Goosebumps

Today I would like to write about Goosebumps, which is a book series written by R.L. Stine. A film series was made about it as well.

Goosebumps is a horror series for children. When I was a little girl (about 6-8 years old) I watched it on a German tv channel called RTL II. It was quite chilling for me but I liked it at the same time. When I was about 12 years old I bumped into one of R.L. Stine's books in a book store and realised that this was the same series I watched on tv a few years before. I was so surprised that the tv serial was based upon a set of books that I wanted to read at least one of them so I bought a book and read it.

Although I found the story fascinating, I didn't think that it was as traumatic as I remembered. Maybe this was because I was younger when I watched the soap opera. A few weeks ago I found the complete tv series on Youtube so I began to watch the episodes again. Now I am 19 so I am not scared while I am watching the parts but I can think about the stories. I can think about whether it can be a true story or just the product of the author's fantasy. I do this because there are some stories that could have happened in the real life, too.

However, I am sure it was not Goosebumps that made me a horror fan. I began to love reading books and spine-chilling stories when I first read the Harry Potter books. I know, that this series is not supposed to be horrifying but it gave me the final push towards the realm of fear.

Let's return to Goosebumps. There are various kinds of stories in it. Some include werewolves, mummies, ghosts, living garden gnomes and so on. Mr. Stine also created a living dummy which is similar to the famous Chucky but his creature's name is Slappy. Slappy is one of Stine's characters that appear in several episodes. Like Chucky, Slappy also gets married and becomes a father.

I'll finish now as I am very sleepy.

Here is a part of an episode about Slappy: