GOOSEBUMPS 2: HAUNTED HALLOWEEN (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Wendi McLendon-Covey (Bridesmaids), Madison Iseman (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle), Jeremy Ray Taylor (It), Caleel Harris (Think Like A Man), Chris Parnell (Anchorman), Ken Jeong (Crazy Rich Asians), Jack Black (School of Rock), Avery Lee Jones (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Ari Sandel (The DUFF), director; Rob Lieber (Peter Rabbit), writer; Deborah Forte (The Golden Compass) and Neal H. Moritz (Fast & Furious 8), producers; Dominic Lewis (Free Birds), composer; Barry Peterson (Central Intelligence), cinematographer; Keith Brachmann (You Again) and David Rennie (Home Alone 3), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

It’s Halloween night in the small town of Wardenclyffe, and two boys named Sonny (Taylor) and Sam (Harris) find a manuscript of an unproduced R.L. Stine book called Haunted Halloween in a house once owned by him. Upon opening it, they accidentally release a slew of monsters from Stine’s Goosebumps book series, and now the two boys, along with Sonny’s sister Sarah (Iseman) and Goosebumps author RL Stine (Black), must try and set things right before Halloween is ruined for everyone…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This sequel to the hit family comedy adaptation of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps series is a fun continuation that introduces new characters as well as a new memorable set of monsters.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 19TH OCTOBER 2018

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