Goosebumps (TV series)

This article is about the series. For the book, see Goosebumps. For the film, see Goosebumps (film). For the video game, see Goosebumps (video game series). For other uses, see Goosebumps (disambiguation).
Goosebumps

Intertitle for the first and second seasons of the Goosebumps TV series
Genre Supernatural fiction
Horror
Adventure
Suspense
Created by R. L. Stine
Developed by Deborah Forte
Theme music composer Jack Lenz
Country of origin Canada
United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 4
No. of episodes 74 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Deborah Forte
Running time 24 minutes
Production company(s) Protocol Entertainment
Scholastic Entertainment
Gajdecki Visual Effects
Distributor Saban International (outside North America)
Release
Original network YTV (Canada)
Fox Kids (U.S.)
NHK (Japan)
Original release 27 October 1995 (1995-10-27) – 16 November 1998 (1998-11-16)
External links
Website

Goosebumps is a Canadian/American horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's best-selling Goosebumps book series.

It was filmed in Toronto, Ontario and Bellevue, Washington.[1]

Summary

Anthology series about kids and preteens finding themselves in eerie and unusual situations, typically involving supernatural elements.

Networks

Goosebumps originally began airing on YTV (in English) and Canal Famille (in French) in Canada and on Fox Kids in the United States starting in 1995 and ending in 1998, with reruns on Fox Family lasting until 1999 and 2001 respectively. Every October from 2007 to 2009, Cartoon Network aired the episodes. From September 6, 2011 until 2014, The Hub broadcast the series.

From "GB-7" to "TV-Y7"

When Goosebumps was first broadcast on Fox Kids, an episode of Goosebumps would begin with a warning "Goosebumps is rated GB-7, because it may be too spooky for children under seven." Similar ratings were used on other Fox Kids shows. However, when the V-chip and the U.S. television ratings system took effect in 1996, the GB-7 rating was discontinued and given the TV-Y7 rating for scenes and plot elements considered too scary and/or gross for children under seven. On Cartoon Network, the show was rated TV-PG for scary/disturbing content. The show is now rerated back to TV-Y7 for fantasy violence (FV) on The Hub.

Opening sequences

The opening sequence starts with a man dressed in black carrying his briefcase up a hill. The name engraved on the briefcase reveals the mysterious man to be Goosebumps' author, R. L. Stine. A strong wind blows, opening Stine's case, and his papers fly out, one of which turns into a "G" seen on the Goosebumps logo, only it was black shadow, and glides through an unnamed town. The "G" passes by a woman on a billboard, making her unhappy, and passes by a dog on a porch, which causes its eyes to glow demonically (this shot is referenced in the episode "My Hairiest Adventure"; Larry says "Now this seems familiar...". The same shot was also used in continuity links in UK airings on Fox Kids). The "G" then creeps past a tree, down a sidewalk, and into the front door of a house and begins showing a quick montage of clips from several episodes with an announcer growling, "Viewer, beware, you're in for a scare!", remade from the tagline, "Reader, beware, you're in for a scare!" used in the Goosebumps book series.

In season two, the opening was shortened, speeding up the Goosebumps "G" gliding through town and removing the quick episode montage in the doorway.

In season three, the show was renamed "Ultimate Goosebumps" and the opening underwent a few changes. A green slime and a lightning effect were added when the man in black walks up the hill with his briefcase and his papers fly out. However, instead of a paper turning into a G-shaped shadow and being blown through town, the man in black turns into bats which fly at the screen. The quick episode montage was added back but clips from different episodes were used. There are some episodes that don't include the "Ultimate Goosebumps" name, so the short season two opening was used. The intertitle also showed the logo above a puddle of slime in which a link to the Scholastic website was visible.

In season four, the show removed the "Ultimate" from its name but retained the season three opening sequence. In some markets, this opening was also used in reruns of the first two seasons. Some Cartoon Network airing use a slow motion clip of the season 1 and 2 inner title.

Hour-long specials The Haunted Mask I & II, A Night In Terror Tower, The Werewolf of Fever Swamp, Welcome to Dead House and Night of the Living Dummy III don't use the opening sequence at all but instead have R.L. Stine talking at the beginning and end of those episodes.

