| Goosebumps | |
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Intertitle for the first and second seasons of the Goosebumps TV series |
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| Genre | Science fiction Horror fiction Adventure Superhero fiction Adventure fiction Fantasy Suspense Thriller |
| Format | Anthology series |
| Created by | R. L. Stine |
| Developed by | Deborah Forte |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 74 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Deborah Forte |
| Producer(s) | Protocol Entertainment Scholastic Productions Fox Television Studios 20th Television Gajdecki Visual Effects (Special Effects) |
| Location(s) | Toronto, Ontario, Canada Bellevue, Washington, USA |
| Running time | 24 to 43 minutes |
| Distributor | Saban International (outside North America) NHK Kyôiku & Glovision (Japan) Alberto Peruzzo Editore (Italy) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | YTV (Canada) Fox Kids Jetix The Hub (US) NHK (Japan) |
| Original run | October 27, 1995 – November 16, 1998 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Goosebumps (known in Japan as: Mystery Goosebumps) is a Canadian children's horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books.
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Goosebumps began airing on FOX Kids starting in 1995 and ended in 1998, with reruns on FOX Family lasting until 2000. For specifically the month of October, Cartoon Network aired the episodes in 2007-09 each October. It was confirmed by R.L. Stine that starting September 6th, 2011 the channel The Hub will air the series every weekday, which coincidentally air's his new series R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Since its first broadcast, an episode of Goosebumps would begin with a warning -- "Goosebumps is rated GB-7, because it may be too spooky for children under seven." However, when the V-chip took effect, the GB-7 rating was discontinued though the disclaimer remained, and Goosebumps was then rated TV-Y7 when it aired on Fox Kids, TV-PG when it aired on Cartoon Network and it manages to return the TV-Y7 rating but with FV added towards it (TV-Y7-FV), that is currently re-running on The Hub.
The opening sequence starts with a man dressed in black carrying his briefcase up a hill. The name engraved on the briefcase reveals the mysterious man to be Goosebumps author R. L. Stine. A strong wind blows, Stine's case opens, and his papers fly out, one of which turns into a shadow resembling the "G" seen on the Goosebumps logo and glides through a town. The "G" passes by a woman on a billboard, making her drab and depressed, and passes by a dog on a porch, which makes its eyes glow an evil yellow (this is referenced to in the episode "My Hairiest Adventure" and was also used to represent the show in its UK airings on Fox Kids). The "G" then creeps past a tree and into the front door of a house and begins showing a quick montage of clips from several episodes with an announcer growling, "Viewer, beware, you're in for a scare!", remade from the tagline, "Reader, beware, you're in for a scare!" used in the Goosebumps book series. In season two, the opening was shortened, speeding up the Goosebumps "G" gliding through town and removing the quick episode montage in the doorway.
In season three,also known as "Ultimate Goosebumps" the word "ultimate" appears above the Goosebumps logo the opening underwent a few changes. A green slime and a lightning effect were added when the man in black walks up the hill with his briefcase and his papers fly out. However, instead of the papers being blown through town, the man in black turns into bats which fly at the screen. The quick episode montage was added back but clips from different episodes were used. In season four, the opening remains the same but, they don't use the word ultimate.
Goosebumps was originally broadcast in the UK as a part of BBC's children's program lineup on CBBC from 1996 to 2000. Because of the UK's stringent censorship (particularly over content that is considered "gross" or may traumatize more sensitive viewers), many Goosebumps episodes were either skipped over (such as the Night of the Living Dummy II, Night of the Living Dummy III, Bride of the Living Dummy, and The Haunted Mask) or aired with heavy cuts made, particularly to the twist endings. The Werewolf of Fever Swamp and Calling All Creeps are the only Goosebumps episodes to receive a 12 rating by the BBFC. Despite this, the episodes can only air after 6:00pm and are still edited for content. Unlike CBBC, the cable channel Jetix (in UK and Ireland) has aired Goosebumps episodes with little to no edits (though "A Shocker on Shock Street" was edited to remove Marty getting electrocuted into submission when it's revealed that Erin and Marty are robot children programmed to test out the Shock Street park).
