Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, here’s the first clip from the “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” limited series, premiering October 11th on Nickelodeon.
The footage takes us inside the Carnival of Doom, where three groups of children are put in peril; one on the run from tall clowns, another trapped on a Ferris wheel as a bolt comes loose, and the last trapped on a boat that’s overtaken by the undead. Speaking of the latter, the zombie effects are startling good. As for the footage, it’s really in line with the original series, only it looks spectacularly well made.
The new members of the Midnight Society are: Gavin, played by Sam Ashe Arnold (Best.Worst.Weekend.Ever.); Akiko, played by Miya Cech (Rim of the World, Always Be My Maybe); Louise, played by Tamara Smart (Artemis Fowl, The Worst Witch); Graham, played by Jeremy Taylor (It, Goosebumps 2:Haunted Halloween); and Rachel, played by Lyliana Wray (Top Gun: Maverick, Black-ish). The Carnival of Doom’s ringmaster, Mr. Tophat, is played by Rafael Casal (Blindspotting).
The Are You Afraid of the Dark? limited series is produced by ACE Entertainment (To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, The Perfect Date) with ACE founder Matt Kaplan and Spencer Berman serving as executive producers. The series is written by BenDavid Grabinski (Skiptrace) and directed by Dean Israelite (Power Rangers movie, Project Almanac), both of whom will also executive produce.
