3. Goosebumps

I’m a child of the 90s, so the Goosebumps books took up a major part of my childhood. I walked in to the theater cautiously optimistic, hoping for the best and but prepared for the worst. What I got was something in-between, which is almost worst than had it been completely awful. Goosebumps is almost a good movie. It’s clear that the film was catered to a new generation but it is puzzling that they didn’t focus on satisfying the generation that grew up with the books and TV series in the first place. The film included lesser known creatures (The Blob That Ate Everyone, Shocker on Shock Street) and failed to include some of the classics (No Haunted Mask? Seriously?). The comedic aspects work surprisingly well, but it’s the horror elements that fail. Sure, the books and the series aren’t scary now, but to a 7-year-old, they’re pretty creepy! Oddly enough, the first half of the  film is be best part, with the third act feeling rushed and cobbled together. I fully understand that I am complaining about a lack of fan service on the film’s part, but I wanted this to be a tripe back to my childhood.