Are You Afraid of the Dark's Most FRIGHTENING Villain

[@Pumpk1nator]

My man watching my Paramount and Making Banger videos with it 🎉

[@kingnusmi]

I tried to not disappoint

[@mookiedaelin1]

@@kingnusmiW

[@marcoscardozo3500]

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[@mattneff]

The Midnight Society's sleep schedule must be absolutely fricked

[@kingnusmi]

AGREED but also what teenager’s sleep schedule isn’t

[@Nicol3c87]

Or is it irony and they just meet up and after dark? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@matthew_natividad]

Well they dont call em the noon society

[@jimmyg4414]

Nah, they’re teens. It’s normal for them to

[@mcoupe69]

Didn’t they only meet once a week too?

[@TheHauntedMaskKid]

I love watching this guy's videos because he reviews shows like Goosebumps, Are You Afraid Of The Dark, and other shows. Which you don’t see a lot and he’s also funny. Nice seeing someone from a Goosebumps episode in this show.

[@akirayamaguchithekitsune4010]

I remember that he is the homage of The Joker

[@kingnusmi]

Oh yeah it’s pretty obvious they just made him a Jester and not a clown

[@Bulbasaur617]

I knew the Grinner has to do with the Joker. Thanks for the info.

[@masterseal0418]

​@@kingnusmiDevil May Cry 3 had a monster clown as well, that being Jester, Arkham's alter ego. The fact everyone(Dante, Vergil, and Lady) gets annoyed by his mere presence and Adam D Clark's performance as both characters really made them sound distinct. Hell, the entire voice acting of DMC3 is so damn good(including Reuben Langdon as Dante, Daniel Southworth as Vergil, Kari Wahlgren/Stephanie Cheeva as Lady, Larry Leong as the demons/Cerberus/Beowulf/Agni & Rudra, Lani Minella as Hell Vanguard, and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Nevan). One of the best exchanges between characters was during Mission 13: "Don't be a bad girl, Mary." *Throws her* "Or you'll expect a spanking from daddy later!" "Ahahahahahaha!" 🎵Jester's gonna spank your butt, spank you in the buuuuuuutt!🎵 "Insane buffoon!"

[@fynnthefox9078]

I mean, he looks just like the Alex Ross rendition of him!

[@TheIgnoredGender]

I suggest doing: Tale of the Dead Man's Float, Apartment 214, Laughing in the Dark, Dangerous Soup, and Tale of Old Man Corcoran.

[@Cadetastic1234]

completely agree with your choices

[@RealRainerSchmutz]

Is apartment 214, that one with the old lady on the End of the floor?

[@TheIgnoredGender]

@@RealRainerSchmutz indeed

[@RealRainerSchmutz]

@@TheIgnoredGender that one is so intense!

[@Nan-bara]

Yes

[@sanchisan6997]

I was SO disappointed when I found out it was just non dairy creamer. 😭😂

[@kingnusmi]

RIGHT

[@OddOneOut665]

I used to think it was Sawdust!!!

[@lucapeyrefitte6899]

I thought it was color changing sand

[@Rinoa210]

I remember reenacting the blue goo scenes with gushers as a kid with my best friends.

[@kingnusmi]

I was going to make a gusher joke! Now I wish I did 🤣

[@neith4396]

Great vid! Was a pleasure to hang out.

[@kingnusmi]

Thanks bro! I appreciate you coming out!

[@-Tekuo-]

4:41 i wasn't prepared for that sleep paralysis demon looking thing

[@kingnusmi]

LOL I told you it has awesome imagery lol

[@CurlyTheSkeleton]

Can't wait love this episode the thought of a comic book villain coming to life is terrifying😥😰😨😱

[@kingnusmi]

I think that would be really fun!

[@CurlyTheSkeleton]

@@kingnusmiscary but fun none the less😂also love the channel❤❤

[@DarkFr3ak101]

My favorite episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark is Tale of Station 109.1. It isn’t scary but full of humor and stars Ryan Gossling and the wonderful late Gilbert Godfried

[@LivyRivy]

I'M Daniel Carpenter, you fool!!

