Series synopsis
Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a Canadian mystery kids drama television series that premiered on Nickelodeon on August 15, 1992. It ended on June 11, 2000. It was created by D.J. MacHale, Ned Kandel. It stars Ross Hull, Jason Alisharan, Raine Pare-Coull and Rachel Blanchard.
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.
Premise
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.
Premise: Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this story...
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Ross Hull as Gary
- Jason Alisharan as Frank
- Raine Pare-Coull as Betty Ann
- Rachel Blanchard as Kristen
- Jodie Resther as Kiki
- Daniel DeSanto as Tucker
- Nathaniel Moreau as David
- JoAnna Garcia Swisher as Samantha
Supporting cast
- Jacob Tierney as Eric
- Vanessa Lengies as Vange
- Kareem Blackwell as Quinn
- Codie Lucas Wilbee as Stig
- Aron Tager as Dr. Vink
- David Deveau as Andy
- Elisha Cuthbert as Megan
- Bobcat Goldthwait as The Sandman
- Chris Nash as Acolyte
- Katie Griffin as Dede
- Pablo Coffey as Convict Clerk
- Mia Kirshner as Pam
Guest cast
- Aron Tager as Dr. Vink
- David Deveau as Andy
- Elisha Cuthbert as Megan
- Bobcat Goldthwait as The Sandman
- Chris Nash as Acolyte
- Katie Griffin as Dede
- Pablo Coffey as Convict Clerk
- Mia Kirshner as Pam
- Eugene Byrd as Weeds
- Jennifer Irwin as Candy Warren
- Mark Camacho as Leonard Buckley
- Ellen David as Ellen
Episodes
This series spans 7 seasons with 91 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | August 15, 1992 | November 14, 1992 |
| Season 2 | 13 | June 19, 1993 | October 2, 1993 |
| Season 3 | 13 | January 8, 1994 | April 16, 1994 |
| Season 4 | 13 | October 1, 1994 | January 21, 1995 |
| Season 5 | 13 | October 7, 1995 | February 3, 1996 |
| Season 6 | 13 | February 6, 1999 | May 15, 1999 |
| Season 7 | 13 | April 2, 2000 | June 11, 2000 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Tale of the Phantom Cab Two brothers, while lost in the woods, come across a mysterious cab driver and a very unusual man named Dr. Vink who won't let any of his victims go unless they solve a riddle. |
August 15, 1992 |
| 2 |
The Tale of Laughing in the Dark A kid named Josh decides to prove that a fun house isn't haunted by stealing the nose of the clown who is supposed to haunt the place. He learns that the story isn't fiction when Zeebo pays him a little visit. |
August 22, 1992 |
| 3 |
The Tale of the Lonely Ghost A girl who desperately wants to be friends with her snotty cousin and her group of friends agrees to spend the night in the haunted house next door to become part of the group. |
August 29, 1992 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Tale of the Final Wish Jill is a thirteen year old that still loves things her peers have grown out of, such as unicorns and fairy tales. One night she wishes that she could be in a fairy tale world forever. After her wish is granted, she finds that living in a fairy tale isn't as happy as she'd once imagined. |
June 19, 1993 |
| 2 |
The Tale of the Midnight Madness An old movie theater has two weeks before they close down for good. Ever since the multiplex came into town, the older movie theater has made less than six dollars per day. All of a sudden, the mysterious Dr. Vink appears and offers them a horror movie he made decades ago. He promises the owner and his staff that his movie would save them from closing down and it works! Dr. Vink's horror movie, Nosferatu: The Demon Vampire, starts attracting more than fifty people a night. The staff wonders what attracts people to this film and unfortunately they find out. The terrifying vampire jumps out of the movie and into the real world where it can have all the victims it wants. Now the staff must pull the plug on the movie before it gets out of hand! |
June 26, 1993 |
| 3 |
The Tale of Locker 22 In the 1970s, a young girl named Candy Warren was forced to work on her Chemistry assignment after school. However, neither she nor her teacher noticed that the gas line of her Bunsen burner was frayed. This caused an accident, claiming Candy's life. Years later, a young girl gets Candy's locker and soon finds herself haunted by Candy's ghost. |
July 3, 1993 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Tale of the Midnight Ride When a teenager moves to Sleepy Hollow, he learns that some of the folks believe in the old legend of the headless horseman. He soon learns that it's not just a legend. |
January 8, 1994 |
| 2 |
