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froodleFor this challenge, create a fanwork based on one of the (sixteen!) Eerie, Indiana tie-in books.
Oct. 19th, 2018
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Feedback Friday!
Oct. 19th, 2018 12:33 amfroodleIt's Friday, Eerie fans, and it's a great time to look back on all the sweet fanworks you've created over the years. Why not revisit some sweet artwork, admire someone's crafting efforts or leave an appreciative comment on an uploaded video?
Londonesque has a familiar experience
Oct. 19th, 2018 08:27 amfroodleI did a mini fist pump when @djtalkstrash mentioned Eerie Indiana on @OnlyStpdAnswers, no-one ever mentions it I almost thought I’d imagined it. Creepy 90s kids shows were my X-Files before The X-Files
— Wendy (@londonesque_) October 18, 2018
CallMeMrBest on ThrowbackThursday
Oct. 19th, 2018 08:28 amfroodleEerie Indiana 1991-1993 pic.twitter.com/Ebj7Z4P6gb
— Mr Best🎤🎤 (@CallMeMrBest) October 18, 2018
Pop16661 on the Haunting of Hill House
Oct. 19th, 2018 08:32 amfroodleLooks like a job for these guys... #bringbackeerie pic.twitter.com/qklWj5UCAW
— Bring Eerie to Netflix (@Pop16661) October 18, 2018
froodleThe horror genre didn't begin to aim its focus on kids and teenagers until the fifties/sixties (ghoulish comics) and seventies (movies). Studios realized that the youth has money, too. Or has means to get some so they can consume anything that fills their free time.
As the teen demographic was hit hard in the seventies and onward, TV networks took note and started to market to teenagers. The teen show formula wasn't exactly "perfected" until the nineties. So once writers were getting a better grasp of what does and what doesn't appeal to kids, teens, and young twentysomethings, they were allowed to branch out and explore other genres. This included science fiction, which was particularly popular with the elementary and middle school aged, and then horror for those not so easily scared.
Series like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The X-Files especially inspired the paranormal boom of late '90s scripted television. But are there really that many horror shows out there that are geared toward children and young adults? Yes, there is a surprising high amount. And here are twenty of them.
For the sake of keeping the list fresh, well-known entries like Buffy, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Goosebumps, Shadowhunters, and Teen Wolf have been excluded to make room for other series.
EERIE, INDIANA
1991-1992
After a young boy moves to a small town called Eerie, he and his friend investigate mysteries and bizarre occurrences around the area.
Omri Katz of Hocus Pocus fame starred in this little show that could be best described as David Lynch for kids. It was a strange series that didn't stay on the air for more than one season. It did receive renewed interest after Fox Kids began to show reruns. There was even a brief spin-off called Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension that both premiered and ended in 1998.
As the teen demographic was hit hard in the seventies and onward, TV networks took note and started to market to teenagers. The teen show formula wasn't exactly "perfected" until the nineties. So once writers were getting a better grasp of what does and what doesn't appeal to kids, teens, and young twentysomethings, they were allowed to branch out and explore other genres. This included science fiction, which was particularly popular with the elementary and middle school aged, and then horror for those not so easily scared.
Series like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The X-Files especially inspired the paranormal boom of late '90s scripted television. But are there really that many horror shows out there that are geared toward children and young adults? Yes, there is a surprising high amount. And here are twenty of them.
For the sake of keeping the list fresh, well-known entries like Buffy, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Goosebumps, Shadowhunters, and Teen Wolf have been excluded to make room for other series.
EERIE, INDIANA
1991-1992
After a young boy moves to a small town called Eerie, he and his friend investigate mysteries and bizarre occurrences around the area.
Omri Katz of Hocus Pocus fame starred in this little show that could be best described as David Lynch for kids. It was a strange series that didn't stay on the air for more than one season. It did receive renewed interest after Fox Kids began to show reruns. There was even a brief spin-off called Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension that both premiered and ended in 1998.