[@Hypercube2017]

5:35 To be fair, the guy _blew up a hotdog_ in a see-through _microwave_ for his class. I doubt he "hates fun." Also, the line "Correction, it's _none_ of a kind" hits *really* hard.

[@DianneRoberts722]

That teacher is a jerk!

[@ChocoMePengu]

Amazing video bro this is my first time hearing of this guy

[@kingnusmi]

Oh boy do I have the video for you then! Thanks for the tip big yellow!!

[@kingnusmi]

Oh boy do I have the video for you then! Thanks for the tip big yellow!!

[@SirPreyas]

1. The teacher dumping the comic book in the fish tank was way out of line. 2. Excellent episode w/ an good ending :)

[@saturndevouringhisson]

Who up frightening their villain rn 🤣😂

[@kingnusmi]

😈😈

[@maximumtommy8554]

@@kingnusmi WAIT KINGNUSMI SAW THIS?!

[@kingnusmi]

@@maximumtommy8554 I’m always watching 👀

[@ternus.mp4751]

I'm up grinning my ghastly rn.

[@kyleyoung5063]

​@@maximumtommy8554calm down.

[@marshall123x]

To be fair, the only thing Ethan's parents really did was tell him to get his grades up or they would take his art supplies away, which i think is more then called for if his grades were slipping that badly. Seems like they may have been a little absent emotionally, but that is a common pit fall for a lot of parents. They weren't perfect parents obviously, but who parents really are/were? Not to mention, who bought all those art supplies for him in the first place? I think they were a bit more supportive then we are lead to believe. Great video btw!

[@DianneRoberts722]

They were decent

[@solidgecko8046]

Damn this is your best video yet!! I really liked the part where the guy was afraid of the dark

[@kingnusmi]

That’s my favorite part too!

[@aaronmccarthy875]

Evans Dad is dressed like biff at the end of back to the Future

[@kingnusmi]

LOL he is I didn’t even notice

[@DarkFr3ak101]

They always reminded me of the parents from Matilda

[@drewgoin8849]

"Butthead!"

[@DianneRoberts722]

​@@DarkFr3ak101at least Ethan's parents care about him. Matilda's mistreated her.

[@DianneRoberts722]

That bus driver head spun all the way around

[@BalanBussin]

watching your channel grow makes me happy man i love how you go over my early childhood shows

[@grandmodesty]

I have to assume the individual who learned that creamer was the best thing to use for the flames learned a few hard lessons along the way...

[@kingnusmi]

“I wonder what happens if I put gasoline in the fire”

[@Melancholicaura]

The tale of many faces really stuck with me after watching it as a kid. I hope you will cover it eventually. Love your videos, keep up the awesome work

[@SenileBlahaj]

Always prefered his over "Attack of the Mutant"; still goofy though

[@kingnusmi]

Very goofy I love this episode

[@amandaletcher1320]

Attack of the mutant was goosebumps biggest flops that was an awful episode

[@orangemisfit4765]

Braindead take

[@roberttregidgo6345]

One of my favourite shows as a kid was "round the twist". It was about an Australian family who lived in a haunted lighthouse. It had one of the best theme tunes ever.

[@kingnusmi]

I’ll have to check it out! It’s peaked my interest

[@Bulbasaur617]

This is a very interesting and frightening episode with a cool and frightening monster here. It's like the Joker with deadly powers of making others laugh to be kinda like him. Or as the description to his super powers says, "the power of his looks being so ugly that makes other people into giggling idiots". Or something around those lines. One of my favorite episodes for Are you Afraid of the Dark. Cool to see you do another video for a episode of Are you Afraid of the Dark. Hope to see you cover more episodes here since so far you did only two here. I recommend checking out the clown episodes of this show. Or if you want less creepy laughs and clowns, I also recommend watching, "The Tale of the Hatching".

[@kingnusmi]

The ghastly grinner is definitely one of the better AYAOTD episodes! I do want to make more videos on this show! especially the later seasons have some really good episodes

[@alexbiersner3350]

Man, this episode was a banger. This, Laughing in the Dark and Dead Man's Float are easily the top three scariest episodes

[@akirayamaguchithekitsune4010]

like I know that the Ghastly Grinner power like the Joy from Gumball

[@kingnusmi]

Holy crap he does 🤣

[@vickrice6082]

Seeing you wear a Junji Ito shirt in a video a little while ago and now talking about PTSD radio makes me totally want to see you do a video/ videos on disturbing/horror themed Manga/Manhwas! Great video!

