IndieJamz reminds us all of this shipping video

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Weird Science (Don’t Leave My Arms) ✰ Current Joys pic.twitter.com/gwnPBENxzt

— ✰ lo-fi/indie/etc songs ✰ (@indiejamz_) November 12, 2018

oof what movie is this

— gucci maneee (@EmilyBonnet5) November 13, 2018

its a show called “eerie, indiana”

— ✰ lo-fi/indie/etc songs ✰ (@indiejamz_) November 13, 2018

Best TV shows

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eerie indiana
goosebumps
xena the warrior princess
charmed
sabrina the teenage witch
lizzie mcguirre
are you afraid of the dark?
hugo
who wants to be a milionaire

— A N N A • R O S S (@xnxxhmxd) November 13, 2018

Did you know that Eerie, Indiana is bigger than James Cameron's Avatar?

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I have never seen AO3 used as a measurement of fandom before but it's a brilliant idea for a metric, and this is an absolutely stunning and damning figure. "Eerie, Indiana" has nearly as many fanfics as James Cameron's "Avatar." https://t.co/BSxreYCpCa

— Todd in the Shadows (@ShadowTodd) November 13, 2018

RocketBoy1313, GuyWhoWroteThis and DanManx on Eerie, Indiana

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I feel kind of sad that "Eerie, Indiana" has so few.
I consider that one of those shows that was super important to me as a kid and unfairly fell off the map.

— Rocket Crew Says, Go! (@Rocketboy1313) November 13, 2018

Now I'm just remembering Eerie Indiana and wondering if it holds up in hindsight.

— Ajani on-the-Spot (@GuyWhoWroteThis) November 13, 2018

I remember more about Eerie, Indiana than I do about Avatar and that show lasted like MAYBE 2 seasons when I was in GRADE SCHOOL.

— DanManX (@DanManX) November 13, 2018

Dash X and zombie Dash X

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Yet another highlight from #rhodeisland #comiccon: Zombie Dash X with the man who played the real one, the very talented and kind @jasonmarsden (photo credit). If you had told me last year when I first got the idea for the cosplay, that I would have the privilege of meeting this gentleman not once, but three times—at my last (for now) con in TN, first con in RI, and that one time I ran off to PA in the middle of trying to finish a certain document—during the year the Eerie zombies debuted, I would have considered that highly improbable. It’s been a long, weird, and sometimes wonderful 2018.

So happy to have done so and to have met so many people who remember the show or who just think the zombies are neat.

Akestra on 90s TV properties

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Eerie, Indiana was amazing tho. Way better writing than Goosebumps or other "TwilightZone4Kidz!" '90s properties. The episodes where Simon becomes friends with an ATM! The one where the kid falls into the "lost hour" of DST and meets his older self!

— Kay Starrless Night (@aKestra) November 13, 2018

I feel like reviews for Eerie, Indiana the movie would be more enthusiastic

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I feel uncomfortable with this metric for multiple reasons, but I’m just going to pretend the sentiment refers to the future release of Eerie, Indiana: The Movie

— Rebel Scum 🏳️‍🌈 (@deifire) November 13, 2018

N00dl3Gal on bizarre fandom conjunctions

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@DouglasMacKrell first time I’ve ever seen AO3, Eerie, and James Cameron in one tweet

— Noodle | #NoctisForSmash (@n00dl3gal) November 13, 2018

The Ghost in my Machine: Books That Scared The Pants Off Me When I Was A Kid

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Did you spend a lot of time as a child reading books under the covers with a flashlight when you were supposed to be asleep? I certainly did — and a lot of those books scared the pants off me when I was a kid. This was… not always a wise decision. Heck, sometimes even reading them while it was still light out wasn’t a wise decision. In the bright light of day, I swore to myself I was fine — but as soon as the lights went out, I had… problems.

Most of them were ghost stories. Some were monster stories. A few were more like folklore. And to be fair, not all of them terrified me — but the ones on this list? These are the ones that really freaked me out when I was eight, nine, 10 years old.

To be fair, just because a spooky book didn’t scare me didn’t mean I didn’t necessarily enjoy it; on the contrary: There are plenty of books I read that may not have terrified me, but which I loved all the same. But since this list holds only the ones that gave me trouble sleeping, you won’t find, say, The Ghost Wore Gray by Bruce Coville or Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe here. They’re both great books that I highly recommend, but only if you’re looking for a slight chill instead of outright terror.

Of course, it’s also worth noting that the books that are included here are pretty tame by adult standards. They’re meant for kids, after all. But they do often deal with dark and complex themes, because, well… kids understand more than we often give them credit for.

I still come back to these books periodically, too. Yes, even now, as a fully-grown adult. They might be worth revisiting for you, too — or maybe worth checking out for the first time.

What scared you when you were small?

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As far as kid’s TV horror anthologies went during the 1990s, you pledged your allegiance either to Goosebumps or to Are You Afraid Of The Dark? (If you were truly a dark horse, you pledged to Eerie, Indiana — but that depended on you being lucky enough to catch it during its single season’s original run.) I was an Are You Afraid Of The Dark? girl myself — but I definitely still read the Goosebumps books anyway.

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