Goosebumps

[dark_b]

I was hoping. Not expecting.

Goosebumps could be scary.

this looks more scary than 90% of R rated horror movie today.

what happened to our world? on the news they show everything. from killing people to close up shots of birth. yet in movies everything is made for 6 year old kids.

 

[O'Haire]

When I heard they were doing this I thought it would be like Creepshow. Do multiple stories in one film or whatever.

 

[Drizzle]

The only way it works is if you do an anthology style thing. But the tv series already pretty much did every story. I do think Hollywood keeps trying to make everything too meta and tongue in cheek these days instead of a straight adaptation.

We can thank The Lego Movie for that, even though the formula sometimes works. I'll probably check this one out for nostalgia alone. Sure, it looks cheesy but the books were too.

 

[CaptainWagner]

It looks entertaining. That song was super anoying, but so far it seems pretty fun.

 

[Slick]

Doesn't look bad

 

[Alien Anal]

I didnt know Jumanji was a goosebumps book

 

[Rodrigo90]

It's too comedic for my tastes, but I will go see it.

The books were quite spooky, and the villians should also represent that. But no, they'll be treat as comedy routines to fit in with the goofy tone of the film.
It should've been a clash of genres. A light toned real world, being filled with the "terrifying" book world creatures and characters. They shouldn't of been brought into the same mentality. The filmmakers could've had the best of both worlds like that.

 

[TheAQU4M4N]

Very Night at the Museum-ish, looks horrible. I'd rather just watch the old series lol

 

[Rodrigo90]

Got Netflix?

 

[stormtrooper]

I was hoping. Not expecting.

Goosebumps could be scary.

that episode scared the **** out of me as a kid.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Surprisingly Jack Black doesn't look bad in this, wish they would have at least attempted some kind of atmosphere. I get it's a kids series but it is a "horror" series as well. Something with the tone of paranorman...or Coraline...or box trolls. F***, Laika should have just made this movie.

 

[SuperT]

The trailer looks fun and I completely understand why they went this route. There's no possible way you could do a Goosebumps movie that just focused on one story or an anthology. There's too many classic Goosebumps that you wouldn't be able to please everyone.

This idea of melding them all together into one was probably for the best.

 

[Sawyer]

You could've melded the stories together and kept a sense of horror about it, but it looks like they basically whittled down any scares to almost zero and went for pure comedy.

 

[O'Haire]

You could've melded the stories together and kept a sense of horror about it

Like Trick 'R Treat. Dark humor and pretty damn creepy in some parts.

 

[Mad Ones]

They could have made the tone at least as scary as the TV show, which did scare me in a fun way as a kid. I see no reason why the dummy has to be less scary here than the TV show's dummy.

I don't mind the meta approach at all. It's how they're choosing to present the material. I'm not feeling the CGI and there were very few horror elements, which, while being made for kids, was the point of Goosebumps.

I love that gnomes are comic relief. But everything is comic relief. The gnomes could have a had a good mix of scary and funny.

 

[Wheels]

Very Night at the Museum-ish, looks horrible. I'd rather just watch the old series lol

I love the old series and it's very nostalgic for me, but it was pretty terrible in its own right. The film can't possibly have worse acting or effects overall.

It should be more like Gremlins and Monster Squad than Night at the Museum though.

 

[Alien Anal]

The trailer looks fun and I completely understand why they went this route. There's no possible way you could do a Goosebumps movie that just focused on one story or an anthology. There's too many classic Goosebumps that you wouldn't be able to please everyone.

This idea of melding them all together into one was probably for the best.

Yeh exactly...thats why LOTR and Harry Potter only got one film.

 

[Wheels]

One Day at Horrorland would make an awesome movie by itself.

 

[smallville fan]

Yeh exactly...thats why LOTR and Harry Potter only got one film.

Well LOTR and Harry Potter are both one streamlined story. Goosebumps is a whole universe of different stories.

You could've melded the stories together and kept a sense of horror about it, but it looks like they basically whittled down any scares to almost zero and went for pure comedy.

Yeah. Ideally they should have gone with the sort of tone Teen Wolf or that new Scream TV show on MTV has.

 

[Alien Anal]

Sure, but I still see no reason an anthology film couldn't work.

 

[mclay18]

that episode scared the **** out of me as a kid.

I recently watched it and the follow-up... very cheesy but vaguely creepy. I didn't like how the show watered down the masks' power though.

 

[StarLord]

International Trailer #2

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[AnneFan]

Looks like a more comedic version of Jumanji.

Yep...my interest in this has deteriorated.

 

[Thundarr]

I love the old series and it's very nostalgic for me, but it was pretty terrible in its own right. The film can't possibly have worse acting or effects overall.

It should be more like Gremlins and Monster Squad than Night at the Museum though.

That was kinda the vibe I got from the trailers, that they were going for a Gremlins/Goonies/Monster Squad kind of movie.

 

[Tanin]

Not what I was hoping for in terms of tone, but it still looks like a fun watch and I hope it's still good.