[@rat180TM]

Hey King, there's an episode of the haunting hour with a vaguely similar concept! It's one of the best in the series imo. It's called "Brush With Madness." Also, great video, live this channel!

[@kingnusmi]

thanks man! Its already on the list hopefully I can get to it soon!

[@CursedShrine]

Fantastic episode as always, but I'm actually just thrilled to see someone talking about PTSD Radio! Masaaki Nakayama is the bomb, his other anthology horror manga Fuan no Tane is also amazing fun to read. I would love physical copies of both.

[@kingnusmi]

I’ll definitely check out Fuan no Tane I need a new horror manga

[@freaker5259]

another banger!! i didnt know abt this show before i found your channel and now im so happy i did because it become a new favorite

[@siko-society5635]

Man just slaps the posters from his 10 year old siblings bedroom on his wall and calls it a backdrop.

[@kingnusmi]

You have an odd fixation on my posters 🤣

[@crimson_soul71]

At 5:58, he describes what happens to the one pig tail girl in Matilda...

[@JYJnKumi]

The Ghastly Grinner scared the hell out of me as a kid, but this is one of the episodes that didn't hold up for me because of the acting from the kids. 😂 It reminded me of The Tale of the Phantom Cab, where those two kids couldn't act, either. Still a memorable episode, though. The Grinner's design is just 😩🤌

[@JustMossberg]

1:23 basicaly the plot of Unbreakable and Glass

[@Trombone_crochet9021]

When you said the being swung by the pigtails, I was thinking of miss trunchbull

[@BroNovaGaming]

Excuse me whilst I pause this stellar content so I may add ALL of PTSD Radio into my Amazon cart.

[@assassinace0747]

One of the first episodes of Are You Afraid of The Dark I ever saw. I didn’t think much about it at first, then a couple nights later it started to give me the creeps.

[@armjustarm]

I got this cool book that was part comic and my stupid 5th grade teacher didnt take kindly to me reading during his lame lecture and took my book and chucked it on top of a tall cabinet and smugly says "its dusty and gross up there, I aint gonna get it back" Hated school man

[@FourheadWeapon]

Genuinely the art they made for this episode was really cool

[@bigd1348]

Keep on rocking my man hope your week is going well

[@manuelbello5806]

The series must really like having clowns as villains, Crimson Clown, Zeebo and Ghastly Grinner

[@DianneRoberts722]

They were funny

[@DianneRoberts722]

I'm actually glad The Grinner got that awful teacher!

[@philtkaswahl2124]

Applying everywhere and getting rejected turned out to be the most real lesson in the series.

[@timhibbard4226]

When I was kid watching this I loved comics but didn’t know much about the people who made them. Now as an even bigger comic nerd and adult it is so clear that Uncan is meant to be a Jack Kirby homage which is pretty cool. Mr Wrightson is also a nice tribute. Bernie Wrightson was a foundational and hugely influential artist in American horror comics the same way that Kirby was with superhero books.

[@louiemarks8501]

First of all, fun story: the Joker gas(at least in btas) didn't make his victims laugh themselves *to death*. It literally couldn't, because TV censors wouldn't allow the cartoon villains to actually kill people and the show writers had to come up with a way to get around that. So they invented a gas that put victims in a coma, and frankly, the show would've been less nightmare inducing(and less frickin awesome) if he'd just been allowed to kill people. Yes I am fun at parties, why do you ask? Second, Hooper was weirder than the creepy ass villain. She introduces herself to Ethan on the phone("I sit across from you in science class"), then when they run into each other outside she starts saying the exact same thing before he cuts her off like he didn't already know her?? Then she introduces herself AGAIN in the science class like they haven't been fighting for their lives this whole time. Idk if she's supposed to be neurodivergent or whatever, but it comes off as weird. Third, is there a rule in these spooky kids shows that the parents have to suck total butt?

