Two scary / horror themed anthology shows aimed at kids from the 90s so these two franchises are always pitted against each other even if they’re quite different. Today I’ll settle this easy question once and for all and see if Are You Afraid of the Dark or Goosebumps was the better TV show. The coincidences don’t end there as both were also produced in canada and even had similar episode count so it’s no random event that people always put them against each other. I won’t take a look at the franchise as a hole but only take a look at the actual shows and measure the different strengths and weaknesses of each show.
Are You Afraid of the Dark has a rather creepy opening with a scary theme to go with it and it’s absolutely fantastic while the intro for Goosebumps is cheesy as hell but it doesn’t matter as it’s still awesome and the music is super iconic that you’ll always hear it in horrible Goosebumps youtube videos. As far as the format of the shows they’re both anthology series but Goosebumps features more two part episodes as well as sequel episodes while AYOTD is mostly standalone episodes but they have the whole midnight society where the kids gather to tell scary stories which definitely added to the experience and sadly Goosebumps couldn’t do something like it, maybe having Curly the Skeleton in a Cryptkeeper role? The both shows have iconic opening themes and intros but AYOTD is just simply better and the format of the show also makes AYOTD more memorable in general.
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