Goosebumps 2 [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray/DVD]

Director: Ari Sandel

Overview

Halloween comes to life yet again in a new horror comedy movie based on the Goosebumps series of books by best-selling children's author, R.L. Stine. When two boys stumble upon an old abandoned house, they open a locked book titled "Haunted Halloween". What they unleash is the stuff of Halloween scares - including witches, werewolves and giant gummy bears. Directed by Ari Sandel with screenplay by Rob Lieber

Product Details

Release Date:	01/15/2019
UPC:	0043396540637
Original Release:	0000
Language:	English
Sales rank:	26,370

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Wendi McLendon-Covey	Kathy Quinn
Madison Iseman	Sarah Quinn
Jeremy Ray Taylor	Sonny Quinn
Caleel Harris	Sam Carter
Chris Parnell	Actor
Ken Jeong	Actor
Jack Black	R.L Stine
Courtney Lauren Cummings	Jess
Shari Headley	Actor
Peyton Wich	Tommy Madigan
Drew Scheid	Tyler Crew #3
Sydney Bullock	Cute Girl
Tyler Silva	Tyler Crew #4
Barry W. Jerald Jr.	Alien
Kendrick Cross	Sam's Dad
Deja Dee	Mrs. Hoover
Ben O'Brien	Actor
Jason Looney	Terrified Parent Monster
Natalya MacDonald MacDonald	Actor
Kaitlyn Bishop	Middle School Student
Kent Wagner	Dead Pirate
Jasmine Bolton	Middle School Kid
Sawyer Jones	Trick-or-Treater
Mallory Teplinskiy	Trick or Treater
Rick Galinson	Slappy Puppeteer
Patti Schellhaas	Store Shopper
Catherine Jerald	Monster
Ashley Uecker	Concert Goer
Yearim Leslie Yi	Trick-Or-Treater
Gavrielle Anne Fontanilla	Trick or Treater
Serene Lee	Actor
Brick Jackson	Paramedic,Nana
Raphael Dante' Carr Jr.	Trick or Treater
Asher Sheets	Middle School Kid
Braylon Andrews	Club Goer/Highschool Student
Lacy Hudson	Trick-or-Treater
Jessi Goei	Maya
Deborah Forte	Actor
Natalya MacDonald-Risner	Cowgirl Trick-or-Treater
Jeff Panacloc	Slappy
Christian Finlayson	Cooper
Mick Wingert	Voices
Bryce Cass	Actor
Andrew Morgado	Creature
Serene Lee-Sng	School Teacher
Dominic Lewis	Composer

Technical Credits

Rob Lieber

Darren Lemke

R.L. Stine

Deborah A. Forte	Producer,Producer
Neal H. Moritz	Producer
Rob Lieber	Screenwriter
Darren Lemke	Screenwriter
Tania Landau	Executive Producer
Timothy M. Bourne	Executive Producer
R.L. Stine	Screenwriter
David Esparza	Sound/Sound Designer
Rich Delia	Casting
Peter Redding	Sound Mixer
Eric Norris	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

R.L. Stine's Goosebumps books haunt the silver screen a second time with Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween. Sadly, it's only haunting in the sense that it's a horrific waste of time. With monsters that are more goofy than scary and a lackluster story, there's really no reason to head to the multiplex for this. Set in Wardenclyffe, New York, the story follows Sarah (Madison Iseman), her younger brother Sonny (Jeremy Ray Taylor), and Mr. Slappy, a ventriloquist's dummy that moves and talks on his own. He desperately wants to belong to their family, though he is, unfortunately, a bit of a maniac. Surely, it's a creepy idea for a strange puppet to try to insinuate itself into the family, but the movie fails to follow through with that creepiness, or with any other aspect that might send a chill up the spine. Mr. Slappy's features aren't grotesque, and his movements aren't quite choppy enough to be unsettling. His actions, while mischievous, don't have the hidden malice that's needed to cause pangs of fear and alarming concern. There is no reason to be afraid of Mr. Slappy. The rest of the monsters that he summons are no better. They cause mayhem, but because they lack menace, they fail to intimidate or strike fear into viewers. It's partly a fault of the design and questionable choice in supernatural creatures. Gummy bears, for instance, are hardly fearsome. Where are the creepy-crawlies? The slimy tentacles, gross warts, wriggling worms…nothing makes the viewer retch in disgust or hide in fear. The movie also crams in so many spooks that each one is less a frightful entity and more a spectacle in a parade. The creatures aren't worth the price of admission, and the story isn't any better. Yes, the beginning is serviceable-it draws viewers in with relatable scenes like Sonny and his friend evading the school bullies, and what happens to the children's mother is actually kind of creepy. Unfortunately, the experience is completely diluted by the aforementioned panoply of not-so-spooky creatures and a mismanaged plot. The ending only makes things worse: it grasps at a lesson about facing one's fears, and it's a real reach. Without the thematic backing of the story, the lesson is just as shoehorned and awkwardly positioned into the film as the brief appearance of R.L. Stine (Jack Black). The final scene is nothing more than a ham-fisted attempt to keep the series open for future installments. There are no treats in Goosebumps 2-only tricks, and bad ones at that. The flick fails to deliver any goosebumps to viewers: it's more of a funhouse that'll give you an eyeful of spectacle. It's probably not what most fans of the Goosebumps series want out of a movie like this, but luckily they can turn to the TV series.