"Goosebumps" (1995) TV series 1995-1998

Directors:

Randy Bradshaw
Craig Pryce

Writers:

Scott Peters (writer)
Andrea Raffaghello ("Teachers Pet")

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

27 October 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Viewer, beware! You're in for a scare!

Plot:

A collection of children's horror stories by R.L. Stine.

Plot Keywords:

Cult Favorite | Horror For Kids | Supernatural Power | Disbelieving Adult | Surrealism

Awards:

1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Kathryn Short	...	Sabrina / ... (6 episodes, 1995-1996)
Cody Jones	...	Noah Caldwell / ... (6 episodes, 1995-1998)
Scott Wickware	...	Hard Hat Worker / ... (6 episodes, 1996-1997)
Hamille Rustia	...	Allison Rogers / ... (5 episodes, 1996-1998)
Ben Cook	...	Josh Benson / ... (4 episodes, 1995-1997)
Kathryn Long	...	Carly Beth Caldwell (4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Corey Sevier	...	Eddie / ... (4 episodes, 1996-1998)
Caterina Scorsone	...	Jessica Walters / ... (4 episodes, 1996-1998)
Colin Fox	...	Shopkeeper / ... (4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Rebecca Henderson	...	Kareen Hawlings / ... (4 episodes, 1996-1998)
Neil Crone	...	Blek / ... (4 episodes, 1997-1998)
Amos Crawley	...	Chuck Greene (4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Diego Matamoros	...	Morgred / ... (4 episodes, 1996-1998)
Brenda Bazinet	...	Kate Caldwell (4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Jason Hopley	...	Assorted Horrors / ... (4 episodes, 1997)
Bucky Hill	...	Football Player / ... (4 episodes, 1996-1997)
Ron Stefaniuk	...	Assorted Horrors / ... (4 episodes, 1996-1998)
Maria Vacratsis	...	Big Edna / ... (4 episodes, 1997-1998)
John White	...	Steve Boswell / ... (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Dan Warry-Smith	...	Skipper Mathews / ... (3 episodes, 1996-1997)
Daniel Kash	...	Karl Knave (3 episodes, 1998)
Laura Vandervoort	...	Sheena Deep / ... (3 episodes, 1997-1998)
Blair Slater	...	Daniel O'Dell / ... (3 episodes, 1997)
Benjamin Plener	...	Roger / ... (3 episodes, 1995-1997)
Dov Tiefenbach	...	Fred / ... (3 episodes, 1996-1998)
Paul Miller	...	Dr. Harold Deep / ... (3 episodes, 1997-1998)
Maggie Huculak	...	Sharon Walters (3 episodes, 1998)
Annick Obonsawin	...	Slappy / ... (3 episodes, 1995-1997)
Melanie Nicholls-King	...	Teresa Erickson (3 episodes, 1998)
David Roemmele	...	Mike / ... (3 episodes, 1995-1997)
Warren Benns	...	Matthew Erikson (3 episodes, 1998)
Eugene Lipinski	...	Rocky / ... (3 episodes, 1995-1997)
Diana Salvatore	...	Eve / ... (3 episodes, 1997-1998)
Richard Fitzpatrick	...	Dr. Richard Hawlings / ... (3 episodes, 1996-1998)
Philip Akin	...	Bob Erikson (3 episodes, 1998)
Andrea O'Roarke	...	11-Year Old Girl / ... (3 episodes, 1996)
Jordan Prentice	...	Rocky / ... (3 episodes, 1996-1997)
Colleen Williams	...	Nurse Fruett / ... (3 episodes, 1997-1998)
Sophie Bennett	...	Medieval Girl / ... (3 episodes, 1996-1998)
Neil Denis	...	Todd Erikson (3 episodes, 1998)
Trevor Wilson	...	First Teen / ... (3 episodes, 1996-1997)

Also Known As:

Ultimate Goosebumps (USA) (third season title)

Runtime:

30 min (74 episodes)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-Y7 (TV rating) | Canada:PG (DVD rating) | South Korea:All

Filming Locations:

Bellevue, Washington, USA

Company:

Protocol Entertainment

Trivia:

The hooded man with the briefcase in the opening sequence is writer R.L. Stine in a cameo.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Zack Files: The Library of No Return (#1.1)" (2000)

Based on book series, TV show essentially a poor man's "Are You Afraid of the Dark"

Being a 90's kid, it was impossible not to remember "Goosebumps", the kid-lit behemoth that dominated much of the early-to-middle part of that decade. A mash-up of classic spook tales and "Twilight Zone"-ish plot lines aimed at a wider primary school fan-base, it wasn't the most artistically inspired serial but it didn't really need to be, it's guilty-pleasure, page-turning allure helping it achieve then unheard-of success.

It was inevitable for the "Goosebumps" brand to venture into other markets, and one of them was television, and in 1995 the eponymous, Toronto-based TV series went into syndication. Borrowing the outlines from the books (perhaps unintentionally critiquing R.L Stine's admittedly uncomplicated work considering the fact little from the stories seemed to be lost in the condensed episode format), it was mostly just for devoted series fans and young like-minded viewers, as the obviously undemanding stories and typically hammy production values and acting (with a few minor exceptions) offered little for those beyond it's young target audience. The show was fairly solid overall in what it did, giving the audience exactly what it promised, but there weren't any episodes that we're particularly memorable, either. It essentially felt like a spin-off of "Are You Afraid of the Dark", another immensely popular spook-show-for-kids from Canada.

Like many shows featuring a pre-dominately young cast, today as an older viewer it's most fun to go scavenger hunting for future famous faces, and "Goosebumps" did provide a few that have found success outside of Canada: a young Ryan Gosling, cult favorite Katherine Issabelle and future Anakin Skywalker Hayden Christensen.