Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween/Transcript

[Our story begins in the town of Wardenclyffe, New York, where the buildings and houses were covered in Halloween decorations. The citizens were getting ready for the grand holiday that is Halloween. We go over to one peculiar house, where a young blonde-haired teenager was typing up an essay for a college entry exam. Her name is Sarah Quinn.]
Sarah Quinn: (while typing) Fear. Fear is something that everyone experiences. Fear is a feeling that we all know. For me, a fear that shaped my life was... (stops typing and sighs) God, that sucks.
[She pressed DELETE on the keyboard and started her essay over from scratch. Sarah was having a hard time on what fear shaped her life. She looks over at the essay instruction paper to her side.]
Sarah Quinn: (reads the essay question) "Recount a time when you faced a fear, challenge or failure. How did it define you, or how did you overcome it?"
[As she typed her essay, she heard a thump outside her window.]
Sarah Quinn: Hello?
[The teenager looked over her desk but saw nothing.]
Sarah Quinn: Hello?
[She decides to get up and investigate the strange noise. As she reached her window, a ghastly white face suddenly appeared and slammed behind the glass. Sarah screamed in surprise until she heard the creature laughing. It was only her boyfriend, Tyler Mitchell.]
Sarah Quinn: Tyler? What are you doing? (opens the window) Are you crazy? My mom is gonna hear you.
Tyler Mitchell: (unmasks himself) You see this mask? Got it on sale.
Sarah Quinn: Very scary.
Tyler Mitchell: (as he climbs into her room) Sorry. I was in the neighborhood. I texted you like 10 times.
Sarah Quinn: I told you my phone's off. If I miss this deadline, I don't get into Columbia.
Tyler Mitchell: You'll be here with me for the next four years. Consider me your safety school. Close by, good parties...
Sarah Quinn: Oh, really. Do you also offer a creative-writing program?
Tyler Mitchell: Oh, I'm super creative. Look, I got you a care package. (gets out a can of Pringles) Pringles. (gets out a can of Red Bull) And a little bit of Red Bull.
Sarah Quinn: Heh. Thank you.
Tyler Mitchell: You're welcome.
[As the two lean for a kiss, Sarah’s mom, Kathy, suddenly enters her room.]
Kathy Quinn: You are so busted.
[Her little brother, Sonny, was by her mom’s side, recording the whole thing with his cellphone.]
Sonny Quinn: So, so busted.
Kathy Quinn: (to Sonny) I've got it.
Sarah Quinn: Mom, this is not what it looks like.
Kathy Quinn: No, I know what it is. I heard the entire thing. Do people not whisper anymore? "Hey, I brought Pringles and Red Bull." (makes stomping noises on the ground) “You better be quiet 'cause my mom will hear us." (to Tyler) Tyler, go home.
Tyler Mitchell: Okay. Uh, just to clarify, do you mean back out the window or out the front? Okay, I'll use the window. (to Sarah) Sorry, Sarah, I'll see you tomorrow. (hits his head as he climbs out the window) Ooh! I'm good. (hits himself offscreen) Ah! Still good!
[Sarah shook her head in embarrassment. She had been caught by her mom and her brother before she and Tyler could kiss.]
Kathy Quinn: (to Sarah) Go to bed.
Sarah Quinn: Mom, I can explain.
Kathy Quinn: We'll discuss this in the morning.
Sonny Quinn: Sam is gonna love this.
Kathy Quinn: (to Sonny) You go to bed too.
Sonny Quinn: What'd I do?
Kathy Quinn: I don't need a wingman.
Sonny Quinn: Okay. Going to bed. (leaves)
[The next morning, Sonny was busy making a science project. It was a perfect scale model of the Wardenclyffe lab, complete with working electricity. Well, sort of working. As the kid soldered the last wire, he receives a tiny electric shock to his finger.]
Sonny Quinn: Ow.
Kathy Quinn: You need to stop electrocuting yourself and eat your breakfast.
Sonny Quinn: Mom, this is due tomorrow, and it's worth 50 percent of my grade.
Kathy Quinn: How about you eat 50 percent of your eggs?
