#ayaotd curse of the shadows

[soweirdondisney]

Are You Afraid of the Dark? Three-Season Collection on DVD

Just in time for Halloween, a box set of Are You Afraid of the Dark? is scheduled to be released October 15, 2024.

The set includes all reboot seasons that aired in 2019, 2021, and 2022 on Nickelodeon. Each season will get its own disc for 3 discs total.

It can be pre-ordered now at Target and Walmart for $13.39. There's a Barnes and Noble page to pre-order too, but the price is $15.99 so be sure to check the details before finalizing your checkout.

As of this writing, the individual sets are currently selling between $7.50 to $12.29 each and the 2-series set is priced between $13.99 and $16.50.

You can read about the different DVD options here. And there's a recap of the different Are You Afraid of the Dark? reboots here.

[pixthefuckup]

hatchetfield teens x are you afraid of the dark: curse of the shadows remix with some type of gang (most likely smoke club) going up against a tom houston version of the shadowman.

like... there's a implied romance between a rebel without a cause and a nerdy loser who's stronger than he looks (lautski). even if you didn't ship that, there's another romance you can pick from where there's a tough girl who's fighting for justice and the nerdy loser is here as an awkward yet also just as intelligent and cool guy following along (lautski but also lexthan???) there's a sibling relationship that is good but rocky but also regains stability as they fall into the same supernatural horror (the fosters). a comic book geek realizes that the comic he's reading is telling the future and thus sacrifices himself with an iconic line brought back from an interaction before (more richie coded but like... art??? deb maybe??? could also be ziggs). a hard working girl who's friends with the chaotic group despite her responsbilities, gets dragged into it and gets traumatized all because she wanted to help them (alice). the entire reason the villain even becomes the villain is for his kid. there's so many more things i could list that would fit the hatchetfield characters perfectly. i will write this myself if i have to

[harlstark]

more totally correct incorrect ayaotd text post memes

[zackmartin]

13 NIGHTS OF HALLOWEEN 👻 night nine

are you afraid of the dark? curse of the shadows (2021)

[jackshunters]

gonna hopefully watch ayaotd s3 in the next few days but before i do here’s a little headcanon dump about the curse of the shadows gang before a whole new group of gay ghost kids rots my brain!

• gabby and luke have known each other the longest, basically since they were toddlers. they were joined at the hip when they were younger, and all the adults did the whole “they’ll get married in twenty years!” thing at them until it became clear that they were basically siblings.

• connor moved to town when they were in third grade, and luke and him became thick as thieves pretty quickly. they were the class troublemakers, the pair that every teacher dreaded having. luke was mostly a quiet kid before connor came around, but connor brought him out of his shell and dragged him into all of his shenanigans.

• connor, luke, and gabby were kind of an iconic trio all through elementary school. it was literally just the dynamic of two completely rational kids who turned into chaotic dumbasses when paired with their feral best friend.

• jai and hanna met them later in middle school. for a while, the girls and boys sort of did their own thing as they hit that phase of life, but the thing that brought the five of them together was a horror story writing assignment in their english class. that was the humble beginning of the midnight society. it wasn’t clear what they were yet, but the storytelling love they all had brought them closer together, and horror-movie-marathon nights initiated by hanna and connor kept the ball rolling, and pretty soon they started telling ghost tales of their own.

• connor shot up in height in the summer before ninth grade, joined the wrestling team, and started solidifying his mysterious-skater-boy vibe, and pretty soon most of the girls in the grade were fawning over him. luke was very clearly jealous, but not of the attention.

• but connor liked luke first, obviously. since eighth grade, and probably before that. but the only person he’d ever told was gabby.

• gabby, in response, had told him about her crush on hanna. both of them tried to play matchmaker for each other, but mostly they were both just hapless idiots about the whole thing

• connor started sneaking in through luke’s window when he was twelve, but he did it more often now when his dad went on trips and he was home alone. usually he’d have some pretense about a new place they needed to check out, but there were those times when he just ended up sleeping on luke’s floor—he slept better there than anywhere else, after all.

• around the beginning of freshman year, the group dynamics sort of wavered. the midnight society wasn’t official, and everyone was sort of doing their own thing, trying out different friends and clubs and groups. then, the five of them each found a formal invitation to the first official midnight society meeting in their locker—and from then on, they were as close as they’d been before. all of them deny writing the letters, but gabby secretly knows it was connor.

