Goosebumps

[Dreek Lass]

when I was a child I used to be a massive fan of Goosebumps books. I am not quite sure how I got interested in them to be honest, although I suspect that my best friend at the time managed to get me into them. I also had other horror books, because I loved challenging movies books and television to scare me, but none of them ever could. it is quite different now that I am older though lol.

One of the very first Goosebumps books that I read was 'My Hairiest adventure.'

Then I had the opportunity to see some of the books that I had read on television when the Goosebumps television show began to air.

Did any of you read Goosebumps books too?

 

[Kirk]

I did yeeeeeaaaaaarrrrsss ago. I can't remember what it was called, but one of the books was about a blob. Yeah, I know, very descriptive.
Another one was to do with a swamp monster.

They were quite horrifying as a kid, really. I also watched the TV show at some point and was scared by the dog with the glowing eyes in the opening sequence.

 

[Antigone]

R.L. Stine is pretty boss when it comes to writing, just saying.
I used to read the Goosebumps series whenever I could. Some were kind stupid to me though, but others were totally ****ing awesome.

My favorite is 'The Haunted Mask'. Both the book and of the TV series.
I also liked 'Calling All Creeps!', 'Stay Out of the Basement', 'The Werewolf of Fever Swamp', 'Werewolf Skin', and 'Welcome to Dead House'.

The scariest to me I think would be between 'The Haunted Mask' and 'Welcome to Dead House'. 'THM' was more scary as a book I think, while 'WtDH' was more scary in the TV series.
But they're still pretty close either way. My two top favorites.

I also like the Fear Street series by the same author. These are meant for young adults rather than kids though, so there's a bit more mature stuff to them.

 

[lauren]

I vaguely remember reading and watching these but I can't even recall much I do remember the blob!

 

[Rebecca Chambers]

I used to own the entire series of 70-something(?) books. No idea what happened to them though. From an objective point of view, they weren't that well-written, but since they were geared towards youngsters it was a non-issue.

 

[Dreek Lass]

R.L. Stine is pretty boss when it comes to writing, just saying.
I used to read the Goosebumps series whenever I could. Some were kind stupid to me though, but others were totally ****ing awesome.

My favorite is 'The Haunted Mask'. Both the book and of the TV series.
I also liked 'Calling All Creeps!', 'Stay Out of the Basement', 'The Werewolf of Fever Swamp', 'Werewolf Skin', and 'Welcome to Dead House'.

The scariest to me I think would be between 'The Haunted Mask' and 'Welcome to Dead House'. 'THM' was more scary as a book I think, while 'WtDH' was more scary in the TV series.
But they're still pretty close either way. My two top favorites.

I also like the Fear Street series by the same author. These are meant for young adults rather than kids though, so there's a bit more mature stuff to them.

I was never actually afraid to read the books, because they were not scary. I am one of those people that chases the horror/scary high, but never seems to be able to get it, and if I can't get it from actual visuals like films and TV shows, then getting it from books was never going to happen. But I always enjoyed the stories that R.L Stine wrote anyway.

Dead House was Epic. I wasn't a fan of the Warewolf or the Vampire ones. I have never been interested in scares that originate from beasts like that. Just ghosts and demons and other scary things. But there will always be a place for Goosebumps in my childhood. Sometimes, at 22, I watch the episodes whilst I am eating my dinner lol.