Goosebumps (TV series) facts for kids
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Intertitle for the first and second seasons of the Goosebumps TV series
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| Created by | R. L. Stine |
| Based on | Goosebumps by R.L. Stine |
| Developed by | Deborah Forte |
| Theme music composer | Jack Lenz |
| Composer(s) | Jack Lenz |
| Country of origin | Canada United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 74 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Deborah Forte |
| Running time | 24 minutes (regular) 48 minutes (specials) |
| Production company(s) | Protocol Entertainment Scholastic Entertainment Gajdecki Visual Effects |
| Distributor | 20th Television |
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| Original network | YTV (Canada) Fox Kids (U.S.) |
| Picture format | 480i 4:3 |
| Audio format | Dolby Surround |
| Original release | 27 October 1995 – 16 November 1998 |
Goosebumps is a scary and exciting TV show from Canada and the U.S. It is based on the super popular Goosebumps book series by R. L. Stine. The show tells different spooky stories in each episode. These stories are about kids and teens who find themselves in strange and creepy situations, often involving supernatural things or magic.
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Episodes of Goosebumps
The Goosebumps TV series has 4 seasons and a total of 74 episodes. Each episode brings a new adventure, often adapted from one of R.L. Stine's famous books. You can find a full list of all the episodes by clicking the link above.
How to Watch Goosebumps: Home Media Releases
The Goosebumps TV show has been released in many ways over the years, so fans could watch their favorite spooky episodes at home.
VHS Tapes: Early Releases
Before DVDs were common, Goosebumps episodes were released on VHS tapes. These tapes were popular in the United Kingdom and the United States.
VHS Tapes in the UK
In the UK, some popular episodes like The Haunted Mask and The Werewolf of Fever Swamp came out on VHS.
| Release name | Release date | Classifaction | Publisher | Format | Language | Subtitles | Notes | REF |
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| The Haunted Mask | 3 March 1997 | PG | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | PAL | English | None | ||
| The Werewolf of Fever Swamp | 23 February 1998 | Not Rated | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | PAL | English | None | This episode was given a "12" rating in the UK because of its spooky themes and scenes of animals being hunted. | |
| Night of the Living Dummy III | 1 October 1999 | PG | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | PAL | English | None | ||
| Welcome to Camp Nightmare | 1 October 1999 | PG | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | PAL | English | None | ||
| A Night in Terror Tower | 1 October 1999 | PG | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | PAL | English | None | ||
| Stay Out of the Basement | 1 October 1999 | PG | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | PAL | English | None | ||
| The Haunted Mask II | 1 October 1999 | PG | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | PAL | English | None | ||
| One Day at HorrorLand | 11 October 1999 | PG | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | PAL | English | None | ||
| Return of the Mummy | 23 September 2002 | PG | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | PAL | English | None | ||
| Welcome to Dead House | 30 September 2002 | PG | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | PAL | English | None |
VHS Tapes in the US
In the U.S., many episodes were also released on VHS, sometimes in special packs with multiple episodes.
| Release name | Release date | Classifaction | Publisher | Stock Number | Format | Language | Subtitles | Notes | REF |
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| The Haunted Mask | 12 March 1996 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 4461 | NTSC | English | None | ||
| Stay Out of the Basement | 3 September 1996 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 4464 | NTSC | English | None | ||
| A Night in Terror Tower | 3 September 1996 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 4463 | NTSC | English | None | ||
| The Werewolf of Fever Swamp | 25 March 1997 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 4394 | NTSC | English | None | ||
| The Haunted Mask II | 29 July 1997 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 4398 | NTSC | English | None | ||
| Welcome to Dead House | 23 September 1997 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 6040 | NTSC | English | None | ||
| Night of the Living Dummy III | 13 January 1998 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 4399 | NTSC | English | None | ||
| The Haunted Mask A Night in Terror Tower Stay Out of the Basement |
19 May 1998 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 4461 4463 4464 |
NTSC | English | None | VHS Pack | |
| The Werewolf of Fever Swamp The Haunted Mask II Welcome to Dead House |
19 May 1998 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 4394 4398 6040 |
NTSC | English | None | VHS Pack | |
| Bride of the Living Dummy An Old Story |
15 September 1998 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 0498 | NTSC | English | None | 2 Episode on 1 VHS | |
| One Day at HorrorLand | 15 September 1998 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 0496 | NTSC | English | None | Part 1 & 2 | |
| Werewolf Skin | 15 September 1998 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 0497 | NTSC | English | None | Part 1 & 2 |
DVD Releases: Newer Ways to Watch
Starting in 2004, the series began to be released on DVD. These DVDs often had one or two episodes per disc. Later, bigger sets with more episodes came out.