| Release name |
Release date |
Classifaction |
Publisher |
Format |
Language | Subtitles | Notes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Haunted Mask | 3 March 1997 | PG | CBS Fox | PAL | English | None | [1] | |
| The Werewolf of Fever Swamp | 23 February 1998 | 12 | CBS Fox | PAL | English | None | [2] | |
| Night of the Living Dummy III | 1 October 1999 | PG | CBS Fox | PAL | English | None | [3] | |
| Welcome to Camp Nightmare | 1 October 1999 | PG | CBS Fox | PAL | English | None | [4] | |
| A Night in Terror Tower | 1 October 1999 | PG | CBS Fox | PAL | English | None | [5] | |
| Stay Out of the Basement | 1 October 1999 | PG | CBS Fox | PAL | English | None | [6] | |
| The Haunted Mask II | 1 October 1999 | PG | CBS Fox | PAL | English | None | [7] | |
| One Day at HorrorLand | 11 October 1999 | PG | CBS Fox | PAL | English | None | [8] | |
| Return of the Mummy | Unknown | PG | CBS Fox | PAL | English | None | [9] | |
| Welcome to Dead House | Unknown | PG | CBS Fox | PAL | English | None | [10] |
| Release name |
Release date |
Classifaction |
Publisher |
Format |
Language | Subtitles | Notes |
REF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Haunted Mask | 12 March 1996 | N/A | 20th Century Fox | NTSC | English | None | [11] | |
| The Werewolf of Fever Swamp | 25 March 1996 | N/A | 20th Century Fox | NTSC | English | None | [12] | |
| Stay Out of the Basement | 3 September 1996 | N/A | 20th Century Fox | NTSC | English | None | [13] | |
| A Night in Terror Tower | 3 September 1996 | N/A | 20th Century Fox | NTSC | English | None | [14] | |
| The Haunted Mask II | 29 July 1997 | N/A | 20th Century Fox | NTSC | English | None | [15] | |
| Welcome to Dead House | 23 September 1997 | N/A | 20th Century Fox | NTSC | English | None | [16] | |
| Night of the Living Dummy III | 13 January 1998 | N/A | 20th Century Fox | NTSC | English | None | [17] | |
| The Haunted Mask A Night in Terror Tower Stay Out of the Basement |
19 May 1998 | N/A | 20th Century Fox | NTSC | English | None | VHS Pack | [18] |
| The Werewolf of Fever Swamp The Haunted Mask II Welcome to Dead House |
19 May 1998 | N/A | 20th Century Fox | NTSC | English | None | VHS Pack | [19] |
| Bride of the Living Dummy An Old Story |
15 September 1998 | N/A | 20th Century Fox | NTSC | English | None | 2 Episode on 1 VHS | [20] |
| Werewolf Skin | 15 September 1998 | N/A | 20th Century Fox | NTSC | English | None | [21] | |
| One Day at HorrorLand | 15 September 1998 | N/A | 20th Century Fox | NTSC | English | None | Part 1 & 2 | [22] |
Beginning in 2004, 20th Century Fox began releasing the series on DVD in individual volumes, initally containing one episode per disc but later changed to two episodes per disc. Later releases included either two discs or multiple episodes on one disc.