The opening music was composed by Jack Lenz.

Cast

Home Media

VHS releases

United Kingdom

Release name
Release date
Classifaction
Publisher
Format
Language Subtitles Notes
REF
The Haunted Mask 3 March 1997 PG CBS Fox PAL English None [3]
The Werewolf of Fever Swamp 23 February 1998 12 CBS Fox PAL English None [4]
Night of the Living Dummy III 1 October 1999 PG CBS Fox PAL English None [5]
Welcome to Camp Nightmare 1 October 1999 PG CBS Fox PAL English None [6]
A Night in Terror Tower 1 October 1999 PG CBS Fox PAL English None [7]
Stay Out of the Basement 1 October 1999 PG CBS Fox PAL English None [8]
The Haunted Mask II 1 October 1999 PG CBS Fox PAL English None [9]
One Day at HorrorLand 11 October 1999 PG CBS Fox PAL English None [10]
Return of the Mummy Unknown PG CBS Fox PAL English None [11]
Welcome to Dead House Unknown PG CBS Fox PAL English None [12]

United States

Release name
Release date
Classifaction
Publisher
Stock Number
Format
Language Subtitles Notes
REF
The Haunted Mask 12 March 1996 N/A 20th Century Fox 4461 NTSC English None [13]
Stay Out of the Basement 3 September 1996 N/A 20th Century Fox 4464 NTSC English None [14]
A Night in Terror Tower 3 September 1996 N/A 20th Century Fox 4463 NTSC English None [15]
The Werewolf of Fever Swamp 25 March 1997 N/A 20th Century Fox 4394 NTSC English None [16]
The Haunted Mask II 29 July 1997 N/A 20th Century Fox 4398 NTSC English None [17]
Welcome to Dead House 23 September 1997 N/A 20th Century Fox 6040 NTSC English None [18]
Night of the Living Dummy III 13 January 1998 N/A 20th Century Fox 4399 NTSC English None [19]
The Haunted Mask
A Night in Terror Tower
Stay Out of the Basement
19 May 1998 N/A 20th Century Fox 4461
4463
4464
NTSC English None VHS Pack [20]
The Werewolf of Fever Swamp
The Haunted Mask II
Welcome to Dead House
19 May 1998 N/A 20th Century Fox 4394
4398
6040
NTSC English None VHS Pack [21]
Bride of the Living Dummy
An Old Story
15 September 1998 N/A 20th Century Fox 0498 NTSC English None 2 Episode on 1 VHS [22]
One Day at HorrorLand 15 September 1998 N/A 20th Century Fox 0496 NTSC English None Part 1 & 2 [23]
Werewolf Skin 15 September 1998 N/A 20th Century Fox 0497 NTSC English None Part 1 & 2 [24]

DVD releases

Beginning in 2004, 20th Century Fox began releasing the series on DVD in individual volumes, initially containing one episode per disc but later changed to two episodes per disc. Later releases included either two discs or multiple episodes on one disc.

Original releases

(With two episodes per disc, except for Chillogy):

Release name UK release date
(region 2)
Australian release date
(region 4)
North American release date
(region 1)
Notes
The Haunted Mask II - - 7 September 2004[25]
Night of the Living Dummy III - - 7 September 2004[26]
Welcome to Dead House - - 7 September 2004[27]
The Werewolf of Fever Swamp - - 7 September 2004[28]
Cry of the Cat - - 12 April 2005[29]
Deep Trouble - - 12 April 2005[30]
How I Got My Shrunken Head - - 12 April 2005[31]
Chillogy - - 6 September 2005[32] Contains all three episodes
The Ghost Next Door - - 6 September 2005[33]
Scary House - - 6 September 2005[34] Contains The Haunted House Game and The House of No Return
A Shocker on Shock Street - - 5 September 2006[35] Also contains Click
Perfect School - - 5 September 2006[36]
My Best Friend Is Invisible - - 5 September 2006[37] Also contains An Old Story
It Came from Beneath the Sink! - - 11 September 2007[38] Also contains Strained Peas
Night of the Living Dummy - - 11 September 2007[39] Contains Night of the Living Dummy II and Bride of the Living Dummy
Say Cheese and Die! - - 11 September 2007[40] Also contains Say Cheese and Die – Again!

