Prepare for the most influential television episode of all time, with Are You Afraid of the Dark?’s Ghastly Grinner! Ethan Wood is a struggling comic book artist who gets roped into unleashing a terrifying villain into the real world. While it may seem like a simple premise, its visuals and motifs would undoubtedly go on to inspire works like Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, Zac Cregger’s Weapons, the Matilda movie from 1996, and possibly even Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Nicole and Joe dive into this pulpy comic book inspired adventure and talk about how everyone else clearly stole their ideas from this episode and how Hooper is the secret MVP of the episode.
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Episode contains spoilers and mentions child endangerment.
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Available to stream: Paramount + and Amazon Prime Video
“Are You Afraid of the Dark?” The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner (TV Episode 1994) (1994, December 3). https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0514442/
Wiki, C. T. a. Y. a. O. T. D. (n.d.). The Tale of the Ghastly Grinner. Are You Afraid of the Dark Wiki. https://areyouafraidofthedark.fandom.com/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Ghastly_Grinner
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