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Rebecca May on Eerie Indiana
Apr. 19th, 2020 03:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
froodleThe scariest kids' TV shows were occasionally not meant to be scary at all. But there was something about them that just freaked us out as children.
Picture the scene: You’ve just got home from school. You’ve got a Kia Oraon the go and a packet of Nik Naks by your side. Life. Is. Sweeeeet.
School tie off, Nik Nak dust regardless, you flick through the telly channels looking for something more attuned to your tastes than ‘Crossroads’.
Then, you see a horrific red corpse emerge from the depths of an abandoned pool, zombie-like, to face a terrified gang of children in what is the most disgusting thing you’ve ever seen in your decade on Earth.
This isn’t a nightmare. This is kids' TV. Specifically, The Tale Of The Dead Man’s Float, one particularly NOPE-NOPE-NOPE-inciting episode of "Are You Afraid Of The Dark?". And you couldn’t get enough.
From the intentional spooks, to the how-did-they-not-see-this-was-terrifying innocent scares, these shows have kept us awake at night ever since we first saw them. Pour yourself a Kia Ora and brace yourself…
Upvote your favourite show, and let us know about any you think need to be added to this creepy hall of fame.
The undeniably creepy Eerie Indiana was about a boy called Marshall Teller whose family moved to Eerie, a small town in Indiana. Each episode focused on a different odd (and often disturbing) storyline. Some were scary others were just weird and unsettling - think David Lynch for kids.
Picture the scene: You’ve just got home from school. You’ve got a Kia Oraon the go and a packet of Nik Naks by your side. Life. Is. Sweeeeet.
School tie off, Nik Nak dust regardless, you flick through the telly channels looking for something more attuned to your tastes than ‘Crossroads’.
Then, you see a horrific red corpse emerge from the depths of an abandoned pool, zombie-like, to face a terrified gang of children in what is the most disgusting thing you’ve ever seen in your decade on Earth.
This isn’t a nightmare. This is kids' TV. Specifically, The Tale Of The Dead Man’s Float, one particularly NOPE-NOPE-NOPE-inciting episode of "Are You Afraid Of The Dark?". And you couldn’t get enough.
From the intentional spooks, to the how-did-they-not-see-this-was-terrifying innocent scares, these shows have kept us awake at night ever since we first saw them. Pour yourself a Kia Ora and brace yourself…
Upvote your favourite show, and let us know about any you think need to be added to this creepy hall of fame.
The undeniably creepy Eerie Indiana was about a boy called Marshall Teller whose family moved to Eerie, a small town in Indiana. Each episode focused on a different odd (and often disturbing) storyline. Some were scary others were just weird and unsettling - think David Lynch for kids.
