on May 31, 1994;[31] and The Tale of Cutter's Treasure was released on June 13, 1995.[32]

In addition, episodes of the series were included on two compilation tapes of SNICK programming, both of which were released on August 31, 1993; "The Tale of the Lonely Ghost" was included on Nick Snicks Friendship, and "The Tale of the Hungry Hounds" was included on Nick Snicks the Family.[citation needed]

DVD releases edit

Direct Source released all seven seasons of Are You Afraid of the Dark? on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time between 2006 and 2008. These releases featured group shots of the Midnight Society on the front. The first five seasons were released in Canada and the United States, while seasons 1 and 2 of the revival series were released in Canada only. The company also released a joint collection of seasons 1–2/seasons 3–4 as a box set. These releases have been discontinued and are now out-of-print.[citation needed]

On April 8, 2013, it was announced that Berkshire Axis Media had acquired the rights to the series (Canada only) and would be re-releasing it. Season 1 was re-released on May 28, 2013.[33] Season 2 was re-released on October 15, 2013.[34]

In Region 2, Revelation Films released the first four seasons on DVD in the UK in 2007/2008.[35][36]

Nickelodeon also re-released the series on DVD in the US through Amazon.com's CreateSpace service beginning with two random-episode "volumes" released in 2013. However, those releases were canceled and were followed by proper season set releases beginning in 2014.[37][38] These releases were designed to look like books.

On December 1, 2014, it was announced that Madman Films had acquired the rights to the series in Australia, and would be releasing the series through Via Vision Entertainment. In 2015 Via Vision released seasons 1–3 individually. It was announced on September 22, 2017, that Via Vision Entertainment have no plans to release the remaining seasons of Are You Afraid of the Dark?[39][40][41][42]

Release name Ep # Region 1 (US) Region 1 (Canada) Region 2 (UK) Region 4 (Australia)
Freaky Favorites 6 December 8, 1999 N/A N/A N/A
The Complete 1st Season 13 June 23, 2014[43] April 18, 2006
May 28, 2013 (re-release) 		N/A February 4, 2015[40]
The Complete 2nd Season 13 June 26, 2014[44] November 28, 2006
October 15, 2013 (re-release) 		N/A March 11, 2015[41]
The Complete 3rd Season 13 September 24, 2014[45] April 24, 2007 N/A April 10, 2015[42]
The Complete 4th Season 13 October 2, 2014[46] November 13, 2007[47] N/A N/A
The Complete 5th Season 13 October 15, 2014[45] February 26, 2008[48] N/A N/A
The Complete 6th Season 13 N/A April 29, 2008 April 29, 2008[49] N/A
The Complete 7th Season 13 N/A August 19, 2008 August 19, 2008[50] N/A
The Limited Series Event 6 August 11, 2020[51] N/A N/A N/A
Curse of the Shadows 6 August 10, 2021[52] N/A N/A N/A
Ghost Island 4 August 1, 2023[53] N/A N/A N/A
The Complete Series 1 & 2 26 N/A N/A March 5, 2007 N/A
The Complete Series 3 & 4 26 N/A N/A April 7, 2008 N/A

Online distribution edit

The first five complete seasons of the series have been released (non-sequentially) across ten volumes in digital format on iTunes, Amazon, and Vudu:

Release name Ep # Release date
Volume 1 7 October 17, 2011[54]
Volume 2 7 January 30, 2012[55]
Volume 3 7 April 30, 2012[56]
Volume 4 6 August 6, 2012[57]
Volume 5 6 August 20, 2012[58]
Volume 6 7 October 1, 2012[59]
Volume 7 4 September 30, 2013[60]
Volume 8 8 March 24, 2014[61]
Volume 9 8 March 24, 2014[62]
Volume 10 5 March 24, 2014[63]

In September 2016, all seven seasons of the first two series were made available for free on YouTube for non-United States viewers.[64] On November 6, 2017, Season one was released for free on Canada Media Fund's Encore+ YouTube channel. As of 2021, Are You Afraid of the Dark? is available on Paramount+. However, there are some missing episodes: "Tale of the Super Specs", "Tale of the Dark Dragon", "Tale of the Midnight Ride", "Tale of the Dream Girl", "Tale of Quicksilver", "Tale of the Long Ago Locket", "Tale of the Fire Ghost", "Tale of the Closet Keepers", "Tale of the Unfinished Painting", "Tale of the Chameleons", "Tale of C7", and the revival seasons six and seven.

