# Goosebumps (1995 TV series)

Goosebumps is a children's horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's best-selling book series of the same name. It is an anthology of stories involving children and young adults in otherworldly situations. The series is centered around the same supernatural or occult elements featured in the novels, with most episodes being direct adaptions of the books.

## Production

Goosebumps was filmed largely in Ontario, Canada, with different houses and historic properties in Toronto, Markham, and other outlying rural areas serving often as the sets for each episode rather than constructing artificial houses and buildings. Ontario also provided a more affordable filming location and an aesthetic that could double as American while maintaining ambiguity in terms of location and setting. Props for the series were designed by Ron Stefaniuk and Alan Doucette, while Stefaniuk retained many of the animatronic props at his own studio after Goosebumps was cancelled.

## Episodes

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released |
| 1 | 19 | 19 | October 27, 1995 (1995-10-27) | May 17, 1996 (1996-05-17) |
| 2 | 25 | 25 | May 11, 1996 (1996-05-11) | July 20, 1997 (1997-07-20) |
| 3 | 22 | 22 | September 6, 1997 (1997-09-06) | May 16, 1998 (1998-05-16) |
| 4 | 8 | 8 | September 14, 1998 (1998-09-14) | November 16, 1998 (1998-11-16) |

## Broadcast history

Goosebumps originally began airing on YTV (in English) from 1995 to 2004, then again in 2016–2017 and Canal Famille (in French) in Canada.
In 2015, and from 13–18 August 2019, the series was aired on Teletoon and Télétoon.
Since 2022, Family and WildBrainTV started airing reruns.
In other countries, Fox Kids both in Australia in 1995 and in the United States starting on 27 October 1995 and ending on 16 November 1998, with reruns on Fox Family lasting until 6 September 1999 and 3 September 2001 respectively. Every October from 2007 to 2009, Cartoon Network aired the episodes. From 6 September 2011 until 5 October 2014, The Hub broadcast the series. From 2013 onwards, Netflix has streamed all 74 episodes of the TV series on its online streaming service. In the United Kingdom, it aired on Children's BBC from 1997 to 1999, with repeats aired until 2001.

## Marketing

To coincide with Fox's release of several tapes from the series, a Halloween 1998 tie-in marketing campaign with General Mills promoted the video series on 10 million packages, and included with each videocassette coupons for products like Fruit Roll-Ups and Gushers.

## Reception

According to Billboard, some of the VHS releases were among the best-selling children's videos in November 1998.

## Home media
### VHS releases
#### United Kingdom

| Release name | Release date | Classification | Publisher | Format | Language | Subtitles | Notes |
| The Haunted Mask | 3 March 1997 | PG | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | PAL | English | None | |
| The Werewolf of Fever Swamp | 23 February 1998 | Not Rated | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | PAL | English | None | This episode is the only one given a 12 certificate in the UK due to its moderate, supernatural threat and heavy themes/depictions of animals being hunted and killed. |
| Night of the Living Dummy III | 1 October 1999 | PG | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | PAL | English | None | |
| Welcome to Camp Nightmare | 1 October 1999 | PG | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | PAL | English | None | |
| A Night in Terror Tower | 1 October 1999 | PG | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | PAL | English | None | |
| Stay Out of the Basement | 1 October 1999 | PG | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | PAL | English | None | |
| The Haunted Mask II | 1 October 1999 | PG | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | PAL | English | None | |
| One Day at HorrorLand | 11 October 1999 | PG | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | PAL | English | None | |
| Return of the Mummy | 23 September 2002 | PG | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | PAL | English | None | |
| Welcome to Dead House | 30 September 2002 | PG | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | PAL | English | None | |

