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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Film
FilmPG-132024
Afraid
Directed by Chris Weitz
Curtis Pike and his family are selected to test a new home device: a digital assistant called AIA. AIA observes the family's behaviors and begins to anticipate their needs. And she can – and will – make sure nothing – and no one – gets in her family's way. From TMDB
117 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
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Afraid is a 2024 horror science fiction film, directed by Chris Weitz, starring John Cho, Katherine Waterston and Keith Carradine.
- 111 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, TMDB reviews, Mastodon
- posts span Jul 5, 2023 to Nov 3, 2026
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60 of 117 · most liked firstHas the general consensus flipped on Beau is Afraid yet? Because I fuckin love that movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Chess is the original race war and our film is NOT AFRAID to show it. Hollywood can’t handle real HISTORY. #nervecenter
neutral · AI labelView post →of course all this stems from animation not being taken seriously and live action (i.e. hyper realistic cgi models) being perceived as more prestigious, and therefore more worthy than the animated film (that you already LIKE), but you're a COWARD who is AFRAID to say you like CARTOONS
neutral · AI labelView post →Beau is Afraid is genuinely the closest I’ve seen to a live action SQUEE! movie. A funny heart attack.
positive · AI labelView post →dunno but i know sean’s answer is Beau Is Afraid because the end of that movie was the only time ive ever seen that man genuinely lose his temper lmao
neutral · AI labelView post →Since the remake was first released #OTD back in 2011, I looked at DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK as well as the original 1973 horror TV-movie it's based on.
neutral · AI labelView post →"Beau Is Afraid" is my favorite movie of all time
positive · AI labelView post →The R.L. Stine Universe is expanding over on Tubi. Brand new original horror movie R.L. STINE'S AFRAID OF CLOWNS will premiere in 2027: bloody-disgusting.com/movie/396987...
neutral · AI labelView post →You know what movie is criminally underrated? Beau Is Afraid. That flick is hilarious
positive · AI labelView post →Tokyo Story - The Apartment - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. All masterpieces that I absolutely loved. Blue Film, however, just didn't click with me; very provocative and uncomfortable. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky #films #movies 📽️🍿
neutral · AI labelView post →if a movie having a “subtle christ figure” makes it christian then BEAU IS AFRAID (2023) is a christian movie and— hear me out— the best christian movie, now that we’re all admitting it
neutral · AI labelView post →Now watching DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (1973), a made for TV horror movie in which a neglected wife moves into a mansion with her workaholic husband and soon discovers the place to be inhabited by goblins who want her to live with them forever Starring Kim Darby Directed by John Newland
neutral · AI labelView post →24 years ago tonight. David Bowie Live MTV Rock & Comedy Concert (Tribeca Film Festival NYC 2002) China Girl, Slow Burn, Afraid, Let’s Dance & I’m Afraid of Americans. Video of the Day
neutral · AI labelView post →Jfc Beau is Afraid is a fucking cool what a good movie
positive · AI labelView post →this movie was Beau Is Afraid but for autism
neutral · AI labelView post →Friend of the show/wonderful human Chris Weitz joins us tomorrow, to discuss his film AFRAID.
neutral · AI labelView post →#70sHorrorBinge Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) 3/5 🌟 Another good made-for TV horror movie from the 70s. The film equivalent of a YA horror novel. Evil creatures bricked up in an old house are unwittingly released & need another soul to munch. Much better & darker ending than I was expecting.
positive · AI labelView post →I was trying to remember the film Beau Is Afraid and I said “Mr Stupid Goes To Crazy Town”
neutral · AI labelView post →Beau is Afraid is a top film this year for this dystopian prop alone
positive · AI labelView post →Director/Co-Writer Mark Peploe’s horror drama ‘Afraid Of The Dark’ starring James Fox, Fanny Ardant, Paul McGann, Clare Holman, Catriona MacColl, and David Thewlis premiered at the Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival 35 years ago this week (October 1991) 👀 🔪 📸 #OTD
neutral · AI labelView post →The Movie I Was Afraid to See www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
neutral · AI labelView post →Add "Between My Legs" to a movie title. Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark Between My Legs
neutral · AI labelView post →A famous autism study tracked the eyes & facial expressions of ppl while they watched the movie version of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" The first act's famous moment involves a character pointing a long gun at his wife's head & pulling the trigger, only to have an umbrella (or flag) come out.
