Movie: Goosebumps 2015

★★★★★/★★★★★

Characters:

Jack Black as R.L. Stine

  Dylan Minnette as Zack Cooper

Odeya Rush as Hannah Stine

Ryan Lee as Champ

Amy Ryan as Gale Cooper

Director: Rob Letterman

 The movie is basically about R.L. Stine's books and the horror they bring not only to children but to everyone. I admit I haven't read a single book of him and I don't intend to because I'm not a fan of horror but the movie was awesome. Goosebumps came out October last year which instantly became a box office hit!

So the movie tells the story of Zach and his mother moving to Madison, Delaware where Zack meet Hannah, the daughter of their mysterious neighbor, Mr. Shivers. Mr. Shivers warns Zack to stay away from them but Hannah and Zach quickly became friends. The next night, Zach hears Hannah and Mr. Shivers arguing and Hannah's scream makes him call the police. When the police comes, Mr. Shivers assures them that he and Hannah are not arguing but Zach doesn't believe him. So to make sure, Zach tricks Mr. Shivers by calling and making him go to he police station for further questioning and he also tricks Champ, his new friend at his new school, who reluctantly helps him break into Mr. Shivers' house. They look for Hannah but instead found Goosebumps manuscripts, all of which are locked. And to their luck, they accidentally open one when Hannah appears, startling them all. When the books opens, it releases the Abominable Snowman of Pasadena which they pursue to a skating rink and thankfully put back inside the book with the help of Mr. Shivers. 

On their way back to the house, Mr. Shivers is crazy mad and doesn't have a choice but to reveal that he's actually R.L. Stine. He's also determined to move away again with his books now that Zach and Champ already know his secret. But when they arrive at their house, Slappy is waiting for them and it's when the real horror begins.

Slappy, mad for being imprisoned inside the book, releases the other monsters and wages war with Stine. Slappy also burns the books so there's no way Stine could trap them again inside. Now fearing for their life, R.L. Stine, Zach, Hannah and Champ escape to get away from the monsters. Zach then suggests Stine to write a new book that will trap all the monsters inside but Stine says he can only write with his special typewriter which is in the high school where a formal dance is happening. So they head to the high school and on their way meet different monsters like the invisible boy, giant praying mantis and the Werewolf of Fever Swamp.As they cut through the cemetery, Zach notices that Hannah shines in the moonlight. She glows blue which surprises Zach and a crazy thought enters his mind. To make sure it's not what he thinks, Zach privately talks to Stine about Hannah. Here, Stine reveals that Hannah is not really his daughter and he only created her because he was lonely. 

When Stine finds the typewriter, he begins writing a new story based on what's happening around them. But Slappy and the others are closing in the high school too so Zach and the other students have to buy Stine some time so he can finish writing. Slappy then confronts Stine and breaks his fingers with the typewriter case before he can finish the story.

With the help of the students, Stine, Zach, Hannah and Champ are able to escape and head to the abandoned amusement park where Hannah brought Zach earlier. Here, Slappy releases the Blob that Ate Everyone causing Stine to hand over the typewriter to Zach, telling him to finish the story. Zach finally finishes the book but reluctantly opens it because he knows that once he opens it, Hannah will be sucked inside the book too. But Hannah tells him that's it's okay and that she knew about her true nature. So she opens the book herself, sucking every monster, and before getting sucked she and Zach kiss. 

Hannah: You have to let go, Zach.

Sometime later, Stine starts teaching at Zach's school and one day after class, he calls Zach to give him a present. To his surprise, Zach see Hannah. Stine then tells him that he wrote another book with Hannah in it. Zach and Hannah share another kiss and we see Stine burning the book making Hannah permanently real.

But wait, there's more. When Stine is about to leave the school, he sees the typewriter writing by itself. And to his horror, the invisible boy wasn't sucked by the book and is now writing a new story.

THE END

I really enjoyed this movie and Jack Black was really fitted for the role. Hannah was lovely and it was nice that she and Zach had a happy ending. :)