Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
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Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (or simply Goosebumps 2 as marketed on home release)<ref><templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"'Goosebumps 2' Gets Title Tweak With Home Video Release". Horror. Archived from the original on December 4, 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-04.</ref> is a 2018 American horror comedy film directed by Ari Sandel and written by Rob Lieber from a story by Lieber and Darren Lemke. A stand-alone sequel to 2015's Goosebumps, it is based on the children's horror book series of the same name by R. L. Stine. The new cast consists of Wendi McLendon-Covey, Madison Iseman, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Caleel Harris, Chris Parnell and Ken Jeong. The plot follows a pair of young boys who accidentally unleash the monsters of the Goosebumps franchise upon their hometown after opening an unpublished Goosebumps manuscript, causing a wave of destruction on Halloween night.
Development of the film began in September 2015. Rob Letterman intended to return to direct, but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with Detective Pikachu, so Ari Sandel replaced him as director. Jack Black and Odeya Rush were set to reprise their roles as R. L. Stine and Hannah Fairchild, respectively; Black's role was uncredited and Rush's role was ultimately not included in the final script.
Goosebumps 2 was released in the United States on October 12, 2018, by Sony Pictures Releasing under its Columbia Pictures label. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $93 million worldwide.
Cast
[edit | edit source]- Madison Iseman as Sarah Quinn
- Jeremy Ray Taylor as Sonny Quinn
- Caleel Harris as Sam Carter
- Wendi McLendon-Covey as Kathy Quinn
- Chris Parnell as Walter
- Ken Jeong as Mr. Chu
- Jack Black (uncredited) as R. L. Stine
- Mick Wingert as the voice of Slappy the Dummy
- Avery Lee Jones provides the puppeteer work for Slappy.
- Bryce Cass as Tyler Mitchell
- Peyton Wich as Tommy Madigan
- Kendrick Cross as Mr. Carter
- Shari Headley as Mrs. Carter, Sam's mother
- Courtney Lauren Cummings as Jess
- Jessi Goei as Maya
- Katharine C. Lumpkin as a monster bride
- Kent Wagner as an undead pirate
- Marsha Shackelford as a female cyborg
- Barry W. Jerald Jr. as a gray alien
- Sherri Millican as a banshee
- Scott Millican as a red-haired ghoul
- Joseph N. Hardin as a vampire
- Alex T. Hill as a scarecrow
- Benjamin Bladon as a royal mummy
Trailer
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