![]() I’m a fan of how the monster looked but there was a few times where the cgi didn’t really match the film. However, if cgi creature are more your speed then you are in luck. I do look forward to future seasons but I don’t understand why this had to be titled the way it was.įinally, don’t expect blood and gore in this one. With that being said, I loved Sardo’s son in the film and the shadow man and the curse was surprisingly fun. The anthology aspect is why so many loved the show. Removing that from the show is like removing the cryptkeeper from Tales from the Crypt. That was what made Are You Afraid of the Dark? so entertaining. I say this because I am a little bitter that it doesn’t play out like the classic show with each episode featuring a new story. A new title and a few tweaks on the story could have resulted in another new horror property for young adults. In fact, if you was to remove the mention of The Midnight Society you wouldn’t even know it was AYAotD? aside from the very convincing son of Sardo. The story for this one doesn’t really feel like a fitting tribute to the original AYAotD?. The characters are fairly generic but they work well for the story with the cast delivering phenomenal performances. Anytime I watch a show or film with a cast as young as this one I always find myself completely shocked by how actors that young can act like that. Honestly, this second season was more like Stranger Things than it was Are You Afraid of the Dark? but it was still fun. Curse of the Shadows is more focused on the characters and the overall arching story instead of the group actually telling stories. ![]() ![]() What made the original run of the series so entertaining was that it was a true anthology series with very few stories intersecting with others. **Spoiler Alert**Ĭurse of the Shadows doesn’t have the atmosphere, tension, or chills of the original series but it is leagues above the reboot from a year or so ago. The closer they get to their missing friend the deeper into danger they go when they released that the cursed woods are really cursed by a shadow man and the curse is linked to the death of a young girl from the early 90s. When he fails to show up for school they start retracing his steps where they learn he stole from a magic shop and entered the cursed woods. **Spoiler Alert** The season follows the Midnight Society who is looking for a missing member of their group. I’m glad I did because I really enjoyed it. Regardless, my curiosity got the best of me and I reached out for a review copy. I noticed that the cast from the first film wasn’t returning yet it was being billed as the second season. When I saw that a second season, Curse of the Shadows, was getting a release I was on the fence about it. After seeing it I wasn’t impressed but it wasn’t a bad experience either. Last year, or the year before, I found myself really drawn to the Are You Afraid of the Dark? revival film that was really three episodes pulled together to make a film. I can watched some of the most fucked up and goriest horror films available but still find myself having more fun with films and shows like Stranger Things, It, Fear Street, and so on. These children oriented horror tales are something I still look forward to. I was burning through episodes of AYAotD? when I was at home and reading every release of Goosebumps I could get my hands on at school. But they are not connected to this series and will not be listed here! Tales from the Crypt has aired on HBO, Fox, in syndication and the Sci-Fi Channel.Are You Afraid of the Dark?, along with Goosebumps, were major influences on me when I was growing up. Two other movies based on the EC Comics (Tales From the Crypt and The Vault of Horror) were released back in 19 respectively. Two feature films (Demon Knight and Bordello of Blood) were also produced. The success of this series spawned a Saturday morning cartoon series (Tales From the Cryptkeeper), a short lived Saturday morning gameshow on CBS (Secrets of the Cryptkeeper's Haunted House) and lots of merchandise. Hosting duties fell to everyone's favorite decaying corpse, the Crypt Keeper. Some of Hollywood's biggest names took part, either working in front or behind the camera. Based on the legendary and gruesome EC Comics from publisher William Gaines, this horror anthology featured stories of murder, the super natural, gore and humor and always had a twist ending of sorts.
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