BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!

Peereddi I was totally surprised at how great this film.You could feel your paranoia rise as the film went on and as you gradually learned the details of the real situation.

HottWwjdIam There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

picturetaker 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.

ludwig1800 The Goosebumps book/TV series were a big part of my childhood. I enjoyed both; I can still remember getting up every Saturday morning to watch the show. Goosebumps was definitely one of the better shows of the 90's.Unfortunately there were many flaws with the series.First of all, the acting. Words cannot describe how terrible the acting really is. To say that it was appalling is only putting it mildly. I have worked on films made by university students, and even they have better acting. Apart from Ryan Gosling (who hasn't really improved at all as an actor) and the one who ended up playing Annikan Skywalker (who is actually a pretty good actor) the other actors and actresses have either sunk without trace or are acting in mediocre TV shows. God knows why and how they are still being hired.Second, the inaccuracy of the episodes. Many of the episodes were unfaithful to the books in certain ways. Some of these adaptations actually worked (a good example of this would be "Be Careful What You Wish For", and I actually didn't mind the Haunted Mask 1 and 2- those floating masks scared the hell out of me). Another episode I enjoyed was "The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight", as well as "The Werewolf of Fever Swamp" and "Phantom of the Auditorium".However, many of the adaptations were so bad that it was almost excruciating. They just didn't work at all. "The Ghost Next Door" was such an example. However, in certain ways, the episode is set up better than the book. Please don't get me started on "The Headless Ghost"... That was awful. Even the main characters are changed, in terms of looks. For example, in "The Ghost Next Door" (the book version), the main character has blonde hair. But in the TV version, she is a brunette.Third, the effects. They were just awful, and the monsters looked like they were made out of play dough. I know that this doesn't count as an "effect", but the Canadian accents were almost as irritating as the acting.Lastly, the fact that a lot of the better books were never made into episodes. "Ghost Camp", a personal favourite of mine, was never made into an episode, despite the fact that it could have been extremely easy to make. "Legend of the lost legend" and "The Haunted School" could have worked as well.Despite all of these flaws, the series was entertaining, (semi) scared me- I can still remember the intro with the infamous dog, and I can remember the evil potato monster at the end of "It Came From Beneath the Sink!". It was definitely one of my favourite childhood shows and deserves recognition as one of the best shows of the 90's. 6 out of 10 from me!

Electrified_Voltage For several years during the 1990s, R.L. Stine wrote and published many books in his "Goosebumps" series. I used to like to read some of these books, when I was around ten years old, and eventually, I discovered this "Goosebumps" TV show, which I enjoyed watching for a while. I eventually went off both the books and the TV series (late in 1997, when I was eleven years old), but I can't deny the fact that I was once a fan.There's not much to say about the plot of this show. Basically, all I can say about it is that the programme was an adaptation "Goosebumps" book series, so the episodes were horror stories for kids.For a while, R.L. Stine would pump out "Goosebumps" books very quickly, so quickly not all of the stories could have been that focused. This suggested that the author was money-hungry. Some of the stories you could tell were ridiculous just by the title, such as "The Blob That Ate Everyone". Since this show was an adaptation of the books, the cheesiness from the books (or at least from some of them) obviously showed here. The show may have had more problems that that (it has been too long for me to be able to tell).Some might consider episodes of this show bad adaptations of the books. For me, it's been a while, and I don't know exactly how the two compared. I don't have as much memory of the "Goosebumps" books and TV show as certain others who were fans back in the 1990s, so I can't write the most insightful review. I do, however, know that I probably wouldn't think much of the show right now (I'm not sure about some of the books). Well, the books and the show definitely deserve some credit for how many kids they entertained back in the day, but I believe that "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" was a superior show.

HopperFlikFanatic When I was little in the years 1994 through 1998, I watched this show every single Friday afternoon and Saturday morning on the Fox Kids Network.Slappy the living dummy was always and always will be my favorite character. I cannot even begin to find words to say how much I loved him, but here goes. I loved everything about Slappy ... his adorable character design, his adorable voice and one liners, and the way he and all the other ghouls were brought to life.While Slappy the living dummy is by far the most Lovable thing about this show, the other ghouls rock too !!! They are terrifying yet G-rated enough to entertain little kids without giving them nightmares.The Special Effects of this show -- the lighting, the makeup, the mechanical creatures -- were beyond realistic and very high-budget for a kid's show.If you are looking for a great show that's cool for kids and enjoyable for adults to watch as well, check out GOOSEBUMPS on DVD.R.L.Stine is one of the best horror writers to ever walk this planet!!! Slappy is and always will be one of my childhood heroes !!! I'm now a college student of 23, but whenever I'm watching Slappy and Goosebumps , I can travel back in time ... back to four of the most memorable years of my childhood !!!