• gabby gets panic attacks sometimes, and luke knows this, and he’s one of the few people that knows exactly how to talk her down. they have a routine to go through to make things easier, and it’s never failed to work. (when luke’s start, after the shadowman, gabby returns the favor)

• luke joined the wrestling team because of connor. this much is obvious.

• gabby and hanna spent a few weeks volunteering together, mostly picking up trash by the waterfront. they were with each other a lot during that time, and this was when hanna first started crushing on gabby though. she wouldn’t stop denying it yet, though

• the midnight society sometimes does paired storytelling events among themselves, and connor and jai are always the most over-the-top pair. they just continue egging each other on and adding more aspects to their performance until it’s completely outlandish and insane and incomprehensible

• speaking of performances, connor is the resident theater kid and a complete and total dork about it. you’d expect him to be like, the one jock who’s in the school play and is all shy and awkward about it, but no, he’s a full-on thespian, completely running with every single scene, and he absolutely breaks into random song for kicks

• jai spends a lot of his time drawing superheroes and creating characters—but he keeps them mostly private, except with luke, who he’s making a comic book with. later on, he does the graphic designs for a lot of hanna’s flyers. seth’s room is covered in his art.

• speaking of, jai and seth besties for the win. post-series, jai and hanna are bickery-best friends, and seth latches onto jai as the one who always watches his magic tricks and talks comics and stories with him.

• connor gets more reckless the more he’s left alone. when it comes to the rest of the midnight society, though, he’s the de-facto older-brother of the group, the sword, the protector. as impulsive as he is on his own, he thinks every move through if the others are involved.

• luke hates it, though. that’s one of the only things they fight about—connor broke his arm falling off a roof, connor drove his skateboard into a wall, connor skipped class to hop on a train to who-knows where. luke worries, of course he does. he just wants connor to be more careful. connor secretly thinks it’s sweet that he cares.

• gabby’s the resident homework-helper, and hanna asks to study with her even when she doesn’t need it. jai picks up on this, obviously, and he teases hanna about it, obviously. how can he not?

• midnight society slumber parties are absolutely the best. they normally crash at hanna or luke’s place, and it’s complete chaos of sugary snacks and scary movies and massive pillow fights.

• after the shadowman, the sleepovers become way more frequent.

• when he was trapped in the lighthouse, connor tried his best to look after the kids that were stuck in the dark with him. that was what he did, after all. he entertained zoey and the others with stories about superheroes and knights and wizards, all named after his friends. the one named luke came to save them at the end, every single time.

• even after, connor couldn’t sleep for days—unless it was in luke’s room. then, the rest of the midnight society surprised him by sticking glow-in-the-dark stars and planets to every single inch of his ceiling. it got a lot easier after that.

[batterycityghoul]

Are You Afraid of the Dark: Curse of the Shadows (2021) referencing the original 90s show.

[scottsumrners]

this shit better than all 4 seasons of stranger things fr fr fr

[lokius]

ayaotd tumblr fandom WAKE UP ep one of s3 is OUT and ep 2 is coming the 30th !!

[brokehorrorfan]

Are You Afraid of the Dark? Curse of the Shadows will be released on DVD on August 10 via Nickelodeon. The six-part second season of Nickelodeon's anthology revival of the young adult horror series aired in February.

JT Billings serves as showrunner, while BenDavid Grabinski (Happily) developed the revival. Directorial duties are handled by Jeff Wadlow (Truth or Dare) and Mathias Herndl (The Twilight Zone).

Bryce Gheisar, Arjun Athalye, Beatrice Kitsos, Malia Baker, Dominic Mariche, and Parker Queenan star as the new Midnight Society. Are You Afraid of the Dark? creators D.J. MacHale and Ned Kandel are executive producers.

No special features are listed. Check out the trailer and synopsis below.

The Midnight Society returns with a new set of storytellers, and a terrifying new tale about a cursed seaside town that's being haunted by a mysterious figure named the Shadowman.

Pre-order Are You Afraid of the Dark? Curse of the Shadows from Amazon.

[tomb-bloom-noctem]

*excited screams*

It made it in time for Halloween!!! Yay!!! Gotta have a rewatch now!