Original DVD Releases
These were some of the first DVD releases, usually with two episodes on each disc.
| DVD title | Season(s) | Episode count | Release date | Episodes | |
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| The Haunted Mask II | 2 | 2 | 7 September 2004 | 30-31 ("The Haunted Mask II") | |
| Night of the Living Dummy III | 43-44 ("Night of the Living Dummy III") | ||||
| Welcome to Dead House | 39-40 ("Welcome to Dead House") | ||||
| The Werewolf of Fever Swamp | 1 | 18-19 ("The Werewolf of Fever Swamp") | |||
| Cry of the Cat | 4 | 12 April 2005 | 71-72 ("Cry of the Cat") | ||
| Deep Trouble | 73-74 ("Deep Trouble") | ||||
| How I Got My Shrunken Head | 67-68 ("How I Got My Shrunken Head") | ||||
| Chillogy | 3 | 3 | 6 September 2005 | 63-65 ("Chillogy") | |
| The Ghost Next Door | 4 | 2 | 69-70 ("The Ghost Next Door") | ||
| Scary House | 3 | 47 ("The House of No Return") and 54 ("The Haunted House Game") | |||
| A Shocker on Shock Street | 5 September 2006 | 45 ("A Shocker on Shock Street") and 49 ("Click") | |||
| My Best Friend Is Invisible | 50 ("An Old Story") and 46 ("My Best Friend Is Invisible") | ||||
| Perfect School | 55-56 ("Perfect School") | ||||
| It Came from Beneath the Sink! | 1, 3 | 11 September 2007 | 14 ("It Came from Beneath the Sink") and 61 ("Strained Peas") | ||
| Night of the Living Dummy | 10 ("Night of the Living Dummy II") and 60 ("Bride of the Living Dummy") | ||||
| Say Cheese and Die! | 15 ("Say Cheese and Die") and 62 ("Say Cheese and Die... Again") | ||||
Double Feature DVDs
Some DVD releases combined two of the earlier discs into one "double feature" set.
| Release name | UK release date (region 2) |
Australian release date (region 4) |
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| Night of the Living Dummy/ How I Got My Shrunken Head |
- | - | 16 September 2008 | |
| Scary House/ Chillogy |
– | – | 16 September 2008 | |
| Perfect School/ My Best Friend Is Invisible |
– | – | 16 September 2008 | |
| It Came from Beneath the Sink/ Deep Trouble |
– | – | 16 September 2008 | |
| Ghost Next Door/ Shocker on Shock Street |
– | – | 16 September 2008 | |
| Cry of the Cat/ Say Cheese and Die |
– | – | 16 September 2008 |
Revival DVD Releases
New DVD sets were released starting in 2008, around the same time as the Goosebumps HorrorLand books. These DVDs had better sound and picture quality and usually included three or four episodes.
| Release name | UK release date (region 2) |
Australian release date (region 4) |
North American release date (region 1) |
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| A Night in Terror Tower | – | – | 16 September 2008 | Also contains Stay Out of the Basement |
| Monster Blood | – | – | 16 September 2008 | Also contains More Monster Blood, How to Kill a Monster, and The Girl Who Cried Monster |
| One Day at HorrorLand | – | – | 16 September 2008 | Also contains Welcome To Camp Nightmare |
| Return of the Mummy | – | – | 31 March 2009 | Also contains Don't Wake Mummy and You Can't Scare Me! |
| The Scarecrow Walks At Midnight | – | – | 31 March 2009 | Also contains Don't Go To Sleep! and Calling All Creeps |
| The Headless Ghost | – | – | 8 September 2009 | Also contains Teacher's Pet and Awesome Ants |
| Attack of the Jack O'Lanterns | – | – | 8 September 2009 | Also contains Vampire Breath and Let's Get Invisible! |
| The Blob That Ate Everyone | – | – | 7 September 2010 | Also contains Piano Lessons Can Be Murder and My Hairiest Adventure |
| Go Eat Worms! | – | – | 7 September 2010 | Also contains Bad Hare Day and Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes |
| Ghost Beach | – | – | 13 September 2011 | Also contains The Barking Ghost and Be Careful What You Wish For... |
| Attack of the Mutant | – | – | 13 September 2011 | Also contains Phantom of the Auditorium |
| Release name | UK release date (region 2) |
Australian release date (region 4) |
North American release date (region 1) |
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| The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight/ A Night in Terror Tower |
– | – | 11 September 2012 | |
| The Headless Ghost/ Ghost Beach |
– | – | 11 September 2012 | |
| One Day at HorrorLand/ Go Eat Worms! |
– | – | 11 September 2012 |
Full Season DVD Sets
Later, entire seasons of Goosebumps were released in special DVD sets, making it easy to collect all the episodes.
| Release name | Release date | Notes |
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| Season One | 26 November 2012 | |
| Season Two | 25 March 2013 | |
| Seasons Three and Four | 19 August 2013 | |
| The Complete Collection | 28 October 2013 |
In Australia and New Zealand, all four seasons were also released in DVD sets.
| Release name | Release date | Notes |
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| Season One | 4 February 2014 | |
| Season Two | 7 May 2014 | |
| Season Three | 4 June 2014 | |
| Season Four | 9 July 2014 | |
| Goosebumps - Most Wanted | 9 July 2014 |
Watching Goosebumps Online
Today, you can also watch the complete Goosebumps series online. It is available to buy on iTunes and to stream on Netflix in some countries like the U.S., UK, and Canada.