On March 28, 2024, series 8–10 was removed from Paramount+.[65]

Reboot edit

On February 14, 2019, it was announced that the series itself would be revived for a miniseries to air in October 2019.[8] On June 10, 2019, the cast for the miniseries was announced, with Sam Ashe Arnold as Gavin, Miya Cech as Akiko, Tamara Smart as Louise, Jeremy Ray Taylor as Graham, and Lyliana Wray as Rachel as the New Midnight Society and Rafael Casal as the Carnival of Doom's ringmaster, Mr. Tophat.[66] The miniseries aired on Friday, October 11, 18, and 25, 2019, and was a ratings success.[67] Brandon Routh guest starred in part two.[68]

On February 19, 2020, it was renewed for a second season, titled Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Curse of the Shadows.[10][69] On October 29, 2020, the casting for a second season was announced with Bryce Gheisar, Arjun Athalye, Beatrice Kitsos, Malia Baker, Dominic Mariche and Parker Queenan as the new Midnight Society.[12] The second season premiered on February 12, 2021.[11]

On March 24, 2022, the series was renewed for a third season, subtitled Ghost Island. Telci Huynh, Conor Sherry, Luca Padovan, Dior Goodjohn and Chance Hurstfield joined the cast as new members of the Midnight Society, while Julian Curtis joined the cast as a hotel manager.[70] The third season premiered on July 30, 2022.[71]

Other media edit

A music video with the horror-themed dance song "Feel the Fear" was aired on Nickelodeon and included as a bonus feature on VHS tapes.[72] The television series also spawned multiple licensed products. A PC game based on the show titled Are You Afraid of the Dark? The Tale of Orpheo's Curse was released in 1994.[73] A board game titled Are You Afraid of the Dark?: The Game was also released.[74] They also released a series of audio cassettes entitled Are You Afraid of the Dark?: More Tales From The Midnight Society which were narrated and voiced by actors from the show who reprised their respective characters.[75] Perhaps the most prominent of products from the franchise's merchandising was a series of books written by various authors between 1995 and 1998.[76]

On November 13, 2017, it was announced that a film adaptation of the series was in the works at Paramount Players. It writer Gary Dauberman was set to write the screenplay with Matt Kaplan producing and D.J. Caruso directing.[77][78] The film was scheduled to be released on October 4, 2019.[79] However, on February 27, 2019, Paramount removed the film from their schedule.[80]

On November 16, 2022, a series of novels and graphic novels were announced in a partnership between Abrams Children's Books and Paramount.[81] The first middle grade novel, titled The Tale of the Gravemother and written by Rin Chupeco, was released on June 27, 2023.[82] Horror novelist Danielle Valentine is signed on to write book two. The first graphic novel in the series, titled The Witch's Wings and Other Terrifying Tales, will be written by Tehlor Kay Mejia and illustrated by Justin Hernandez, Alexis Hernandez, Junyi Wu, and Kaylee Rowena, and is planned to be released on October 3, 2023.[83]

On August 24, 2023, an official podcast was announced in a partnership between Audible and Nickelodeon.[84] The podcast, titled Are You Afraid of The Dark? The Official Podcast, was released on September 28, 2023.[85]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Known as DHX Media for the first season.
  2. ^ These unions are mentioned during the end credits of each episode in the original series. In 2004, the SCTVQ and APVQ (Association des professionnels de la vidéo du Québec), another Quebec union, merged to form the AQTIS (Alliance québécoise des techniciens et techniciennes de l'image et du son or Alliance of Image and Sound Technicians).[5]

