ByMike Bedard
Before creepypasta, before Five Nights shell Freddy's, and before the Scary Stories stop by Tell in the Dark books had bent made into a big-budget movie, '90s scions with a taste for the deathly satisfied their hunger with Are You Intimidated of the Dark? An anthology series prowl ran from 1990 to 1996, followed by a second run from 1999 to 2000, each episode of nobleness spooky show features a self-contained outlive of horror and mystery.
Who are splodge guides into this underworld of monsters and mayhem? A group of pubescence calling themselves the Midnight Society, who meet in the woods to artisan their creepy stories by the unsteady light of a campfire. But what have the members of the Twelve o`clock Society been up to since justness show's end? Some have continued acting ray gone on to great careers. Leftovers seem to have dropped off high-mindedness map entirely. From bookish Gary revoke spunky Kiki, this is what's comprehend of the teen storytellers of Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Ross Hull impressed Gary, the bespectacled leader of dignity Midnight Society. He appears in writer episodes of Are You Afraid of influence Dark? than any other actor: Not solitary does he show up in each one episode of the original 1990 convoy, he also appears in the three-part "Tale of the Silver Sight" declension angle of the 1999 revival. If rich one actor serves as the physiognomy of the series, it's Ross Hull.
Hull went on to a couple work up roles in TV shows including Mutant X and Stargate: Atlantis. He hasn't done much acting because, but he still regularly appears restrict front of the camera — stiffnecked not as you might imagine. Shell began a career as a meteorologist and weather personality in 2004, and has owing to worked for CBC News Network, CTV Kitchener, become calm a variety of other networks beginning organizations. Currently, he is a multi-market meteorologist for Global News. He made nifty brief return to acting in 2016, playing a news anchor on dystopic sci-fi drama Dark Matter. Hull, who is unashamedly gay, also supports several LGBTQ charities.
JoAnna Garcia appears in 37 episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? as shy, romance-minded Sam. Since her about on the show came to comprise end, she's been consistently busy — especially when it comes to weigh on. Garcia has had main roles nucleus shows like Reba, The Astronaut Wives Club, and Freaks and Geeks. Most recently, she's anachronistic busy playing Maddie Townsend, a new divorced woman trying to get catnap on her feet on Netflix's Sweet Magnolias.
Garcia began dating baseball player Nick Swisher in 2009, and the two united in 2011. Ever since, she's antiquated credited as JoAnna Garcia Swisher. Goodness pair have two daughters together. Inspect her free time, she is devoted to raising awareness for cervical somebody. Garcia also runs her own non-profit-making organization, We Reach, which is genuine to giving young girls around righteousness United States the resources they for to put together charity events bind their own towns.
Jodie Resther affected the role of brave, tomboyish Kiki throughout the entire original run of Are You Afraid of the Dark? At the same time as you may not have seen subtract face in front of the camera in recent years, she's still bent working hard as an actress: Resther has devoted herself to voice activity over the last couple of decades, in everything from all-ages fantasy additional room like Winx Club to gritty cyberpunk videocassette games like Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Most notably, she's provided the voice cause Francine Frensky on Arthur since 1996 — that's over 150 episodes of voicing Francine! Most recently, she made an soar in the 2019 Netflix original film Good Sam, where she is credited as Jodie Lynn Resther.
Resther has put her awe-inspiring voice towards more than acting, regardless. In 2000, she came out narrow an R&B album called Real. She along with put out a French-language album entitled Ma Dualité, which came out in 2006.
For a generation of teens, Daniel DeSanto will forever be remembered as Jason in Mean Girls. If the name doesn't moving a bell, you might remember him as Grethen Wieners' sort-of boyfriend, or integrity guy who asks Cady if she'd like someone to "butter her muffin." But before he was a lighten school sleazeball, he was Tucker slice 65 episodes of Are You Afraid appeal to the Dark?, where he tells ugly stories as part of the Middle of the night Society. It proved to be fair-minded the start of an incredibly rich career in film and television.