neutral · AI labelView post →every day of 2026, I'll post a story from an anthology film or series. 2️⃣7️⃣9️⃣ ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? (1992–96, 1999–2000) "The Tale of the Twisted Claw" D: DJ MacHale W: Chloe Brown After vandalizing a neighbor's house for Halloween, two boys are gifted a vulture's claw that grants them wishes.
neutral · AI labelView post →The original 1973 TV horror movie 'Don't be Afraid of the Dark' terrified 11 year old me. I don't know how I managed to see it but the basement scenes and the whispered voices stayed with me for years! The ending was truly the stuff of my nightmares! 😱 #horror
neutral · AI labelView post →I can def appreciate that. I guess my takeaway was that it was ultimately about systemic abuse of women and them protecting each other in this small community, but I would agree as far as the reveal of the lab itself. I also just LOVE her movie Tigers Are Not Afraid, which I really recommend!
neutral · AI labelView post →On October 12, 2017, Tigers Are Not Afraid was screened at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival.
neutral · AI labelView post →Vampire Movie: Sinners Zombie Movie: Train to Busan Haunting Movie: Darkness Falls Creature Feature: Don’t be Afraid of the Dark ‘10 Found Footage: As Above, So Below Slasher: Candyman ‘92/‘21 Cosmic Horror: In the Mouth of Madness Psychological Horror: Get Out Horror Comedy: Little Shop of Horrors
neutral · AI labelView post →DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK (the original 1973 made-for-TV film, not the big-budget remake) wrecked my tiny brain; I lived in constant fear that our old country farmhouse also contained whispering nighttime gremlins that would drag me away after I fell asleep. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho4S...
neutral · AI labelView post →I went looking for a clip of the 1970s made for tv movie, Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark. But ended up watching a 10 min video of Obama being hilarious instead.
neutral · AI labelView post →That episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark where the kids work in a movie theater and the vampire from the movie comes out of the movie and into the theater
neutral · AI labelView post →every day of 2026, I'll post a story from an anthology film or series. 3️⃣0️⃣3️⃣⅘ ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? (1992–96, 1999–2000) "The Tale of the Midnight Ride" D: D. J. MacHale W: Darren Kotania On Halloween, new student Ian encounters the legendary Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow.
neutral · AI labelView post →Add "Between My Legs" to a movie title. Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid To Ask) Between My Legs
neutral · AI labelView post →Is Beau is Afraid worth watching? I loved the director's Hereditary, which was creepy and suspenseful...until the last fifteen minutes when it descended into a bucket of incredibly dumb. I also loved Midsommar for all the wrong reasons. It was a movie so thoroughly terrible it became transcendent.
neutral · AI labelView post →>> to take the husband away. Although for what is unclear… Part WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, part surveillance thriller, it’s a deeply unsettling film, the atmosphere made all the more sinister by the stark use of black and white. >> #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →I enjoyed Wingard's ONSLAUGHT (2026) - A John Carpenter-style Action Thriller which is actually really a Horror movie. Very well shot. Feels like it was at least partially inspired by the novel "AFRAID" by Jack Kilborn. #FilmSky #Horror
neutral · AI labelView post →Also Tonight on #Svengoolie #houseofsvengoolie #boonanza #MeTV: Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) | PS: Looking for work (and a home). jephmann.com/movies/film....
neutral · AI labelView post →Afraid sleep is calling, but Movie #1, though terrible, was more fun with you, #FrightClub!
neutral · AI labelView post →This is directed by Carlos Enrique Toboada, who #TheFilmCrowd 'ers might remember for EVEN THE WIND IS AFRAID, which we did last #Gothtober. This film won the Ariel Award in Mexico the year it was released, which is the highest award for a single film. Sort of like if HELLRAISER won the 1987 BAFTA.