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afraid, dark, other, uses, disambiguation, children, horror, anthology, television, series, created, machale, kandel, original, series, aired, nickelodeon, from, 1992, 1996, pilot, episode, aired, respectively, nickelodeon, 1990, 1991, revival, series, with, f. For other uses see Are You Afraid of the Dark disambiguation Are You Afraid of the Dark is a children s horror anthology television series created by D J MacHale and Ned Kandel The original series aired on Nickelodeon from 1992 to 1996 the pilot episode aired respectively on YTV and Nickelodeon in 1990 and 1991 It led to two revival series with the first airing from 1999 to 2000 and the second airing from 2019 to 2022 Are You Afraid of the Dark GenreChildren s television series Horror Fantasy Drama Anthology 1 Created byD J MacHale Ned KandelStarring See list of cast Theme music composerJeff Zahn Jeff FisherEnding theme Welcome to the Carnival by Lilou Bouhier 2019 Country of originCanada United StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons10No of episodes104 list of episodes ProductionExecutive producersD J MacHale Micheline Charest 1990 2000 Ned Kandel 2019 22 Matt Kaplan 2019 22 Spencer Berman 2019 21 BenDavid Grabinski 2019 Dean Israelite 2019 2022 Chris Foss 2019 2022 Jeff Wadlow 2021 JT Billings 2021 22 Camera setupSingle cameraRunning time22 25 minutes 1990 2000 44 45 minutes 2019 22 Production companiesNickelodeon Productions Cinar Original first revival WildBrain second revival a ACE Entertainment Second revival 2 Original releaseNetworkYTV Canada Family Channel Canada Nickelodeon U S ReleaseOctober 31 1990 1990 10 31 April 20 1996 1996 04 20 ReleaseFebruary 6 1999 1999 02 06 June 11 2000 2000 06 11 ReleaseOctober 11 2019 2019 10 11 August 13 2022 2022 08 13 The original series was distributed worldwide by D J MacHale and Ned Kandel and was picked up by Nickelodeon in 1991 3 MacHale Kandel and Nickelodeon teamed up with the Canadian company Cinar now known as WildBrain and as a part of the deal the show was filmed primarily in Montreal Quebec 4 with some additional filming taking place in Richmond British Columbia The production teams were respectively represented by the ACTRA and SCTVQ Syndicat des techniciens du cinema et de la video du Quebec labour unions b It premiered with the episode The Tale of the Twisted Claw as a pilot on October 31 1990 on the Canadian television network YTV citation needed The pilot aired on Nickelodeon on October 25 1991 as a Halloween special The series premiered the following year on Nickelodeon s SNICK on August 15 1992 and on Family Channel on September 2 1992 6 The series moved from Family Channel to YTV on September 6 1993 7 The original series ended on April 20 1996 The first revival series with new directors writers and a cast was produced by Nickelodeon from 1999 to 2000 and also aired on the SNICK block The only member from the original lineup to return for the first and second seasons of the revival was Tucker Daniel DeSanto although Gary Ross Hull returned for the concluding show which notably broke from the show s established format by blurring the line between story and reality citation needed On November 13 2017 it was announced that Paramount Players would make a live action feature film adaptation However the film was later removed from Paramount s schedule On February 14 2019 it was announced that the series would be revived again for a limited series 8 which premiered on October 11 2019 9 On February 19 2020 this revival was renewed for a second season titled Are You Afraid of the Dark Curse of the Shadows which premiered on February 12 2021 featuring a different cast 10 11 12 In March 2022 the revival was renewed for a third and final season which premiered on July 30 2022 On March 28 2024 the revival series was removed from Paramount as part of a strategic decision to focus on content with mass global appeal 13 Contents 1 Background 2 Episodes 3 Characters and cast 3 1 Original 3 2 First revival 3 3 Second revival 3 3 1 Carnival of Doom 3 3 2 Curse of the Shadows 3 3 3 Ghost Island 3 4 Recurring characters 4 Legacy 5 Home media 5 1 VHS releases 5 2 DVD releases 5 3 Online distribution 6 Reboot 7 Other media 8 Notes 9 References 9 1 Sources 10 External linksBackground editAre You Afraid of the Dark was filmed in Montreal by CINAR and created by producer D J MacHale an American television producer 14 The show is a co production between Montreal based CINAR Films and the U S Nickelodeon network 14 It had its American debut on Nickelodeon in the United States during August while Canada s Family Channel had the series premiere in September 1992 15 By 1993 the series had moved from Family Channel to YTV 14 Both series of Are You Afraid of the Dark revolved around a group of teenagers who referred to themselves as The Midnight Society Every episode at a secret location in the woods at night one member would tell a scary story to the group The actual story rather than the telling was displayed to the television viewer The story was shown between the group s arrival at the site and their departure Each storyteller would begin their story by saying Submitted for the approval of The Midnight Society I call this story story name at which point they would toss a handful of midnight dust actually Coffee Mate 16 from a leather pouch into a campfire to heighten the flames and produce an eerie white smoke 17 MacHale wrote the line submitted for the approval of as a nod to The