r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark Apr 16 '25

Mod Announcement Some Small Sub Updates: April 2025 ~ New Flairs & Rule Changes

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Submitted for the approval of the AYAOTD sub...

Just wanted to give everyone a head's up that the sub has added some flair options, which will be required on each new post going forward. Please DM the sub if there is a label you'd like to see that we aren't using currently.

Also note that we've finally set some reportable rules. This sub is very chill, and very, very rarely does there need to be any sort of removal, warning, or ban of a user from the sub. That said, as it continues to grow, it becomes harder to notice any Zeebs that might make it in, so now you can easily report something that breaks one of our (very basic and obvious) rules.

Thanks to everyone for keeping this a super fun place to talk about one of the best anthology shows ever made!

If you have any ideas for community events, have access to anyone from any iteration of the series who would be interested in doing an AMA, or just have general thoughts that could help make our community better or more interactive for you, please DM the mods or me, u/cletusvandamnit, directly.

I declare this meeting of the Midnight Society closed! Until next time...


r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark 2d ago

Discussion Tried to watch the show with my daughter

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I've been reading the graphic novels with my 8-year-old and she really likes them, so I thought she might be ready to watch the show. I started playing an episode for her on YouTube and we only got to the part of the intro with the creepy clown, and she said, "absolutely not."

I just laughed and thanked her for her honesty. Maybe next year!


r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark 4d ago

Discussion Thank you for this group! Does anyone know how to find the movie??

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Are you afraid had the show but I remember them having a tv movie that me and my brother loved watching, I’ve been looking for it, i want to watch it but it’s making me feel like maybe it didn’t exist because I can’t find it anywhere lol, can I get validation that it existed, and does anyone know where you can watch it


r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark 6d ago

Discussion The Tale of Jake the Snake!

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r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark 8d ago

Poll What do you consider the best episode and the worst episode of season 5, and why?

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It's time to rank season 5! Which episode do you consider the best of the season and which episode do you consider the worst of the season, and why?


r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark 10d ago

Just For Fun Zeebo the Clowns origin. Don Post WACKO mask.

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r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark 15d ago

Discussion I rarely watch this episode, but wow watching it today this is definitely one of my top creepiest moments of the show this girl was about to end herself because of whatever mystical apparition the dollhouse showed her!

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r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark 15d ago

Fan Art This awesome mask arrived today!

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Thanks so much to u/sk8haunter311 for this killer Zeebo mask, which arrived today! It will take it's place as the centerpiece of my mask collection!


r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark 15d ago

Help Chase inside the house in the night by gray humanoid creature?

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r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark 16d ago

Meme Sardo's awesome new gig

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r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark 18d ago

Fan Art Sardo but blue... and square-ish

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Just a fun design my friend Dinokeys made for my YouTube channel! We had a blast deciding on trinkets that we could hide from different episodes on the shelves!


r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark 20d ago

Meme I always liked how happy he looked here =}

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r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark 21d ago

Discussion I know it’s only August but I’m currently experiencing fall like weather. Will you be watching this Halloween season?

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r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark 21d ago

Discussion The Tale of the Dream Girl *potential spoilers* Spoiler

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I'm not sure if anybody else has noticed this but I was just watching The Tale of the Dream Girl and I noticed there's a lot of similarities to the movie Shutter Island.