[He plugged the coil into the outlet and turned it on. The tower sparked to life… only for it to last a few seconds and short out the entire house.]
Kathy Quinn: Sonny, seriously? 
Sonny Quinn: Sorry. I'm getting close.
[Just then, the doorbell rang.]
Kathy Quinn: Coming. (the doorbell rings again) Coming!
[She goes to the door and answers it. Outside was Sonny’s best friend, Sam. An African American boy his age.]
Sam: Morning, Ms. Quinn.
Kathy Quinn: Good morning, Sam.
Sam: How you doing?
[His father was in the car outside the house.]
Sam’s Father: Kathy! Thank you for taking Sam. We'll be back in three days. We owe you. 
Kathy Quinn: (waves goodbye) You definitely do. (chuckles as the father drives off) Sonny! Grab your backpack. Sarah, let's go! I've got an errand to run on the way to school. 
Sarah Quinn: (offscreen) Coming!
[Sarah comes downstairs with her backpack on.]
Sam: My condolences on your bust last night. Good thing I'm here, in case any other dudes try to climb through your window.
Sarah Quinn: (to Sonny) Sonny. I'm gonna kill you.
Kathy Quinn: Kill him in the car. Okay? Go, go, go.
[While they left the house, their next-door neighbor, Mr. Chu, was building a giant spider on his house made out of red, purple and black balloons. His front lawn is entirely filled with Halloween props and decorations like it was a haunted theme park.]
Mr. Chu: (sings) Halloween with pumpkins and mice. Halloween, it's so nice. Halloween... 
Kathy Quinn: (to the kids) Faster, faster. 
Mr. Chu: (sings) ...With pumpkins and mice. (sees Kathy and the kids) Hey, Kathy. Hey, kids. Heh, heh.
Kathy: Mr. Chu. (looks at his decorated yard) Wow, you practically got a theme park here.
Mr. Chu: Check this out.
[He pressed a button on his remote and one of the legs on the balloon spider moved up.]
Mr. Chu: Oh, my... Oh! Whoa! It's like being in the movies! I'm gonna have these puppies up and running in no time. You know, for the kids. Ha-ha-ha.
Kathy Quinn: (laughs) Okay.
Mr. Chu: All right. Bye.
Sam: He doesn't actually have kids, does he?
Kathy Quinn: No, he does not.
Mr. Chu: (while inflating a purple balloon) Oooh!
[Later, the four arrive at the local Fred’s Pharmacy.]
Kathy Quinn: All right, everybody, let's make this quick.
[They all enter the pharmacy store.]
Kathy Quinn: You can each pick out a pumpkin to carve if you want to, but meet me at the register in five minutes, all right?
Sonny Quinn: Okay.
Sam: Alrighty.
[Sam went over to the bulletin board and tacked a flier to it. It read, “Need Your Junk Grabbed? Call the JUNK BROS - the best in junk removal.”]
Sonny Quinn: Right here? Really?
Sam: Yes, here. Everywhere. It's called marketing.
[A pharmacy clerk hands her a blue shopping basket.]
Kathy Quinn: Thank you. (to Sarah) I do. Which is why I need you to watch Sonny and Sam this week while I'm working doubles.
Sarah Quinn: Mom! No! My essay is due Friday. Sonny's bigger than me. He doesn't need a babysitter.
Kathy Quinn: (as she picks up some supplies) Ha, ha. Have you seen what he blows up when he's supervised? Hon, I know you're focused on getting out of here. But if I don't cover these shifts at work, I could lose my job. I need to know I can count on you.
Sarah Quinn: Okay. Fine.
Kathy Quinn: Really?
Sarah Quinn: Yes, really.
Kathy Quinn: Well, you have earned yourself some corn cushions, little lady.
Sarah Quinn: Really? Mom.
[Soon, they got to the cash register and the cart was full of adult diapers, nursing home supplies, pumpkins, and packs of gummy bears. Standing behind the counter was a pharmacy worker named Walter. He was nearly the same age as Kathy Quinn.]
Walter: You're looking real nice today.
Kathy Quinn: Thank you. Heh, heh. Blue is very in this year. I see you got the memo.
