Based on the series of children's horror fiction novellas, Goosebumps follow child characters, who find themselves in scary situations. Zach Cooper move from New York to the fictional town of Madison, Delaware. Their neighbors are Mr. Shivers and his daughter, Hannah, but when Zach tries to introduce himself, Mr. Shivers warns him to stay away from them.
10 May 1993, Los Angeles, California, USA
12 May 1997, Haifa, Israel
4 October 1996, Texas, USA
6 July 1993, Simi Valley, California, USA
February 24, 2017
Goosebumps finds that balance, managing to capture not only the charm of Stine's work, but the scares as well, without straying too far in either direction.October 16, 2015
It gently mocks the traditions of the genre -- giant preying mantis rips roof off high school -- while never getting too frightening.October 16, 2015
Jack Black fires up a stampede of comic terrors ready made for Halloween. Sure it's exhausting. But Goosebumps, knowing its audience, lets it rip.February 01, 2016
More goofy fun than such a blatant cash-in ought to be.October 16, 2015
It's a cheerful, nasty delight.July 26, 2016
Chances are Goosebumps will prove to be a little too scary for those born after 2008 - fun for three-quarters of the family, if you will - but they'll grow into liking it.June 05, 2016
Generic tween tosh.September 21, 2016
It's a good one for baby horror fans, and adults (Goosebumps fans and non-Goosebumps fans alike) will have a good time as well.October 12, 2016
Jack Black is the ringmaster in a three-ring circus of family horror that stays faithful to everything that made R.L. Stine's junior pulp fiction such a '90s playground sensation.May 24, 2016
The old- fashioned earnestness is welcome. Less so the lack of playfulness.January 21, 2016
The film doesn't try hard to make the case that Hannah's as "real" as anyone else despite being from a book, though it easily could have. That's Goosebumps's implicit premise when it comes to the monsters, after all.October 16, 2015
Goosebumps isn't detached or ironic, nor does it pretend to be something it's not. It's a bonus for fans who pored over the books and it celebrates the fun side of things going bump in the night.