Double features

On 16 September 2008, twelve of the above sixteen discs were re-released in new double-feature sets, containing the same episodes as before.

Release name UK release date
(region 2)
Australian release date
(region 4)
North American release date
(region 1)
Notes
Night of the Living Dummy/
How I Got My Shrunken Head
- - 16 September 2008[41]
Scary House/
Chillogy
16 September 2008[42]
Perfect School/
My Best Friend Is Invisible
16 September 2008[43]
It Came from Beneath the Sink/
Deep Trouble
16 September 2008[44]
Ghost Next Door/
Shocker on Shock Street
16 September 2008[45]
Cry of the Cat/
Say Cheese and Die
16 September 2008[46]

Revival releases

Starting in 2008, new DVD sets were released to coincide with the Goosebumps HorrorLand revival books. Unlike the original releases, these sets include three to four 22-minute episodes, instead of two. They also feature new cover art, as opposed to previous releases which used the cover art for the corresponding series book.

Release name UK release date
(region 2)
Australian release date
(region 4)
North American release date
(region 1)
Notes
A Night in Terror Tower 16 September 2008[47] Also contains Stay Out of the Basement
Monster Blood 16 September 2008[48] Also contains More Monster Blood, How to Kill a Monster, and The Girl Who Cried Monster
One Day at HorrorLand 16 September 2008[49] Also contains Welcome To Camp Nightmare
Return of the Mummy 31 March 2009[50] Also contains Don't Wake Mummy and You Can't Scare Me!
The Scarecrow Walks At Midnight 31 March 2009[50] Also contains Don't Go To Sleep! and Calling All Creeps
The Headless Ghost 8 September 2009[51] Also contains Teacher's Pet and Awesome Ants
Attack of the Jack O'Lanterns 8 September 2009[51] Also contains Vampire Breath and Let's Get Invisible!
The Blob That Ate Everyone 7 September 2010:[52] Also contains Piano Lessons Can Be Murder and My Hairiest Adventure
Go Eat Worms! 7 September 2010:[52] Also contains Bad Hare Day and Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes
Ghost Beach 13 September 2011[53] Also contains The Barking Ghost and Be Careful What You Wish For...
Attack of the Mutant 13 September 2011[53] Also contains Phantom of the Auditorium
Release name UK release date
(region 2)
Australian release date
(region 4)
North American release date
(region 1)
Notes
The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight/
A Night in Terror Tower
11 September 2012[54]
The Headless Ghost/
Ghost Beach
11 September 2012[54]
One Day at HorrorLand/
Go Eat Worms!
11 September 2012[54]

Season sets

On November 26, 2012, Revelation Films started to release season sets of the series in the United Kingdom (DVD region 2).

Release name Release date Notes
Season One 26 November 2012[55]
Season Two 25 March 2013[56]
Seasons Three and Four 19 August 2013[57]
The Complete Series 28 October 2013[58]

On April 2, 2014, Madman Entertainment released the entire series in four DVD sets as well as a "Most Wanted Collection" in Australia and New Zealand (DVD region 4).

Release name Release date Notes
Season One 4 February 2014[59]
Season Two 7 May 2014[60]
Season Three 4 June 2014[61]
Season Four 9 July 2014[62]
Goosebumps - Most Wanted 9 July 2014[63]

Online

Goosebumps Presents

The books in the original Goosebumps series that were made into episodes of the Goosebumps television series were subsequently rereleased in a series called Goosebumps Presents. The main difference between the books in this series and their original publications is that the Goosebumps Presents editions contained photos from the corresponding episodes. Eighteen books were released from 1996 to 1998.