Walter: I guess we're in the know. (he and Kathy laugh) Okay. Hey, you know, the adult diapers are 2-for-1 if you wanna grab another.
Kathy Quinn: I just need one today.
Walter: Okay. All right.
Kathy Quinn: I don't need them. They're for the nursing home where I work.
Walter: Of course.
Kathy Quinn: I... I don't...
Walter: Heh, heh. Hey, no judgment. Um, okay. Heh, heh.
Kathy Quinn: I use a toilet. (they chuckle)
Walter: All right. Well, hopefully, I'll, uh, see you around soon.
Kathy Quinn: Yeah. Yeah. Thanks for checking me out. Ringing up my purchases. You know.
Walter: Yes. Yeah. Well, both. Yeah.
Kathy Quinn: I'll just get my diapers and go. Yeah. (she and the kids leave)
Walter: Happy Halloween!
[Soon, Sonny and Sam were at Daniel Webster Middle School. As Sam tacks up the Junk Bros flier on the school bulletin board, Sonny notices a science fair sign-up paper on the side, which piques his interest.]
Sonny Quinn: Oh, dude, science fair sign-ups. (as he signs up for the science fair) If I can just get my Tesla Tower to work, easily win. It'd be so cool.
Sam: What do you mean? You're already cool. We are treasure hunters. People respect us around here.
[A spitball was spit on his face. It came from Tommy Madigan and his posse of bullies.]
Sam: Ew.
Tommy Madigan: Hey, Junk Bros.
Sam: Spit wads? What are you, 9?
Tommy Madigan: What'd you say?
Sonny Quinn: Sam, what are you doing?
Sam: I got this.
[Tommy and his friends walk up to the boys in a threatening manner.]
Tommy Madigan: You know, we were gonna TP Principal Harrison's house tomorrow night. But now, I think I'm just gonna spend the whole night chasing you guys around.
[Luckily, their teacher, Ms. Hoover, shows up to stop the bullies from performing any mean acts on the kids.]
Ms. Hoover: Hey. Boys, move it or you're tardy.
Tommy Madigan: (innocently) Of course, Ms. Hoover. I was just extolling to my good friends Sam and Sonny my deep love for homework and all things learning.
Ms. Hoover: Get to class.
[The bullies leave to head to their classroom.]
Sam: Yeah.
Sonny Quinn: What a jerk.
[The bell starts to ring. The boys head to their classroom. Meanwhile, Sarah was in the school library when someone slid up a book across the counter toward her. It was Tyler from last night.]
Tyler Mitchell: I'd like to check this book out, please.
Sarah Quinn: And you are...?
Tyler Mitchell: Tyler Mitchell.
Sarah Quinn: (types his name on the school computer) Okay, Tyler Mitchell. (sees the report on the screen) Oh. Yeah, you have four books you haven't returned since sophomore year. And your account is frozen.
Tyler Mitchell: Damn.
Sarah Quinn: And it's gonna cost 40 bucks to unfreeze it.
Tyler Mitchell: I just spent it on tickets for us to see DJ Bisky at the Den tonight. You have to come. You can't say no. My way of saying sorry for getting you busted.
Sarah: I-I can't. My mom is making me watch my stupid brother all week and his friend...
Tyler Mitchell: Come on. Don't wait for college to start having fun. Show starts at 8. Get your brother a babysitter.
[Later at home, Sonny and Sam were busy carving their pumpkins. Sam was finished with his pumpkin, with a face that screams spooky and disgusting.]
Sonny Quinn: Okay. Sam, what do you think?
[Sam’s pumpkin looks as if it had its face caved in.]
Sam: Nice. Looks just like you. 
[His cellphone starts to ring, and he answers it.]
Sam: (on the phone) Hello. Yeah. Yeah, you're speaking to a Junk Brother. Yes, ma'am. This afternoon? Let me check with my associate.
Sonny Quinn: Hang up on her.
Sam: This is our opportunity.
Sonny Quinn: We're too busy.
Sam: Stop it. We're doing this.
Sonny Quinn: I have my Tesla Tower project, I have algebra. No way.
