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Title: Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Wendi McLendon-Covey | ... | Kathy | |
| Madison Iseman | ... | Sarah | |
| Jeremy Ray Taylor | ... | Sonny | |
| Caleel Harris | ... | Sam | |
| Ken Jeong | ... | Mr. Chu | |
| Chris Parnell | ... | Walter | |
| Bryce Cass | ... | Tyler | |
| Peyton Wich | ... | Tommy Madigan | |
| Shari Headley | ... | Mrs. Carter | |
| Christian Finlayson | ... | Cooper | |
| Matthew J. Vasquez | ... | Derek (as Matthew Jose Vasquez) | |
| Courtney Lauren Cummings | ... | Tyler's Crew (as Courtney Cummings) | |
| Jessi Goei | ... | Tyler's Crew | |
| Drew Scheid | ... | Tyler's Crew | |
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Tyler Silva | ... | Tyler's Crew |
Teenager Sarah Quinn (Madison Iseman) lives with her mother Kathy (Wendi McLendon-Covey) and younger brother Sonny (Jeremy Ray Taylor) in Wardenclyffe, New York. Sarah is attempting to get into Columbia University by writing an essay about fear. Kathy agrees to watch Sonny's friend Sam Carter (Caleel Harris) while his father goes out of town. Sonny and Sam are attempting to start a garbage cleanup business, and are called after school to clean up an abandoned house. Inside, they find a locked manuscript and open it, causing Slappy the Dummy to appear. They unknowingly bring him to life by speaking magic words found in his pocket. The book is later stolen by a bully named Tommy Madigan (Payton Wich). At home, Sonny is working on his science project, a miniature version of Nikola Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower. Slappy then reveals he's alive to Sonny and Sam, and gets their trust by using his magic to do the boy's chores and homework. Meanwhile, Sarah goes to a party to meet her boyfriend ...
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I quite enjoyed Goosebumps (2015) it was silly larger than life fun based on books I certainly enjoyed as a child. I did however not expect a sequel!
Led by two very entertaining kids, flanked by the always likeable Wendi McLendon-Covey and less so Ken Jeong the movies cast is a solid one.
SFX? Ropey in places but the movie is on a big scale, monsters of all shapes and sizes so the cgi is rife.
Plot? Highly generic stuff but passable enough to kill 90 minutes with.
So where do the real issues lay? Well the tone seems rather different, this doesn't feel like a loyal Goosebumps sequel it feels like something you'd watch on a Saturday morning with your kids. It feels like Kenan & Kel Halloween special, the horror is pretty much non-existent and instead is a full on goofy family comedy. That really damaged the film for me, sure I didn't expect actual horror but a degree of threat like the first movie would have been nice and not a full on children's movie. Absolutely no parental supervision needed for this one!
I enjoyed all the wacky monsters, I liked how bright and colorful the whole thing was and how the two leads managed to be likeable despite my hatred for kids. Haunted Halloween isn't bad, it's just very disappointing and if this is the direction they're going in then I'm not fussed for any more films.
The Good:
Looks great for the most part
Cast do a decent job
Great monsters
The Bad:
CGI fails in places
Saturday morning tone did nothing for me