Twilight Zone in which creator Rod Serling would after introducing the episode say submitted for your approval The storyteller would continue by announcing its title The Tale of 18 The themes of the stories usually revolve around a variety of paranormal phenomena such as demons ghosts magic haunted houses magical curses aliens witches vampires werewolves and the like coming into contact with average youths Usually the episodes were either filmed in the woods in abandoned houses or in public places like schools or libraries Sources of these tales vary in different ways many were adaptations of public domain fairy tales and short stories or urban legends For example the episode The Tale of the Twisted Claw is an adaptation of W W Jacobs short story The Monkey s Paw 19 Sometimes the stories were inspired by a certain event in the life of the storyteller In the episode The Tale of the Crimson Clown for instance Tucker blackmailed his brother Gary with a poem he had found which Gary had written for Samantha Gary then told a story in which a naughty younger brother was punished cruelly for his evil deeds At the end of the episode Tucker gave the poem back to his brother The majority of the horror stories on Are You Afraid of the Dark had happy endings or at least endings in which their characters were in decent places but some of them albeit a very small number of them had either bad endings or twist endings like The Tale of the Lonely Ghost The Tale of the Dark Music The Tale of the Chameleons The Tale of Vampire Town and The Tale of the Pinball Wizard At the end of most episodes one character usually Gary in the first run and Tucker in the second run of the show would throw a red bucket of water onto the fire stating I declare this meeting of The Midnight Society closed and the group would leave the campsite thus ending the storytelling Sometimes the story would be related to an event e g in The Tale of Laughing in the Dark Kristen who was afraid of clowns ran off when Eric put on a clown mask Then everyone chased after her This would cause either Gary or Tucker to hurriedly dump the water on the fire and The Midnight Society would run off to wherever they go after meetings Episodes editMain article List of Are You Afraid of the Dark episodes SeasonEpisodesOriginally airedFirst airedLast airedNetworkOriginal series113August 15 1992 1992 08 15 November 14 1992 1992 11 14 YTVNickelodeon213June 19 1993 1993 06 19 October 2 1993 1993 10 02 313January 8 1994 1994 01 08 April 16 1994 1994 04 16 413October 1 1994 1994 10 01 January 21 1995 1995 01 21 513October 7 1995 1995 10 07 April 20 1996 1996 04 20 1999 revival613February 6 1999 1999 02 06 May 15 1999 1999 05 15 NickelodeonFamily Channel713April 2 2000 2000 04 02 June 11 2000 2000 06 11 2019 revivalCarnival of Doom3October 11 2019 2019 10 11 October 25 2019 2019 10 25 NickelodeonCurse of the Shadows6February 12 2021 2021 02 12 March 19 2021 2021 03 19 Ghost Island4July 30 2022 2022 07 30 August 13 2022 2022 08 13 Characters and cast editMain article List of Are You Afraid of the Dark cast members This section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed October 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message Each member of The Midnight Society from 1991 to 1996 has a distinct personality and a notable trend in their storytelling Though not all of their stories have similar styles and plots in many of the stories each character carries a unique aspect that reflects the nature of the storyteller and what they find to be the most important to themselves 20 In the second generation the characters derive their stories more from events that happen during the days leading up to the society meetings instead of from their personal interests and views Many of the later episodes were simply given to a random society member to tell Role Actor Actress Year s Notes The Midnight Society 1991 1996 Gary Ross Hull 21 1991 1996 Appeared in The Tale of the Silver Sight 3 episodes in 2000 Betty Ann Raine Pare Coull 1991 1996 Kiki Jodie Resther 1991 1996 Frank Moore Jason Alisharan 1991 1995 Tucker Daniel DeSanto 1993 1996 Samantha JoAnna Garcia 1993 1996 Kristen Rachel Blanchard 1991 1993 David Nathaniel Moreau 1991 1993 Stig Codie Wilbee 1995 1996 Eric Jacob Tierney 1991 1992 The Midnight Society 1999 2000 Quinn Kareem Blackwell 1999 2000 Megan Elisha Cuthbert 22 1999 2000 Vange Vanessa Lengies 1999 2000 Tucker Daniel DeSanto 1999 2000 Andy David Deveau 1999 2000 The Midnight Society 2019 Rachel Carpenter Lyliana Wray 2019 Gavin Coscarelli Sam Ashe Arnold 2019 Akiko Yamato Miya Cech 2019 Graham Raimi Jeremy Ray Taylor 2019 Louise Fulci Tamara Smart 2019 The Midnight Society 2021 Luke McCoy Bryce Gheisar 2021 Hanna Romero Beatrice Kitsos 2021 Gabby Lewis Malia Baker 23 2021 Jai Malya Arjun Athalye 2021 Seth Romero Dominic Mariche 2021 Connor Stevens Parker Queenan 2021 The Midnight Society 2022 Kayla King Telci Huynh 2022 Max Matheson Conor Sherry 2022 Leo B Stoker Luca Padovan 2022 Summer DaCosta Dior Goodjohn 2022 Ferris Poe Chance Hurstfield 2022 Original edit Gary An unassuming bookish looking boy and the founder of this generation of The Midnight Society Gary has a distinct fascination with magic especially where the magician Houdini is concerned His stories tend to revolve around cursed or enchanted objects with supernatural properties and how in the wrong hands they can cause disaster for both the holder and those around them His stories have the recurring character Sardo in them most of