

And those are just the things that happen before the show’s opening credits. Then there’s the Bigfoot that frequently eats out of the Tellers’ trash can in broad daylight. For starters, one of the houses on Marshall’s paper route belongs to none other than Elvis Presley, as alive as he was in 1976.
However, nothing could be farther from the truth. Born and raised in New Jersey, Marshall moves with his father, Edgar ( Francis Guinan), his mother, Marilyn ( Mary-Margaret Humes), and his older sister, Syndi ( Julie Condra), to what is supposed to be the safest, most normal town in the entire country. The protagonist of Eerie, Indiana is 13-year-old Marshall Teller, played by a pre- Hocus Pocus Omri Katz.
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Some readers might have noticed a few similarities with the plot of the successful Disney animated series Gravity Falls, and they wouldn’t be wrong: in a 2017 tweet, creator Alex Hirsch admitted that Eerie, Indiana was a huge influence on his show about pre-adolescent twins investigating mysteries in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. Every piece of evidence gathered is preserved in a locker and duly registered in a secret diary. The premise of Eerie, Indiana is a now pretty familiar one: after moving to a small town in the midwestern USA, a young teenage boy begins to encounter strange, unsettling phenomena that he then decides to investigate with the help of a friend. Best known for directing the comedy horror classics Gremlins and Gremlins 2: The New Batch, Joe Dante acted as a creative consultant for the show, as well as a director for five of the series’ 19 episodes, including the pilot, “Foreverware”. Sadly left out of those lists is Eerie, Indiana, a show about life in “the center of weirdness for the entire planet”.Ĭreated by José Rivera and Karl Schaefer, Eerie, Indiana originally aired on NBC from 1991 to 1992. Many of these remain Halloween favorites up to this day, earning spots on list after list of what to watch before October 31.

From Hocus Pocus to anthology horror series like Goosebumps and Are You Afraid of the Dark?, there was no shortage of supply. Though spooking children is nothing new, the 1990s was a great era for putting the fear of God (and of witches, and of ghosts) on kids of all ages. And, alongside slashers and haunted house movies, children’s horror is one of the genres most beloved by those who wish to get in the mood for trick-or-treating without leaving their couch. When Akane is not visiting, she is traveling the wide world where she is sometimes shown on her travels.October is always the perfect month to remember classics of the disturbing and the macabre.Akane's surname Kowata means "tree, wood" (木) ( ko) and "flag" (幡) ( hata/ wata).The name Akane means "deep red, dye from the rubia plant" (茜).Kenny is Akane's cat and familiar who frequently acts very cat-like herself, in her expression and habits. Inukai is Akane's good friend and drinking buddy. Relationships Makoto Kowata, Keiji Kuramoto, Nana Kuramoto, Kei Kuramoto & Chinatsu Kuramoto Īkane loves her sister and other family very much that she goes out of her way to frequently visit her and Chinatsu is her student. When around, she occupies all possible napping spots around the Kuramoto house and sometimes teaches and performs bizarre and possibly troublesome magic acts, because of personal interest or because she finds it amusing. He eyes and expressions bears a resemblance to Makoto Kowata.Īkane is a kind and outspoken young woman who radiates an air of casual carefreeness while taking on a mentor position to some of the characters. 3.1 Makoto Kowata, Keiji Kuramoto, Nana Kuramoto, Kei Kuramoto & Chinatsu KuramotoĪkane is a light brown-skinned girl with light grey hair that reaches shortly below her shoulders and green eyes.