(with two episodes per disc, except for Chillogy):
| Release name | UK release date (region 2) |
Australian release date (region 4) |
North American release date (region 1) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Haunted Mask II | - | - | 7 September 2004[23] | |
| Night of the Living Dummy III | - | - | 7 September 2004[24] | |
| Welcome to Dead House | - | - | 7 September 2004[25] | |
| The Werewolf of Fever Swamp | - | - | 7 September 2004[26] | |
| Cry of the Cat | - | - | 12 April 2005[27] | |
| Deep Trouble | - | - | 12 April 2005[28] | |
| How I Got My Shrunken Head | - | - | 12 April 2005[29] | |
| Chillogy | - | - | 6 September 2005[30] | Contains all three episodes |
| The Ghost Next Door | - | - | 6 September 2005[31] | |
| Scary House | - | - | 6 September 2005[32] | Contains "The Haunted House Game" and The House of No Return |
| A Shocker on Shock Street | - | - | 5 September 2006[33] | Also contains "Click |
| Perfect School | - | - | 5 September 2006[34] | |
| My Best Friend Is Invisible | - | - | 5 September 2006[35] | Also contains An Old Story |
| It Came from Beneath the Sink! | - | - | 11 September 2007[36] | Also contains Strained Peas |
| Night of the Living Dummy | - | - | 11 September 2007[37] | Contains Night of the Living Dummy II and Bride of the Living Dummy |
| Say Cheese and Die! | - | - | 11 September 2007[38] | Also contains Say Cheese and Die - Again! |
On 16 September 2008, twelve of the above 16 discs were re-released in new double-feature sets, containing the same episodes as before.
| Release name | UK release date (region 2) |
Australian release date (region 4) |
North American release date (region 1) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Night of the Living Dummy/ How I Got My Shrunken Head |
- | - | 16 September 2008[39] | |
| Scary House/ Chillogy |
- | - | 16 September 2008[40] | |
| Perfect School/ My Best Friend Is Invisible |
- | - | 16 September 2008[41] | |
| It Came from Beneath the Sink/ Deep Trouble |
- | - | 16 September 2008[42] | |
| Ghost Next Door/ Shocker on Shock Street |
- | - | 16 September 2008 [43] | |
| Cry of the Cat/ Say Cheese and Die |
- | - | 16 September 2008 [44] | |
| A Night in Terror Tower/ Stay Out of the Basement |
- | - | 16 September 2008 [45] | Region 1: Unlike the original releases, include four 22-minute episodes, rather than two. It also features new cover art, as opposed to previous releases which used the cover art for the corresponding series book. |
| Monster Blood/ More Monster Blood/ How to Kill a Monster/ The Girl Who Cried Monster |
- | - | 16 September 2008 [46] | Region 1: Unlike the original releases, include four 22-minute episodes, rather than two. It also features new cover art, as opposed to previous releases which used the cover art for the corresponding series book. |
| One Day at HorrorLand/ Welcome To Camp Nightmare |
- | - | 16 September 2008 [47] | Region 1: Unlike the original releases, include four 22-minute episodes, rather than two. It also features new cover art, as opposed to previous releases which used the cover art for the corresponding series book. |
| Return of the Mummy/ Don't Wake Mummy & You Can't Scare Me! |
- | - | 31 March 2009 [48] | Region 1: Contain three episodes each, and continue the cover art pattern of the late 2008 releases, with new art rather than using the cover art of the corresponding book. |
| The Scarecrow Walks At Midnight/ Don't Go To Sleep! & Calling All Creeps |
- | - | 31 March 2009 [48] | Region 1: Contain three episodes each, and continue the cover art pattern of the late 2008 releases, with new art rather than using the cover art of the corresponding book. |
| The Headless Ghost/ Teacher's Pet & Awesome Ants |
- | - | 8 September 2009[49] | Region 1: Contain three episodes each, and continue the cover art pattern of the late 2008 releases, with new art rather than using the cover art of the corresponding book. |
| Attack of the Jack O'Lanterns / Vampire Breath & Let's Get Invisible! |
- | - | 8 September 2009[49] | Region 1: Contain three episodes each, and continue the cover art pattern of the late 2008 releases, with new art rather than using the cover art of the corresponding book. |
| The Blob That Ate Everyone/ Piano Lessons Can Be Murder& My Hairiest Adventure |
- | - | 7 September 2010[50]: | |
| Go Eat Worms!'Bad Hare Day & Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes' |
- | - | 7 September 2010[51]: | |
| Ghost Beach / The Barking Ghost & Be Careful What You Wish For... |
- | - | 13 September 2011[52] | |
| Attack of the Mutant & Phantom of the Auditorium |
- | - | 13 September 2011[53] |
These DVD's were only released in region 1 Us import
The complete series is now on iTunes.[54][55][56][57]
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