his stories have the main character buying an enchanted item from Sardo s shop In the 3 part episode The Tale of the Silver Sight Gary reveals that his grandfather was the founder of The Midnight Society and that it was his grandfather s stories that inspired him to recreate the group Betty Ann A vibrant girl who has an open and eager passion for the bizarre and twisted Her stories often include themes where an alien or supernatural force is either trying to break into the world of the characters or else trying to drag them into their own unnatural realms Her stories tend to have twists reminiscent of Twilight Zone episodes hinting that even after the protagonists of her stories manage to defeat the antagonists they still have yet to fully escape danger by the end Kiki A spunky tomboyish girl who often makes fun of others Many of her stories involve plots where the danger of carelessness or deceitfulness as well as the danger of the past repeats itself Also notable is that a large number of the characters in her stories are also of African descent likely due to Kiki herself being African Canadian though the trend dies off later on in the series One story she came up with had to be read by Gary due to her suffering from laryngitis at the time Frank A punkish teenager with an in your face attitude Though his stories do not often have a running theme they do often have the recurring character Dr Vink appear as the villain or at least the creator of the story s antagonist The first episode of the series has Frank attempting to impress the Midnight Society with a story to be allowed membership which he does with The Tale of the Phantom Cab In season five he and his family moved away and he was replaced in the group by Stig Tucker Gary s younger brother and the youngest member of The Midnight Society Due to his age he is often portrayed as youthfully obnoxious His stories tend to involve family relationships that are at first sour but grow in strength in the face of adversity possibly reflecting his relationship with his brother Gary There is also a running theme of the characters accidentally unleashing evil upon their world After Gary left he took over his place as the president of The Midnight Society Once Tucker is in charge he is less of a brat and more of a serious leader like his older brother He is the only character to appear in both generations of The Midnight Society Sam A shy girl with an obvious mutual crush on Gary which becomes one of the highlighted arcs of both their developments in the series Reflecting this affection for Gary Sam s stories tend to have more of a strong theme of love and its endurance even beyond death Kristen A girl who though squeamish about much else has a fondness for ghost stories and fairy tales She has a growing crush on David and their affection for each other is a developing arc in the first few seasons She loves to dress up for her stories or bring something for effect sometimes to scare the others with and her stories almost always deal with ghosts from the past who have unfinished business that they cannot complete without the aid of the living In season 3 she left The Midnight Society due to her and her family moving and she was replaced in the group by Sam David A quiet boy with a mysterious expression Reflecting his introverted nature and need to deal with his crush on Kristen David s stories tend to be less about malignant outside forces and more to do with the evil of past events left unresolved or the darkness inside normal people and the consequences of not dealing with their actions In season 3 he and his family moved away and he was replaced in the group by Tucker Stig His nickname may come from the term stigma as he is marked an outsider for his notable lack of hygiene Stig is the last member to be initiated into this generation of The Midnight Society As such he has only two stories in the series before the cast is changed The Tale of the Dead Man s Float and The Tale of Station 109 1 Due to the aversion people seem to have against him for his looks both of his stories seem to revolve around outsiders judged for their appearances and or tastes Eric Eric is portrayed as a diminutive teenager with visible Irish ancestry that influences his first story As he has only had two stories in the first season before his character was cut there is no visible theme in his storytelling but they seem to be about incredibly powerful evil forces ones never proven innocent or misunderstood like some others In his short run on the show Eric was shown to be rather snide and negative spending most of the time making sarcastic remarks and antagonizing the other members especially Frank He is the only character to leave the show without any explanation for his departure First revival edit Several years after the last meeting of The Midnight Society Tucker returns to reinitialize the meetings inviting his own circle of friends to reform The Midnight Society Quinn Quinn is usually getting in trouble at school and at home but he is a smart kid that likes to make fun of Andy teamed up with Vange Quinn s stories have little in common though usually involve the protagonists actions unleashing or bringing them face to face with the villain Vange Vange short for Evangeline is the youngest of the New Midnight Society She is a tomboy and does not have a problem with speaking her mind Teamed up with Quinn she makes fun of Andy a lot Vange s stories have little in common though most seem to be about how wanting something too