RL Stine talks about the new season of GOOSEBUMPS and reveals his surprising adaptation to the dream

More than 30 years have passed since the first one Goosebumps shelves of books, e R. L. StineHorror stories for children and teenagers are more relevant than ever.

With a successful film and television franchise and a seemingly endless library of stories to draw from, we’re seeing a lot more Goosebumps content headed our way.

Stine shared three others with THR Street of fear films are in the works, saying, “The writers are working. So I’m keeping my fingers crossed.”

The three films will follow the hit Netflix 2021 trilogy, directed by Leigh Janiak, as well as the upcoming fourth film, Fear Street: The Prom Queenwhich has finished filming and is scheduled for 2025.

Stine spoke openly about writing for ages 7 to 11 in his early Goosebumps novels, saying:

“It’s the best audience in the world, the one from 7 to 11 [age]. I understand them for the last time in their life where they will be enthusiastic.

“Between 7 and 11 they want to read to you, they want to buy things. They want to get to know you. They want to write to you. They want to meet you. They are incredible. Then they turn 12, discover sex, have to be cool and go.”

After watching the first two episodes of the new season of the anthology series Goosebumps, entitled Goosebumps: the disappearancethe author shared what he’s appreciated most so far about the streamer’s aged approach to his series, the fact that they’ve stayed true to his books.

“It’s the surprises, first of all: the shocks. When I write to Goosebumps book, that’s the most important thing, the twists and shocks. Someone wrote a line that I wish I had written for the Goosebumps movie, in which Jack Black played my role, and at the end, Jack gives a lecture and says, “Every story has a beginning, a middle, and a turning point,” which describes it perfectly [Goosebumps].

“It describes him perfectly and it also describes the TV show. I think they are not predictable. So much of children’s literature is so linear, and so many horror films, you know what’s going to happen. But I always try to have something that changes everything and that no one expects.”

When it comes to the anthology series, Stine notes that what the second season with David Scwhimmer got right is its appreciation for even clueless adults.

“Another thing I like, and this is true to the books, [is that] the parent is always useless. In Goosebumpseither they don’t believe the boy or they aren’t there and don’t help.”

Overall, he was surprised by how the series uses that aging cast to elevate the horrors of its teen series.

“At first I was a little shocked to see all these teenagers walking around. But what they did, they aged him – the high school kids – and they also amplified the fears. It’s scarier.

“I just watched the first two episodes of the new season and, man, they’re very different and it’s terrifying. The fact Goosebumps is that no one ever dies. This is the difference between Goosebumps AND Street of fear [where] we kill teenagers, left and right. We kill them all. Everyone loves it when you kill teenagers.

“There was a death in these first two episodes of the new one [Goosebumps] season, but they did it 30 years ago. This is a big difference. So it still is Goosebumps. It was just elevated.

During the series’ panel at New York Comic Con last October, it was revealed Goosebumps: the disappearance it would fit Stay out of the basement, The haunted car, Monster blood, The girl who screamed at the monster, The ghost next door AND Welcome to Camp Nightmare.

Goosebumps: the disappearance even stars Ana Ortiz, Jayden Bartels, Sam McCarthy, Elijah M. Cooper, Galilee La Salvia, Francesca Noel AND Stony Blyden. The season will premiere on Disney+ and Hulu on January 10, releasing all eight episodes at once.

Beyond The disappearance and imminent The prom queenwhen asked which of his books Stine would like to see adapted next, the author replied: “Goosebumps book that no one likes and that no one is interested in”: Brain juice.

He explained:

“It’s about kids who drink this purple liquid and get smarter and smarter. They become too smart for everything. They get kicked out of school, lose all their friends, then get abducted by aliens, and on the way to the other planet, they become more and more stupid. It’s my favorite Goosebumps book, but no one knows and it will never be adapted.

It’s quite different from many of the slasher-type stories that were first successful, but it could be fun, especially since it’s Stine’s favorite!

Which of the Goosebumps books was your favorite when you were growing up? Which story would you most like to see remade for TV or film?