The Tale of Apartment 214 After moving into a new apartment complex with her mother, Stacy finds herself without any friends. She befriends an older woman named Madeline that lives nearby and they soon start to spend quite a bit of time together. But when Stacy breaks a promise to visit Madeline on one specific afternoon, Madeline is enraged and comes after Stacy. |
January 15, 1994 |
| 3 |
The Tale of Watcher's Woods Long ago, three girls attending camp got lost in the woods, only leaving behind their whistles. At the same exat time, a camper went crazy and started babbling about a Watcher within the woods, creating the nickname Watcher's Woods. When two present day campers get lost, they find that there's definitely something evil in the woods. |
January 22, 1994 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Tale of the Renegade Virus A boy and his friend are constantly getting each other in trouble. One friend decides to plant a virus in the new virtual reality system this his friend is going to play. But things don't go as planned when the virus tries to take over the player's body and escape to the real world. |
October 1, 1994 |
| 2 |
The Tale of the Long Ago Locket A boy is transported by to the Revolutionary War, where he must help a solider return to his girlfriend, before she marries another man. |
October 8, 1994 |
| 3 |
The Tale of the Water Demons Shawn McKenzie visits his relatives and works in a job for the summer where him and his cousin deliver groceries to an old man's house and see why he's very odd. |
October 15, 1994 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Tale of the Dead Man's Float Zeke is good at chemistry, but not at girls. When he befriends one, she teaches him how to swim at the school pool. However, the pool is haunted by the ghost of a body that was previously buried underneath the school. |
October 7, 1995 |
| 2 |
The Tale of the Jagged Sign A young girl, Claudia, goes to visit her relatives at the boarding house for the elderly that they own. She's bored at first but soon learns the legend of a ghost who haunts a special spot of a mountain in the woods. Her time spent away from home gets even more unusual when she actually sees the ghost himself. |
October 21, 1995 |
| 3 |
The Tale of Station 109.1 Chris is obsessed with death. His brother tries to get him to snap out of it by locking him in a hearse and turning up the radio full blast. The radio goes right to 109.1. When Chris goes to the station, DJ Roy mistakes him for a dead man, and sends him to the afterlife. |
November 4, 1995 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Tale of the Forever Game When Peter gets fed up with his tag-along sister Monica, he speeds up on ahead of her and his friend during their bike ride. They become seperated and Peter finds himself trapped in a place where he's forced to play a mysterious game, and his friend and sister are trapped in the woods until the game is finished. If Peter wins this game, he'll be free to leave. But if he loses, he'll be trapped there forever. |
February 6, 1999 |
| 2 |
The Tale of the Misfortune Cookie Wishing that his life was more exciting, David gets more than he bargained for when he uses an ancient set of fortune cookies. However, his new life doesn't turn out exactly as he'd expected. |
February 13, 1999 |
| 3 |
The Tale of the Virtual Pets Isabel and Kate discover that Diggers, the newest and coolest Virtual Pets around, have a mind of their own, and playing with them can be very dangerous. |
February 20, 1999 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
The Tale of the Silver Sight (1) Gary, the President of the Midnight Society from the original episodes is back and needs the help of his brother Tucker and his friends to help track down the members of the FIRST Midnight Society from way back in 1937 and help solve an ancient mystery and prevent an evil force from being unleashed on the world. Part one focuses on Tucker and Gary's search for 'The General' and his clue to the puzzle. |
April 2, 2000 |
| 2 |
The Tale of the Silver Sight (2) The Midnight Society split up and go in search of the original members who each hold a clue to the mystery. Part two focuses on Quinn's search for 'The Homecoming Queen' and Megan's search for 'The Tycoon'. |
April 2, 2000 |
| 3 |
The Tale of the Silver Sight (3) The Midnight Society continues to go in search of the original members who each hold a clue to the mystery. The final episode focuses on Vange and Andy's search for 'The Riddle Man'. |
April 2, 2000 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Nickelodeon |
|---|---|
| First aired | August 15, 1992 |
| Last aired | June 11, 2000 |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 21:30:00 |