badly can cause the main character to play into the villain s hands Andy Andy is very sweet and kind He is always being made fun of by Quinn and Vange for having more muscle than brains He lives on a farm with his family He often works there before and after school Andy is the closest to Megan Andy s stories have little in common but are often about how characters dark sides can unleash evil Usually the inspiration for his stories are based on his own real life personal experiences Megan Megan is a rich kid who is not very comfortable in the woods She would rather hold the New Midnight Society Meetings in her own well managed backyard Tucker not being the stickler his brother was lets Megan refurnish the campfire with some comfortable old couches She seems to have a soft spot for Andy Megan s stories have little in common though most seem to somehow involve romance Sometimes she brings a prop or starts a brief game relating to her story Second revival edit In 2019 a second revival of the show began The first season is known as Carnival of Doom the second season is known as Curse of the Shadows and the third season is known as Ghost Island Carnival of Doom edit The Midnight Society Rachel Carpenter A shy girl who recently moved to the town of Argento She quickly resigns herself to life as a social outsider but when some classmates notice her interest in the horror genre she earns an invite to the mysterious Midnight Society She suffers from recurring nightmares and uses that to form her first story to submit to the group The Carnival of Doom She s named after John Carpenter Gavin Coscarelli An outgoing member who lives next door to Rachel and quickly takes an interest in her He s good friends with Louise and is shown to be fairly popular at school He s also a vegetarian He s named after Don Coscarelli Akiko Yamato A blunt and pragmatic member of the Midnight Society who enjoys filmmaking and is seen directing her own scary movie throughout the series Her older brother Hideo is a rookie police officer Graham Raimi A horror film fanatic who loves gushing about his favorite movies although he often comes off awkward to his peers He is also a talented artist and a germaphobe He sits behind Rachel in class and is the first to pick up on Rachel s horror obsession eventually inviting her to the group He s named after Sam Raimi Louise Fulci A cheerleader and one of the popular girls at school who holds her reputation dearly Although she s friends with Gavin she avoids speaking to the other members of the Midnight Society outside of meetings particularly Graham in fear that it will affect her social status She s named after Lucio Fulci Curse of the Shadows edit The Midnight Society Luke McCoy Hanna Romero Gabby Lewis Jai Malya Seth Romero Connor Stevens Ghost Island edit The Midnight Society Kayla King Max Matheson Leo B Stoker Summer DaCosta Ferris Poe Recurring characters edit One of the more significant recurring characters was Sardo Richard Dumont owner of Sardo s Magic Mansion a magic shop He would often attempt to sell a character a prized item succeeding almost every single time He often had items in his shop that contained real properties of magic yet did not know until it was revealed in the story One of the most memorable recurring jokes in the series occurred when someone would address him as Mr Sardo He would then get irritated and exclaim That s SarDO Sardoh No mister accent on the doh Another recurring gag is Sardo attempting to sell a series of cheap novelty items before revealing the magical artifact culminating with fake vomit asking the protagonists Have you seen our vomit Additionally when selling someone an item he would often ask a rather high price The main character would mention how much money they had and Sardo would grab the money saying But I m losing on the deal Although he rarely got what he wanted he would often end up helping the characters often unintentionally He appeared in Gary s stories although in the later seasons he appeared in two of Tucker s 24 25 and one of David s in the episode The Tale of The Dark Dragon 26 Sardo s character is revived in the second season of the second revival Curse of the Shadows Sardo s son Ryan Beil is the owner of Sardo s Magic Shop Richard Dumont appears in the finale as Sardo Another recurring character was Dr Vink Aron Tager He was a physically imposing man who would often appear as a mad scientist sorcerer and the like When he enters he introduces himself by saying Vink s the name Dr Vink He would also get his name mispronounced usually something like Dr Fink When this happened he would respond Vink With a va va va Often the protagonist would call him a nutbag behind his back assuming he could not hear him only to have him reply later and I am not a nutbag Unlike Sardo whose character was set in a magic shop Dr Vink had many unique endeavors as he called them for his stories These ranged from living deep in the woods conducting strange nature experiments being a retired filmmaker owning his own restaurant as head chef and lastly a barbershop His activities were usually villainous designed to put the characters in peril and allow him the last laugh However in his last appearance The Tale of Cutter s Treasure which was told by both Frank and Gary he allied himself with Sardo and the main characters without his usual maliciousness He appeared in Frank s stories Aron Tager also played the carnival worker who stands in front of the Funhouse and invites people to go inside in the episode