RE: [TV Discovery] Are You Afraid of the Dark?
I remember this show a little but it started after my childhood so not very much. The Goosebumps books were very popular then I remember but again after my time. In the 80s we had some shows that were a bit thrilling - Amazing Stories (Steven Spielberg) was one I remember quite well.
A show from the 70s which I still am very attached to is the original Planet of the Apes series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_Apes_(TV_series)
I watched all of these as a kid. While not "horror" they are definitely in the post apocalyptic genre and I do not think marketed to children yet I watched them after school on tv lol
Tales from the Crypt was a good show late 80s, into the 90s
Ohh I just remembered Joe Bob Briggs from Monstervision and Drive-In Theater on TMC haha. Did you ever see that? Well this guy from this blog sums up my feelings about Joe Bob pretty well: https://cameraviscera.com/2015/04/20/remembering-monstervision/
The Goosebumps book and show were probably the most popular of the two, but I could never get into them. Not sure why.
I've heard of Amazing Stories, but never seen it. I'll have to go hunt it down.
I saw Planet of the Apes as a kid, my dad was big into things like that. That and Airwolf, The Six Million Dollar Man and Swamp Thing were some of my favourites that we watched together.
Tales from the Crypt was sadly too much for me as a kid, and I've not tried watching it recently, I should. I did watch the film last year and really enjoyed it. Another good one is Tales of the Unexpected, oddly enough by Roald Dahl.
Nope! Never even heard of them. Just opened up that article and was taken by the opening line "I was raised by T.V." I can connect with that! I'll have to add those two to my list as well, I really enjoy going through the older shows.
Another one just came to mind, more recent and not kids, but Masters of Horror. They're more like short movies, but I think it's classed as a TV show. A really good episode to start with is "Cigarette Burns".
Wow thank you so much for this list! I'll have to check out Tales of the Unexpected because I do like Roald Dahl. I really wanted to see BFG when it was in theatres but missed it :(
You have me nostalgic now mentioning Six Million Dollar Man and Airwolf!
I do think Tales from the Crypt was too much for kids so you're right that wouldn't be included in this context. I lost focus haha
It's Roald Dahl, but not as you know it. The first few seasons are really good, but I think the later ones lost it a bit.
haha, me too! I feel like I need to watch Airwolf now, not that either of those class as horror but y'know. Got the theme tune stuck in my head now...
I'll get hold of a copy of Tales from the Crypt, but I've got vague memories now of there being an animated version for kids... Let's have a look. oh wow, yeah I was right: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_from_the_Cryptkeeper