#### United States

| Release name | Release date | Classification | Publisher | Stock Number | Format | Language | Subtitles | Notes |
| The Haunted Mask | 12 March 1996 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 4461 | NTSC | English | None | |
| Stay Out of the Basement | 3 September 1996 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 4464 | NTSC | English | None | |
| A Night in Terror Tower | 3 September 1996 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 4463 | NTSC | English | None | |
| The Werewolf of Fever Swamp | 25 March 1997 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 4394 | NTSC | English | None | |
| The Haunted Mask II | 29 July 1997 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 4398 | NTSC | English | None | |
| Welcome to Dead House | 23 September 1997 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 6040 | NTSC | English | None | |
| Night of the Living Dummy III | 13 January 1998 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 4399 | NTSC | English | None | |
| The Haunted Mask A Night in Terror Tower Stay Out of the Basement | 19 May 1998 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 4461 4463 4464 | NTSC | English | None | VHS Pack |
| The Werewolf of Fever Swamp The Haunted Mask II Welcome to Dead House | 19 May 1998 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 4394 4398 6040 | NTSC | English | None | VHS Pack |
| Bride of the Living Dummy An Old Story | 15 September 1998 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 0498 | NTSC | English | None | 2 Episode on 1 VHS |
| One Day at HorrorLand | 15 September 1998 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 0496 | NTSC | English | None | Part 1 & 2 |
| Werewolf Skin | 15 September 1998 | N/A | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment | 0497 | NTSC | English | None | Part 1 & 2 |

### DVD releases

Beginning in 2004, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment began releasing the series on DVD in individual volumes containing one two-part episode per disc, but later changed sometimes two separate episodes per disc. Later releases included either two discs or multiple episodes on one disc.

#### Original releases

(With two episodes per disc, except for Chillogy):

#### Double features

On 16 September 2008, twelve of the above sixteen discs were re-released in new double-feature sets, containing the same episodes as before.
| Release name | UK release date (region 2) | Australian release date (region 4) | North American release date (region 1) |
| Night of the Living Dummy/ How I Got My Shrunken Head | - | - | 16 September 2008 |
| Scary House/ Chillogy | – | – | 16 September 2008 |
| Perfect School/ My Best Friend Is Invisible | – | – | 16 September 2008 |
| It Came from Beneath the Sink/ Deep Trouble | – | – | 16 September 2008 |
| Ghost Next Door/ Shocker on Shock Street | – | – | 16 September 2008 |
| Cry of the Cat/ Say Cheese and Die | – | – | 16 September 2008 |

#### Revival releases

Starting in 2008, new DVD sets were released to coincide with the Goosebumps HorrorLand revival books. These DVDs were a big upgrade from the previous releases, with menus and enhanced audio and picture quality. Unlike the original releases, these sets include three to four 22-minute episodes, instead of two. They also feature new cover art, as opposed to previous releases which used the cover art for the corresponding series book. Many of the previously released titles have been re-released as well, but only new releases are included in this list. Out of all of these DVD releases, 69 out of the 74 episodes have been released on DVD in the United States, excluding "The Haunted Mask" Parts 1 and 2, "Werewolf Skin" Parts 1 and 2, and "The Cuckoo Clock of Doom". "The Haunted Mask" and "Werewolf Skin", however, were previously released on VHS.
| Release name | UK release date (region 2) | Australian release date (region 4) | North American release date (region 1) | Notes |
| A Night in Terror Tower | – | – | 16 September 2008 | Also contains Stay Out of the Basement |
| Monster Blood | – | – | 16 September 2008 | Also contains More Monster Blood, How to Kill a Monster, and The Girl Who Cried Monster |
| One Day at HorrorLand | – | – | 16 September 2008 | Also contains Welcome To Camp Nightmare |
| Return of the Mummy | – | – | 31 March 2009 | Also contains Don't Wake Mummy and You Can't Scare Me! |
| The Scarecrow Walks At Midnight | – | – | 31 March 2009 | Also contains Don't Go To Sleep! and Calling All Creeps |
| The Headless Ghost | – | – | 8 September 2009 | Also contains Teacher's Pet and Awesome Ants |
| Attack of the Jack O'Lanterns | – | – | 8 September 2009 | Also contains Vampire Breath and Let's Get Invisible! |
| The Blob That Ate Everyone | – | – | 7 September 2010 | Also contains Piano Lessons Can Be Murder and My Hairiest Adventure |
| Go Eat Worms! | – | – | 7 September 2010 | Also contains Bad Hare Day and Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes |
| Ghost Beach | – | – | 13 September 2011 | Also contains The Barking Ghost and Be Careful What You Wish For... |
| Attack of the Mutant | – | – | 13 September 2011 | Also contains Phantom of the Auditorium |
| Release name | UK release date (region 2) | Australian release date (region 4) | North American release date (region 1) |
| The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight/ A Night in Terror Tower | – | – | 11 September 2012 |
| The Headless Ghost/ Ghost Beach | – | – | 11 September 2012 |
| One Day at HorrorLand/ Go Eat Worms! | – | – | 11 September 2012 |

