The Stuff of Kiddie Nightmares

We’re dog tired today due to Microkhan Jr.’s recent sleep woes. He woke up screaming at an ungodly hour, obviously having suffered through a terrible nightmare. And as we rocked him back into the Sandman’s embrace, we got to thinking—in our Reagan-era days as a wee bairn, what caused us to suffer similar night terrors?

One letter kept on popping to mind: V, a terrifying (albeit slightly cheesy) TV series about man-eating aliens who come to Earth under the guise of friendship. Seriously, there’s