Pop Daddy's Halloween Countdown Day 20


Day 20(Originally Posted September 20, 2020): Throughout the years, most times, horror has only been a HUGE hit on tv,  when the story is in an anthology. From season to season (American Horror Story)  or, in my preferred case, episode to episode (The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Tales from the Crypt, Tales From the Dark side, Goosebumps) of my favorite: Are you afraid of the dark? 


Ad a kid, I wasn't really exposed to much horror (my parents weren't fans) and my cousins once showed me Child's Play and I was scarred for 20+ years. But, in August of 1992, that all changed. Nickelodeon made a Saturday night block of programming called "Snick" which included Clarissa Explains it all(a teen sitcom that's like everything on Nick nowadays) Roundhouse (a teen skit show), Ren & Stumpy (a cartoon with older themes) and right before bed, the preteen borrow anthology show Are You Afraid of the Dark? The basis of the show was a group of teens telling horror stories around a campfire. 

                       Submitted for the approval...

And each episode we'd watch the story unfold with little narration from the storyteller. The stories were entertaining and gripping, from Phantom Cabs, to mirror worlds, to ghost clowns to pool zombies to being trapped inside a pinball machine. 

         Yeah, this guy haunted my dreams for a bit. 

You can find the episodes on YouTube and if you're trying to get your little ones into horror (or looking for some tame scares for yourself this season) definitely check this one out. (9/20/2022, check out some of the scariest scenes below!)

Stay Spooky!!!


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