Sam: Fine, fine, fine! Whatever.
Sonny Quinn: Sam.
Sam: All right. Fine. (gets back on the phone) You are in luck. Yeah, we can squeeze you in. (writes down the address on the notebook) 24 Ashley Lane? No, no problem. No problem. Yeah. Fear not, ma'am. Junk is our middle name. (hangs up)
Sonny Quinn: "Junk is our…?" Do you even hear yourself?
Sam: Get your shoes on. It's time to get rich!
Sonny Quinn: I already have my shoes on.
[Soon, the boys were riding on their bikes, their Junk Bros wagons trailing behind them. They then hit the brakes on their rides, stopping at 24 Ashley Lane. There was an old, decaying house at the end of a long, cracked driveway.]
Sam: I guess this is it. 24 Ashley Lane.
Sonny Quinn: Twenty-four is the number of people murdered here.
Sam: All right, Sonny. Let's do this.
[The two approach the abandoned house as a mysterious wind blows. Sonny spots some lawn gnomes by the house looking at them.]
Sonny Quinn: Hey. I don't like the way those things are looking at us.
Sam: We're treasure hunters, Sonny, remember. Come on.
[They walked over to the door and Soony was about to knock on the door, but it started to open by itself. The two are shocked. They take a peek through the door. The boys enter the empty house.]
Sonny Quinn: Hello?
[There were heaps of old mattresses and ratty couches piled in the shadowy living room. There were broken lamps, boxes of moldy files, cracked dishes, and faded blankets. Lots of junk, but no treasure.]
Sonny Quinn: Some treasure. This place is definitely haunted.
Sam: (sees some more objects in the living room) Dude, there's more stuff over here. Come on.
[They enter the living room.]
Sonny Quinn: This room's even worse. 
Sam: Come on, Sonny. It's not that bad. There is nothing to be afraid of. 
[He pulls back a shroud, revealing a stuffed cat underneath. The boys were jump-scared by this surprise.]
Sam: Who stuffs a cat?
Sonny Quinn: How much are they paying us for this? 
[Outside, they threw away some old junk in the dumpster bin.]
Sonny Quinn: Can't believe you said we'd work for free. 
Sam: It’s not for free. The lady said we could keep any junk we don't throw away. Some of that stuff can have monetary value. 
Sonny Quinn: You know what else has monetary value, Sam? Actual money. 
Sam: Just start cleaning. Come on.
[They went back inside and managed to find some more junk in the attic. They put them in boxes.]
Sam: Found some more stuff in the attic. Okay, what do we got?
Sonny Quinn: (sees the stuffed cat) Maybe this is worth something. 
[He goes over to the stuffed cat above the fireplace and tries to grab it, but it is stuck.]
Sonny Quinn: It's stuck. 
[He then pulled the cat off the fireplace, prompting a secret door to open in the fireplace. The gang noticed a huge chest on the other side of the door.]
Sam: Dude, I think we just found a treasure chest! 
Sonny Quinn: Go get it. 
Sam: Jackpot! This is amazing. It's like a whole room in here. I told you. We come here, we find treasure. 
[He crawls through the door and pulls the chest out of the hidden room.]
Sam: Help me with this. I bet this thing is filled with gold and diamonds and Bitcoins. 
Sonny Quinn: Uh, you know Bitcoins are cryptocurrency, right? It's not real coins, it's virtual coins. It's really cool. It starts with a process called mining...
Sam: Stop being a nerd for a second and help.
Sonny Quinn: Yeah, sorry.
Sam: Thank you. Here. All right. You ready? Three, two, and...
[They both opened the chest together and inside was a book and a key.]
Sam: What?
[Sonny picks up the book and tries to open it, but it is locked.]
Sonny Quinn: It's locked. Who would lock a book?
Sam: (grabs the key) Here's a key.
[He uses the key to open the lock on the book, spraying dust everywhere.]
Sam: (coughing) Oh, man.
[Sonny opens the book and flips through some pages.]
Sam: (offscreen) Well, what's in it?
Sonny Quinn: Nothing. It's just a beat-up old book.