[@skylermurray4224]

I’m a little ashamed to admit it but I actually never heard of are you afraid of the dark before watching your videos, I grew up with goosebumps and the haunting hour haha

[@kingnusmi]

That’s all good! It was around in the early 90s and goosebumps was around for the later 90s so it leaked into the early 2000s

[@RoscoetheSloth]

This was my favorite story from the series, and I forget how heartfelt that ending was.

[@starvinmarvin1200]

2:12 you tellin me that jeff fisher from american dad was on the music in this episode??

[@PutzShaka]

Another banger, g👌🏾 You’re my guy! You’re doing amazing and I’m really rooting for you✊🏾

[@zachsmith1634]

the scene where the school bus driver gets possessed and turns his head all the way around while spitting out the blue saliva was always my favorite part

[@OfficialBo420]

King:not surprised King:*leaving us to watch his 360p videos* jp lol

[@DynomitePunch]

i like how as the series went on their where little hints that something supernatural was REALLY happening, like the fire starting in this episode, it makes for good build up for tale of the silver sight

[@Chamiliatic]

The drawing other worlds thing is similar to in the mouth of madness where an author goes missing and all his books is just him writing about other worldly monsters that causes the end of the world.

[@kingnusmi]

Oh wow I’ve never heard of it I’ll have to check that out

[@strike9716]

lol his parents "Pay more atteention in school while we pay as little atention to you as we can."

[@danielboone3770]

I LOVE this episode of Are You Afraid of The Dark! I really love the show itself! I really wish I was a teen in the early 90's watching this awesomeness on Nick!

[@josephmad3255]

My man I think I remember watching this weird clown manipulate people into fighting I think anyways, I think I watched this episode in church which is crazy. I love your work man keep up the great job.

[@kingnusmi]

lol watching a horror show in church is awesome 🤣

[@colossusequinox5388]

I remember when my fifth grade teacher showed this series to me and my twin sister in school and this one next to the Dead man in the water was on of the first. Good times

[@kingnusmi]

I’ve made a video on that episode! It’s my favorite right now!

[@Romenyor]

Glad I was able to watch the premiere

[@kingnusmi]

Same here bro!

[@UJEvans]

0:02 Woah, woah, woah, In Earth- 12180, he also is just a comic book character

[@kingnusmi]

Such a sad existence for both universes

[@courtneyquon8429]

You should cover Haunting Hour episodes too like Best Friends Forever. That ending got me 😅

[@kingnusmi]

It’s on the list! Maybe I can get to it soon

[@azinpaige3303]

The king is back!!!!;do you plan on talking about irl stuff or cripteds agine

[@kingnusmi]

I want too!! Maybe I can work on one soon!

[@mathieuleader8601]

the Ghastly Grinner in my mind is what a child of Pennywise would be like

[@HuffinStufff]

there is an episode that plays with the ghost of a girl on prom night trope and kind of the woman in white urban legend. that be a dope video essay.

[@FatherCactusCup_YT]

How much for ptsd radio sounds like a lovely summer read

[@vanillaextract4135]

Wow I want Frankie’s outfit Anyways Yeah very solid episode I can definitely understand why it was/is so well loved

[@ChristaBlack-gn8ys]

I actually thought it was hilarious how the girl kept reintroducing herself 💀

[@natashadostroph7556]

Just discovered your channel watched the crimson clown one episode terrified me as a kid since you like creepy dolls you should do the tale of the dollmaker

[@Delutedd]

Been watching for a while. Thanks for bringing such good content. Keep it up man

[@akirayamaguchithekitsune4010]

yeah like we need a Magic School Bus review since it is cool to see

[@kingnusmi]

Maybe FU DW can do one 🤔

[@akirayamaguchithekitsune4010]

@@kingnusmi I see you do it since it is nostalgia and there is an episode where Ralphie think Ms. Frizzle was a Vampire in the bat episode

[@yourlocaltherianz]

IM IN THE PAID CREDITS MY POOR BOBA EMOJI 😭😭

[@Anxioussucculent]

Coincidence that the comic episode with joker reference includes a teacher that looks like Stan Lee.

