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The new Goosebumps series is now on Disney Plus and I gotta say... it's pretty good!
It's only six episodes as of last Friday, but each ep brings an interesting take on a classic Goosebumps story, though only five have been named by now, there's much more to each one than you might think, and here's a recap of each...
CAUTION: Spoilers Ahead...
The overarching story involves five teens from a small town in the modern-day where a local teenager named Harold Biddle died in a "mysterious" fire in 1993 (my birth year!). Each teen has their own story: Isaiah the football quarterback, James the rich boy, Margot the unpopular daughter of the high school guidance counselor, the shy girl Isabella and Lucas the local daredevil. Joining the cast is Mr. Bratt the new English teacher who moved to town, specifically, the house where Harold died. After having a costume party at the Biddle house, each of the teens finds cursed items: a Polaroid camera, a blank mask, an old cuckoo clock, and some worms from outside. Mr Bratt himself becomes possessed by the ghost of Harold himself.
After the party, each teen goes through supernatural events...
Say Cheese And Die: The first story involves Isaiah and the Polaroid he found, which shows terrible events that happen in the future; and the worst part... only he is able to see the photos before they happen. When a photo is taken of him with an injury, Isaiah tries to destroy the camera, only to be confronted by the charred ghost of Harold during a game that would have earned Isaiah a scholarship, only to get the injury the camera foretold. Though, he may not have been the only one to see the spirit...
The Haunted Mask: The second story involves shy girl Isabela finding the blank mask after crashing the costume party at the Biddle house. At first, wearing the mask gives Isabela a confidence boost, but after getting into trouble involving a drone owned her by father, she's harshly grounded. Soon, the mask starts to influence her as it's revealed Isabela had been trolling Isiah's then-girlfriend. After putting the mask on again, it turns Isabella into a feral monster that attacks the person responsible for the damaged drone; Lucas. After attacking him, however, Lucas is saved by Isaiah and Margot, forcing Isabela to flee. Returning home, Isabela trashes her house and then attacks her brother, who's able to reach out to her and give her the strength to resist the mask and take it off. Though the siblings try getting rid of the mask, the possessed Mr. Bratt, who also took the Polaroid back, retrieves it.
Cuckoo Clock of Doom: (despite the name, it also takes inspiration from Let's Get Invisible and I Am Your Evil Twin) During the costume party, James, who feels insecure due to being own of very few who are out as gay, tries to strike up a connection with a classmate he has a crush on. What he finds out later is that when he crashed into a cuckoo clock earlier, it trapped him in a time loop. After a few tries, he's able to free himself and is able to woo the classmate in the process. When he gets home, however... he's confronted by clones of himself that were created each time he tried escaping the time loop. They trap him in an abandoned mine owned by his family, impersonate him, and ruin the relationships he's made. His friends are able to find out and rescue him... but not before it's revealed the clones were helping Biddle look for something...
Go Eat Worms: The fourth story involves Lucas who, after talking with Margot, eats a worm he found at the Biddle house. That night, while he sleeps, worms crawl into his body. The next day, he eats garbage rather than human food and becomes even more daring as he doesn't feel pain when he receives injuries. The stunts he pulls get the attention of his mother and Margot as they stop him from doing a stunt his late father once did, who is implied to have committed suicide while trying to perform the stunt. Once he throws up the works, they become a giant worm monster and chase him to the town's harbor where it's killed by a wood chipper.
Reader Beware: The Fifth story involves Margot receiving a journal owned by Harold by the possessed Mr. Bratt and experiencing visions of Harold and her mother in 1993. Eventually, the rest of the teens end up in the vision and the Biddle house where they find out their parents were involved in Harold's death... but there's more to it than that...
Night of the Living Dummy: And we reach all the events leading up to the situation at hand as the possessed Mr. Bratt reveals what led up to Harold Biddle's death and all the occurrences they've all experienced. In the 1930s, a failing ventriloquist buys a particular dummy, named "Slappy"; and finds a card in its pocket, which he reads aloud. During a performance, Slappy reveals he's alive and helps the ventriloquist become a success, but at the cost of distancing him from family and friends. He even teaches him a spell that turns people into dummies. Over time, the ventriloquist finds out Slappy's plans and refuses to go with it. Sealing Slappy away in a trunk, the ventriloquist moves to the town where the show takes place. Eventually, he passes away and the house goes to his closest living relatives... which turns out to be Harold's family. Over time, Harold falls victim to Slappy's manipulations which alienates him from everyone as well; Harold even turns his parents into dummies as well. Wanting to free him, the teens' parents try to take Slappy away, only to result in Harold's death. The group tears Slappy apart and hides his pieces in secret. When the story ends, Harold again reveals himself to the teens.
As a guy who grew up with the 90s series; I've enjoyed this story a lot. And what's better, Slappy (who has an English accent) manipulates his owners rather than turn everyone against them! I hope to see more Goosebumps stories fit in down the line as well as a new season. have you seen the new show? How do you feel about it?
