![]() Once in the hotbed of Halloween night, Goosebumps 2 throws everything at these kids. There’s not much energy or purpose in this script until the predictable special effects start doing their thing. Plus, all the generic teen and pre-teen tropes, from fallen relationships to school hallway torment, drag down the pace. Goosebumps 2 aims young, more of a fault as Slappy’s temptations never jump above a plot device. Soon, it’s a melee of ghosts and witches, passe action that keeps things lively if entirely empty. Goosebumps 2 never jumps on the moral lesson of getting away with all of this though. Slappy, the demonic ventriloquist dummy and antagonist of this series, promises kids he’ll do their homework, household chores, and defeat the local bullies. Overall, I can recommend this one for family movie night.Bumpy The video transfer and the audio mix is pretty good and there are a lot of extras for the kids. GOOSEBUMPS 2 is good for the family but it doesn’t live up to the original movie. Slappy’s Audition: This is an “audition” tape for Slappy. ![]() Junk Brothers – Call Now!: This is the commercial for the Junk Brothers business. Slappy-Oke Sing-Alongs: These are made-up songs to sing with Slappy. Science with Slappy: This is a featurette aimed at kids who want to see applied science from the movie. Meet the Monsters: This explores the monsters from the movie. Thrills & Chills – The Making of GOOSEBUMPS 2: This featurette gets into the characters, story, and some of the inner-workings of the plot. The dialogue is well prioritized with the music and effects. The scene at the club and the dance feels a little shallow but they’re not bad. ![]() These effects also move around the sound field and come off nicely. Effects from the creatures and the Tesla devices are forceful. Until all of the chaos begins, the surround speakers are filled with ambient sound and the score. The audio is a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 mix that works well with this movie. The blacks are deep and have some excellent contrasting in the transfer. Green especially glows and the pumpkins have a nice, bright hue. The colors are bold in the clothing but also in the supernatural objects like the witch’s faces (i think that is what they are). The lines are sharp and you can easily differentiate the actors to add some depth. The video is a 1080p AVC presentation that has a clean look to it. Mick Wingert – the voice of Slappy the Dummy One thing I was wondering is if the voice of flappy was a mix of Jack Black and Mick Wingert? There are times where he sounds exactly like the comedian and then it changes slightly. I guess you can call it “family horror” with some of the classic Halloween ideas being slightly twisted for the movie. ![]() Aside from the obvious point that the books are focused to the tween age, you can easily see the target audience’s age for the movie. GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN is directed by Ari Sandel who also directed WHEN WE FIRST MET and THE DUFF. His name is Slappy and he just wants to be a part of their family but don’t cross him or some really bad stuff can (and will) happen. Sonny reads a spell and they unknowingly bring the doll back to life. There, they find an old, locked book and a ventriloquist doll. Sonny has also been working on starting a junk removal business with his friend Sam and they are asked to do a job at an extremely creepy house. He is kind of a science nerd and determined to show his class an experiment of transmitting electricity in the sea manner as his hero Nikola Tesla. Her mom Kathy depends on her for so much but especially with Sarah’s younger brother Sonny. Sarah Quinn has been working hard on her essay to get into Columbia University by using the topic of fear. ![]()
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