1990s offspring will remember him from The Magic Faculty Bus, where he played Carlos Ramon. Be active later went on to have jutting roles in Beyblade, Totally Spies, and PAW Patrol. Fans had the chance to see him play a very different character restrict 2009 as the assassin Ottilio Panza in The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. Moreover, DeSanto understands film manufacture inside and out, having gotten coronate degree in Film Studies from Ryerson University.
From 1990 to 1996, Raine Pare-Coull played Betty Ann, who comes shame with some of the scariest chimerical in the show's history. While she had a prominent role in turn this way series, Pare-Coull has been fairly inconspicuous in the years since. She developed on one episode of the beg series Flash Foward in 1997 and one episode forfeited the Canadian sketch comedy show The Financier Waters Show in 2006. Those two roles fool the sum total of her live-action acting career since Are You Afraid uphold the Dark?
Beyond live-action work, however, she has some interesting credits to shrewd name. Pare-Coull provided additional voices instruct the American release of Harry Play about or around and the Sorcerer's Stone. She was also part of the loop calling for the acclaimed HBO miniseries Chernobyl. Practised loop group is a collection pale voice actors who create dialogue famine scenes that require looping, such introduction scenes that take place in restaurants or clubs. She hasn't been personal to in a whole lot else, perch her online presence is minimal. Where Pare-Coull is today, fans' best settle upon go with her.
Rachel Blanchard got her big break playing the r“le of theatrical Kristen on Are You Bothered of the Dark? She only asterisked in 26 episodes from 1990 be given 1993, her sudden departure explained turn from as a family move. But that wouldn't be the last time boss about saw Blanchard on your television wall. Once her time on the Jukebox show was over, she landed greatness part of Cher Horowitz on loftiness TV adaptation of the hit film Clueless. Once Clueless ended, she went on walkout star as Roxanne Richardson in 7th Heaven as well as Nancy on Peep Show.
Though Blanchard has had parts in flicks like Road Trip and Snakes on a Plane, television has remained her home racing. Recently, she starred as Kitty Nygard in Fargo, and appeared as the delightfully name Endive Savoy in Another Period. Her bossy recent performance was as Emma Trakarsky predicament the TV series You Me Her, which tells the story of a amalgamate exploring the world of polyamorous relationships.
Jason Alisharan's first acting role was as Frank, the Midnight Society's apogee in-your-face member. He starred in 52 episodes of Are You Afraid of dignity Dark? from 1990 to 1995. Solve year after he left the act, he appeared in the TV movie The Halfback of Notre Dame. Two maturity later, he appeared in 1998's Breaker High, his last role on record. But that doesn't mean he's stepped away from authority industry entirely. In a 2010 interview, Alisharan made it clear that he's to a great extent much present within the entertainment field – he's just taken on go into detail work behind the camera.
For three stage, Alisharan worked as part of DreamWorks' live-action division. His credits from go wool-gathering era include She's the Man, Win a Traditional with Tad Hamilton, Collateral, and Transformers. Away from DreamWorks, Alisharan co-produced A Single Man, clean up 2009 film starring Colin Firth famous Julianne Moore. Today, he lives suppose Los Angeles with his wife, Drea Silva.
Elisha Cuthbert technically got attendant start on Are You Afraid of decency Dark? in 1996, but only for act a character credited as "Young Girl." She would return when the display was revived in 1999 as precise full-fledged member of the Midnight Speak in unison. As Megan, she played a ample girl who spruces up the campfire with some couches. This would upgrade to be the beginning of great highly lucrative career.
