“Are You Afraid of the Dark” REALLY Scared Us As Kids

Hendy Feb 10, 2026

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Every generation of kids has their “made us sh*t ourselves” TV show, right? For me and my fellow ’90s kids, there was nothing scarier than “Are You Afraid of the Dark?”

Yeah, it’s technically a kids show, but some of these monsters were truly terrifying, even today.

So, without wasting any more of your scroll time, here are a handful of monsters from the show that made me and my friends sh*t our 90s wide leg jeans.