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The Producer Of I AM LEGEND, The FAST AND THE FURIOUS Films, xXx, And I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER Brings Us...GOOSEBUMPS??

First? by Harrow	May 15th, 2008 10:08:06 AM
I loved goosebumps
Second...Goosebumps scared the crap out of me. by Twenty2	May 15th, 2008 10:09:17 AM

Woo! by Harrow	May 15th, 2008 10:09:18 AM
You always think firsters are losers until you get one. Then 3 seconds later you know firsters are losers!
hmmmm by Bouncy X	May 15th, 2008 10:11:25 AM
we already get watered down PG-13 horror movies....but now we'll get a watered down version of that? i was never into the show, i was too old at the time and couldnt get passed the kiddie/watered down horror but i appreciated the attempt to give kids something other than pokemon. anyway i'm sure it'll do pretty well for all those 20somethings who were fans back in the day.
GOOSEBUMPS by Eli Roth by Cletus Van Damme	May 15th, 2008 10:12:29 AM
Lol, nice.
What book are they doing? by WickedJester	May 15th, 2008 10:20:28 AM
Night of the Living Dummies was always a favorite of mine...
AICN never fails to amaze by waggy	May 15th, 2008 10:20:53 AM
In back to back posts we get someone claiming that horror movies aimed at children will be the downfall of humanity, and someone complaining that this kids' horror film will be 'watered down" and lightweight. I for one loved the Goosebumps books as a kid, and though I doubt this will appeal to me now, I'm sure todays kids (if they're anything like me) would love some spooky movies made just for them.
some more shit sponered by the runs by g-ride9000	May 15th, 2008 10:22:37 AM

Umm. They Made Movies Already. To TV. by Frodo T. Baggins	May 15th, 2008 10:26:57 AM
& which book will it be? Or just an original story. Whichever Im sure Shia will be in it. Or atleast Anthony Anderson or Marlon Waynes
Better be... by deadshot07	May 15th, 2008 10:31:45 AM
MONSTER BLOOD, MOTHER FUCKERS.
just let kids watch real horror by Bouncy X	May 15th, 2008 10:32:01 AM
i and many people i know and dont know grew up watching the "real" thing, why downgrade it? kids arent all the innocent, fragile flower parents wanna believe they are, they can handle it.
This is gay news. by ingloriousjedi	May 15th, 2008 10:33:42 AM
...or, this news is gay. I want to hear some movie news that makes me smile, such as 'Quentin Tarantino has cast RZA as the second lead in Inglorious Bastards', or '50 cent and Eminem to star in GTA movie'
Neal Moritz producing Goosebumps means by themikejonas	May 15th, 2008 10:43:18 AM
Neal Moritz still not producing Battle Royale USA yet. And that's good news.
my bad, pondscum by waggy	May 15th, 2008 10:44:33 AM
I've been on the other end of the net's poor ability to convey sarcasm many a time. And AICN's talkbacks are never short on self-righteous nutbags, so you can understand my confusion.
Oh god. by SilentP	May 15th, 2008 10:55:12 AM
I thought we were done with R.L. Stine. I thought the world was rid of him already. Even as a kid I could never stand his writing, he's just awful. The only reason anyone liked him was for the stupid "twists" at the end of every goddammed one of his books. He's like Shyamalan, but without the talent.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DUMMY = HARRY ON A FRIDAY NIGHT by Err	May 15th, 2008 11:01:28 AM
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DUMMY = HARRY ON A FRIDAY NIGHT PWNED!
I read the shit out of these books. by Novaman5000	May 15th, 2008 11:19:00 AM
When the show avoided being cheesy it was pretty fun, though that was semi-rare. I'd love to see a really well done film, though.
Just got off the phone with Kurt Russell... by Motoko Kusanagi	May 15th, 2008 11:22:19 AM
...and he didn't laugh a slightest bit...
When I was younger, The Goosebumps theme song scared the shit ou by Charlie Murphy	May 15th, 2008 11:24:22 AM
but the show was lame-o. i used to have every book, too, up until like number 44, but then I just... stopped. probably won't see this movie.
More Space Chimps Please by Baron Karza	May 15th, 2008 11:27:27 AM
For the LOVE OF GOD, I NEED TO KNOW IF THEY WILL THROW FECES AT EACH OTHER IN SPACE!!!
Montreal staple by XoanonTORN	May 15th, 2008 11:40:41 AM
Goosebumps was filmed here in Montreal, it's one of those things where everyone knows someone who was in Goosebumps..funny that they will be making it into a movie. On a non related note, John Cusack was recently in town filming 'The Factory', curiously enough they used a co-workers home as a major location. They completely renovated it, at no cost to my co-worker..they even offered to put it back exactly as it was...but she wasn't stupid enough to accept..
