Some episodes are good, some are…less good.
ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK SERIES
The two-tier approach actually makes the series a bit tricky to rank. Especially given that each episode was made up of TWO stories the first twenty-minutes following one character’s “nightmare” and the second usually following a character who was present in the first story in a supporting role. Much sleazier than its namesake film series and produced on a miniscule budget, every episode of Freddy’s Nightmares offered something interesting. Introducing every episode and frequently participating in the plots, Freddy hosted a show that would explore the lives (and deaths) of the citizens of Springwood. But unlike Friday the 13 th : The Series, Freddy’s Nightmares would put its headlining star front-and-center. It only made sense that he’d get his own show. Here’s hoping they can keep up that level of quality.įreddy Krueger was everywhere in the late 80s. It’s exactly the type of gateway horror that made the original series a hit with 90s kids, likely to scare the kids of today the same way it scared all of us back then. “Are You Afraid of the Dark: Curse of the Shadows” was particularly good, with likeable characters, a surprisingly in-depth story, and a cool monster. “Are You Afraid of the Dark: Ghost Island” is expected later this year.
Julian Curtis ( Wish Man) also stars as Stanley Crane, the hotel manager at the island resort.” “The new members include Kayla ( Telci Huynh, Modern Love) Max ( Conor Sherry, The Devil You Know) Leo ( Luca Padovan, “School of Rock the Musical”) Summer ( Dior Goodjohn, Head of the Class) and Ferris ( Chance Hurstfield, A Million Little Things).
The new season will be the third as part of the reboot series, which kicked off in 2019 and continued just last year with “ Are You Afraid of the Dark: Curse of the Shadows.”ĭeadline details, “The third season is dubbed Ghost Island and will follow new characters who think they are attending a “fun” vacation on a resort island. Nickelodeon has been doing a great job with their “ Are You Afraid of the Dark?” reboot series, and we’ve learned today that another season has just been ordered up!