[He flips over to a title page, but there was nothing there.]
Sonny Quinn: Doesn't have a title page. So much for treasure.
Sam: Well, look. We still have all this stuff. This is a good haul. Just grab the book anyway. It's gotta be worth something. 
Sonny Quinn: Yeah.
[Suddenly, Sonny sees an old ventriloquist’s dummy on the chest. It startled him for a moment.]
Sonny Quinn: Sam. Sam, turn around.
[He turned around and saw the dummy.]
Sam: Where did that come from?
[Sonny sees a card sticking out of the dummy’s shirt pocket and grabs it.]
Sonny Quinn: (reads the card) "My name is Slappy. What's yours?"
Sam: Wait, I think it says something on the back.
[He flips over the card to reveal some ancient words written on it.]
Sam: (reads the words) "Karru marri odonna loma molonu karrano." He's so creepy. It's kind of like he's alive.
Sonny Quinn: I don't think anything's been alive in this house since that cat. I mean, look at this place.
[Suddenly, the doll rises up and speaks.]
Sam: (talking through Slappy) But I'm alive now!
[Sonny screams and moves back. However, it was just Sam talking through the dummy.]
Sam: (talking through Slappy) Oh, Sonny, just give me a kiss. Just one smooch. 
Sonny Quinn: That's not funny. 
Sam: (talking through Slappy) Yes, it is. It's hilarious. 
Sonny Quinn: It's a business. We're running a business. You need to take this more seriously. 
Sam: It's too easy, Sonny. Come on, man. (picks up the dummy) Hey, I'm taking him. 
[Later, they loaded up all of the junk, including the dummy, onto the back of their wagons.]
Sonny Quinn: Don't know why you took that thing. 
Sam: What do you mean? He's awesome. 
Sonny Quinn: Whatever.
[However, they see Tommy and his bully friends arriving on their bikes.]
Tommy Madigan: Hey, it's the Junk Sisters! 
Sonny Quinn: Oh, great. 
Sam: Well, at least we know our marketing's working. 
Tommy Madigan: No teacher around to save you now. (notices the sweater Sonny is wearing) Hey, are you wearing my old sweater from my grandma's yard sale? 
Sam: Leave us alone.
Tommy Madigan: Okay. Give me back my sweater and I'll let you go. 
Sonny Quinn: Really? 
Tommy Madigan: Unless you want your face punched. 
Sonny Quinn: (takes off the sweater) Whatever. (hands it to Tommy)
Tommy Madigan: And your box. 
Sonny Quinn: (sighs) Fine. Just take it. 
[He reluctantly hands the box over to Tommy.]
Tommy’s Friend: Yo, what we got?
Tommy Madigan: (looks inside the box) Let's see. Old radio. 
Tommy’s Friend: Is that a ruler? 
Tommy Madigan: That's a dog toy. (finds the book) A stupid book. Wow. Great business you guys are running. Heh. (to Sam) Your turn. 
Sam: No. No, I'm not giving you my box. 
Sonny Quinn: Sam, just give it to him. I like my face unpunched. 
Sam: No way. We worked for this stuff.
[Tommy reached into the box and swiped the dummy.]
Sam: Hey, Tommy! Tommy, give him back!
Tommy Madigan: Want your doll? You dress him up when you get home? 
Sam: Tommy, this isn't funny. 
[Suddenly, the dummy’s eyes moved, and his frozen smile turned into a cold sneer. By invisible force, he made Tommy’s pants drop down, revealing his boxers. He dropped the dummy and his eyes widened in surprise and disbelief and the boys laughed. He pulled his pants, only for them to drop down again.]
Tommy Madigan: What is going on? 
Tommy’s Friend 2: (offscreen) Tommy, pull up your pants! 
Tommy Madigan: (tries to pull them up) They're stuck. 
Sam: (grabs the dummy) Thank you very much. Sonny, we need to go!
[The two got on their bikes and pedaled away while Tommy pulled his pants up. As the boys rode down the street, Tommy and his friends were chasing after them on their bikes.]
Tommy Madigan: Better pedal faster!
