This is not Goosebumps. Not even close to Goosebumps. It's a collection of stories that lean toward horror drama with a high school story arc. This doesn't feel like RL Stine and doesn't play out like a whimsical horror story. I'm gonna finish it because I've started it but if you came for the Goosebumps nostaligia, look, feel, and story telling, you will be disappointed.
I actually really like it! But I also don't remember the old show from the 90s - I guess this show is it's own show and has nothing to do with the one from the 90s, but that's totally okay for me.
Honestly, this is terrible. Characters are boring and have nothing memorable about them, Allison in Episode 1 is unnecessarily bitchy and nothing about this is “Goosebumps”.
It’s a teen thriller show that they’ve just slapped the Goosebumps name on, it’s almost as bad as Velma (2023).
Well Disney name is equal to stup1d1ty, because they keep trying woke content and expecting to people change his mind and embrace it like a religion and magically buy everything, well I could not make it through the 1st episode, 20s actors playing teens, woke , inclusive max level , no horror, Disney will replace blockbuster company as the most 1d1ot1c, stubborn, bunch of directors who destroy 100 years of history.
This is basically runaways but with a horror twist.
Really loved it. I’m hoping that it gets a second season.
I hate when the black kid died, but he come back
Way better than it has any right to be. It took the original concept that fans of the books and original TV series know well, adapted and updated the premise from an anthology into longform storytelling, and gave it heart.
Genuinely decent performances from most of the cast, the teens and of course Justin Long, our comedic-horror heartthrob. Finally there's a modern show about generation-z that seems watchable and not cringey. It's been a long time coming. As a huge fan of the original series, this exceeded my expectations and better utilised the property than the film series. The show does a good job of tying each story / prop that us 30-something fans know, into the fabric of the story in a smart way.
I didn't really buy the parents' delivery all that much and their story points did more to detract from the overall arc. Obviously leagues better than the 90s' show's acting which is laughably poor, but could have been downplayed more to focus on the teens.
Honestly, not too much to fault from this first outing. Seems like other user-reviewers here, on RT and on IMDb are either complaining it's "too woke" if they're conservatively-minded or "too offensive, lacking in diversity and stereotypical" from liberals. You really can't please anyone these days. Guess this was made for me? The first Disney+ thing I've genuinely enjoyed. Bring on more.
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Is this better than the original... I guess that depends on the generation you belong to, and how much of the original baggage you carry... I for one am not entirely sore that it has taken the direction it does, and am definitely not thinking it is bad... also don't mind the season arc, instead of it being an anthology.
That said, the character played by Justin Long hasn't gotten traction in the story... and that his face reminds me of "I'm a Mac" doesn't help to take him seriously... but at the time of this writing, we are only 5 episodes up, and the series is still largely open... Rachel Harris, as always, does justice to her role. Always liked her in drama roles... I definitely like the character development and the transition between the first 5 episodes.
What I don't understand is, why is this classified under the genre, 'Comedy'?