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Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired worldwide rights to Peterson Polaris Corp’s coming-of-age comedy This Too Shall Pass and will launch sales at AFM ahead of the world premiere at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival next month.

Rob Grant wrote and directed the feature about 16-year-old Simon, who feels trapped by the strict expectations of his Mormon upbringing and rebels by crossing the Canadian border with his close friends for a spontaneous weekend getaway.

What starts as a carefree escape quickly turns into a journey of self-discovery, as each friend confronts their personal struggles and insecurities. The film carries a...

Like so many of the broader Goosebumps series’ nightmarish affairs, the back half of the new Goosebumps show belongs to Slappy.

It all seemed to begin in the early 1990s when young Harold Biddle was caught in a fiery inferno. As he burned, a group of teenagers ran off into the night with one of his most prized possessions. Eventually, those teenagers grew up and had children of their own.

There’s Zack Morris’ Isaiah, the charismatic football star and his best friend James played by Miles McKenna, a fun and sarcastic rich kid dealing with the pitfalls of being one of the small town’s only openly queer residents. Ana Yi Puig plays the tough, strong and socially isolated Isabella, Will Price is Lucas, who’s as lovably affable as he is occasionally idiotic, and Isa Briones is the staggeringly charming Margot, Isaiah’s neighbor, lifelong friend and on-again,...

Goosebumps Episode 9 features a surprise cameo that is sure to please fans of the franchise. Showrunner Hilary Winston and co-executive producer James Eagan offer some insight into the cameo. The ninth episode focuses on Mr. Bratt, who is struggling to craft a compelling ending for his novel, with the cameo setting the stage for a darker turn in the storyline.

Warning! This article contains Spoilers from Goosebumps Episode 9.

Disney's Goosebumps television revival has emerged as a notable series, captivating audiences with its blend of supernatural elements and intriguing narrative twists. The show, available on both Hulu and Disney+, has recently garnered attention for its ninth episode, which featured a unique cameo that has both fans and critics talking. At the heart of this revival is the story of Harold Biddle, portrayed by Ben Cockell, whose narrative arc reaches a climactic end in the eighth episode. This conclusion saw the resolution...

The article contains major Spoilers for Goosebumps episode 8,"Night of the Living Dummy: Part 2."

Executive producers of the Goosebumps revival reveal the original plan for author R.L. Stine's cameo and how it had to be changed due to travel restrictions. Stiller and Letterman share that showrunner Hilary Winston and co-executive producer James Eagan came up with the idea of Stine having a podcast, which worked well for the episode. Episode 9 continues the story as Mr. Bratt struggles to find inspiration for his novel and listens to a podcast read by Stine that reminds him, "true creation comes from darkness," setting up a dark and intense finale.

The executive producers of the Goosebumps television revival break down episode 9's clever cameo. The revival, which streams on Hulu and Disney+, offered a sense of resolution with its eighth installment. The saga of Harold Biddle (Ben Cockell) came to a close, putting...

The new Goosebumps revival has received a Rotten Tomatoes score of 74% from critics, with an audience score of 69%. Critics have generally been positive about Goosebumps but note that it may be more of an entry into horror rather than genuinely scary. The new series is serialized and follows a group of teenagers dealing with supernatural forces and uncovering their parents' secrets.

The Rotten Tomatoes score for Goosebumps is in, revealing how R.L. Stine's revival fares with audiences and critics. First announced in 2020 for Disney+, the revival is based on Stine's books of the same name. The project would hail from Sony Pitcures, Original Film, and Scholastic Entertainment. They'd worked on Goosebumps movies before, but the project marked the first time that the franchise returned to the small screen since the first anthology show ended in 1998.

The Rotten Tomatoes score for the new Goosebumps has now been tabulated following its...

This Goosebumps review contains no spoilers.

R. L. Stine’s famous teen horror book series Goosebumps was a big thing in the ‘90s. The books sold like candy (which meant over four million copies a month during their prime), and the author was dubbed the “Stephen King of children’s literature” — which is strange because I always thought that Stephen King was the Stephen King for kids — with a substantial influence on shaping the genre. Nevertheless, Stine’s novels were unsubtle and simple, usually devoid of gruesome violence and murder, appealing to younger readers by creating deliciously spooky atmospheres combined with campy humor. Naturally, they spawned multiple adaptations from video games to TV series to movies and more, varying in quality and success.