Good news - it's a great creepy show for the pretween set. by Yeti	May 15th, 2008 11:45:15 AM
Be fun if they get well known actors from horror movies to fill the adult roles.
Isn't this about twelve years too late? by BrandonGK	May 15th, 2008 12:01:33 PM
Haven't they missed the boat on capitalizing on the Goosebumps craze?
yea by munkie loco	May 15th, 2008 12:07:34 PM
this is waaaay to late.
I was addicted to Goosebumbs as a kid by BrightEyes	May 15th, 2008 12:10:21 PM
I hope they do a great film, the haunted mask tv movie they did was scary as hell when I was little, maybe they can bring Ryan Gosling back to act in it.
Welcome to terror land by BrightEyes	May 15th, 2008 12:13:35 PM
I belive was the one with the family stuck in the park, come to think of it there were some real chilling goosebumps with twilight zone style twist.
SoylentMean by Wolfman Nards	May 15th, 2008 12:21:07 PM
Right on, man. Right on. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. Get someone to do a true adaptation from those books... that'll grow some hair on the little brats chests.
I loved Goosebumps when I was a kid by BusDriverStu	May 15th, 2008 12:40:23 PM
That doesn't mean I give a shit now though.
Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark... by BusDriverStu	May 15th, 2008 12:42:29 PM
Can't believe I forgot about that and the sequels. Goosebumps was entertaining, the Scary Story books were fuckin scary. The illustrations were shit your pants creepy.
BusDriverStu by AdrianVeidt	May 15th, 2008 12:45:35 PM
I agree, I would like to see a sick adaptation of some Scary Stories on the big screen. But "Welcome to Dead House" would be a great way to start the series in the movies...
Ha! by DeadPanWalking	May 15th, 2008 12:45:54 PM
I knew that Scholastic stock I bought would pay off. Harry Potter put it on the map but this will put it in sell mode. Suck it, parent's-basement-dwelling no-portfolio-having fanboys! Drinks are on me tonight!
I love the Alvin Schwarz series by ranma627	May 15th, 2008 12:47:09 PM
You can pick up the compilation of all three books for like $10 on Amazon. Had some great stories like Harold (The scarecrow) and the Thing. The illustrations were terrifying. My girlfriend is especially scared of the evil lady with no eyes from the Haunted House story. They actually used that picture for the cover of the book.
by ranma627	May 15th, 2008 12:48:14 PM
Can't find the exact one on ASmazon but they sell it at Waldenbooks and all the other bookstores.
Shit yeah SoylentMean! Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by turketron	May 15th, 2008 12:58:32 PM
Haha, holy crap, the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books were insane... and yeah, those pictures were bananas. I would love to see an animated version.
hahahaha I give up by JBouganim1	May 15th, 2008 01:05:23 PM
Bad Lt., Goosebumps, Point Break 2, Mouth of Madness remake, New Chainsaw film...........what the fuck? did we all run out of shit to make movies about.
Busch Gardens Goosebumps w/ Chris Lloyd by Sit and Watch	May 15th, 2008 01:07:57 PM
Anyone who has seen "The Haunted Light House" with Christopher Lloyd at Busch Gardens should know this is a bad idea. Although at a normal movie theater, smelly eternally wet seats would, hopefully, NOT be part of the experience.
I made it a priority to own every volume when I was 12 by theredtoad	May 15th, 2008 01:25:25 PM
My favorite story was Beast from the East.
They should do it like CREEPSHOW, 4 stories intertwined. by Mike_D	May 15th, 2008 01:45:15 PM
or 5, whichever. That'll give us some of the best, like "THE HAUNTED MASK, "WEREWOLF OF FEVER SWAMP", or "THE HAUNTED DUMMY".
Good call SoylentMean by TheLastCleric	May 15th, 2008 01:49:34 PM
Those books were much, much scarier and the illustrations are the stuff of nightmares.
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Quin the Eskimo	May 15th, 2008 02:10:03 PM
was kid horror and it was brilliant.
That's it... by Wolfman Nards	May 15th, 2008 02:52:25 PM
I'm having a nostalgia night digging up my Scary Stories collection. After Lost is on, of course.
SoylentMean by loogenhausen	May 15th, 2008 03:05:22 PM
Yes! Those Schwartz illustrations are piss scary. Even today they haunt me...
Speaking of childhood books by BusDriverStu	May 15th, 2008 03:10:58 PM
I'm still waiting for a Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Stories CG animated film.
fairly stupid tales that is... by BusDriverStu	May 15th, 2008 03:14:48 PM
why hasn't this happened yet?