The Tale of the Laughing in the Dark 27 The character of Zeebo the Clown also played by Tager who appeared in The Tale of the Laughing in the Dark is referenced in several other stories for example in the episode The Tale of the Whispering Walls two children mention seeing him at a fun park in the episode The Tale of the Mystical Mirror a girl says she will look like Zeebo if she wears too much lipstick and in the episode The Tale of the Crimson Clown in the boys room a video game called Zeebo s Big House can be seen on the desk with a picture of Zeebo on it as the title character The video game was also mentioned in the episode The Tale of Train Magic Finally in the episode The Tale of the Night Shift the teenage janitor is called Zeebo by his supervisor a few times at the beginning of the episode 28 The villain the Ghastly Grinner star of The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner like Zeebo the Clown appears in a comic book that Dark characters read In Tale of the Ghastly Grinner The Grinner is shown as being the star of a comic book Legacy editThe show became a weekly staple for children and tweens in the 1990s Kids were old enough to stay up but not old enough to stay out so they spent nearly every Saturday night huddled around television sets with friends or siblings pretending not to be terrified by that week s tale 19 As written by Matt Melis But there s also a lot to admire in the care that went into trying to frighten us We saw the protagonists encountering the creepy and supernatural in the same suburban settings we hailed from They were remarkably vulnerable and insecure kids too ones with problems we could relate to they were new kids outcasts rival siblings and children experiencing rough patches like deaths in the family or parents filing for divorce 19 Said series co creator D J MacHale I wanted stories about real kids who were facing challenges that had nothing to do with the supernatural situation they ended up in 29 He added But I d like to believe that by depicting kids taking charge of difficult situations it opened up kid viewers to the idea that they aren t powerless in their own lives 29 The show has also been hailed for its diversity in characters and stories I write about kids who find themselves in challenging situations and ultimately solve the problems themselves no matter their sex race or age We wanted to depict a wide variety of stories characters and situations It was all about diversity says MacHale 29 We didn t play to stereotypes 29 The series was nominated for an NAACP Image Award in 1996 29 The show has also been seen as helping to create a generation of feminist horror fans as it showed kids a world where girls got to be the imperfect heroes as often as the boys did 29 According to MacHale in the first season alone half of the scripts focused on female characters and were written by female writers 29 Home media editVHS releases edit Three VHS tapes were released by Sony Wonder Ghostly Tales which included the episodes The Tale of the Shiny Red Bicycle and The Tale of the Frozen Ghost plus a bonus Feel the Fear music video was released on March 22 1994 30 Nightmare Tales which included the episodes The Tale of the Final Wish and The Tale of the Dream Machine was released on May 31 1994 31 and The Tale of Cutter s Treasure was released on June 13 1995 32 In addition episodes of the series were included on two compilation tapes of SNICK programming both of which were released on August 31 1993 The Tale of the Lonely Ghost was included on Nick Snicks Friendship and The Tale of the Hungry Hounds was included on Nick Snicks the Family citation needed DVD releases edit Direct Source released all seven seasons of Are You Afraid of the Dark on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time between 2006 and 2008 These releases featured group shots of the Midnight Society on the front The first five seasons were released in Canada and the United States while seasons 1 and 2 of the revival series were released in Canada only The company also released a joint collection of seasons 1 2 seasons 3 4 as a box set These releases have been discontinued and are now out of print citation needed On April 8 2013 it was announced that Berkshire Axis Media had acquired the rights to the series Canada only and would be re releasing it Season 1 was re released on May 28 2013 33 Season 2 was re released on October 15 2013 34 In Region 2 Revelation Films released the first four seasons on DVD in the UK in 2007 2008 35 36 Nickelodeon also re released the series on DVD in the US through Amazon com s CreateSpace service beginning with two random episode volumes released in 2013 However those releases were canceled and were followed by proper season set releases beginning in 2014 37 38 These releases were designed to look like books On December 1 2014 it was announced that Madman Films had acquired the rights to the series in Australia and would be releasing the series through Via Vision Entertainment In 2015 Via Vision released seasons 1 3 individually It was announced on September 22 2017 that Via Vision Entertainment have no plans to release the remaining seasons of Are You Afraid of the Dark 39 40 41 42 Release name Ep Region 1 US Region 1 Canada Region 2 UK Region 4 Australia Freaky Favorites 6 December 8 1999 N A N A N A The Complete 1st Season 13 June 23 2014 43 April 18 2006 May 28 2013 re release N A February 4 2015 40 The Complete 2nd Season 13 June 26 2014 44 November 28 2006October 15 2013 re