neutral · AI labelView post →Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf!! Such a wonderfully nasty little film
positive · AI labelView post →I don't know... Maybe I'm clamoring for WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? with Emma Stone & Glenn Powell. #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →The Nosferatu episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark really spooked me. He walks out of the movie screen and knows where you live and his fangs are like straws for slurping up your blood! I did in fact have nightmares 😱
neutral · AI labelView post →New Event! 📆6th Nov 🕖7pm Thailand Chiang Mai for Palestine hold "Art is Resistance Event 2 of 5: Documentary Film Screenings" showing "Khalil, Please Answer", Returning to Zarnouqa" & "When You Were Young Were You Afraid of the Moon?" At Freebird Cafe, Chiang Mai www.instagram.com/p/DfSObRcAZ7z
neutral · AI labelView post →🎬 The Top 4 Horror Movies Released on November 2! What's your fave? 1. Jacob's Ladder 2. Suspiria 3. Tigers Are Not Afraid 4. Carnival of Souls 34 #Horror movies released today: https://todayinmovies.com/genres/nov-02?sort=ranking#horror #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →The 24th Halloween movie was "The Tale of the Final Wish", an episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark about a girl who loves fairy tales too much. It was pretty slow and lacked a lot of the show's typical eerie quality, but it is worth watching for Bobcat Goldthwaite playing the villain.
neutral · AI labelView post →10/25 - Coraline It's fun thinking about children's horror, the only examples I can think of are this, Are You Afraid Of The Dark, and Goosebumps. Anyway great movie, somehow gets better every time I watch it
neutral · AI labelView post →Halloween Watch #18 - 70s Horror - Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (1973). Premiered on ABC as a Movie of the Week on October 10, 1973. The house has an infestation of tiny demons and one full-sized asshole in the form of the husband refuses to listen. Plus, William Demerast! In color! boxd.it/gXFIIn
neutral · AI labelView post →It does feel like a very “Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe/Has to Do With Spider-Man, I Think?” pitch for a movie — the sort of think nobody would ordinarily do because, like you said, it’s a weird risk
neutral · AI labelView post →it's a very 'i fucking HATED this movie' or 'this movie is v funny you just don't get it' from what i understand, but I'm a big Asterhead and loved Beau is Afraid so I can get through ANYTHING
positive · AI labelView post →FEAR LAKE LANIER (2026): Water You Afraid Of? 🫣🌊 on Peacock Official Review & Breakdown! This indie horror movie dives deep into the dark secrets and urban legends, that have made Lake Lanier famous worldwide. #shorts #horrorsky #moviesky #filmsky #blacksky #booksky youtube.com/shorts/Jn_Bm...
neutral · AI labelView post →LOST BOYS IS THE BEST VAMPIRE MOVIE EVER MADE AND IM NOT AFRAID TO SAY IT 🗣️📣
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm a certified "Beau Is Afraid" hater. That movie suuucked so much for me.
neutral · AI labelView post →October #Halloween🎃 film per day challenge. Today: Beau is Afraid
neutral · AI labelView post →Afraid 42/100 Not once in the movie is there a person in a mask. (Also the movie is bad) #100HorrorMoviesin92Days
neutral · AI labelView post →The Fly (the Cronenberg version) may be the most disturbing movie I have ever seen, like wow the body horror here is visceral. Sure glad I didn't eat anything while watching the movie. BE AFRAID BE VERY AFRAID
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie 70- Don't Be Afraid of the Dark #100HorrorMoviesin92Days #HorrorSky #FilmSky boxd.it/1uE2
neutral · AI labelView post →I suspect I will. Sometimes the horrible movies I think are great are vindicated in time--like certain David Lynch movies, Showgirls, etc. I'm not sure if Beau is Afraid ever will be but this was another movie described as atrocious that I really loved.
neutral · AI labelView post →Current seasonal inspired watches: Buffet infinity Buffy the Vampire Slayer (film) Old Nickelodeon Halloween specials (Rugrats, doug, Ren and Stimpy) A couple episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? First 3 treehouse of horrors.
neutral · AI labelView post →That reminds me of that creepy film Afraid 😨
neutral · AI labelView post →THE BRIDE, BEAU IS AFRAID, MOTHER, etc. Is this film navel-gazing, masturbatory, maybe with a script that isn’t up to the task? Do I wish masters of images cared more about the written word? I wish a master of words, also someone genuinely funny like a Charlie Kaufman wrote the script. I was
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