Goosebumps (2015)

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)

Stars:

Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jack Black	...	Stine
Dylan Minnette	...	Zach
Odeya Rush	...	Hannah
Ryan Lee	...	Champ
Amy Ryan	...	Gale
Jillian Bell	...	Lorraine
Halston Sage	...	Taylor
Steven Krueger	...	Davidson
Keith Arthur Bolden	...	Principal Garrison
Amanda Lund	...	Officer Brooks
Timothy Simons	...	Officer Stevens
Ken Marino	...	Coach Carr
Karan Soni	...	Mr. Rooney
R.L. Stine	...	Hallway Player
Caleb Emery	...	Dumb Jock

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.

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Plot Keywords:

monster | ferris wheel | abandoned amusement park | ventriloquist dummy | based on book | 

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Taglines:

The stories are alive

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for scary and intense creature action and images, and for some rude humor

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 October 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Goosebumps

Filming Locations:

Conyers, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$58,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$23,618,556, 16 October 2015, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$80,080,379

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$156,246,468

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Expedition Films, LStar Capital

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos Dolby Digital Datasat Auro 11.1 Dolby Surround 7.1 SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

R.L. Stine observed that one of the major hurdles in getting a Goosebumps movie made was having too many books to choose for adaptation, and that it was a masterstroke of this film to include all of the characters in an original story.

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Goofs

The Wagoneer prominently displays a sun/moon roof during the mantis attack, but just a few minutes later when it is flipped over in the supermarket parking lot, it clearly does not have this accessory.

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Quotes

[from trailer]
Hannah: [to Zach] C'mon, scaredy-cat!

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Crazy Credits

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

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Alternate Versions

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

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Connections

References Gulliver's Travels (2010)

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Soundtracks

Better Than the Rest
Written by Louise Fraser and Trent Williamson
Performed by Shock Diamonds
Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation

User Reviews

Fun time for the whole family!

I took my entire family to see this movie, and I was actually pleasantly surprised at how good it was. Everything about this screamed, remake of a property from the past, a washed up actor as one of the lead, etc., 'terrible movie', but I'm really glad that they actually made this quite well. I'd say if you need a movie for all ages then Goosebumps is your best best this fall/winter besides Peanuts and Good Dinosaur.

I'm not going to say goosebumps is a perfect movie though, I mean a lot of the main plot points are clichés, and while I liked Black's performance because I thought it was over the top crazy (which he does quite well), others might not find it as amusing. Overall definitely a movie to check out! I watched the Goosebumps cartoon as a kid, and I'm happy to say this is better than previous iterations of R.L. Stein's Goosebumps