Goosebumps (2015)

Release date: 2015-10-16
Country: USA|Australia
Language: English
Director: Rob Letterman
Production Co: Columbia Pictures, Expedition Films, LStar Capital
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Rating: 6.3/10
Length: 1h 43min

Storyline

After moving to a new small town, teenage Zach Cooper (Dylan Minnette) meets the beautiful girl next door, Hannah (Odeya Rush). But every silver lining has a cloud, and Zach's comes when he learns that Hannah has a mysterious dad who is revealed to be R. L. Stine (Jack Black), the author of the bestselling Goosebumps series. It turns out that there is a reason why Stine is so strange - he is a prisoner of his own imagination - the monsters that his books made famous are real, and Stine protects his readers by keeping them locked up in their books. Zach unintentionally unleashes the monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town. It's up to Stine, Zach, Hannah, and Zach's friend Champ (Ryan Lee) to put all the monsters back in their books.

Plot Keywords

monster, ferris wheel, ventriloquist dummy, author cameo, ghost, werewolf, prom, manuscript, ghoul, typewriter, high school, mother son relationship, no opening credits, orchestral music score, clown, school dance, death of father, based on novel, title spoken by character, fictional city

Short Review

Goosebumps combines cynicism with sweetness. If you can get past the slow start, woefully blank hero Zach (Dylan Minnette), and hit-and-miss special effects, you'll be charmed.