"Goosebumps" The Phantom of the Auditorium (1995)

Writer:

R.L. Stine (novel)

TV Series:

"Goosebumps" (1995)

Original Air Date:

1 December 1995 (Season 1, Episode 7)

Genre:

Family | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Note | Secret Room | Photograph | Trapdoor | Paint

Cast

Jessica Moyes	...	Brooke Rogers
Shawn Potter	...	Zeke Matthews
Stuart Stone	...	Brian Colson
Kathryn Greenwood	...	Ms. Walker
Julia Chantrey	...	Tina Powell (as Julie Annis)
Philip Eddolls	...	Corey Sklar
Eric Fink	...	Emile (as Erik Fink)
John Bayliss	...	Mr. Levy
Boyd Banks	...	Mr. Johnson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Daryl Jaye	...	Robert Hernandez

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
R.L. Stine		novel

Produced by
Patrick Doyle	....	co-producer
Deborah Forte	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Brad MacDonald

Makeup Department
Ron Stefaniuk	....	special effects makeup designer

Sound Department
Allen Ormerod	....	sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Barton-Taylor	....	grip
David Niven	....	first assistant camera
Scott Westerlaken	....	grip

Transportation Department
Aleck Duncan	....	driver: cast (uncredited)

Other crew
Dan Angel	....	executive story editor
Billy Brown	....	executive story editor

Directed by
Randy Bradshaw
Craig Pryce

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Scott Peters
Andrea Raffaghello		"Teachers Pet"

Produced by
Masa Mikage	....	associate producer
Thomas L. Wilhite	....	executive producer

Casting by
Felicia Fasano

Production Design by
Armando Sgrignuoli

Makeup Department
Matthew Dewilde	....	prosthetic sculptor
Stephanie Ingram	....	key hair stylist (1995-1997)
Marika Latorcai	....	assistant makeup artist (as Marika Williams)
David Scott	....	prosthetic sculptor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Eric Banz	....	second assistant director (season 4)
Eric Banz	....	third assistant director (season 1)
Joshua Chaiton	....	apprentice director
Trevor Fischer	....	second assistant director
Douglas Mitchell	....	third assistant director (season 4)
Gary Mueller	....	second unit director

Art Department
Robert J. Lewis	....	storyboard artist
Jaclyn Shoub	....	properties buyer (seasons 1-3)

Sound Department
Alek Bromke	....	adr assistant recordist
Erika Schengili-Roberts	....	boom operator (season 1)
Andrew Tay	....	sound re-recording mixer (seasons 1 and 2)

Special Effects by
Brock Jolliffe	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Gudrun Heinze	....	digital compositor
Shelly Morrow	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Marco Bianco	....	stunt coordinator
Brian Jagersky	....	stunts
Steve Lucescu	....	stunt coordinator
Steve Lucescu	....	utility stunts
Edward A. Queffelec	....	stunts
Robert Racki	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Masato Chikusa	....	videographer: behind-the-scenes documentary
Masaaki Fujimori	....	videographer: behind-the-scenes
Renaldo Jackson	....	best boy
Steve Kolodziej	....	video playback operator (season 4)
Doug Lawrance	....	camera operator (1998)
John Medland	....	still photographer
Leonard Mitalas	....	camera trainee
Lisa Pilcher	....	second assistant camera

Casting Department
Leonard Finger	....	casting: New York
Suzy Sachs	....	additional casting: Seattle

Costume and Wardrobe Department
April Poppe	....	wardrobe

Music Department
Brian Nevin	....	music mixer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Rick Selmanovic	....	driver
Jerry Skavinsky	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Rick Constantineau	....	production accountant
Masaaki Fujimori	....	director: behind-the-scenes
Anthony Grosse	....	assistant accountant
Evan Hayes	....	production assistant
Brenda Kulvietis	....	accountant
Rey-Phillip Santos	....	production assistant
Michelle Taddei	....	production assistant (1997)

Distributors

• Hub Television Network (2012) (USA) (TV)

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

For everyone who thought Macbeth was THE cursed play, The Phantom proves otherwise.

A fun and atmospheric riff on The Phantom Of The Opera, this tale from the pen of R. L. Stine provides the usual mix of fun and, of course, goosebumps.

The story focuses on young Brooke Rogers (Jessica Moyes) as she prepares for her role in the school play "The Phantom". The play is said to be cursed and some of Brooke's co-stars are more than a little wary of it. Zeke (Shawn Potter) isn't bothered by the spooky story, however, as he just wants to have fun in the role of The Phantom, but it would seem that someone is determined to spoil his fun as he is set up to look like a troublemaker and subsequently removed from the play. Can Zeke get his role back? Who is lurking in the shadows? And IS the play actually cursed?

The cast all do a pretty good job here - including Kathryn Greenwood as the teacher and Stuart Stone as new boy Brian - and the direction is solid, but, as with every Goosebumps episode, the best aspect of the whole thing is the tale that is told by Stine, a master at judging just how scary to make something aimed at kids of a certain age.

Great stuff, as usual.