Still Getting ‘Goosebumps’ After All These Years

Posted by Ashley Demma (ashley@filmschoolrejects.com) on August 20, 2008 Share

GoosebumpsR.L. Stine’s beloved scary story series, Goosebumps, is making its big screen jump after almost 15 years. Goosebumps began as a young adult novel series, spanning more than 50 books. Fox then picked up the books for a weekly television show in 1995. Subsequent VHS releases of the more popular episodes, including The Haunted Mask, Night of the Living Dummy, and A Night in Terror Tower, followed.

Now, Columbia Pictures wants to move forward with an actual film version of the stories. Writers Larry Karaszewski and Scott Alexander (who also penned the screenplays for Ed Wood and 1408), will make the adaptation.

The books have limitless potential on-screen. There are so many different stories, all with twist endings and enough scares to frighten an audience, while still being kid friendly. The real question is…will people be interested? Is it too late for a Goosebumps movie or will a new generation of readers become hooked in the addicting, nightmarish, otherworld of R.L. Stine’s imagination? I’ve read these books since I was about six, and I remember being thoroughly creeped out after each new installment. Something about the stories left me terrified but eager for more. Let’s hope that other moviegoers feel the same way.

Which stories would you most want to see adapted for the movie(s)? Who would be good choices for young actors?

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  • rrusp1
    hi. i loved goosebumps ever since i was four. halloween is almost here. you better watch your back
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  • Angie
    I've always loved Goosebumps. My friend who is like 3 years yonger than me (ive known her since she was 9 months old) hated goosebumps so i would sometimes rent them from blockbuster on purpose lol well I always loved night of the living dummy, the mask, welcome to dead house (actually i just got finished watching that one :P, and like much more
  • jacob
    i think the movie will be a huge success. the show was great and the books were awesome.
    the movie shouldb a anthology of stories like Creepshow with R.L. Stne narrating at the beginning and end of each story. my pickfor the stories will be:

    Monster Blood
    Night of the Livng Dummy
    Deep Trouble
    Haunted Mask
    Werewolf of Fever Swamp
  • austin
    that wil be so cool i hope make them a lot more scary than they are
  • HempKnight757
    Well their not going to do "Night of the Living Dummy" I know that because that was basicaly "Dead Silence" and might I add that was horrible, but what do you expect from people who keep making more Saws does anyone really care?
  • Krystal
    Oooh, "One Day at Horrorland" and "Night of the Living Dummy!" Awesome!
  • Mr. Rev
    i use to watch this when i was young but still I am not in my twenties...i am still a minor and i love fucken goosegumps son...if i pick up one of those novels now i will be done in a few minutes!!!

    They should really give an adulty feel...thats the only way to addict the older crowd; the haunted mask is the best book I every read, after that one, the please say cheese one maybe...i going to go hit up my bookshelf and find any old books by him...i am in the mood to read over summertime, dam!!
  • I personally think the best move would be to make 'Goosebumps' more adulty in feel. Yanno? I think the Haunted Mask could really be terrifying with an R rating. Give the original fans (who are now in their early twenties) an update on their favorite stories.
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