Gattsy on Goosebumps

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Thank you again to Mr Henderson, who made this renewed series possible. I promise not to let you down, sir.

That’s right, the gang is back! All your favorite character archetypes are here; the put-upon protagonist; the science nerd; the high school bully; girl. Monster Blood IV is the sixty-second and final book in the original Goosebumps book series, and the fourth book in the Monster Blood saga. It was published in 1997 .

I Live in Your Basement! I mean, I don’t; it’s just the name of the story. I have, however, frequently been accused of living in my mother’s basement by certain “comedians” on Twitter, simply because I pointed out that there are far too many females in superhero films today. I Live in Your Basement! is the sixty-first book in the original Goosebumps book series. It was published in 1997 .

A second live-action Goosebumps movie?? Not since The Empire Strikes back had the world so anticipated a sequel. Now, imagine if Empire featured only Chewbacca, with Leia returning fifteen minutes before the credits roll, and no events from the first film being referenced. Also, Leia is played by Jack Black. Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween is the sequel to the film Goosebumps , released in theater...

In research for reading this story, in which characters dress up as and become werewolves, I attended Furfest, the state’s biggest anthropomorphic animal convention. I’m pleased to see that my negative preconceptions of the “furry” community were largely dispelled, and I have since been doodling sketches of my own “fursona” (which is essentially just me but endowed certain horse appendages). Werew...

RL Stine was writing about haunted schools in 1997, but I know a school that would really scare today’s woke millennials; it’s called the SCHOOL OF LIFE, and before you ask, sorry snowflakes, you don’t get a participation award for attending. Please note: ‘The School of Life’ is no way an accredited learning institute and should instead be considered only a rhetorical expression used to suggest th...

Deep Trouble II ! Did the first Deep Trouble really warrant a sequel? Perhaps not, but neither did G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) or The Croods (2013) but that didn’t stop those Hollywood fat-cats from greenlighting sequels several years after the originals. Deep Trouble II is a lot like it’s fellow aquatic-sequel Jaws 2 (1978) in that it features giant sea creatures and magic plankton that tu...

Now admittedly, this is a personal favorite story of mind because for a long time I was convinced I too had an invisible friend! Sticky Jim , I called him. Oh the adventures we had; the things he told me to do; the ideas he would put into my head. Those horrible, terrible ideas. My Best Friend Is Invisible is the fifty-seventh book in the original Goosebumps book series. It was first published in...

Okay, let’s not pretend we haven’t all considered staging a fake drowning to gain sympathy. I myself tried something similar when I was twelve and ran away from a school trip in a nearby forest to upset my parents. It was three days before they noticed I was gone and a week before they notified the authorities. If I wasn’t taken in by that cannabis-growing hermit living on a creek to avoid taxes I...

A typewriter that makes the stories come alive? Send it my way; I’ve got an idea for a novel about a sensitive but roguishly-handsome podcast host that has to battle lusty female demons with big honking naturals. The Blob That Ate Everyone is the fifty-fifth book in the original Goosebumps book series. It was first published in 1997 .

The title offers a singular piece of advice, but an unwarranted one. I need not be told to avoid the lure sleep that stalks me like a shadow; the juvenile vaudeville that awaits the reader in the pages of this garish book for children pales in comparison to the mind-twisting dread that awaits me whenever I close my eyes; when I enter the darkness where the empty faces of the poor souls I have wron...

“Nobody calls me chicken. ” That’s a recurring line from iconic sci-fi/comedy trilogy Back to the Future. Apparently, only the first installment was critically well-received, but I always enjoyed Part II just as much. It wasn’t until I was older that I realized that Biff Tannen’s appearance and character in that film were based-heavily on then-real estate mogul Donald J Trump. Pretty wild that a d...

The dream of flying has haunted man since first he gazed upon a seagull and said “hey; cool.” In RL Stine’s How I Learned to Fly, this ancient dream is realized by a young man whose talents are subsequently used to promote the openings of restaurants around town. Seems like a waste of potential, but what do I know? I’m still stuck on terra firma (for now). How I Learned to Fly is the fifty-second...

“Do you want to build a snowman?” So sang one of the animated characters from Disney’s hit music-film ‘Frozen’, which I had the pleasure of seeing with my girlfriend. Well, ex-girlfriend now. It seems treating a lady to a feature film (and purchasing a small popcorn for her) isn’t enough to keep her from deciding she wants space. Of course, what she won’t say is that ‘space’ is the kitchen counter...

This deals with bullying, a theme very close to my heart. I have been involved in several instances of bullying throughout my lifetime, both as a victim and much more recently as a perpetrator (I’m legally not allowed to discuss it but let me just assure you the little rat had it coming). Calling All Creeps! is the fiftieth book in the original Goosebumps book series. It was first published in 199...

Do you remember that post- Twilight period where all young adult entertainment was vampire-based? You’d come to school and the girls would be cooing about some pasty fictional heartthrob who lusted for blood but and was still somehow non-threatening enough to be desired. Then it would be up to me, the only intellectual in the room, to explain how, historically, the blood-sucking vampire trope was...

The grinning jack-o-lantern is a staple of the spooky season, though as a boy I was prevented from ever carving one, owing to my father’s contempt for Halloween and all things he deemed American. One year, in defiance, I carved a face into a particularly large sweet potato and left it beside the welcome mat, which enraged my father to no end when he arrived home from work. In his fury, he went to...

In today's story, RL Stine combines the macabre world of European folklore with the psychological fear of the unknown, presented with elements of semi-steampunk aesthetic. The result is just terrible. Legend of the Lost Legend is the forty-seventh book in the original Goosebumps book series. It was first published in 1996 .

When we were younger, we thought that monsters were big hairy creatures with claws and sharp teeth. Now, of course, we know that the real monsters in the world are things like poverty, racism and environmental destruction. This book deals with the hairy kind though. How to Kill a Monster is the forty-sixth book in the original Goosebumps book series. It was first published in 1996 .

We don't really have summer camps in Australia, but we do have school camps. I'll always remember the time all of us students hoisted up Mr Thinglestip in the giant swing, pulling him higher and higher despite his frantic warnings of a "crippling fear of heights" and "severe heart conditions". We all had quite a laugh--well, all of us except Mr Thinglestip, of course! Still, I remember that the me...

Today’s spooky episode is primarily about photography, I hobby I eagerly indulged in until I was forced to appear before a magistrate in 2017. Say Cheese and Die — Again! is the forty-fourth book in the original Goosebumps book series, a sequel to Say Cheese and Die! , and the second book in the Say Cheese and Die! saga. It was first published in 1996 .

For those looking for a Goosebumps book about the adventures of 90’s wrestling icon Bam Bam Bigelow, nicknamed the Beast from the East, I’m afraid your search continues. The Beast from the East is the forty-third book in the original Goosebumps book series. It was first published in 1996 .

Today’s episode is focused on young Tim Swanson, who aspires to be a magician. I myself have no time for the mystic arts ever since I was approached by a gypsy man in Rome who claimed to be a street magician but failed to make my wallet and passport reappear. Food was overpriced as well. Wouldn’t go back. Bad Hare Day is the forty-first book in the original Goosebumps book series. It was first pub...