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 LettermanWriters:
Darren Lemke (screenplay), Scott Alexander(story),Stars:
Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush |Storyline
Upset about moving from a big city to a small town, teenager Zach Cooper (Dylan Minnette) finds a silver lining when he meets the beautiful girl, Hannah (Odeya Rush), living right next door. 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. When Zach unintentionally unleashes the monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town, it's suddenly up to Stine, Zach, Hannah, and Zach's friend Champ (Ryan Lee) to get all of them back in the books where they belong.
Goosebumps
User Reviews
Extremely surprised- intense and sometimes hysterical!
First things first- I grew up with the Goosebumps books and TV show. When I saw the trailer pop up when I went to watch Minions, I expected it to be your typical horrible live- action/CGI adaptation of something that was good back in its day, but with Goosebumps, it's a fun, upbeat, hilarious and charming surprise. The only problems with the movie is that the visuals are a mixed bag(some are really cool and refreshing, some are cheap- Alvin And The Chipmunks quality CGI) and it tries to be hip, but otherwise, the movie's awesome! The action scenes really had me shocked on how creative they're set up to be(the ice rink Abominable Snowman sequence, the praying mantis chase) and the 3D really added to the imagination of the intensity. The comedy is also very witty, with most of it being sharp verbal gags and occasionally a goofy visual joke. Goosebumps is the most fun(excluding The Martian) I've had at the movies since Ant-Man, and it's good, clean, funny and intense entertainment that families will have a great time with. Stick around for a cool 3D credit sequence if you pay for the extra dimension.
