The Midnight Society is back in trailer for Are You Afraid of the Dark? reboot

There's a new Midnight Society of scary storytellers in the Nickelodeon reboot of Are You Afraid of the Dark.

Hot on the heels of this summer's adaptation of Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark, Nickelodeon has dropped the first trailer for its reboot of the popular 1990s series, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, featuring a group of teens telling each other scary campfire stories that then come to life.

The original Are You Afraid of the Dark? was a Canadian "dark fantasy" (aka YA horror) anthology series that aired on Nickelodeon in the US from 1990 to 1996, followed by a second run from 1999 to 2000. At the start of each episode, the members of the Midnight Society would gather around a campfire in the woods, and one member would be chosen tell a story—typically an urban legend or something involving ghosts, werewolves, vampires, witches, and the like. The storyteller would announce the title and toss a handful of "midnight dust" into the campfire—producing white smoke for extra ambience—before launching into the tale.

The rest of the episode would dramatize the story for the viewers. There was a fair share of humor mixed in with the jump scares and creepy moments, often courtesy of several colorful recurring characters like mad scientist/sorcerer Dr. Vink ("Vink. With a va-va-va!"), and magic shop owner Sardo ("No mister; accent on the doh!"). And few fans of the original series will soon forget terrifying monsters like the Ghastly Grinner.

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