Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

"Halloween comes to life."

2018 1h 30m EN

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6.1

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48%

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METACRITIC

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5.6

IMDB

★6.1TMDB · 1,676🥫48%Rotten Tomatoes●53Metacritic★5.6IMDB · 25,917

ComedyFantasyHorrorFamily

Synopsis

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Be careful what you wish for. With their after school junk business, best friends Sonny and Sam hope to find treasure in other people’s trash. But when cleaning out the old Stine house, they open a locked book that frees a supernatural nightmare – Slappy! Now, with the help of Sonny’s sister Sarah, they’re in a race against time to get the sinister dummy and all the creatures he’s brought to life back into the pages before he unleashes total pandemonium!

“Halloween comes to life.”

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Cast

Jeremy Ray Taylor
Sonny
Madison Iseman
Sarah
Caleel Harris
Sam
Mick Wingert
Slappy (voice)
Wendi McLendon-Covey
Kathy
Ken Jeong
Mr. Chu
Chris Parnell
Walter
Bryce Cass
Tyler

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ari Sandel
Writers: Jim Magdaleno, Dawud Anyabwile, Ray Harvie
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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90 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Goosebumps Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

CAST

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239+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ari Sandel, shot by Barry Peterson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Dominic Lewis. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Keith Brachmann shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Jeremy Ray Taylor and Madison Iseman and Caleel Harris carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Ari Sandel directs. Barry Peterson behind the camera. Dominic Lewis scores. Keith Brachmann cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

190 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 8 years ago.
3Part of the "Goosebumps Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4239+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Ari Sandel, shot by Barry Peterson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Dominic Lewis. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Keith Brachmann shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Jeremy Ray Taylor and Madison Iseman and Caleel Harris carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Halloween comes to life.".
10IMDB entry: tt5664636 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 24 themes, including "witch", "skeleton", "monster", "based on novel or book".

The technical file

Cinematography: Barry Peterson
Original score: Dominic Lewis
Editing: Keith Brachmann
Production design: Rusty Smith
Costume design: Salvador Pérez Jr.
Makeup / hair: Patrice Coleman
VFX supervisor: Derek Spears
Sound: Tateum Kohut
Stunt coordinator: Steven Ritzi
Runtime: 90 min · 1h 30m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $35,000,000
Box office: $93,320,380
Return: 267% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes: 48% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 53/100
IMDB rating: 5.6/10 · 25,917 votes
MPAA: PG

Part of

Goosebumps Collection

A horror comedy film series based on the children's horror book series Goosebumps by R.L. Stine. The plots revolves around monsters, demons and creatures escaping from their books/manuscripts, wreaking havoc in the real world.

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Gimly2019-01-20
★ 4/10
The original Jack Black Goosebumps movie did not really impress me, and Haunted Halloween is actually fractionally worse. But I still stand by the idea of taking your kids to see monster movies. Final rating:★★ - Definitely not for me, but I sort of get the appeal.
Andre Gonzales2023-05-20
★ 5/10
Not the same actors. The actors that are in it aren't good actors. At least the scary monsters were good. If it weren't for Jack Black saving the movie. I would have given this a 1 rating.