Sonny Quinn: Oh, no.
Tommy Madigan: Come on, don't make it easy for us!
Sam: We need to go!
Tommy Madigan: We're gonna get you, man!
Sam: They're gaining on us!
[The dummy moved up and flashed his eyes at a nearby garden hose. It then uncoils itself and forms a long rope across the street to trip the bullies off their bike. The boys look back to see the fallen bullies. They were surprised.]
Sam: What just happened?
Sonny Quinn: I have no idea.
Tommy Madigan: Get back here, you two! (his pants suddenly drop down) Ah. Why does this keep happening?
[Soon, the boys return to Sarah’s house with the dummy in hand. Sarah was finished with her laundry duty.]
Sonny and Sam: Sarah! 
Sonny Quinn: You won't believe what happened.
Sam: You are never going to believe this. 
Sonny Quinn: We were in this crazy, abandoned, creepy house and found this fireplace, which had a cat on it I twisted. It went to a secret compartment that opened. Then there was a treasure chest.
Sam: Okay, but long story short, we found... (holds up the dummy) this guy! (a beat was heard) Th-this guy. This... guy.
Sarah Quinn: Wow. It's like you're actively trying not to be cool. (hands Sonny the laundry basket) Here. Mom specifically said you should fold the laundry. I'll be in my room if you need me, but do not need me. (walks off to her room)
Sonny Quinn: (looks at the note) Hey, Sarah? This specifically says you are supposed to fold the laundry. (the door is heard closing) Sarah.
[In her room, Sarah was trying to type up her essay on her laptop. She picks up her phone and looks at the Instagram posts sent in by Tyler. However, she realizes what she’s doing and puts it down.]
Sarah Quinn: What am I doing?
[Downstairs, Sonny and Sam were busy playing Rocket League on Sonny’s PS4 console.]
Sonny Quinn: (offscreen) We already banned jumping.
Sam: (offscreen) I banned sucking, yet here you are. Now, come on.
[Sam’s rocket car hits the ball into the goal post.]
Sam: Hey! Yes! Yes!
Sonny Quinn: It's 4 to 1. Why are you celebrating?
Sam: Scoring is a reason for celebration.
[Sarah comes downstairs and gets her keys before leaving.]
Sarah Quinn: Bye, I'm leaving!
Sonny Quinn: Where you going?
Sarah Quinn: Out. I'll be back by 10. If Mom calls, tell her I'm in the shower.
Sonny Quinn: You were gonna help me with my science presentation.
Sarah Quinn: There's two dummies on the couch. Practice on one of them. (leaves)
Sam: Ouch.
[That night, Sarah arrived at The Den, the hottest club for all the teenagers and adults to go to. Inside the building, she looked for her boyfriend while everyone was dancing to some dubstep music in the background. She manages to find Tyler among the partygoers.]
Sarah Quinn: (calling out) Tyler!
[As she starts to walk toward him, a slender, beautiful girl appears to Tyler and they look at each other warmly. While the two kissed, Sarah felt crushed. She couldn’t believe Tyler would kiss another girl and not notice she was there. Heartbroken, she heads out of the club and hops into her car. Sarah holds back her tears as she drives back home. Back home, Sam lights up all of the jack o’ lanterns by the porch.]
Sam: All right, there we go. (puts an army helmet on his jack o’ lantern) Okay. And... Sergeant, your orders are to guard this porch. (salutes the pumpkin)
[In his room, Sonny was talking to Slappy about Nikola Tesla.]
Sonny Quinn: It was more than a hundred years ago when Nikola Tesla first lit up the sky over Wardenclyffe. Tesla wanted to create a world where anything could be transmitted through giant electric towers: Power, sound, maybe even brain waves. It was like the original Wi-Fi. But suddenly and mysteriously, he shut down his lab in 1908. His tower never lit up the sky again. Until... today! (gets out a lightbulb) May I have a volunteer? (points to Slappy) You, sir, in the gray suit. (hands Slappy the lightbulb) Hold this and prepare to be amazed. I present to you all: Tesla!
[He flips the switch and electricity starts to surge through his scale model of the tower. But it then shorts out in a matter of seconds.]
