GOOSEBUMPS (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jack Black (School of Rock), Dylan Minnette (Prisoners), Odeya Rush (The Giver), Amy Ryan (Bridge of Spies), Ryan Lee (Super 8), Jillian Bell (The Night Before), Halston Sage (Paper Towns), Ken Marino (We’re the Millers), Steven Krueger (The Originals), Timothy Simons (The Interview), Amanda Lund (Take Me Home)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Rob Letterman (Gulliver’s Travels), director; Darren Lemke (Shrek Forever After), writer; Deborah Forte (The Golden Compass) and Neal H. Moritz (Fast & Furious 7), producers; Danny Elfman (Edward Scissorhands), composer; Javier Aguirresarobe (Blue Jasmine), cinematographer; Jim May (Van Helsing), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

After moving in to a new town, teenager Zach (Minnette) meets and becomes friends with his new neighbour Hannah (Rush), the daughter of R.L. Stine (Black), the writer of the popular Goosebumps book series. When Zach and his friends accidentally open one of Stine’s manuscripts, it releases every single one of the ghosts, monsters and villains from the books – and it’s up to Zach, Hannah, Stine and friends to put them back where they belong…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The cult book series Goosebumps gets the love it deserves with a film that incorporates everything that made the books so entertaining in the first place.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

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