Are You Afraid of the Dark?
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Sep 11, 2026
Shane HawkGUEST
I'm just thinking about childhood, you know, and yeah, Just getting home and sneaking into the bags of candy early and just munching on all that.
Shane HawkGUEST
And back then I was watching Are You Afraid of the Dark on Nickelodeon.
Shane HawkGUEST
Any kind of creepy movie I can get my hands on.
Shane HawkGUEST
And mostly it was due to my dad just showing me you know horror movies as a kid and my mom kind of being like no no he's too young for that and so he'd always sneak me um movies when he could he was a fan oh yeah and he still is um i get my love of horror from him um he doesn't read much even still you know um but movies he's always a movie buff especially for horror since he was a teen going to you know um theaters for 50 cents, a dollar, $2.
Shane HawkGUEST
All
Steve BeckerHOST
right.
Steve BeckerHOST
So Are You Afraid of the Dark? Do you remember any particular episode or scene that stands out to you?
Shane HawkGUEST
Man, to be honest, it's all a blur.
MinaGUEST
But as I was a very, I was a scaredy cat kid.
MinaGUEST
Are You Afraid of the Dark was oftentimes too spooky for me.
MinaGUEST
And I was, I was, I was five when this movie came out.
MinaGUEST
So.
Alison WillmoreHOST
Yeah.
Richard LawsonHOST
Um, and also, you know, Schoenbrun in all three of their feature films, like, uh, clearly has, and there's an upcoming novel, a, a, a real obsession with certain areas of pop culture, ephem- you know, horror films, uh, you know, Buffy-esque shows, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, things like that, um, that they've put into their films.
Richard LawsonHOST
I mean, I Saw The TV Glow is about obsession with that.
Alison WillmoreHOST
Yeah.
Brandon SparksHOST
in '93 and '94.
Thomas HortonHOST
And one of those, Goosebumps or Are You Afraid of the Dark?, which I was in, was in Canada.
Brandon SparksHOST
He did, he did, he did both.
Brandon SparksHOST
He did both of them.
Sarah Jane JohnsonHOST
i hate a jump scare movies which is again why to me the scariest scene of any movie growing up was in poltergeist when she turns around and all the cabinets are open when she like closes all the cabinets then she turns around they're all there because it's you're so scared because it's so eerie but it's not because of like a jump scare whereas i think like paranormal activity kind of sucks i was like shut up like you're just trying to scare me
BJ HolersHOST
well and of course full circle what's maybe the best example of 90s kind of like low grade horror it's the opening of are you afraid of the dark nothing happens but it's just like shot after shot of foreboding doom yeah i love
Sarah Jane JohnsonHOST
that and it's just like the music being very eerie i don't think there's a ton of jump scare in are you afraid of the dark because they're children Yeah, it's a good
BJ HolersHOST
point.
BJ HolersHOST
I can't really think of any.
PaulGUEST
It's anthology.
PaulGUEST
As much as you've covered Tales from the Crypt and Are You Afraid of the Dark? You know how it goes, right? Not all of them, right? So, yes.
PaulGUEST
I've talked too much.
PaulGUEST
I've overstated.
CharlieHOST
It was all we did.
CharlieHOST
But when we were little kids, actually way longer than it should have influenced us, this was at the same time that the show Are You Afraid of the Dark? was out.
CharlieHOST
And did you, did you ever watch the episode of the Tale of the Dead Man's Float from Are You Afraid of the Dark?
EleanorHOST
I was not allowed to watch such programs when I was a child.
CharlieHOST
Damn.
CharlieHOST
So every time we would go swimming in this pool, if one of us got out and one of us was in the pool alone, we would race out too.
CharlieHOST
And both of us refused to swim in this pool alone, but neither of us ever told the other one why.
CharlieHOST
And it was both because we were terrified that the monster from Are You Afraid of the Dark? was gonna get us.
Kyla CobblerGUEST
Yeah, a lot of animation I liked when I was growing up.
Kyla CobblerGUEST
And then as a teenager, anything scary, like Go- remember Goosebumps? Are You Afraid of the Dark? I loved all that spooky stuff.
Kyla CobblerGUEST
That was pretty cool.
Kyla CobblerGUEST
Yeah, they were my d- my young and teenage years for sure.
DanHOST
it's the part that will live on in infamy even if you've never seen the film you will always remember like you said the chilling moment you just see him there
ScottHOST
it's a valid point there because this film this scene I think in particular inspired so much going forward like I don't know if you two I imagine Job would I'm not sure but there was a TV show I used to watch as a kid called Are You Afraid of the Dark do you remember that yes
JoeHOST
there was
ScottHOST
one particular episode where the guy got a golden this kid got a golden ticket and he could bring things in and out of movies.
CharlieHOST
Right.
EricHOST
Like a freak Are You Afraid of the Dark?
CharlieHOST
More, more of the, the Creepypasta Reddit story kind of vibe.
EricHOST
Yeah.
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