#### Season sets

On 26 November 2012, Revelation Films started to release season sets of the series in the United Kingdom (DVD region 2). These releases contained the episodes' mostly uncensored versions as presented on the defunct UK Fox Kids channel (albeit still truncating the ending of "A Shocker on Shock Street"); a description on the back of the DVD cases mentions the heavy censoring the episodes were subjected to when they aired on CBBC. Unlike on Fox Kids, all six hour-long specials from across the first and second seasons are presented in their entirety, rather than being split into two-part episodes. Curiously, all the episodes of Season 4 have the Season 2 opening, though their end credits retain the Season 3–4 theme.
| Release name | Release date |
| Season One | 26 November 2012 |
| Season Two | 25 March 2013 |
| Seasons Three and Four | 19 August 2013 |
| The Complete Collection | 28 October 2013 |
On 2 April 2014, Madman Entertainment released the entire series in four DVD sets as well as a "Most Wanted Collection" in Australia and New Zealand (DVD region 4).
| Release name | Release date |
| Season One | 4 February 2014 |
| Season Two | 7 May 2014 |
| Season Three | 4 June 2014 |
| Season Four | 9 July 2014 |
| Goosebumps - Most Wanted | 9 July 2014 |

### Online

* The complete series is now on iTunes.
* The series is available for streaming on Netflix (United States, United Kingdom, and Canada).