Sonny Quinn: (to a portrait of Nikola Tesla) Don't give me that look. I'm trying to bring back your tower.
[Suddenly, the dummy moves up and starts talking. This time, in his actual voice.]
Slappy the Dummy: Bravo. I, for one, think it's an electrifying presentation. (giggles)
Sonny Quinn: Sam. I'm not gonna fall for that again. Ha-ha-ha. Very funny. (picks up Slappy) It's like a microphone? You're talking through your cell phone or something? (knocks on the dummy’s wooden head) Sam. Sam, it's a stupid prank. 
Slappy the Dummy: You ever heard of personal space? 
[He pushed himself off of Sonny’s grasp and fell to the floor. He then gets up as the boy was surprised.]
Sonny Quinn: How are you talking to me right now? 
Slappy the Dummy: You brought me to life. Don't you remember, Sonny?
Sonny Quinn: Sam? 
Sam: (offscreen) What? 
Slappy the Dummy: What's the problem? 
Sonny Quinn: Just come up here. Please. 
Sam: (offscreen) Dude, I told you, I don't care about Tesla. 
Sonny Quinn: Right now, Sam. 
Sam: (offscreen) Fine! 
Slappy the Dummy: I've always wanted a brother.
Sam: (enters the room) Please don't try to educate me on Tesla. 
Slappy the Dummy: Hello, Sam. Thank you for saving me from that moron today. 
Sam: Oh, he's battery-operated. 
Sonny Quinn: No, no, no. Sam, Sam, he's alive. 
Slappy the Dummy: Sorry for what happened with Tommy. I guess you could say he got hosed. (laughs)
Sonny Quinn: That was you?
Slappy the Dummy: Yep. And now that we're family, we can be brothers! I think I'd make a great Junk Brother.
Sam: Right. Just a sec. Sidebar. (to Sonny) Are we losing our minds?
Sonny Quinn: I don't think we can at the same time.
Sam: Okay, but just to clarify, we're talking to a puppet right now.
Sonny Quinn: Yeah. Maybe he's alive.
[They turned around to face Slappy, but lightning flashed and Slappy appeared behind them.]
Slappy the Dummy: Of course I'm alive! Heh-heh-heh. And I can make all your problems go away. Didn't your sister tell you to fold the laundry?
[With a wave of his hand, all of the laundry folded by themselves and were set down on the chair.]
Slappy the Dummy: There. Now you have time to do your homework. Oh, what's that? You don't want to do your homework? That's okay. I just did it for you.
[He uses his magic to do Sam's algebra homework quickly.]
Sam: You know algebra?
Slappy the Dummy: A squared plus B squared equals of course! Heh, heh.
Sam: This is amazing.
Sonny Quinn: (checks the paper) It's all correct.
Sam: So you can change all of our grades.
Slappy the Dummy: I can only change the things right in front of me. But whatever I see, I can bring to life. 
[His head turns to face action figures of Ryu and Ken from Street Fighter.]
Slappy the Dummy: (offscreen) Karru marri odonna loma molonu karrano.
[Just then, the two action figures came to life and started fighting each other like in their video game series. Complete with sound effects from Street Fighter II.]
Sam: That is awesome.
Sonny Quinn: I will never question picking up junk again. Wait until Mom and Sarah find out.
[Suddenly, the two figures stopped and fell to the table, now back to being inanimate.]
Slappy the Dummy: Slow your roll there, kid. Let's just keep this our little secret for now. Give me a chance to win them over first. (laughs)
[Soon, he and Sam were downstairs playing Rocket League.]
Slappy the Dummy: Ah, you're terrible at this. Heh-heh-heh. I'm literally crushing you right now. 
[The dummy was already kicking Sam’s butt at the game.]
Sonny Quinn: Can't believe you're losing to a puppet.
Slappy the Dummy: Right. And I'm not even using my magical powers. Heh.
[Just then, Sarah returns and Slappy falls on the couch and becomes inanimate.]
Sam: Back so soon?
Sarah Quinn: Don't ask.
Sonny Quinn: Are you okay? What happened?
