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Boy do I remember it well. Every Friday when I got home from school I would watch the newest horror story from the mind of R.L. Stine. And even though all I have left are old episodes on video tapes I still find it awfully clever. My favorite will always be the one with Slappy the evil ventriloquist's dummy. Slappy was always the scariest one to watch when I was a kid, after watching that I would get the willies and find it impossible to go to sleep. Other stories that would haunt my mind would be the Terror Tower, Fever Swamp, the haunted mask and welcome to dead house. For anyone who needs a good laugh or a good scare, R.L. Stine's Goosebumps is just the ticket.

Back in the nineties, during the Pre-Potter era. My generation was being delighted by the works of R.L. Stine and his magnificent book series "Goosebumps." Between 1992 and 1995 I myself read some great ones like "Monster Blood," and it's two sequels, "Say Cheese and Die," "Ghost Bead," "Deep Trouble," and the greatest one of them all "The Haunted Mask." So obviously in 1995 when FOX Kids premiered this show I watched it. And Loved it! The show's adaptation wasn't very accurate but it was still entertaining and faithful to the novels. This was a great show, not scary but neither were the books. It's just a nice entertaining show from an entertaining series.

I admit I hated this show when I was a kid. I thought it was stupid and immature. Then again when this was on the AIR I was watching shows like X-Files and Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine so compared to the production values of those big American shows what chance does a little cheap Canadian show made for kids have anyways.

This show is very very very well done with great stories and episodes. For anyone born in the 80's and early 90's it's a reminder of what life was like and what life looked like back then when we were young. It's a good show because the stories are so good. I haven't a clue if they make shows like this any more but honestly they could reboot this show for this decade and for this batch of kids and I believe it would be just as good but in HD.

At the time of this review you can find this show on netflix. I recommend checking out a few episodes if you want something interesting but nonviolent, nonfilledwithswears, and wholesome. I'd let my kids watch this any day.

For a 1990s kid show I give this show 8 stars out of 10. Don't forget to read my other reviews. Thanks.

Just started watching these on Netflix after watching the movie with my two daughters. The TV show has some surprisingly strong moments and my 10 year-old finds it too scary. My 8 year-old, however, loves it.

The stories are basically Twilight Zone episodes, with more ghosts and monsters. The biggest let-down is the acting. These kids all seem plucked from school drama classes rather than stage school and it really affects the execution and flow of the story. We've only watched a few episodes so far, but I noticed it particularly in Welcome To Camp Nightmare. There's a genuine escalation of weirdness, but Billy's reactions are so dull that it loses impact.

Anyway, the premise of "beginning, middle and twist" is nicely done in each episode and that's what makes these stories enjoyable to watch.

An amazing window into the 90s culture, Goosebumps is a classic. Some stories are creepy, some goofy, and some downright bad. Gotta appreciate it for the nostalgia.