Thank God I didn't get stuck reading Goosebumps. by Pops Freshemeyer	May 15th, 2008 04:10:46 PM
Way back when I was a kid and had to walk one mile to the beach, and I didn't have a wetsuit, and it was only like 75 degrees out, I got to read actual horror. Sure, I got stuck reading garbage like Encyclopedia Brown and Choose Your Own Adventure or whatever, but when it came to horror I was reading stuff like Cujo. Damn, I think my parents hated me.
John Law is a real angel now RIP by Baron Karza	May 15th, 2008 04:20:35 PM
Luvvd that flik.
Golden Voyage of Sinbad = Best Sinbad by Baron Karza	May 15th, 2008 04:25:38 PM
RIP JPL
Don't shit on goosebumps by WolfmanNards	May 15th, 2008 05:09:17 PM
kids should be allowed to have horror anthology. As a kid, I started out with goosebumps which lead me to HP Lovecraft and horror films. They might be shitty books, but they're a gateway to better things.
Will it have a fake scare/twist like every chapter of the books? by FilmCritic3000	May 15th, 2008 05:09:36 PM
R.L. Stine is a hack. I read one or two of his books, but quickly saw that the emperor truly has no clothes. Each chapter ends with a stupid "scare" that exists for no reason. I was reading Stephen King and J.D. Salinger in middle school. Our library also actually had Kurt Vonnegut's play "Happy Birthday, Wanda June". Thus began my love affair with the man's work.
something The Mutant something by lucky slevin	May 15th, 2008 05:47:58 PM
what was that goosebumps book called that was like orange.. ha and it was about a somebody who did something sweet and it had mutant in the title? well thats the one thats stands out in my head. i guess that statement goes to show how well it stood out but i read alot of them when i was younger, and really enjoyed some of the the stories. this could turn out ok. but probably not
lucky slevin by deadshot07	May 15th, 2008 05:56:01 PM
Attack of the Mutant
I was SMART as a kid by BrightEyes	May 15th, 2008 05:59:56 PM
I READ VONNEGUT and MCCARTHY AND ONLY WATCHED FELINI AND GODDARD FILMS. BLAH BLAH BLAH> IM SMART
Walberg apologising to a house plant! by FILMFUNK	May 15th, 2008 06:03:28 PM
Still can't get that out my head! XXX was pants!
I am Legend by Brunomac	May 15th, 2008 06:43:44 PM
such a terrible piece of shit. Loved Omega Man, and thought they might learn a fucking clue about how to modernize the original story. But no, let's lose everything that makes the story good, and make the vampires shit circa 1999 CGI from Playstation. And for God's sake, just put Big Willie Style in romantic comedies and keep him out of our classic Sci Fi!
They should get M. Night SHYAMALAN to direct!!! by Johnno	May 15th, 2008 07:28:36 PM
What a twist!! But seriously, I loved these books as a kid! I think I read all of them, including that Superstitions adult book... Now when do we get our Fear Street movie?
If we're turning Candian 90's kids shows into films... by kolchak	May 15th, 2008 07:34:42 PM
How about a little "Are you afraid of the Dark?" action?
SoylentMean by WolfmanNards	May 15th, 2008 09:33:58 PM
You're right. It was either Stine or Pike. I think I still have stacks of those books. How the hell can anybody write at the volume at which those guys were published? Do you think 3 or 4 people were writing under the same name just so the publishing company could maintain consistency? I know a lot of 1930s newspaper strips and golden age comic books would do that.
GOOSEBUMPS Could Be Scary by Spymunk	May 15th, 2008 09:34:17 PM
Never underestimate the power of simple ideas to scare the crap out of you. I think one of the biggest problems with horror right now is that it's so high-concept that it forgets the essential things that really scare us. The best horror is always the work where the supernatural elements or the villain are in service to the true essential fears of our own everyday lives - the basic fundamental fears we all have. Movies like HOSTEL and SAW rely on overwrought concepts and ungainly execution. Can you ever really imagine yourself in the situations found in SAW?
great... by jackofhearts29	May 15th, 2008 10:10:59 PM
"fast-track" this script, Smith! It's got tween bucks written all over it!
Superman would destroy hulk by THENIPPLESOFGOD	May 15th, 2008 10:57:07 PM
I,m just saying
Superman would destroy hulk by THENIPPLESOFGOD	May 15th, 2008 10:57:16 PM
I,m just saying
Fred Dekker's Goosebumps by Fan180	May 15th, 2008 10:58:58 PM
This would be a nice return to form for Fred. Come on, Hollywood! The man who brought us Monster Squad and Night Of The Creeps deserves a second chance! If not Dekker get Robert Zemeckis and tickets will practically sell themselves.
