Disney+ and Hulu's Goosebumps has a few effective scares, but loses itself in a muddled serialization unbecoming of its monster-of-the-week hijinks.
novels are a veritable industrial complex with over 400 million copies sold, which apparently makes it the second highest-selling book franchise of all time. As a popular gateway for younger audiences into a world of supernatural scares, these stories have unsurprisingly spawned plenty of adaptations, including the ’95 television series and a pair of recent films.
At first, these episodes faintly resemble the original anthology TV series, with each primarily focusing on one of the previously mentioned characters as they struggle against a cursed artifact from the old Biddle house . In a vacuum, an episodic structure is a perfect fit for horror, as it allows for a broad range of kooky concepts while creating life-or-death stakes because its protagonists don’t need to be around for the next one.
It doesn’t help that the series struggles to generate tension during many of its otherworldly encounters. You can frequently predict the next beat coming before it lands, making many of its scares feel formulaic. This is made worse by cheesy CGI effects that accompany the specter haunting the cast, proving why many of the best works in the space choose to obscure the monster until a terrifying last-act reveal.
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