release N A March 11 2015 41 The Complete 3rd Season 13 September 24 2014 45 April 24 2007 N A April 10 2015 42 The Complete 4th Season 13 October 2 2014 46 November 13 2007 47 N A N A The Complete 5th Season 13 October 15 2014 45 February 26 2008 48 N A N A The Complete 6th Season 13 N A April 29 2008 April 29 2008 49 N A The Complete 7th Season 13 N A August 19 2008 August 19 2008 50 N A The Limited Series Event 6 August 11 2020 51 N A N A N A Curse of the Shadows 6 August 10 2021 52 N A N A N A Ghost Island 4 August 1 2023 53 N A N A N A The Complete Series 1 amp 2 26 N A N A March 5 2007 N A The Complete Series 3 amp 4 26 N A N A April 7 2008 N A Online distribution edit The first five complete seasons of the series have been released non sequentially across ten volumes in digital format on iTunes Amazon and Vudu Release name Ep Release date Volume 1 7 October 17 2011 54 Volume 2 7 January 30 2012 55 Volume 3 7 April 30 2012 56 Volume 4 6 August 6 2012 57 Volume 5 6 August 20 2012 58 Volume 6 7 October 1 2012 59 Volume 7 4 September 30 2013 60 Volume 8 8 March 24 2014 61 Volume 9 8 March 24 2014 62 Volume 10 5 March 24 2014 63 In September 2016 all seven seasons of the first two series were made available for free on YouTube for non United States viewers 64 On November 6 2017 Season one was released for free on Canada Media Fund s Encore YouTube channel As of 2021 Are You Afraid of the Dark is available on Paramount However there are some missing episodes Tale of the Super Specs Tale of the Dark Dragon Tale of the Midnight Ride Tale of the Dream Girl Tale of Quicksilver Tale of the Long Ago Locket Tale of the Fire Ghost Tale of the Closet Keepers Tale of the Unfinished Painting Tale of the Chameleons Tale of C7 and the revival seasons six and seven On March 28 2024 series 8 10 was removed from Paramount 65 Reboot editOn February 14 2019 it was announced that the series itself would be revived for a miniseries to air in October 2019 8 On June 10 2019 the cast for the miniseries was announced with Sam Ashe Arnold as Gavin Miya Cech as Akiko Tamara Smart as Louise Jeremy Ray Taylor as Graham and Lyliana Wray as Rachel as the New Midnight Society and Rafael Casal as the Carnival of Doom s ringmaster Mr Tophat 66 The miniseries aired on Friday October 11 18 and 25 2019 and was a ratings success 67 Brandon Routh guest starred in part two 68 On February 19 2020 it was renewed for a second season titled Are You Afraid of the Dark Curse of the Shadows 10 69 On October 29 2020 the casting for a second season was announced with Bryce Gheisar Arjun Athalye Beatrice Kitsos Malia Baker Dominic Mariche and Parker Queenan as the new Midnight Society 12 The second season premiered on February 12 2021 11 On March 24 2022 the series was renewed for a third season subtitled Ghost Island Telci Huynh Conor Sherry Luca Padovan Dior Goodjohn and Chance Hurstfield joined the cast as new members of the Midnight Society while Julian Curtis joined the cast as a hotel manager 70 The third season premiered on July 30 2022 71 Other media editA music video with the horror themed dance song Feel the Fear was aired on Nickelodeon and included as a bonus feature on VHS tapes 72 The television series also spawned multiple licensed products A PC game based on the show titled Are You Afraid of the Dark The Tale of Orpheo s Curse was released in 1994 73 A board game titled Are You Afraid of the Dark The Game was also released 74 They also released a series of audio cassettes entitled Are You Afraid of the Dark More Tales From The Midnight Society which were narrated and voiced by actors from the show who reprised their respective characters 75 Perhaps the most prominent of products from the franchise s merchandising was a series of books written by various authors between 1995 and 1998 76 On November 13 2017 it was announced that a film adaptation of the series was in the works at Paramount Players It writer Gary Dauberman was set to write the screenplay with Matt Kaplan producing and D J Caruso directing 77 78 The film was scheduled to be released on October 4 2019 79 However on February 27 2019 Paramount removed the film from their schedule 80 On November 16 2022 a series of novels and graphic novels were announced in a partnership between Abrams Children s Books and Paramount 81 The first middle grade novel titled The Tale of the Gravemother and written by Rin Chupeco was released on June 27 2023 82 Horror novelist Danielle Valentine is signed on to write book two The first graphic novel in the series titled The Witch s Wings and Other Terrifying Tales will be written by Tehlor Kay Mejia and illustrated by Justin Hernandez Alexis Hernandez Junyi Wu and Kaylee Rowena and is planned to be released on October 3 2023 83 On August 24 2023 an official podcast was announced in a partnership between Audible and Nickelodeon 84 The podcast titled Are You Afraid of The Dark The Official Podcast was released on September 28 2023 85 Notes edit Known as DHX Media for the first season These unions are mentioned during the end credits of each episode in the original series In 2004 the SCTVQ and APVQ Association des professionnels de la video du Quebec another Quebec union merged to form the AQTIS Alliance quebecoise des techniciens et techniciennes de l image et du son or Alliance of Image and Sound Technicians 5 References edit Are You Afraid of the Dark Metacritic Retrieved March 13 2015 Are You Afraid of the Dark Reboot to Premiere at 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