"Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween"

-


Hello movie fans. My apologies on the lack of post to those who still give my blog a glance. With the Holiday season about to kick off with Halloween and a seasonal job it gets a little hard to sit down and type. Rest assure, I have not given up on giving my two cents on some creepy cinematic pieces for this spooky season. With all the frightening films coming out, some are not appropriate for children, with the exception of a few such as the latest chapter for Goosebumps.

In this much anticipated sequel, we are sent to a small town in New York where two teenage boys Sonny (Jeremy Ray Taylor) and Sam (Caleel Harris) are looking to be the next treasure hunters when they start their own junk removal business in the hopes of finding something valuable. While clearing out junk from an old abandoned house, Sonny stumbles on to a hidden room where they find a trunk containing a locked manuscript by R.L.Stine entitled "Haunted Halloween". Much like before, they unlock it and release Slappy the talking ventriloquist dummy from the pages.
At first, he comes off as friendly and wanting nothing more than a family but when Sonny's older sister Sarah (Madison Iseman) learns about Slappy, she's not certain that this is a good thing. Soon things start to happen to the three and it becomes clear to them that Slappy's idea of a family is nothing they want to be a part of. Soon Slappy decides he must create his own family and with a powerful incantation, he begins to bring Halloween to life and turns it lose on an unsuspecting town. Everything from witch costumes to gummy bears soon comes to life and seeks to make a home for themselves and take anyone they can out. Realizing Slappy must be stopped, the three must band together to finish the story and stop Slappy from completing his family with a member of their own.

A Halloween delight for the Goosebumps fans and perfect for the family to get their fright on. While it lacks the same impact the original made and only has brief moments with the one and only Jack Black reprising his role as R.L.Stine, it is still enjoyable to the loyal Goosebumps fans that will get to see some of their favorite monsters from the books along with a few new creations, all leading up to a surprising ending that may be the beginning of a third installment. So no tricks here, just a four G.M.Star treat for this film that may just make you hungry for more.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

"Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween" is currently only in theaters.

*Look for a cameo appearance from Goosebumps author R. L. Stine during the film.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

"Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase"

-
Image
Since 1930, the name Nancy Drew has graced the bookshelves of many young girls and women who were captivated by this strong female sleuth. Since then she's gone through some transformations and has had actors play her on screens big and small including Emma Roberts. Now Nancy has returned for a whole new generation and is out to solve a mystery that may be of the supernatural sorts. Nancy Drew (Sofia Lillis, Beverly Marsh from remake of Stephen King's "IT" ) is feeling like the new girl in River Heights since her father Carson Drew (Sam Trammell) decided to make the town they visit in the summer into their permanent town. Luckily she has more room to skateboard and a couple of good friends George Fayne (Zoe Renee) and Bess Marvin (Mackenzie Graham). Yet after pulling a little justice prank on the popular quarterback Derek Barnes (Evan Castelloe) who cyber-humiliated Bess, Nancy lands in hot water with the local authorities, one of them being her dad and must co
Read more

"Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story"

-
Image
In 1887 New York, one woman that went by the pen name Nellie Bly changed the world of journalism becoming the first investigative journalist and writing a ninety-six page piece that would shock the world with the horrors she witnessed inside the walls of a madhouse. This year, Christina Ricci portrays Nellie Bly and her ten day nightmare. Finding herself with no memory other than the name Nellie Brown (Christina Ricci), this young woman makes headlines in all the papers as to who is the insane girl that showed up on the streets and was brought to the women's insane asylum on Blackwell's Island just outside the city. Under the care of Matron Grady (Judith Light) and Dr. Josiah (Josh Bowman) Nellie undergoes the worst treatment imaginable from bathing in cold filthy water to the harsh labor and abusive treatment from Matron Grady and her staff of nurses in deplorable conditions. Nellie comes to find many of the women there are as sane as the next person and are wrongfully t
Read more

"Bundy and the Green River Killer"

-
Image
For those who have been following online media and the frequent Netflix browser, you've probably have come across the name Ted Bundy recently. High School Musical's Zac Efron has taken the next step in his acting career by portraying the infamous serial killer who just happened to be born in Burlington, Vermont (true fact) and in the course of his life would go on to be a charismatic intelligent man on the surface and the last guy you would expect of killing over thirty women of various ages. Yet not many are aware of the things he did after he was sentenced. Aside from telling his life story and occasionally giving up a victim he also gave detectives insight into the mind of another serial killer, one known as "The Green River Killer" During the 1980's, the state of Washington was plagued by a serial killer that would rape and murder women, many of whom were young runaways and sex workers and leave their bodies naked up and down The Green River giving him t
Read more