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R.L. Stine Thinks You Shouldn't Hold Your Breath For A 'Goosebumps' Movie
R.L. Stine has scared more kids than any dentist office or booster shot could ever dream of. Between his 'Fear Street' and 'Goosebumps' novels, he has managed be the basis of plenty of young adult nightmares. For quite some time, we've heard bits and pieces of the in-development 'Goosebumps' movie. In fact, when last we left it, the film adaptation of Stine's signature horror novel series was looking to switch writers from Carl Ellsworth ('Disturbia') to Darren Lemke ('Shrek Forever After'). But what is the current status? At a 20th anniversary celebration for the 'Goosebumps' books, Stine fielded a question about the film version. His words were less than inspiring for fans...
"I've been reading about [a Goosebumps movie] for 20 years, you know? (Chuckles) I never believe those things until I see them. Movies just don't happen [for my works], I've had much better luck on television….I haven't had much movie luck. I mean it's very hard to get them to make a movie. Look at Maurice Sendak, right? Where the Wild Things Are. When he wrote that book he was in his 30s, and when the movie came out he was in his 80s. So, I'm waiting. I'm waiting."
So it's safe to assume that this film project is stalled, or at least moving at so slow a pace that even the author of the source material isn't confident it's actually happening. I'm not sure how to feel about this. On the one hand, I read all the 'Goosebumps' books as a kid (my favorite was always 'Attack of the Mutant') and I think Stine's ability to engender within young people an interest in horror is commendable. On the other hand, there have been plenty of attempts by Hollywood studios to make softer, PG-13 horror films to appeal to young adult markets, and many of those films end up being just plain awful. Do we really need to drudge up 'Cry_Wolf?' What I would love to see with this project is an anthology film geared toward younger horror fans that doesn't water everything down just to achieve the widest possible audience. Trust the 'Goosebumps' fans' tolerance for frights and crank things up a bit. I'm not suggesting it be rated R, but make haunting visuals your strength and thereby adopt the 'Poltergeist' model; a legitimately freaky movie that was rated PG.
What do you guys think? Will this movie ever get off the ground? Are we too past the prime of 'Goosebumps' for this to work? If you were a fan of the books, which was your favorite?
Source: Cinemablend
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Comment by Obscene Otter on November 18, 2012 at 8:21am -
Lol, people actually care about the Goosebumps books/movies?
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Comment by Tony D on November 17, 2012 at 2:17am -
It could work, I'd like to see something akin to Monster House, 3D animated with a dark tone, but still PG-13 or lower. Release it in October and there you go.
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Comment by Dominar on November 15, 2012 at 1:52pm -
As someone who's read every single Goosebumps book in the original series and the 2000 series, I really couldn't care less about this adaptation for one main reason: About 60-70% of the Goosebumps franchise is flat-out terrible. I'd imagine they'd want to adapt the most popular books in order to attract the largest audience, which from my memory would mean a movie featuring: Monster Blood (pretty bad), Night of the Living Dummy (pretty good, but the idea's been done to death), and maybe the Haunted Mask (okay) or Say Cheese and Die (stupid). Maybe if they got really good writers and adapted some of the better lesser known works, such as Ghost Camp or The Haunted School, I could see it being pretty good. But I'm not holding out hope.
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Comment by Longleke on November 15, 2012 at 12:09am -
Correct me if I'm wrong but Poltergeist was pre-Temple of Doom and therefore pre-PG-13. And let's be honest, there's a lot of wiggle room between PG and R. It was simply closer to one than the other. Regardless, I don't think the MPAA of today is as lenient to "legitimately freaky" as they were in other decades: look no further than Carlyle trying to make Sinister "legitimately freaky" and PG-13... it got R. That said, I think a Goosebumps film would need someone like Joe Dante who knows how to strike that prefect balance.
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Comment by Luke Hero on November 14, 2012 at 11:35pm -
Nobody wants to take the risk of making a horror movie meant to scare 12 year olds...I loved reading Goosebumps...ya when I was 10...GTFO we don't need a Goosebumps movie....the books & TV Show were enough....Now FearStreet might be interesting as it was meant of a teenage audience
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Comment by Dr. Rufus on November 14, 2012 at 10:27pm -
Uhm... who the hell cares? If I remember correctly, the only really exciting thing about those books is the artwork.
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Comment by Mallen 171 on November 14, 2012 at 8:54pm -
Hey Brian, what was your opinion on the Cirque Du Freak movie? That seems to be right up your alley based on what you wrote here.I could be wrong though.
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Comment by Major Film Geek on November 14, 2012 at 8:47pm -
I think Steven Moffat would make an amazing Goosebumps film
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Comment by Boatloads1017 on November 14, 2012 at 6:23pm -
I was gonna say Goosebumps isn't best suited to feature films. It's been a much better fit for TV, despite the budget limitations TV has.
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Comment by Lunatik on November 14, 2012 at 5:48pm -
I still remember the Tv series lmao.
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