Goosebumps (film) facts for kids
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| Directed by | Rob Letterman |
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| Screenplay by | Darren Lemke |
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| Music by | Danny Elfman |
| Cinematography | Javier Aguirresarobe |
| Editing by | Jim May |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
| Release date(s) | June 24, 2015 (CineEurope) October 16, 2015 (United States) |
| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $58–84 million |
| Money made | $158.3 million |
Goosebumps is a 2015 American comedy horror film. It was directed by Rob Letterman. The movie is based on the popular Goosebumps children's horror book series by R. L. Stine.
In the film, Jack Black plays a made-up version of R. L. Stine. He teams up with his teenage neighbor, Zach (played by Dylan Minnette). They must save their town when all the scary monsters from Stine's books escape into the real world. This causes a lot of trouble! Odeya Rush, Amy Ryan, Ryan Lee, and Jillian Bell also star in the movie.
Making a Goosebumps movie started way back in 1998. But it took a long time to get it right. In 2008, Columbia Pictures got the rights to make the film. Filming took place from April to July 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Goosebumps came out in theaters on October 16, 2015. It was a big success and critics liked it. People praised its humor and how it used many things from the Goosebumps books. The movie earned $158 million worldwide. A second movie, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween, was released in 2018.
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Story of the Monsters Escaping
After his dad dies, Zach Cooper moves with his mom, Gale, to Madison, Delaware. He meets his neighbor, Hannah, but her dad tells Zach to stay away. The next morning, Zach makes a new friend at school named Champ.
That night, Hannah invites Zach to an old amusement park. They have fun and start to become friends. But when they get home, Hannah's dad warns Zach again to stay away.
The next night, Zach's mom leaves for a school dance. Zach worries about Hannah and tricks her dad into going to the police station. Zach and Champ then sneak into Hannah's house. They find a bookshelf full of locked books. These books are all the Goosebumps stories!
Champ is curious, so Zach unlocks one book, The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena. The giant snowman monster jumps out of the book! With Hannah's help, they chase the monster to an ice rink. Hannah's dad shows up and traps the snowman back in its book.
Hannah's dad then reveals a big secret: he is R. L. Stine! He explains that he wrote the Goosebumps stories to deal with bullies. But his imagination was so strong that the monsters became real. He had to trap them inside their books.
Back at the house, Slappy the Dummy from the Night of the Living Dummy books escapes! Slappy is angry at Stine for trapping him. He burns his own book and takes all the other Goosebumps manuscripts. Stine and the kids are then attacked by the evil lawn gnomes. They have to run away!
Slappy starts releasing more monsters, causing chaos in Madison. Zach's aunt Lorraine is attacked by Fifi the Vampire Poodle. Zach tells Stine they need to trap all the monsters again. Stine says he can do it with his special typewriter, which is at the high school.
On their way, they are attacked by Brent Green, an invisible boy, and a giant praying mantis. They hide in a supermarket. Will Blake, the werewolf, chases them to the parking lot. Luckily, Aunt Lorraine runs him over with her car!
The School Attack
Stine and the kids go through a cemetery. Zach notices that Hannah looks like a ghost in the moonlight. They are then attacked by graveyard ghouls. When they reach the school, Zach talks to Stine alone. Stine tells Zach that Hannah is actually Hannah Fairchild from his book The Ghost Next Door. Stine created her because he was lonely. Hannah didn't know she was a character from a book.
Stine finds his typewriter and starts writing a new story. This story is about everything that is happening around them. Zach and Champ try to warn everyone at the school. But no one believes them until the giant mantis attacks the building!
Slappy releases all the remaining Goosebumps monsters. They storm the school. The teachers and students try to fight them off, but the monsters break in. Slappy finds Stine and breaks his fingers. This stops Stine from finishing the story.
To keep everyone safe, Stine and the kids trick the monsters. They make the monsters follow a school bus with explosives. The group takes another bus and drives to the abandoned amusement park. Slappy realizes their trick and follows them. He releases the Blob monster from The Blob That Ate Everyone.
Stine confronts the Blob and is eaten by it. Zach, Hannah, and Champ climb to the top of the ferris wheel. Zach finishes the story on the typewriter. But the mantis makes the ferris wheel collapse! Zach doesn't want to open the book because Hannah will be sucked in too. Hannah then reveals she knew she was a ghost all along. She opens the book, sucking Slappy and all the other monsters inside. She says goodbye to Zach with a kiss before disappearing.
After the Monsters are Gone
Later, Stine becomes a substitute teacher at the school. He also starts dating Aunt Lorraine. At the end of the day, Stine tells Zach a secret. He brought Hannah back to life by writing a new copy of her story. When Zach and Hannah leave together, Stine burns the copy. This makes Hannah a real person forever!
However, as Stine is leaving, his typewriter starts writing by itself. To his horror, Brent Green, the invisible boy, was not trapped in the book. He is using the typewriter to write a new Goosebumps story called The Invisible Boy's Revenge!
Main Characters
- Jack Black as R. L. Stine: The famous author of the Goosebumps books. He tries to keep his identity a secret.
- Black also provides the voices for Slappy the Dummy and Brent Green.
- Dylan Minnette as Zachary "Zach" Cooper: R. L. Stine's new neighbor.
- Odeya Rush as Hannah Stine: Stine's daughter and Zach's new friend. She is secretly Hannah Fairchild from one of Stine's books.
- Ryan Lee as Champ: A clumsy student who becomes Zach's friend.
- Amy Ryan as Gale Cooper: Zach's mom and the vice-principal at Madison High School.
- Jillian Bell as Lorraine Conyers: Zach's aunt and Gale's sister.
- Halston Sage as Taylor: A popular student at Madison High School.
- Steven Krueger as Davidson: Another popular student.
- Keith Arthur Bolden as Principal Garrison: The principal of Madison High School.
- Amanda Lund as Officer Brooks: A police officer in training.
- Timothy Simons as Officer Stevens: A police officer.
- Ken Marino as Coach Carr: The gym teacher.
- Karan Soni as Mr. Rooney: A teacher.
The real R. L. Stine also has a small role in the movie as a drama teacher.
Music in the Movie
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| Released | October 9, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | 2015 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack, orchestral | |||
| Length | 64:07 | |||
| Label | Sony Classical Records | |||
| Producer | Danny Elfman | |||
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The music for the film was created by Danny Elfman. The soundtrack album was released on October 23, 2015.
Here are some songs that were played in the movie:
- "Racketeer" by The Blue Van
- "Headlights" by OPIEN
- "Get Ugly" by Jason Derulo
- "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" by Ryan Perez-Daple
- "Better Than the Rest" by Shock Diamonds
- "Heads Will Roll" (A-Trak Remix) by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- "Bumps Gonna Goose Ya" by MF Bumps feat. Jack Black
Sequel Film
A second Goosebumps movie was planned soon after the first one came out. The sequel is called Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween.
At first, Rob Letterman was going to direct again. But later, Ari Sandel became the new director. There were different ideas for the story. One idea was to have Jack Black return as R.L. Stine, and another was to have him not be in the movie at all.
In the end, Jack Black did return for the sequel. New actors joined the cast, including Madison Iseman, Ben O'Brien, Caleel Harris, and Jeremy Ray Taylor. Ken Jeong, Chris Parnell, and Wendi McLendon-Covey also joined. Filming for the sequel began in March 2018.
Images for kids
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Jack Black "fighting" Slappy and his fellow monsters at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International.
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The film marks the third collaboration between Jack Black and director Rob Letterman, who previously worked together on Shark Tale and Gulliver's Travels
See also
In Spanish: Goosebumps (película) para niños
