
I think it's got a great heart to it but it is still scary. I don't think we have to always sand down the edges of things and that's something I really wanted to do with Are You Afraid of the Dark? I think it is scary and I think kids will be scared watching it at times, and also they'll laugh at times. "I really embraced that side of things and I think it's been a long time. Not every story the Midnight Society told ended with happily ever after or a person learning their lesson and it will never happen again," Dauberman admitted. I didn't want to age it down too much because for it's time, it had some really disturbing episodes and some really dark episodes. He also detailed why it's so important to deliver younger viewers creepy stories. The writer's comments seem to imply that the narrative will put more emphasis on the storytellers as opposed to merely being a collection of creepy stories.