## Goosebumps Presents

The books in the original Goosebumps series that were made into episodes of the Goosebumps television series were subsequently re-released in a series called Goosebumps Presents. The main difference between the books in this series and their original publications is that the Goosebumps Presents editions contained photos from the corresponding episodes. Eighteen books were released from 1996 to 1998.
| No. | Title | Original published date | Pages | ISBN |
| 01 | The Girl Who Cried Monster | 5 February 1996 | 57 | 0-590-74586-7 |
| Telling so many tall-tale monster stories that she is disgusting her friends and family, Lucy Dark does not know what to do when she discovers a "real" monster in the summer reading program librarian. |||||
| 02 | The Cuckoo Clock of Doom | 20 May 1996 | 56 | 0-590-74587-5 |
| Deciding to get even with his bratty little sister, who always gets him in trouble, Michael Webster fiddles with their father's antique clock, planning to blame Tara, and accidentally sets time backwards. |||||
| 03 | Welcome to Camp Nightmare | 15 July 1996 | 68 | 0-590-74588-3 |
| Billy Harlan enjoys the days of baseball, archery, and swimming at Camp Nightmoon until a series of strange accidents plague his fellow campers, and Billy begins to suspect that he will be next. |||||
| 04 | Return of the Mummy | 2 September 1996 | 64 | 0-590-74589-1 |
| Full-color photographs from the television show illustrate the Egyptian adventure of Gabe and his cousin Sari, who find themselves trapped in a mummy's tomb while the mummy is somewhere outside. |||||
| 05 | Night of the Living Dummy II | 11 November 1996 | 56 | 0-590-74590-5 |
| Slappy, the evil ventriloquist dummy, comes to the home of aspiring young ventriloquist Amy and proves to her that he can walk, talk, and make plenty of trouble all by himself. |||||
| 06 | My Hairiest Adventure | 23 December 1996 | 64 | 0-590-82519-4 |
| Larry and his friends slap on some tanning lotion found in the garage, believing that they will get great tans (despite being expired), but Larry begins to sprout hair, his friends start to vanish one by one (with their parents denying that they ever existed), and dogs chasing Larry more so than usual. |||||
| 07 | The Headless Ghost | 30 December 1996 | 64 | 0-590-93954-8 |
| Deciding to go ghost hunting in Hill House, a seaside house said to be haunted, two friends encounter a strange boy who may be the ghost of a boy who was beheaded by a deranged sea captain. |||||
| 08 | Be Careful What You Wish for | 6 January 1997 | 59 | 0-590-93955-6 |
| Sick of being bullied and being a total klutz, Samantha is granted three wishes after helping a strange lady in black find her way home, but Samantha discovers that the wishes granted to her have a nasty way of backfiring. |||||
| 09 | Go Eat Worms! | 10 February 1997 | 56 | 0-590-93959-9 |
| Todd's worm obsession turns sticky (and slimy) when his test subjects begin stalking him. |||||
| 10 | Bad Hare Day | 17 March 1997 | 57 | 0-590-93960-2 |
| Tim Swanson loves Amaz-O the magician so much that he steals a bag of the performer's tricks, and soon Tim's life is taken over by a talking rabbit with an evil mind and shameless scruples. |||||
| 11 | Let's Get Invisible! | 28 April 1997 | 58 | 0-590-93968-8 |
| Discovering a strange, magic mirror that enables them to become invisible, Max and his friends are delighted until it becomes increasingly difficult for them to become visible again. |||||
| 12 | Attack of the Mutant | 26 May 1997 | 63 | 0-590-93969-6 |
| Skipper Matthews adores comic books, especially those featuring the evil supervillain Masked Mutant, until he is drawn into a terrifying adventure and must save the world from the sinister schemes of the Masked Mutant himself. |||||
| 13 | Ghost Beach | 2 June 1997 | 59 | 0-590-29994-8 |
| Exploring a cave by the beach, Jerry and his sister Terri ignore the warnings of local kids Sam and Louisa that the cave is haunted until they find out that the ghosts on the beach are closer than they think. |||||
| 14 | You Can't Scare Me! | 28 July 1997 | 60 | 0-590-30663-4 |
| Eddie and his friends set out to scare show-off Courtney – but the town's legendary mud monsters (mud-covered zombies of the town's drowned settlers) have plans of their own to make Eddie and his friends scream. |||||
| 15 | Monster Blood | 25 August 1997 | 60 | 0-590-30547-6 |
| Evan and Andy find themselves in a sticky situation when they find a can of "Monster Blood" in an empty room of Evan's aunt's house – and the slime begins to grow to frightening proportions. |||||
| 16 | Attack of the Jack-o'-Lanterns | 20 October 1997 | 58 | 0-590-37511-3 |
| Drew Brockman notices that an evil transformation seems to have come over her friends Shane and Shana after they dress up like monsters with pumpkin heads for Halloween. |||||
| 17 | Calling All Creeps! | 1 December 1997 | 64 | 0-590-39058-9 |
| Nerdy Ricky Beamer's plan to get back at the girl who kicked him off the school newspaper turns into a plot to enslave humanity when a group of reptilian aliens begin calling Ricky after hours. |||||
| 18 | Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes | 16 February 1998 | 64 | 0-590-46441-8 |
| Pink flamingos, plastic deer--Joe Burton's dad loves lawn ornaments and does not want to lose to his militant neighbor in the annual lawn contest. But when he brings home two little front yard gnomes with red stocking caps and shiny eyes, the terror begins. |||||

## Reboot

On 28 April 2020, it was announced that a reboot live action TV series was in the works by Scholastic Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television Studios and Neal H. Moritz's production company Original Film, who produced both the 2015 film and its sequel. In March 2021, R.L. Stine stated that the series had found a producer and a director. In February 2022, it was announced that the series would be heading to Disney+. It was also revealed that the series would not follow the anthology format of the first Goosebumps series, but will instead be a 10-episode series with a storyline inspired by the films that follows a group of five high schoolers who unleash supernatural forces upon their town and must all work together –thanks to and in spite of their friendships, rivalries, and pasts with each other– in order to save it, learning much about their own parents' teenage secrets in the process.