This spooky anthology series for kids recounts ghost stories told by the young members of the Midnight Society as they gather around a campfire. Each episode opens with members of the Midnight Society at their secret spot in the woods, where they prepare their fire and the night's storyteller announces the title of the his or her offering. However, the cameras soon leave the storyteller and switch to the tale being told.

Are You Afraid of the Dark? poster

Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1992)

Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this story...

★ 8.2/10 August 15, 1992 7 seasons

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Creator: D.J. MacHale, Ned Kandel

This spooky anthology series for kids recounts ghost stories told by the young members of the Midnight Society as they gather around a campfire. Each episode opens with members of the Midnight Society at their secret spot in the woods, where they prepare their fire and the night's storyteller announces the title of the his or her offering. However, the cameras soon leave the storyteller and switch to the tale being told.

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Creators

D.J. MacHale D.J. MacHale Ned Kandel Ned Kandel

Cast

Daniel DeSanto Daniel DeSanto Tucker David Deveau David Deveau Andy Vanessa Lengies Vanessa Lengies Vange Kareem Blackwell Kareem Blackwell Quinn Elisha Cuthbert Elisha Cuthbert Megan

User Reviews (2)

DavidLinck85
DavidLinck85 August 9, 2017
★ 10/10

There were a lot of great kids show that came on in the 90s and a lot of them were on Nickelodeon. In my opinion Are You Afraid of the Dark was one of the all-time greatest shows ever for kids because it had great story telling, great prodution value that still hilds up today. The stories that were on Are You Afraid of the Dark were extreamly creepy even for a kids show, also a lot of great actors got their start on this show. So if you love a great spooky and creepy horror anthology show for kids then I recommend Are You Afraid of the Dark.

GenerationofSwine
GenerationofSwine January 12, 2023
★ 1/10

This is getting a lot of love and I really don't know why. Most of it has to be nostalgia. Or maybe it could be a cultural thing, like maybe it's the people on the coasts that really liked this show. Or maybe it could just be like a city thing, I've been living in the city for about 15 years now and people praise it. Anyway, when I was a a kid, it came out when I was about 10, and it was kind of summarized as a scary show for kids that isn't really scary. It's like the kids that showed up to school with a Goosebumps novel, and were so brutally mocked that learned never to do it again, and came back with Stephen King like everyone else. Are You Afraid of the Dark? kind of had that feel. The kinds that went to Kindercare and weren't latch-key watched it and were terrified by it. Everyone else just thought it was lame and watched Tales From the Crypt instead. Occasionally it was…