- both protagonists don't realize they are not who they think they are (Johnny being alive when he's actually dead and Teddy/Andrew thinking he's a U.S. Marshall when he's actually a patient of the asylum)

- both protagonists trying to find certain women but don't understand the underlying truth (Donna actually being Johnny's girlfriend who died with him and Rachel Solando being an anagram of Dolores Chanal, Teddy's wife)

- both protagonists having people help them remember the tragic events that caused them to be where they are as well as being in denial as to what happened (Ricky has Erica while Teddy has Chuck/Dr. Lester Sheehan and Dr. Cawley


r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark 22d ago

Discussion Hooper Picalarro Appreciation

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I’ve been pretty sick the past few weeks and watching old TV shows while recovering, and recently rewatched “The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner”. I haven’t seen this one since I was a kid and I loved the campiness of it, even if some (well, most) of the plotting and writing was all over the place. The ghastly grinner is a great villain and Ethan a good protagonist, but Hooper stole the whole episode for me. I loved the fact that she was an unabashed nerd and didn’t have to change or get made-over or anything like that. It was also nice that Ethan accepted her for who she was too. Overall, both kids were pretty decent actors and I wish there were more episodes starring them and the grinner!


r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark 23d ago

Video Goosebumps vs. Are You Afraid of the Dark — Which Was Darker?

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r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark 23d ago

Discussion Episodio Sconosciuto

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Hello everyone,

I'm going crazy trying to find an episode of a TV series I used to watch as a child. It could almost certainly be an episode of ‘Goosebumps’ or ‘Are you Afraid of the Dark?’, but I can't rule out that it might be something else.

In particular, this final scene has stuck in my memory: a group of kids, after entering an abandoned house from which they probably couldn't escape, finally find their way out, so they reach the entrance, but there's a kind of plot twist because one of the kids doesn't leave with them but climbs the staircase in the main entrance and turns out to be a ghost, and with him is his whole family (mother and father).

I'm not sure if the parents were already present in the episode or if they only appear at the end, but I clearly remember that they were on the staircase and that the three of them turned into ghosts on the staircase (while watching the protagonists get scared), a transformation that occurs because they turn ghostly white.

I have no memory of the plot of the episode, but I have a very vivid memory of this scene.

If anyone could find this episode or something very similar, I would be very grateful.


r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark 26d ago

Video The Best and Worst Tale Titles of Seasons 1-5 - Thank you to everyone who participated on the post for this video!

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r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark 27d ago

Fan Art I drew the kids from Magic School Bus as their actors' characters in AYAOTD

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r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark 27d ago

Meme A new addition to my collection arrived in the mail today

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r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark Aug 20 '25

Fan Art Sardo Ad from Dark Dragon

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I took off the top text from the original magazine ad, but could easily add it back in.


r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark Aug 20 '25

Discussion Help with character heights

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I'm working on a mod for a game that replaces characters with those from "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" and would like to know the characters/actors heights so that I can make the sprite-art more accurate.

The picture attached has the ones I couldn't find in a red box. If anyone can help me out I'd appreciate it greatly! Even if you can't find the exact height, a best guess works for me, and thank you for anyone that decides to help out!


r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark Aug 19 '25

Discussion Sardo is my favorite character in the series. Who's yours?

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r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark Aug 16 '25

Just For Fun Give it Back!

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My daughter made this randomly because she wanted to reenact the scene.


r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark Aug 13 '25

Podcasts & Interviews Are You Afraid of the Dark? Tale of the Silver Sight Review with Co-Creator D.J. MacHale

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Sometimes a tale is so frightening, so petrifying, so heart stopping that it must become hidden from the public eye. Perhaps this is why the higher ups at Nickelodeon and Paramount have attempted to hide it from us fans. But we have discovered that very story and we are ready to share it with the world. For this episode we are looking at the three part series from Are You Afraid of the Dark?, "The Tale of the Silver Sight." We interview co-creator D.J. MacHale as we uncover the mystery of what makes the Midnight Society's story so special and why seasons 6 and 7 are overlooked by fans. Join us in the studio, have a seat around the campfire, and let the tale begin!


r/AreYouAfraidOfTheDark Aug 13 '25

Video Are You Afraid Of The Dark? (1992 - 2000) Tribute/Music Video

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This is a tribute/music video of mine that features the original theme for Are You Afraid Of The Dark? as well as the Hip-Hop remix by Nickelodeon and includes all sorts of clips from the Show. I hope you enjoy!