Fast Tracked? by Kirby and Ditko	May 15th, 2008 11:39:02 PM
I hear this thing is almost finished filming!
There are 2 WOLFMAN-NARDS screen names by WolfmanNards	May 15th, 2008 11:40:59 PM
One of them has to go away. I WAS HERE FIRST. I'VE USED THIS NAME ON THIS SITE FOR YEARS! I DON'T KNOW WHO THE FUCK THIS OTHER GUY IS, BUT HE'S GOTTA GO!
Of all the TV shows to plunder.... WHY has by Seph_J	May 16th, 2008 12:34:17 AM
there never been a 'ROUND THE TWIST' movie? Imagine how fucking cooky that could be! "Have you ever... ever felt like this!!" Fucking classic show.
yeh this is about 10 years too late by hiperaktiv	May 16th, 2008 12:56:04 AM
The goosebumps books were popular about 10-15 years ago...let it die...
Dude I remember that Harold story still by bottombrick	May 16th, 2008 02:18:16 AM
And a couple of others ones now that I think about. If they really wanna rape some childhoods they should option Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.
Magic Eye and Where's Waldo by Dingbatty	May 16th, 2008 04:36:14 AM
next on the slate. We get this used tissue, but no John Bellairs movie?
Christ... They really are running out of ideas... by hillingdon	May 16th, 2008 04:36:21 AM
I mean, aren't they about 10 years too late on this..? They'll be dusting off Judy Blume books next... I cannot see the point of this at all...
Damn you, George Lucas! by Motoko Kusanagi	May 16th, 2008 05:23:52 AM
Damn you!
It's alright by Larry Sellers	May 16th, 2008 07:16:31 AM
It's alright because kids today love movies based on books and can't be bothered to read the source material. This movie will make enough to warrant a sequel. And fuck you guys that say Goosebumps (books) lacked any substance. At least back in the 90s kids were still reading properly written sentences NOT displayed on a screen. Also, show me a kid that can handle the fucking Orphanage. Or one of these gorefests/"horror" films this site is always going on about. To each his own when it comes to parenting styles, but holy fuck why torment YOURSELF with giving your kid nightmares? You're just going to have to get up every night for a month to put them back to sleep.
HEY M. NIGHT SHAMALAMA DIG DONG!!! by Series7	May 16th, 2008 08:26:46 AM
I FOUND YOUR NEXT MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dingbatty by Series7	May 16th, 2008 08:43:08 AM
Jesus Christ, Where's Waldo. OH man I am like trying to image that as a film. Like I am just trying to concive the pitch meeting. Or the script writing process. Like would Waldo be a big enough property (probably not) to get a narnia like treatment? Or would he get the garfield treatment? Like if you think about it, Waldo exsits in some crazy ass world. (God as I am writing this I am almost convincing myself that there is a movie to be made here) You could make it some sort of Gullivers Travels like adventure movie. Like they could have these wide paned out shots where a bunch of shit it happening and then kind of zoom in on Waldo and get back to his adventure. I think I've found something to dedicate my life to now. I will make this happen.
I assume it'll be done in Tales from the Crypt style by terry1978	May 16th, 2008 09:54:47 AM
Like each movie, Bordello of Blood, Demon Knight, and so forth.
Wow! i'm getting a nostalgic trip back to my childhood by RKO2285	May 16th, 2008 11:29:33 AM
I loved Goosebumbs, I had most of them and I always wanted them to be turned into movies... thought it seems kind of late to do them now...
Are You Afraid of the Dark by Gozu	May 16th, 2008 01:59:17 PM
THAT was a fucking show. They should do "Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark" instead.
EERIE INDIANA - ricarleite by Spymunk	May 16th, 2008 09:56:11 PM
I'd love to see them do an EERIE INDIANA movie, but I'd also be very hesitant if one were announced. You just know they'd have to explain why Eerie was the center of weirdness for the entire planet, and they'd blame it on the environment.
GOOSEBUMPS Scary - twenty2 by Spymunk	May 16th, 2008 09:57:56 PM
Indeed, GOOSEBUMPS could scare. Worst of all were the endings that just left you wanting to curl up in a little ball, sucking your thumb. You remember the ones: "So I drank the healing potion. It burned my throat all the way down. That must mean it's healing me, I thought. Before too long, though, I could feel my fingers going numb, and I fell onto the floor, unable to move. 'Yes,' said Matilda. 'Become one of the Puppet People!' And I did."
SoylentMean by Dingbatty	May 17th, 2008 07:44:28 PM
Perhaps animated in Gorey style? Series7 -- Probably would only be worthwhile for IMAX.

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