[soweirdondisney]

Are You Afraid of the Dark? DVDs

Adding on to the Are You Afraid of the Dark? revival post covering the 2019, 2021, and 2022 seasons...

All three revival seasons are now available on DVD.

Carnival of Doom’s release was in August 2020. Along with the three episodes of the series, it includes three “fan-favorite” episodes of the “classic series”.

According to the back cover, the three “classic” episodes are

The Tale of Laughing in the Dark

The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner

The Tale of the Dead Man’s Float

Curse of the Shadows was released on physical media in August 2021 and with six episodes in total, there are no special episodes.

There is, however, the choice of owning it as part of a double pack.

It’s called a “2-DVD collection” but according to online listings there are 4 discs total. This version contains all 9 episodes of the first two revivals (3 for Carnival + 6 for Shadows), but there are no episodes from previous seasons.

Ghost Island was the most recent release in August 2023 and other than the four episodes of the season, there are no bonus episodes or exclusives.

It currently does not have any alternatives or combinations with the previous revival seasons.

The DVDs can be purchased at Walmart, Barnes and Noble, and anywhere else DVDs are sold. 

The shows can also be purchased digitally on Vudu, Amazon, and YouTube.

Since Are You Afraid of the Dark? is the property of Nickelodeon and Paramount and is also available to stream with a Paramount Plus subscription.

[movies-tv-more]

ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? season 2 premieres tonight

[harlstark]

[themidnightsociety2020]

As I'm rewatching Are You Afraid of the Dark Curse of the Shadows, I have a few headcanons

1. Seth grows up to be one of the most successful magicians in the world, trained by Sardo of course.

2. Jai becomes a comic book designer with his own comic shop.

3. Gabby becomes a scientist

4. Luke and Hanna get married and travel the world with Connor investigating myths and legends and breaking curses.

Separate AYAOTD headcanon is that the original Midnight Society, after having graduated and moving away, started their own midnight society which is why we have different midnight societies with the revival.

[mrbottomhat69]

Specific and Niche Theories about the Are You Afraid of the Dark? reboot #4: The Carnival was Doomed to fail

Welcome back to "person on Tumblr rants unhingedly about a Nickelodeon show". On this installment, I'll be explaining my theory as to why Carnival of Doom is so disconnected from Curse of the Shadows and Ghost Island.

Long story short, it's about nostalgia and reboots.

So back when the reboot was first slated to come out, several reboots of other 90s Nickelodeon shows were either already out or supposed to air before Carnival of Doom. Double Dare and All That both had their reboots already airing, before that came the Legends of the Hidden Temple movie and the various cartoon continuations exclusive to Netflix. Nobody expected much from the new AYAOTD because older fans read the synopsis and scoffed at the idea of there being a second Silver Sight three-parter where the story becomes real and the midnight society have to stop whatever evil emerges.

Except this time was actually different. Instead of tossing characters we got to know around the campfire through the stories they told into a situation where the supernatural is real, the writers tossed a new group of characters known for telling stories around a campfire into a situation where the supernatural is real and let the audience get to know them from there. Also the miniseries allowed the series as a whole to do something it couldn't until then: a pastiche on Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, arguably one of the most famous mainstream spooky carnival novels in American literature. More on that in another part, probably.

Of course, people get defensive of the original when a reboot emerges. That's a given of anything, especially on the internet. Most of the reviews I came across before season 2 aired were from fans of the original 90s series saying that the reboot sucked because it didn't stick to the original's format and no one else. Sure, season 1 had flaws, but most of them came from the fact that everything was condensed into three episodes total. It went casually unmentioned for two years since its release until Curse of the Shadows dropped and everyone loved it.

Hell, Carnival of Doom wasn't even subtitled Carnival of Doom until Curse of the Shadows came out. Before, it was just Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019) like more wasn't expected to come.

I think Nickelodeon didn't expect the series to initially take off because of the general backlash reboots as a whole get, greenlit a season 2 after the first season aired, watched that season get better reviews because the story was more fleshed-out and clung closer to the original's roots, and jumped off of that.

Season 1 was both the beginning of a new era and a test to see if the show would even be popular to begin with due to the way nostalgia works.

But hey, that's just a theory.

A specific and niche theory!

[scottsumrners]

it would've been SO funny if they had changed the past by saving june and then when they come back, they don't exist in the present anymore lmfao