# Title Original published date Pages ISBN
01The Girl Who Cried MonsterFebruary 199657ISBN 0-590-74586-7
Telling so many tall-tale monster stories that she is disgusting her friends and family, Lucy Dark doesn't know what to do when she discovers a "real" monster in the summer reading program librarian. 
02The Cuckoo Clock of DoomMay 199656ISBN 0-590-74587-5
Deciding to get even with his bratty little sister, who always gets him in trouble, Michael Webster fiddles with their father's antique clock, planning to blame Tara, and accidentally sets time backwards. 
03Welcome to Camp NightmareJuly 199668ISBN 0-590-74588-3
Billy Harlan enjoys the days of baseball, archery, and swimming at Camp Nightmoon until a series of strange accidents plague his fellow campers, and Billy begins to suspect that he will be next. 
04Return of the MummySeptember 199664ISBN 0-590-74589-1
Full-color photographs from the television show illustrate the Egyptian adventure of Gabe and his cousin Sari, who find themselves trapped in a mummy's tomb while the mummy is somewhere outside. 
05Night of the Living Dummy IINovember 199656ISBN 0-590-74590-5
Slappy, the Evil ventriloquist dummy, comes to the home of aspiring young ventriloquist Amy and proves to her that he can walk, talk, and make plenty of trouble all by himself. 
06My Hairiest AdventureDecember 199664ISBN 0-590-82519-4
Larry and his friends slap on some tanning lotion found in the garage, believing that they will get great tans (despite being expired), but Larry begins to sprout hair, his friends start to vanish one by one (with their parents denying that they ever existed), and dogs chasing Larry more so than usual. 
07The Headless GhostDecember 199664ISBN 0-590-93954-8
Deciding to go ghost hunting in Hill House, a seaside house said to be haunted, two friends encounter a strange boy who may be the ghost of a boy who was beheaded by a deranged sea captain. 
08Be Careful What You Wish forJanuary 199759ISBN 0-590-93955-6
Sick of being bullied and being a total klutz, Samantha is granted three wishes after helping a strange lady in black find her way home, but Samantha discovers that the wishes granted to her have a nasty way of backfiring. 
09Go Eat Worms!February 199756ISBN 0-590-93959-9
Todd's worm obsession turns sticky (and slimy) when his test subjects begin stalking him. 
10Bad Hare DayMarch 199757ISBN 0-590-93960-2
Tim Swanson loves Amaz-O the magician so much that he steals a bag of the performer's tricks, and soon Tim's life is taken over by a talking rabbit with an evil mind and shameless scruples. 
11Let's Get Invisible!April 199758ISBN 0-590-93968-8
Discovering a strange, magic mirror that enables them to become invisible, Max and his friends are delighted until it becomes increasingly difficult for them to become visible again. 
12Attack of the MutantMay 199763ISBN 0-590-93969-6
Skipper Matthews adores comic books, especially those featuring the evil supervillain Masked Mutant, until he is drawn into a terrifying adventure and must save the world from the sinister schemes of the Masked Mutant himself. 
13Ghost BeachJune 199759ISBN 0-590-29994-8
Exploring a cave by the beach, Jerry and his sister Terri ignore the warnings of local kids Sam and Louisa that the cave is haunted until they find out that the ghosts on the beach are closer than they think. 
14You Can't Scare Me!July 199760ISBN 0-590-30663-4
Eddie and his friends set out to scare show-off Courtney – but the town's legendary mud monsters (mud-covered zombies of the town's drowned settlers) have plans of their own to make Eddie and his friends scream. 
15Monster BloodAugust 199760ISBN 0-590-30547-6
Evan and Andy find themselves in a sticky situation when they find a can of "Monster Blood" in an empty room of Evan's aunt's house – and the slime begins to grow to frightening proportions. 
16Attack of the Jack-o'-LanternsOctober 199758ISBN 0-590-37511-3
Drew Brockman notices that an evil transformation seems to have come over her friends Shane and Shana after they dress up like monsters with pumpkin heads for Halloween. 
17Calling All Creeps!December 199764ISBN 0-590-39058-9
Nerdy Ricky Beamer's plan to get back at the girl who kicked him off the school newspaper turns into a plot to enslave humanity when a group of reptilian aliens begin calling Ricky after hours. 
18Revenge of the Lawn GnomesFebruary 199864ISBN 0-590-46441-8
Pink flamingos, plastic deer--Joe Burton's dad loves lawn ornaments and doesn't want to lose to his militant neighbor in the annual lawn contest. But when he brings home two little front yard gnomes with red stocking caps and shiny eyes, the terror begins. 

International broadcasts

See also

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