Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
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Sep 15, 2026
Joe McCormickHOST
These were some of the best.
Joe McCormickHOST
If you're looking for more '70s TV horror films that are weird and good, let me suggest Trilogy of Terror, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, Someone's Watching Me-
Robert LambHOST
[laughs]
Joe McCormickHOST
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The hard-rocking California band released their eighth studio album.
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Hit number 78 in America had the songs Contagious and Don't Be Afraid of the Dark.
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In 1988, Suzy and the Banshees released Peep Show.
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This album added accordion, cello, and Technicolor multi-instrumental layering to their dark pop sound.
Robert GalluzzoHOST
Did
Jason AlvinoHOST
you guys talk about Don't Be Afraid of the Dark on that show? No, that wasn't.
Jason AlvinoHOST
That would have been one of your picks.
Jason AlvinoHOST
Yeah, that would have been
MeganHOST
So Matthew Robbins, he collaborated, the director, he collaborated with George Lucas, but also Spielberg and Del Toro.
MeganHOST
He wrote the screenplays for Don't Be Afraid of the Dark and Crimson Peak, which I love.
MeganHOST
um and the first movie that he wrote and directed was the 1978 movie corvette summer which was a product of the the dirty dozen collaboration and it's mark hamill's first movie um after star wars so i thought you'd
BrandonHOST
be interested in that and he's
John KitleyHOST
And eventually, someone comes along and thinks, I want to tell that story again.
John KitleyHOST
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark is one of these stories.
John KitleyHOST
The original tale was a made-for-TV horror film that first aired in 1973.
John KitleyHOST
Nearly four decades later, the same basic story returned in a much larger and more elaborate theatrical production.
John KitleyHOST
At the same time, it preserves the central fear that made the original so memorable.
John KitleyHOST
An idea that something small and intelligent may be hiding in the darkness, watching you, waiting for the moment when you are alone, and knowing that no one else will believe you when you finally do see it.
John KitleyHOST
So in this episode of Discover the Horror, we are going to tackle another Twice Told Tales and look at both versions of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark.
John KitleyHOST
The first, the remarkably effective 1973 television film, and then there's the more elaborate remake released in 2010.
Movie GuruHOST
2022's The Invitation.
Movie GuruHOST
2020's The New Mutants, and 2011's Don't Be Afraid of the Dark all debuted today.
Movie GuruHOST
I forgot to mention quite a few things on Thursday's show.
Movie GuruHOST
First off, in my annual dog day shout out, I forgot to mention Lisa Zinzius' dogs, including her adorable new puppy Otis, Melissa Kenney's dog Scout and her grand dog Sunflower, Gail Dale's puppy Sugar, the Anglewood's dogs, Holly Barclay's dog, Bentley, Donna Rockwell's dog, Blue Dog, Maggie Angleman, and my cousin Charlie Stockman's dog, Lottie.