So this afternoon I went to see Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween which is, obviously, the follow-up to 2015's Goosebumps. The first half I was a bit bored, but I found the second half to be entertaining enough and I even got a few laughs out of it.
The story is pretty standard stuff for a kid-friendly Halloween flick: There is a supernatural ventriloquist dummy who wants to bring all the Halloween decorations to life for reasons that aren't really explained. The only way to stop him is by using a magic R.L. Stine book to trap all of the spooky monsters. All the kids are pretty stock characters: There's a fat kid, a black kid, a bully, and a girl... It's one scrawny kid with glasses away from the full Screenwriting 101 set.
Is this one destined to become one of those films that is a staple of the Halloween season for years to come? I don't think so, but if you have young kids it's worth taking them to see.
I give this one a 2 out of 5.
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