Goosebumps

The stories are alive.

2015 • 103 min • Adventure · Horror · Comedy

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Synopsis

After moving to a small town, Zach Cooper finds a silver lining when he meets next door neighbor Hannah, the daughter of bestselling Goosebumps series author R.L. Stine. When Zach unintentionally unleashes real monsters from their manuscripts and they begin to terrorize the town, it’s suddenly up to Stine, Zach and Hannah to get all of them back in the books where they belong.

Our family guide

Best from age 8

Movie Knight Score

4033 reviews

71 Reviewers · 7 · 72%
63 Audience · 4026 · 28%

After moving to a new town, Zach discovers his mysterious neighbor is R.L. Stine, author of the Goosebumps series. When Zach accidentally releases Stine's monsters from their manuscripts, they must team up to trap the creatures back in their books before they destroy the town. It's a fun, spooky adventure for the whole family.

Violence & peril: 3/10
Language: 1/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 0/10
Romance & sensuality: 0/10
Scary moments: 4/10

Heads up

Monsters can be visually intense for younger viewers
Some chase scenes and peril
Mild jump scares

What it models well

Teamwork to solve problems
Facing fears
Creativity and imagination
Importance of family and friendship

Talk about it after

How stories can come to life in our imagination
The difference between scary fun and truly frightening situations
How to handle new beginnings and friendships
The importance of taking responsibility for our actions

Written by the Movie Knight editorial team for Goosebumps. Our own words, our own scoring — always double-check against your family's standards.

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Top billed cast

Director: Rob Letterman • Crew: Larry Karaszewski, Scott Alexander, Darren Lemke

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Reviewer notes

Recommended
**_Fun family quasi-horror_** A teenager (Dylan Minnette) moves to small town Madison, Delaware, where he hooks up with a cute neighbor (Odeya Rush), the daughter of grouchy author (Jack Black). Adventure and horror ensue when monsters are unwittingly loosed on the town.…
Wuchak, TMDB Community

Recommended
I use to be into goosebumps as a kid. Love the show too. I have to admit this was an awesome movie.
Andre Gonzales, TMDB Community

Not recommended
I loved the _Goosebumps_ books (and less so, but still, the TV show) when I was growing up. I think if a kid watches this weird interpretation now, at the age that I was then, they might enjoy it. But for me? It didn't work. I actually did appreciate more than I thought I would, but based on the trailers my expectations were **abysmally** low, so that's not exactly saying much.…
Gimly, TMDB Community

Recommended
She's locked in this house and her dad's a psychopath. I have to say that being British born and bred I'm not at all familiar with Goosebumps, either the books or TV series etc, so I was going into this film blind as it were. With that in mind I'm not really able to review to fans of the original works.…
John Chard, TMDB Community

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
> Not a unique concept, but the rest were completely surprised me. Technically, this was a another version of 'Jumanji', but a different universe. Originally it was not meant to be like that, because it was adapted from a series of children's book of the same name into a single movie. All the characters from the different books (book series) brought into one place, thus 'Jumanji' effect.…
Reno, TMDB Community

Recommended
Well the Halloween season 2015 is upon us now and what better way than to cozy up to the youngsters at the box office than offering the innocuous tingly treat Goosebumps? The goofy-minded family-friendly frightfest does have the ingredients to muster up some interest for the little goblins out there looking for hearty rounds of boos and bumps.…
Frank Ochieng, TMDB Community