Youtube nerd culture channel Cinemasscare gave me a nostaglia trip to the 90’s with their look back at the middle school horror anthology show ‘Are You Afraid of the Dark?’ which aired on Nickolodeon. The show featured kids around a campfire telling scary stories with each episode featuring a new story that usually played off a known urban myth. This video shows off how unique the show in it’s 7 seasons, without having to deliver gore or explicit violence that you can’t get away with in a live action kids shows. It did feel like this show was just little bit beyond what you are supposed to watch as a kid, but stayed in the realm of scares.

My favorite episode that I can recall is the one where the kid steals the clown’ statue’s nose from a creepy fun house and he gets haunted by the clown follows to terrorize him at his home. Here is a clip to help you remember, ZEEEBO!

Some of the scares don’t hit when your adult but the creepiness is still very much there. Another reminder that clowns are scary unless their name is Bozo.

‘AYotD’ does not exactly age well, but it did serve it’s pre-teen audience with a fantasy horror world and even helped the careers of actors who have gone on to other things. Before he was a Blade Runner, Ryan Gosling shared screen time on this show with comedian Gilbert Gottfried.