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Slappy: You have the right to remain... silent.
-Movie lines in Goosebumps
GOOSEBUMPS
Greetings Everyone! I'm Nellshaoza and I'm back again for another Movie review, How's the HOME movie review I've written? (If you did not read it, click this) Did you got the interest to watch it too? Well then, Prepare to add another movie in your list. Seat back,relax and enjoy!
ABOUT
Goosebumps is a 2015 American horror comedy movie which was first seen in big screen on October 16,2015, this was distributed by Columbia Picture and It was directed by Rob Letterman, Produced by Deborah Forte and Neal H. Moritz, Story by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. Goosebumps received a nominations for the Las Vegas Film Critics Society for Best family film and the Visual effects of the society and its a block buster movie.
Goosebumps was based on R.L Stine's children's books series, such as Night of the living dummy, The Haunted mask, The curse of the mummy's tomb, the werewolf of the fever swamp, stay out of the basement and such. (if you still don't read these books, try to take a look on it and have fun exploring an incredible adventure inside it)
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Video Source: Goosebumps 2015 Trailer via youtube
STORY OF GOOSEBUMPS
The story started when Zach Cooper and his mother Gale (Amy Ryan) move to another town. While they were moving in and setting things up, Zach meets their new neighbors specially a girl named Hannah Stine. A friendship was soon about to start when a Hannah's ill-tempered father shows up. He threatens Zach to stay away from his daughter and to them. This was gave Zach a shivered and confusion, Well its a nice welcome party though.
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Zach moving out house means transferring school, but Zach is not just a student, He is the son of the new School's Vice Principal. Yep! His mother is. It is a big change for him especially when he meets Champ which eventually became his best friend. Later that night, Zach encounter Hannah again. Hannah as a adventurous girl, brought the confuse mind set of Zach into the woods where in they've explore an old abandoned Amusement park. As time gets where it supposed to be, They've became a Good friend. but then again after a fun being together, Hannah's father interfere. This was lead to Hannah and her father's argue.
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Zach heard a loud scream coming from the house. He run towards the door, knock vigorously and utter Hannah's name loudly. He then encounter Hannah's father which he keep denying that he never heard a scream. Zach did all his effort to save Hannah without thinking about the consequences, he then enter the basement (with champs) without any consents from Hannah's Father (which was called by the police that night)
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The whole adventure started when they unintentionally-intentionally (get it?) open one of the locked books of RL Stines, this made a way for the creature names, Slappy to be free. and as expected for an evil one, He spread evilness and unlocked all the prisoned creature in the book.
MAIN CAST AND CHARACTERS
1. R.L. Stine - The writer of all the books and the main protagonist in the story
Actor: Jack Black (also gave a life to Invisible Boy and Slappy the dummy)
2. Hannah Stine - Daughter of Stine who's also a character in a book.
Actress: Odeya Rush
3. Zach Cooper - Close friend with Hannah which was the one who opened the first book.
Actor: Dylan Minnette
4. Champ - New best mate of Zach which been his co-ally in the adventure.
Actor: Ryan Lee
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The story of Goosebumps was based on the famous horror books of R.L. Stine. All I can say is, The Goosebumps Movie did a really great job in show casing all those famous R.L. Stine's Monster in one movie, The spices used in the movie like having a much more happening and fantastic scenes is really a great thing, the way on how the character was portrayed has an exemplary effort that made the movie looks realistic. Kudos to the cast! I also like how they gave a unique credit in one of the scenes to the Original Writer, R.L. Stine.
Hallway Player: Hello, Mr. Stine.
R.L. Stine: Hello, Mr. Black.
-The Hallway Player was R.L. Stine itself, and R.L. Stine was portrayed by Jack Black
MONSTERS
What is Goosebumps if there's no monster right? so here it is, The first monster that was accidentally unlocked from the book is The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena which cause a big chaos by tearing some part of the house and wrecking the Ice Skating Rink. Without Stine and everybody's knowledge, the reason behind of the upcoming disaster which came from the book of Night of the Living Dummy is freed. Stine's number one antagonist, none other than, Slappy the Dummy, with its notorious smile and perilous frown. Slappy did the most dangerous move of all time that lead to the freed of those monsters from the books like The Haunted Car that releases The titular car, the encounter of the unbreakable and not-so-friendly Lawn Gnomes from Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes.
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The house is crowded by Lawn Gnomes so Stine, Hannah, Zach and Champs decided to head to town, On their way they encounter the toxic appearance of E. Ville Creeper's Plants which it destroyed the Telephone tower. Next is the Body Squeezers from Invasion of the Body Squeezers: Part 1 and Part 2 froze everyone at the town area. Fifi the Vampire Poodle from Please Don't Feed the Vampire attacks Zach's Auntie, Lorraine (Jillian Bell). Along the way The Invisible Boy from My Best Friend Is Invisible showed, and then The Giant Praying Mantis from A Shocker on Shock Street. Will Blake's werewolf form from The Werewolf of Fever Swamp.
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and the rest is for you to watch for. For me I've enjoyed watching those monsters, it was fun to wait what next would happen and what monsters are next. Sorry for the spoiler everyone! The visualizing of those monster was incredibly satisfying. The way on how the movie featured them one by one was just so smart! Watch it and you'll know what I mean. but I have just one thing in my mind, Why does they need to follow Sloppy all the way? They don't even know each other because they have their different stories, So why? Nevertheless it's still a good movie.
R.L. STINE'S TYPEWRITER
Zach: So we have to get you into a computer so you can start writing. Oh there's a computer shop!
Stine: No! no! no! I need my typewriter.
-Lines from the movie
This is an interesting Goosebumps's facts, The only way for R.L. Stine to write a stories that would turn out into a real one is to write on his Dear Typewriter. Remember when is the last time you use typewriter? The sound of clicking it and the sense of being a naturalistic in times of writing.
According to Stine, it is the only typewriter that he used to make a story for a long time and this typewriter was in the Town's School, So how come that the typewriter will never be out of ink? (I was frustrated back then about typewriter's ink) because it has its own soul and life, thats why. well I want to know the story about it, is there such thing as R.L. Stine's Typewriter's story?
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ENDING
The ending gave me a What on earth is happening! Is there a Goosebumps 2? How can they finish it? Woah. Is just so satisfying even it has a shocking ending. I won't tell you anymore, too much spoiler in this blog. sorry folks! for the perfect score of 10, I'll give the ending an 8.5 out of 10.
Video Source: Goosebumps Behind the scenes via Youtube
All in all the movie was a great blast! The visuals are the best, the acting are okay, Jack Black was outstanding. Its a must watch movie and I recommend you watching with your family. Hope you all enjoyed my reviews about Goosebumps.
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Nellshaoza