It's only six episodes as of last Friday, but each ep brings an interesting take on a classic Goosebumps story, though only five have been named by now, there's much more to each one than you might think, and here's a recap of each...
CAUTION: Spoilers Ahead...
The overarching story involves five teens from a small town in the modern-day where a local teenager named Harold Biddle died in a "mysterious" fire in 1993 (my birth year!). Each teen has their own story: Isaiah the football quarterback, James the rich boy, Margot the unpopular daughter of the high school guidance counselor, the shy girl Isabella and Lucas the local daredevil. Joining the cast is Mr. Bratt the new English teacher who moved to town, specifically, the house where Harold died. After having a costume party at the Biddle house, each of the teens finds cursed items: a Polaroid camera, a blank mask, an old cuckoo clock, and some worms from outside. Mr Bratt himself becomes possessed by the ghost of Harold himself.
After the party, each teen goes through supernatural events...
Say Cheese And Die: The first story involves Isaiah and the Polaroid he found, which shows terrible events that happen in the future; and the worst part... only he is able to see the photos before they happen. When a photo is taken of him with an injury, Isaiah tries to destroy the camera, only to be confronted by the charred ghost of Harold during a game that would have earned Isaiah a scholarship, only to get the injury the camera foretold. Though, he may not have been the only one to see the spirit...
The Haunted Mask: The second story involves shy girl Isabela finding the blank mask after crashing the costume party at the Biddle house. At first, wearing the mask gives Isabela a confidence boost, but after getting into trouble involving a drone owned her by father, she's harshly grounded. Soon, the mask starts to influence her as it's revealed Isabela had been trolling Isiah's then-girlfriend. After putting the mask on again, it turns Isabella into a feral monster that attacks the person responsible for the damaged drone; Lucas. After attacking him, however, Lucas is saved by Isaiah and Margot, forcing Isabela to flee. Returning home, Isabela trashes her house and then attacks her brother, who's able to reach out to her and give her the strength to resist the mask and take it off. Though the siblings try getting rid of the mask, the possessed Mr. Bratt, who also took the Polaroid back, retrieves it.
Cuckoo Clock of Doom: (despite the name, it also takes inspiration from Let's Get Invisible and I Am Your Evil Twin) During the costume party, James, who feels insecure due to being own of very few who are out as gay, tries to strike up a connection with a classmate he has a crush on. What he finds out later is that when he crashed into a cuckoo clock earlier, it trapped him in a time loop. After a few tries, he's able to free himself and is able to woo the classmate in the process. When he gets home, however... he's confronted by clones of himself that were created each time he tried escaping the time loop. They trap him in an abandoned mine owned by his family, impersonate him, and ruin the relationships he's made. His friends are able to find out and rescue him... but not before it's revealed the clones were helping Biddle look for something...
Go Eat Worms: The fourth story involves Lucas who, after talking with Margot, eats a worm he found at the Biddle house. That night, while he sleeps, worms crawl into his body. The next day, he eats garbage rather than human food and becomes even more daring as he doesn't feel pain when he receives injuries. The stunts he pulls get the attention of his mother and Margot as they stop him from doing a stunt his late father once did, who is implied to have committed suicide while trying to perform the stunt. Once he throws up the works, they become a giant worm monster and chase him to the town's harbor where it's killed by a wood chipper.
Reader Beware: The Fifth story involves Margot receiving a journal owned by Harold by the possessed Mr. Bratt and experiencing visions of Harold and her mother in 1993. Eventually, the rest of the teens end up in the vision and the Biddle house where they find out their parents were involved in Harold's death... but there's more to it than that...
Night of the Living Dummy: And we reach all the events leading up to the situation at hand as the possessed Mr. Bratt reveals what led up to Harold Biddle's death and all the occurrences they've all experienced. In the 1930s, a failing ventriloquist buys a particular dummy, named "Slappy"; and finds a card in its pocket, which he reads aloud. During a performance, Slappy reveals he's alive and helps the ventriloquist become a success, but at the cost of distancing him from family and friends. He even teaches him a spell that turns people into dummies. Over time, the ventriloquist finds out Slappy's plans and refuses to go with it. Sealing Slappy away in a trunk, the ventriloquist moves to the town where the show takes place. Eventually, he passes away and the house goes to his closest living relatives... which turns out to be Harold's family. Over time, Harold falls victim to Slappy's manipulations which alienates him from everyone as well; Harold even turns his parents into dummies as well. Wanting to free him, the teens' parents try to take Slappy away, only to result in Harold's death. The group tears Slappy apart and hides his pieces in secret. When the story ends, Harold again reveals himself to the teens.
As a guy who grew up with the 90s series; I've enjoyed this story a lot. And what's better, Slappy (who has an English accent) manipulates his owners rather than turn everyone against them! I hope to see more Goosebumps stories fit in down the line as well as a new season. have you seen the new show? How do you feel about it?
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~sketchfan2.0
I’ve got mixed feelings esp as this something coming from current day Disney and all but if seeason 2 happens a take on attack of the mutant would be intriguing
