ABC Weekend Specials was a long-running staple of Saturday mornings. While it didn't limit itself to tales of terror, in the decades that it aired it introduced kids to "gateway horror" like Miss Switch, The Two-Minute Werewolf, and -- my personal favorite -- Bunnicula.
I came across the intro on YouTube and I'd forgotten how much I loved hearing that opening music.
ABC Weekend Specials | Intro | 1986 ABC Weekend Special is a weekly 30-minute anthology TV series for children that aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997. It featured a wide variety of stories that were both live-action and animated.
I'm Dan Stout, a joyfully collaborative storyteller who loves rocket ships, dinosaurs, and monsters that skulk through shadows.