Was there anything better than tuning in to SNICK every Saturday night to watch what Nickelodeon had in store for you before bed time? One of the most memorable facets of SNICK—heck, one of the highlights of the 90s—was Are You Afraid of the Dark?. A horror anthology series that dripped pure horror and fantasy […]
“Reader Beware! You’re In for a Scare!” As one of the most popular horror authors of the decade, author R.L. Stine had a humongous influence on kids everywhere during the 1990’s—introducing many to the joys of spine-tingling horror and tongue-in-cheek mystery—his Goosebumps books a hallmark of school book fairs and local libraries across the country. […]
The best way to describe Sightings is to imagine it as 60 Minutes, except rather than talking about the economy and politics the show spent time profiling phenomenon like ghost hauntings, UFOS, and assorted paranormal topics like time travel and near death experiences. For a good deal of my youth, I loved to read and […]
Recently the Disney Channel in America premiered their new teen sitcom Bunk’d, a spin off of their hit show Jessie, set in a summer camp. This isn’t the first time Disney has invested in a show about summer camps, though. In 1998, they carved out their own version of Real World which focused on teenagers […]
NOTE: REVIEW CONTAINS POSSIBLE SPOILERS “Ding dong, The Dragon is dead.” It doesn’t happen very often, but throughout our lives there are movies, books, shows, etc. that seem to be made for us. They speak to our inner-self on some unquantifiable level. When Hannibal‘s pilot first aired April 4th, 2013, it ticked all of my […]
“Think Anawanna-wanna, speak Anawanna-wanna, Live Anawanna-wanna! Ugh!” Salute Your Shorts is a relic of a time where Nickelodeon was just… “better.” Thankfully, the show has barely shown its age since it premiered almost 25 years ago. Sure, there’s the neon clothing and mullets are bound to make an appearance, but Salute Your Shorts still works […]
NOTE: REVIEW CONTAINS POSSIBLE SPOILERS Before anything else, I’d just like to say one thing: Poor Dr. Chilton! Throughout the second arc, Francis Dolarhyde has been getting closer and closer to harming the main cast. First, he tangled with Will Graham at the Brooklyn Museum and then he almost murdered Will’s family. Now, in the […]