[@Shakeitupdancin]

I’m already so exited for the rest of this also the amount of times you said the f bomb that’s new

[@kingnusmi]

heheheh I might’ve went a little crazy with the cursing in this video

[@Shakeitupdancin]

@@kingnusmi yeah but at least it’s still a good video I may watch this epiosde cause I watched it when I was younger I fucking pissed my self and let’s see if I’m still scared and opps I swore

[@Rose02572]

Would love to see you review the tale of many faces!

[@Reuben-yy6sd]

Get in finally another video, bro tries so hard for us. Get in❤❤❤

[@kingnusmi]

Gotta keep my peeps happy!

[@ivydbomb-6969]

THIS EPISODE TRAUMATIZED ME BRO. CORE MEMORY UNLOCKED!?

[@RennyBQUEEN]

This particular episode was responsible for more bed wedding in the 90s then child abuse was

[@kingnusmi]

I’d believe it bro

[@PutzShaka]

“Umm… I think the name Aquaman sounds a little bit cooler…” 🤣 big fax

[@siko-society5635]

Man actually has a funko Spiderman poster and says his not soy.

[@kingnusmi]

Seems like someone is jealous of my cool ass spiderman poster 😏

[@DystAsh]

This episode and the one with the kid with the red bike scared me to death as a kid 😂💯👍

[@Touma134]

The art in the comics with them being turned is actually pretty freaky without a "for a kids show" tacked on.

[@theonefriendwhoisntorigina8964]

5:50 damn I thought you were about to do a Matilda reference

[@KissyAdair]

So glad I found your channel!

[@brogamer3166]

The last part reminds me of the end of the music video for take on me, also great video top quality as always.

[@commandixnostalgia2321]

After looking back at the episode,I realize how much Ethan's parents acts like Matilda's parents in the movie.

[@nerdspace9279]

Love your videos man!

[@kingnusmi]

Thanks bro!

[@axis_method]

So it's just scary Captain Underpants😂

[@FM-qs4bl]

yay more vids I love these vids so much

[@kingnusmi]

Let’s go!!! Thanks for the support!

[@lunamoonstone2350]

This one was definitely one of my favorites. If you could do movie madness, the bookish babysitter, jake and the leprechaun, or train magic I would love that

[@erikscream]

I woke up n got fresh ahh hell onna Monday 🗣️

[@RedHatMeg]

There is one Are You afraid of the Dark? episode that stuck with me all this time. Well, one of many, but this one in particular because it's weird. "Station 109.1" is about a kid obsessed with funerals and sleeping like a corpse in the coffin. One day he hears a radio station 109.1 in a hearse or something? And it turns out this is radio for the dead souls. Apparently Ryan Gosling played the kid.

[@LoveShaysloco]

That comic that got fish tanked since its 1 of 1 would be worth millions just from a collectors prospective

[@Heartpacing_x]

Man I love this series 😭

[@andrewrivera9625]

THIS EPISODE SCARED THE F OUT OF ME!!! ONE OF THE SCARIEST THINGS IVE SEEN ON TV AS A LITTLE KID!!

[@erinmcnelis6807]

This guy not having over a million subscribers is scary.

[@kingnusmi]

Maybe if I screamed and jumped into my pc set up more I would get there 🤔

[@erinmcnelis6807]

@@kingnusmi I believe in you.

[@No-eh4pg]

You should talk about the hunating hour show legit trumatized me with the bloody mary episode

[@kingnusmi]

Oh boy do I have news for you!

[@sssav139]

I got the Manga you mentioned as a gift it's so creepy !

[@jaredrobinson7071]

Teacher that threw the comic in the fish tank is the real villain.

[@honkidiot]

The only true way to watch are you afraid of the dark is in three parts in the lowest possible KZbin streaming quality

[@donkylefernandez4680]

For a ki's show there was some insane meta humor. Everything is so over the top the cheesy acting just becomes acting.

[@kingnusmi]

I know! It’s such a great episode

[@tamamo3964]

I can't take the guy seriously with a name like "The Ghastly Grinner." Like OH NO here comes the SCARY GRABBER!!!

[@kingnusmi]

Actually it would be the ghastly grabber

[@diycyfi3283]

love these videos, it would be really cool if you watched the reboot episodes they are really good and each season has their own story throughout each season and its really cool. ALl in all keep up the good work I really enjoy your videoes.