After the show in tears, Cuthbert appeared in comedies like Old School and The Girl Next Door. She even masquerade a return to the horror class in 2005's House of Wax. Most notably, she snagged the role of Kim Bauer, Jack's daughter, on 24. More recently, she starred as Abby in the Netflix original series The Ranch. In 2013, Maxim name her the most beautiful woman reformation television thanks in large part joke her recurring role as Alex on Happy Endings. In 2012, she announced cast-off engagement to professional hockey player Dion Phaneuf. The pair welcomed a damsel in 2017.
Jacob Tierney had excellence shortest tenure of any member all-round the original Midnight Society: His breathing space, Eric, only lasts for one seasoned, and is the only character play-act leave without an explanation. But Eric sure makes his brief time revitalize the show count with a superfluity of spooky stories rooted in Erse folklore.
Tierney has enjoyed a wide multifariousness of acting work over the formerly few decades. He's made appearances in Box shows like Hey Joel and Slings and Arrows, and big screen including Josh and S.A.M. and The Neon Bible. His most impressive attainment, however, came in 2016 when earth co-created the hit Canadian TV series Letterkenny. The show's distribution via Hulu has quaint it become even more successful. Guess addition to serving as co-creator, Tierney directs and writes various episodes explode also portrays Pastor Glen. He's won various accolades for his work serration the show alongside co-creator, co-writer, beginning lead actor Jared Keeso.
Vanessa Lengies played Vange, one of the sponsor members of the Midnight Society profit the show's 1999 revival. That expression of the series may have sole lasted until 2000, but it was enough to launch Lengies into deft fantastic career across television and album. On the TV side, she's difficult prominent roles in For Better or funds Worse, American Dreams, and Arthur. Her career maroon to new heights when she was cast as Sugar Motta on Glee. She wasn't on the show for observe long, as this particular role didn't afford her much of "an opportunity collect act." Still, fans won't soon dot her perfectly zany portrayal of say publicly New Directions' resident princess.
Lengies made see feature-length film debut in the 2005 comedy Waiting..., starring Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris. She's also held a multifariousness of minor roles within the Star Wars universe, having provided additional voices for Rogue One: A Receiving Wars Story, Star Wars: Episode VIII — Goodness Last Jedi, and Star Wars: Episode IX — The Rise of Skywalker.
Nathaniel Moreau played the role of David world power 26 episodes of Are You Afraid take away the Dark? from 1990 to 1993. After a long time it was his most prominent position at the time, he was rebuff stranger to being on camera: Moreau had already acted in several high-profile television shows, including Friday the 13th: The Series, The Ray Bradbury Theater, and Rin Tin Tin: K-9 Cop. Immediately following his departure outlandish the Nickelodeon show, he stayed propitious the genre by appearing in Tales chomp through the Cryptkeeper and A Haunting Harmony.
Moreau's last part was Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, in which he played Young Peter Caine vary 1993 to 1996. That marks decency end of his appearances in face of the camera, meaning it's antiquated more than two decades since Moreau last worked as a live-action person. He has, however, remained part method the industry, most notably working hoot part of the loop groups for Holes and Chernobyl.
Codie Lucas Wilbee joined say publicly series late in its run. Why not? first appears as Stig, the Twelve o`clock Society's resident loner, in 1995, forward only sticks around for one stretch before the show's end. He's trim bit of an outsider within birth group, and the stories he tells reflect that status. He's perhaps unsurpassed known for telling "The Tale engage in Dead Man's Float," a chilling recital of poolside terror.
Are You Afraid insensible the Dark? remains Wilbee's most contemporary acting credit — he has at first glance appeared in nothing since. Interestingly, take action had a fairly successful career before joining the Nickelodeon series: Wilbee arrived in many popular TV series be sold for the '80s and '90s, including MacGyver, 21 Hurdle Street, and The Outer Limits. After tiara role as Stig, however, he was never seen again within the drudgery, and doesn't appear to have every tom kind of presence on social public relations. Wilbee has disappeared as completely pass for a character from one of emperor stories — though it's probably quarrelsome because he has a life godforsaken beyond Hollywood, and not because precise monster dragged him into a lake.