The latest one, created by Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stoller for Disney+ and Hulu, Goosebumps, unfortunately, falls in the line of weaker adaptations that entirely fail to...

Four episodes into Disney+ and Hulu’s Goosebumps, two characters take a beat to reflect on everything they’ve been through. “You know, our parents are sleeping together, there’s a ghost kind of haunting us, and I’m vomiting up worms, and now we’re having like a sleepover or something,” one says. “Yeah, throw in a long-lost sibling and a rich grandmother and you’ve got a soap opera on your hands,” the other cracks. And that’s without even getting into the clone army or the prophetic camera or the weird new teacher or decades-long mystery binding their families together.

It’s a lot for any one show to handle, and Goosebumps stumbles. Where the R.L. Stine books dished out zippy, mostly standalone adventures, Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stoller’s series adaptation increasingly gets bogged down trying to deliver supernatural horror and angsty teen drama and a...

R. L. Stine's Goosebumps returns to the small screen with a brand-new spooky adaptation. Unlike the previous '90s television show, which focused on an anthology format for the episodes, this latest series connects the paranormal experiences under an overarching arc. Think of it as part-Creepshow and part-Scream the television series, but always with a healthy dose of Stine's wicked sense of humor from the novels pumped into its storyline.

The first five episodes of Goosebumps tell the tale of five teenagers who experience a host of creepy disturbances after a Halloween party at the ghoulish Biddle house. Each episode focuses on a specific teen while intersecting their narrative with the others and showcasing how certain events are linked. Their parents also remain hush-hush about a mysterious teen named Harold Biddle (Ben Cockell), who is linked to all of this. Ultimately, Isaiah (Zack Morris), Isabella (Ana Yi Puig), James...

Editor’s Note: This review covers the first five episodes of the new series.

Over the course of the last 30 years, R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps has wreaked spine-chilling havoc on its adolescent audience, spreading its spookiness over 200 books, 74 episodes of television and two feature films. The green, goopy letters of the franchise’s recognizable moniker have dribbled an indelible mark on the gateway to horror fandom, infusing generation after generation of burgeoning fright seekers with a nostalgic love for haunted masks, cursed cameras and one particularly spiteful ventriloquist dummy.

And now, Goosebumps is back once more, repurposing and reimagining R.L. Stine’s indelible monstrosities for a new generation. Unlike any version of the series that’s come before, this new iteration of Goosebumps strips away its spookily silly, candy-colored reputation to find the fun and the fear beneath its pockmarked surface.

Veering away from the direct adaptation, anthology driven show of the late 90s,...

Disney+ and Hulu's Goosebumps adaptation still manages to bring excitement to Stine's classic novels, reimagining them in an intriguing, spooky way. The first five episodes of Goosebumps focus on individual teens experiencing Biddle's tricks, with each story offering a twist on the original stories. The show strikes a balance between playful and spooky, providing genuine frights without sanitizing Stine's work, making it a great Halloween watch.

Editor's note: This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the show being covered here wouldn't exist.

R.L. Stine's spooky Goosebumps books and the sprawling media franchise they've spawned have long been a staple of the Halloween season, providing the kind of thrills that even those who avoid horror at all costs can enjoy. The property has already led to a television show and two movies, which in some cases would suggest...

Maxwell Jenkins, Jeremy Ray Taylor and Katie Douglas have jumped on board This Too Shall Pass, a coming-of-age drama from writer-director and indie horror veteran Rob Grant.

The ensemble cast for the pic to start shooting next month in Calgary includes Ben Cockell, Jaylin Webb, Aidan Laprete, Nikki Roumel and Chris Sandiford.

Set in 1987 in Syracuse, New York, This Too Shall Pass follows Simon, a 16 year-old suffocated by his strict Mormon upbringing and rebelling as he leaves town with friends for a weekend in Canada, only to see events further make Simon question his religious and personal beliefs.

“This cast is dynamite, the team behind the scenes are amazing, and I can’t wait to bring the world a different slant on the coming-of-age genre!” Grant said in a statement.

This Too Shall Pass, which has financing from Telefilm Canada, marks the fifth feature film collaboration between Grant — who started...