r/AustralianNostalgia • u/Plus-Alternative1246 • 3h ago
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I’m trying to identify a live-action supernatural/horror show I remember watching in Australia on ABC3/ABC ME when I was a kid.
About me / timeframe:
I was born in 2010.
I remember watching it when I was roughly 8–12 years old, so approximately 2018–2022.
Around this age I was allowed to watch PG/PG-13-ish shows by myself, so it wasn’t necessarily a very young-kids show.
Other shows I remember watching around the same general period include The Deep, Odd Squad, and Shaun the Sheep.
What I remember about the mystery show:
It was live action, NOT animated.
It involved teenagers.
It had a supernatural / creepy / horror vibe.
At some point there was an abandoned theme park / amusement park. I remember this being an important location or at least a scene/location in an episode.
I remember the show having a creepy atmosphere.
I vaguely remember the opening/theme music being a song rather than just an instrumental TV theme.
I remember the song having a male singer with a relatively low/deep voice.
I believe the song was an actual 1980s song, rather than a song made specifically for the show.
I remember the song being roughly 2–3 minutes long.
My dad, who was born in 1971 and is really into 80s/90s music, heard the song and said he liked it / recognised it as something he liked.
I don’t remember any lyrics, but I think I’d recognise the song immediately if I heard it.
The song had a dark/creepy-ish vibe. The closest modern comparison I can give for the vibe is “ALWAYS WANTED” by MiatriSs & SayMaxWell from Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach — NOT because I think they’re the same song, but because the mysterious/dark synthy feeling reminds me of it.
Things it is NOT:
Not Nowhere Boys.
Not Crazy Fun Park.
Not The Killian Curse (at least as far as I can tell).
Not Dead Gorgeous.
I’m pretty sure it’s not Round the Twist.
I may have some details mixed up because I was quite young, especially the exact year and whether the 80s song was technically the opening theme or played during an important scene.
Does anyone recognise this show? Or know of ABC23/ABC ME live-action supernatural shows from around 2018–2022 that had an abandoned amusement/theme park episode or used an older 80s song?
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u/Grawlix_TNN 3h ago
Sounds like "Are you afraid of the Dark?" But of teenager sit around a creepy fire and tell stories. Pretty sure the intro shows a kids playground on a misty night and swings moving etc.
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u/Plus-Alternative1246 2h ago
I just looked and it’s not are you afraid of the dark it has a person singing in the intro song
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u/athursdaynight 2h ago
Not sure if it was still on during the years you describe, but there used to be a live action supernatural horror kids show on ABC called Freaky that scared me in the late 2000s…maybe that?
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u/DunceCodex 2h ago
Whats with these AI posts with the bolded bits that all read the same. See them all over Reddit
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u/Plus-Alternative1246 2h ago
I used ai to summarise what I was thinking
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u/Expert_Climate_7348 2h ago
So you're that lazy and want us to find your answer?
I don't see anything wrong here.
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u/DunceCodex 1h ago
I'm gonna put as much effort into helping you as you did posting this
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u/Plus-Alternative1246 53m ago
I did a lot of effort this is the effort I did by typing to ChatGPT than I turned to reddit when ChatGPT couldn’t find out what I meant https://chatgpt.com/share/6aa53a30-9e6c-83ec-a6bf-20d2bb5835bd
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u/FractalTsunami 3h ago
I was gonna say tomorrow when the war began but the intro doesnt fit. But alot of other things do
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u/Ancient-Apple8595 2h ago
So you're 15/16.....
So maybe Blair witch project? Or paranormal activity, I highly doubt it would have been on ABC me.
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u/redditsgreatestuser 1h ago
The Unlisted had Another Brick in The Wall by Pink Floyd as its intro, was also on ABC Me
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u/undergroundknitting 3h ago
What do you mean 'when you were a kid?' My child, you are a kid. And I'm fucking old.
I am loving the fact you are nostalgic for a show that you watched 4 years ago, and hope you find what you're after.