Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

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Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween

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2018

1h 30m

Holiday

Fantasy

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While collecting junk one day, best friends Sonny and Sam meet Slappy, a mischievous talking dummy from an unpublished "Goosebumps" book by R.L. Stine. Hoping to start his own family, Slappy kidnaps Sonny's mother and brings all of his ghoulish friends back to life -- just in time for Halloween. As the sleepy town becomes overrun with monsters, witches and other mysterious creatures, Sonny joins forces with his sister, Sam and a kindly neighbor to save Sonny's mom and foil Slappy's plan.

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Critics Consensus

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween offers a handful of treats for very young viewers, but compared to the entertaining original, this sequel is a ding dong to ditch.

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Roxana Hadadi

Chesapeake Family Magazine

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween will amuse young kids, but overall it isn't as lively or exciting as its predecessor, and less screentime for Jack Black is a bummer.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 26, 2018

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Jake Wilson

The Age (Australia)

This lacklustre sequel to the 2015 hit Goosebumps hardly has enough jokes to qualify as a comedy, which leaves it stranded in the netherworld of near-horror, aimed at children supposedly not yet ready for the real thing.

Rated: 1.5/5

Oct 23, 2018

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

It lacks the genuinely creepy edge of the original.

Oct 22, 2018

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Steven Prokopy

Third Coast Review

Goosebumps 2 certainly has its heart in the right place, but that doesn't keep it from feeling like stale, year-old candy.

Jul 1, 2020

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John Squires

Bloody Disgusting

The second film in a franchise with so much existing material to pull from should simply never be this dull.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 9, 2020

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Emily Breen

HeyUGuys

Subversive, yet always fun for all Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween is spooky with added "Ooo!" and is destined to become a family Halloween classic.

Rated: 5/5

Jun 5, 2019

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cloud Z.

I enjoy the movie a lot, it’s fun, faster paced, and interesting. I like how all the monsters were coming to life and the idea of Slappy trying to make the world into Halloween and how this was a sequel to the first one.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/26/25

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Jonathan R

The movie was good except I was kind of dumb blonde haired sister was super stupid

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/06/25

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Liam Y

this movie just felt like a repeat of the first one the whole Nikola Tesla angle made no sense this movie was just a mess

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/15/25

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D3Z 1

Even though its first film does show some heart and soul, the sequel Haunted Halloween could not quite match it with a rather flat and disappointing entry.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/11/25

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Liam D

It isn’t a bad movie thanks mainly to the special effects being pretty good but this feels like a direct to DVD sequel that somehow got an theatrical release

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/29/25

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Hiram T

Maybe it's not perfect and it's a movie for kids, but Goosebumps was supposed to be a series of horror books for kids, and I think in this movie Slappy is more accurate to the Slappy from the books, and his plan to destroy the world is very original.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/11/25

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Synopsis

While collecting junk one day, best friends Sonny and Sam meet Slappy, a mischievous talking dummy from an unpublished "Goosebumps" book by R.L. Stine. Hoping to start his own family, Slappy kidnaps Sonny's mother and brings all of his ghoulish friends back to life -- just in time for Halloween. As the sleepy town becomes overrun with monsters, witches and other mysterious creatures, Sonny joins forces with his sister, Sam and a kindly neighbor to save Sonny's mom and foil Slappy's plan.

Director: Ari Sandel
Producer: Deborah A. Forte, Neal H. Moritz
Screenwriter: Rob Lieber
Distributor: Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Scholastic Entertainment Inc., Original Film, Sony Pictures Animation, Columbia Pictures, Silvertongue Films
Rating: PG (Rude Humor|Language|Scary Creature Action & Images|Some Thematic Elements)
Genre: Holiday, Fantasy, Adventure, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 12, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 24, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $46.7M
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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