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Back in the nineties, during the Pre-Potter era. My generation was being delighted by the works of R.L. Stine and his magnificent book series "Goosebumps." Between 1992 and 1995 I myself read some great ones like "Monster Blood," and it's two sequels, "Say Cheese and Die," "Ghost Bead," "Deep Trouble," and the greatest one of them all "The Haunted Mask." So obviously in 1995 when FOX Kids premiered this show I watched it. And Loved it! The show's adaptation wasn't very accurate but it was still entertaining and faithful to the novels. This was a great show, not scary but neither were the books. It's just a nice entertaining show from an entertaining series.

I think what the remake gets wrong is it not being an Anthology siries, or a 22 minute episode. The show is amazing, all 4 seasons consist of good episodes. And even the bad ones you can still laugh at today.

The Best in Siries 1 is definitely the "Haunted Mask" 2 parter that was great. Not only is it's premise good, but the characters have great growth too. Carley Beth, who's always getting scared and pranked by Chuck and Steve, as they know she is scared of EVERYTHING. So Carly who is sick of these pranksters decides to get a mask, to try and get them back. Little does she know the Mask is Alive!, and it's trapped onto her body. The pacing of the episode is great, lots happen but it is split into two whole parts. The WORST episode is "My hairest adventure" the plot is ridiculously strange. The boy or should I say Dog, plays in a band, and he's always getting chased by dogs. One day whilst being in the band he finds some Lotion, he puts it on his skin. And things start getting weird for him...he's becoming hairy. Hairy Larry. And then by the end of the episode he reverts back to his original self, a dog.

Series 2 has some fantastic episodes. The best is "Night of the Living Dummy" which is where Slappy terrorises these kids as he does best. The episode is great because Slappy is a Goosebumps icon, and any scene he's in, he's a scene steeler. The WORST episode though however is "Calling all Creeps" it's a nerdy kid who always gets picked on by his peers, and then makes a speech about it. And that's all I can ever really remember about that particular episode.

Siries 3 has it's ups and downs. The Best is "One day at Horrorland" where the Morris family get lost, and seem to find an amusement park. After arrival, things become strange, Mirrors closing in on them, Boat ride having a spider, and the door closing. And a game where they are the Lunch for the Monsters. And they are controlled by them, and then fall into the sea. The episode is bundles of fun. My least favourite is "DON'T go to Sleep" because this one puts me to sleep, quite literally. Whilst "Strained Peas" is probably and objectively speaking the worst episode, I do like the bond between the baby and brother, and becoming a bigger brother. And the bond between him and his best mate.

Siries 4. The best is "The Ghost Next door" as the girl is all fine and everything's going great for her. Until she's chased by a creature. She is then informed by the person next door that she is infact a Ghost. Which is a great plot-twist that comes out on nowhere. The worst is probably "How I got my Shrunken Head" for my I was bored entirely by it. And the magical elements didn't really make a whole lot of sense to me.

That's my run-down of the best and worst episode s of each siries in my Opinion. "Welcome to Dead House" is a fantastically creepy episode that is a place full of dead eating Zombie maniacs. This episode is also fun, and definitely recommend it. Especially with Halloween coming soon, it's the best time to do a horror marathon, and after that maybe even a Christmas marathon. Now time for my verdict.

Verdict,

7/10 Iconic, great music and fun episodes that contain creepy and weird stuff in them. Never forgetting the Iconic opening sequence with the Music.

I used to watch this show a few years ago on FoxFamily (now ABCfamily) along with Eerie Indiana. Goosebumps wasn't intensely scary, just mysterious and suspenseful - it sure kept MY attention. Anyway, I guess you can only catch it on DVDs these days, as I do not believe it airs anywhere on television. All of the episodes are unique and, for the most part, have intriguing plots and endings.

So, in general, if you're looking for scarily satisfying shows to watch as a family, then Goosebumps is perfect. There are also movies that came out that are based on the old Goosebumps books we all loved to read. Good luck, and I hope you have as much fun watching the shows as I did!

In October 2007, Cartoon Network began airing episodes of the show Goosebumps. After looking it up on Wikipedia, I found that it was a Canadian show from the 1990's. I thought, "Old foreign show, may check it out." I hadn't read the books when I was little, so I didn't know what to expect. The first episode, "The Haunted Mask" aired, and I was instantly hooked.

Every episode was like a mix of a Twilight zone episodes and M. Night Shymalan film. Creepy atmosphere, and a twist ending. After watching this show, I asked my little brother to bring home as many of the books from the elementary school library as he could. As soon as I find the episodes on DVD, you can bet I'll buy them.

I admit I hated this show when I was a kid. I thought it was stupid and immature. Then again when this was on the AIR I was watching shows like X-Files and Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine so compared to the production values of those big American shows what chance does a little cheap Canadian show made for kids have anyways.

This show is very very very well done with great stories and episodes. For anyone born in the 80's and early 90's it's a reminder of what life was like and what life looked like back then when we were young. It's a good show because the stories are so good. I haven't a clue if they make shows like this any more but honestly they could reboot this show for this decade and for this batch of kids and I believe it would be just as good but in HD.

At the time of this review you can find this show on netflix. I recommend checking out a few episodes if you want something interesting but nonviolent, nonfilledwithswears, and wholesome. I'd let my kids watch this any day.

For a 1990s kid show I give this show 8 stars out of 10. Don't forget to read my other reviews. Thanks.