
Overview
Jack Black stars as acclaimed GOOSEBUMPS writer R.L. Stine in this feature-film adaptation of the popular YA book series. A teenager named Zach (Dylan Minnette) reluctantly moves from New York City to the quiet town of Madison, DE, where he quickly realizes that his reclusive new neighbor is in fact the horror author of the GOOSEBUMPS series. Zach learns Stine's identity when he is drawn to the writer's daughter Hannah (Odeya Rush), but soon discovers the dangerous secret inside their home -- the creatures from Stine's famous stories are real, and are kept locked away inside their original manuscripts. After an accident frees the monsters, Zach, Hannah, and their nerdy pal Champ (Ryan Lee) must work together with Stine to save their town from destruction. Rob Letterman directed this family-friendly adventure. Screenplay by Darren Lemke; screen story by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski.
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Details
- Format: Blu-ray (With DVD, Dubbed, Widescreen, AC-3, Dolby)
- Run Time: 103
- Color Format: Color
- UPC: 043396446793
- Genre: COMEDIES
- Rating: PG (MPAA)
- Release Date: January 2016
Movie Reviews
Reviews:
"[A] playful, horror-adventure romp that succeeds..." - 10/14/2015 Los Angeles Times
3 stars out of 4 -- "[The filmmakers] rise to the occasion, delivering a movie that’s a lot of good creepy fun in spite of some dubious construction." - 10/16/2015 RogerEbert.com
"The film works from a very clever conceit based on what might happen if Stine’s own words, and the monsters he created, came to life." - 10/13/2015 Chicago Sun-Times
"GOOSEBUMPS the movie takes quite literally the notion of the power of fiction to come alive." - 10/16/2015 New York Times
3 stars out of 4 -- "Jack Black fires up this crazy-scary-funny film version of R.L. Stine's bestselling kid-lit horror tales." - 10/16/2015 Rolling Stone
4 stars out of 5 -- "GOOSEBUMPS gets it just right. It’s consistently arch and knowing from the off...[and] there are enough smartly manufactured jumps to keep things interesting." - 01/29/2016 Empire