Goosebumps

20152015
PGPG
1h 43min

Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, and Odeya Rush in Goosebumps (2015)

A young kid teams up with the niece of young adult horror author R.L. Stine after the writer's imaginary demons are set free on the town of Greendale, Maryland.

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A teenager teams up with the daughter of young adult horror author R. L. Stine after the writer's imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware.A teenager teams up with the daughter of young adult horror author R. L. Stine after the writer's imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware.A teenager teams up with the daughter of young adult horror author R. L. Stine after the writer's imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware.

Director
- Rob Letterman
Writers
- Darren Lemke(screenplay by)
- Scott Alexander(story by)
- Larry Karaszewski(story by)
Stars

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Awards
- 4 nominations

Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Ryan Lee, and Odeya Rush in Goosebumps (2015)

Amy Ryan and Jillian Bell in Goosebumps (2015)

Goosebumps (2015)

Dylan Minnette, Ryan Lee, and Odeya Rush in Goosebumps (2015)

Amy Ryan and Dylan Minnette in Goosebumps (2015)

Dylan Minnette, Ryan Lee, and Odeya Rush in Goosebumps (2015)

Goosebumps (2015)

Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Ryan Lee, and Odeya Rush in Goosebumps (2015)

Jillian Bell in Goosebumps (2015)

Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, and John Bernecker in Goosebumps (2015)

Dylan Minnette in Goosebumps (2015)

Odeya Rush in Goosebumps (2015)

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.

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Taglines
- The stories are alive
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG for scary and intense creature action and images, and for some rude humor
Parents guide

Trivia
R.L. Stine: The real Stine makes a cameo and says hi to Jack Black while walking through the halls of the school at the end of the movie. The real R.L. Stine's character name was Mr. Black and Jack Black was Mr. Stine.

Goofs
When Zach first enters Stine's Basement he is scared by a cuckoo. The cuckoo cuckoos four times but the hands on the clock show 2 o'clock. In R. L. Stine's 'The Cuckoo Clock of Doom', main character Michael Webster travels back in time and messes up the space-time continuum.

Quotes
[from trailer]
R.L. Stine: [introducing himself to a classroom] Hello. My name is Mr. R.L. Stine. Every story ever told can be broken down into three parts. The beginning. The middle. And the twist.

Crazy credits
Tim Jacobus's Goosebumps cover artwork is used in the ending credits.

Alternate versions
The UK version is cut in one scene to reduce the horror effects in order to obtain a 'PG' rating.

Connections
Featured in Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris: Jack Black (2015)

Soundtracks
Racketeer
Written by Søren Christensen (as Soeren Christensen), Per Jørgensen (as Per Joergensen), Allan Villadsen and Steffen Westmark
Performed by The Blue Van
Courtesy of Iceberg Records A/S

Top review

8/10

A Good Time

Goosebumps is a fun, family friendly movie. It captures the nostalgia from back when I was a kid, and I thoroughly enjoyed the movie throughout.

The essential storyline is, monsters are released from R.L. Stine's manuscripts and cause mayhem through the town. We follow as the main leads attempt to put an end to the madness.

The actors do a decent job throughout, and Jack Black really excels as R.L. Stine. Aside from him, the main cast is made up of relative unknowns, however they do an adequate job.

The special effects are very well done, and the monsters look real.

Overall, I don't feel this movie is going to win any awards, but if you just want to have a good time at the movies, then go check it out.

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Budget
- $58,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $80,080,379
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $23,618,556
- Oct 18, 2015
Gross worldwide
- $158,261,424

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Runtime
- 1h 43min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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