Goosebumps Presents: Books with TV Show Pictures
After the TV show became popular, some of the original Goosebumps books were re-released in a special series called Goosebumps Presents. The cool thing about these books is that they included photos from the TV episodes! This let readers see how the scary scenes from the books looked on screen. Eighteen of these special books were released between 1996 and 1998.
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| 01 | The Girl Who Cried Monster | 5 February 1996 | 57 | ISBN: 0-590-74586-7 | |
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Lucy loves telling tall tales about monsters. But what happens when she finds a real monster at the library?
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| 02 | The Cuckoo Clock of Doom | 20 May 1996 | 56 | ISBN: 0-590-74587-5 | |
| 03 | Welcome to Camp Nightmare | 15 July 1996 | 68 | ISBN: 0-590-74588-3 | |
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Billy enjoys camp until strange accidents start happening to his friends. He wonders if he'll be next!
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| 04 | Return of the Mummy | 2 September 1996 | 64 | ISBN: 0-590-74589-1 | |
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Gabe and his cousin Sari are trapped in a mummy's tomb in Egypt. But where is the mummy?
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| 05 | Night of the Living Dummy II | 11 November 1996 | 56 | ISBN: 0-590-74590-5 | |
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Slappy, the creepy dummy, comes to Amy's house. He shows her he can walk, talk, and cause lots of trouble on his own!
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| 06 | My Hairiest Adventure | 23 December 1996 | 64 | ISBN: 0-590-82519-4 | |
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Larry and his friends use some old tanning lotion. Soon, Larry starts growing hair, and his friends begin to disappear!
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| 07 | The Headless Ghost | 30 December 1996 | 64 | ISBN: 0-590-93954-8 | |
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Two friends go ghost hunting in a haunted house. They meet a strange boy who might be the ghost of a boy who lost his head.
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| 08 | Be Careful What You Wish for | 6 January 1997 | 59 | ISBN: 0-590-93955-6 | |
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Samantha is tired of being clumsy and bullied. She gets three wishes, but they keep going wrong!
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| 09 | Go Eat Worms! | 10 February 1997 | 56 | ISBN: 0-590-93959-9 | |
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Todd loves worms. But his worm obsession gets slimy when his worm "test subjects" start following him around.
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| 10 | Bad Hare Day | 17 March 1997 | 57 | ISBN: 0-590-93960-2 | |
| 11 | Let's Get Invisible! | 28 April 1997 | 58 | ISBN: 0-590-93968-8 | |
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Max and his friends find a magic mirror that makes them invisible. But it becomes harder and harder to become visible again!
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| 12 | Attack of the Mutant | 26 May 1997 | 63 | ISBN: 0-590-93969-6 | |
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Skipper loves comic books, especially the Masked Mutant. But then he gets pulled into a real-life adventure to save the world from the villain!
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| 13 | Ghost Beach | 2 June 1997 | 59 | ISBN: 0-590-29994-8 | |
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Jerry and Terri explore a cave by the beach. They ignore warnings about ghosts, only to find the ghosts are closer than they thought.
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| 14 | You Can't Scare Me! | 28 July 1997 | 60 | ISBN: 0-590-30663-4 | |
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Eddie and his friends try to scare Courtney. But the town's legendary mud monsters have their own plans to make everyone scream.
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| 15 | Monster Blood | 25 August 1997 | 60 | ISBN: 0-590-30547-6 | |
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Evan and Andy find a can of "Monster Blood" in Evan's aunt's house. The slime starts to grow to a terrifying size!
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| 16 | Attack of the Jack-o'-Lanterns | 20 October 1997 | 58 | ISBN: 0-590-37511-3 | |
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Drew notices a strange change in her friends Shane and Shana after they dress up as monsters with pumpkin heads for Halloween.
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| 17 | Calling All Creeps! | 1 December 1997 | 64 | ISBN: 0-590-39058-9 | |
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Ricky's plan to get back at a girl goes wrong when reptilian aliens start calling him, planning to take over humanity.
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| 18 | Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes | 16 February 1998 | 64 | ISBN: 0-590-46441-8 | |
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Joe's dad loves lawn ornaments. When he brings home two new yard gnomes, the terror begins!
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A New Goosebumps TV Show: The Reboot
Good news for Goosebumps fans! On April 28, 2020, it was announced that a new live-action TV series was being made. This new show is being created by Scholastic Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television, and Neal H. Moritz's company, Original Film. This is the same company that made the Goosebumps movies in 2015 and 2018.
See also
In Spanish: Goosebumps (serie de televisión) para niños
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