Sarah Quinn: What happened? Well, turns out the guy I liked is a total scumbag. Mom expects me to run this entire house by myself. And if I don't figure out this essay by Friday, I'm never getting out of this town. So no, I'm not okay.
[The boys just stared at her. She noticed that they were acting really strange.]
Sarah Quinn: Why are you guys acting so weird?
Sam: Us? Nothing. No reason at all. Mm-hm.
Sonny Quinn: I'm working on my science project.
Sam: We're just playing video games.
Sonny Quinn: Just us two.
Sam: Nobody else. Mm-hm.
Sarah Quinn: I'm going to bed. (goes to leave)
Slappy the Dummy: Good night.
[She stops dead in her tracks at that “good night.”]
Sarah Quinn: Who just said that?
Sam: Me!
Sonny Quinn: Sam.
Sam: (in a scratchy voice) Good night.
Sonny Quinn: It's a new thing we're doing. (in a deep voice) Good night.
Sam: (in a robotic voice) Good night. Hit the hay.
Sonny Quinn: Good night, Sarah.
Sam: (in a deep voice) Night-night.
[Sarah leaves and Sam scolds Slappy.]
Sam: That is not cool, Slappy.
[That night, as Sarah, Sonny, and Sam were asleep, Slappy gets up from the couch and enters the kitchen. He was busy working on the Tesla tower project, adding some extra touches to it. Later, he stares at the sleeping Sarah creepily. He couldn’t wait to be part of the family. The next day at Sarah’s high school, she finds Slappy inside her backpack while she is putting some things in her locker.]
Sarah Quinn: What the hell? Ugh. God, they are such tools.
[She sets the dummy inside the locker.]
Tyler Mitchell: (scares her from behind) Boo! Missed you at the show last night. 
Sarah Quinn: (sarcastic) Bet you did. You have fun?
Tyler Mitchell: It was okay. A bunch of us just hanging out. Totally casual.
Sarah Quinn: Right.
Tyler Mitchell: What's with the dummy?
Sarah Quinn: Oh, him? We were just hanging out. Totally casual.
[She closed the locker door and walked to her classroom. Inside the locker, Slappy glares at the cheating boyfriend. How dare he break his soon-to-be sister’s heart, he thought. He decided it was time for payback. As the locker dials turned from the inside, Tyler was hanging up some prop ghosts on the ceiling in the auditorium. He was standing on top of a ladder.]
Tyler Mitchell: Fly, little ghost.
[Slappy then enters the auditorium.]
Tyler Mitchell: Hey, whoever that is, can you toss me up some more string? 
Slappy the Dummy: (offscreen) Sure.
[He stops and looks for the person who spoke to him.]
Tyler Mitchell: Okay. That's hilarious. Sarah? 
[Suddenly, Slappy was now onstage and Tyler saw him. He jumped a little from the surprise move.]
Tyler Mitchell: Oh! Hey, hey, hey, not funny, not funny. Sarah, stop fooling around.
Slappy the Dummy: I'd say you're the one fooling around.
Tyler Mitchell: (shocked) How are you talking?
Slappy the Dummy: I love the theater. I always bring down the house. (laughs evilly)
[He then starts removing a screw from the ladder.]
Tyler Mitchell: Wait, no! What are you doing? What are you doing?
Slappy the Dummy: Tell me, Tyler. What does it say on that top step?
Tyler Mitchell: Uh... It's not a step?
Slappy the Dummy: Maybe you'll remember that the next time you step out of line with my sister.
[He removes another screw and the ladder falls apart, causing Tyler to fall down and crash on the floor. When he looked up, Slappy was gone. Soon, he was wheeled out of the school and into an ambulance. Among the students watching him was Sarah.]
Tyler Mitchell: It was a puppet, man. It was a puppet. It had these supernatural powers. He could move things with his mind. I swear. She knows! Ask her. It was in her locker. (to Sarah) Please tell him real quick. Sarah, tell him! 
[Sarah’s eyes widen and she runs back to check her locker.]
Doctor: It's just the meds kicking in, sir. Last guy said he saw a dragon. 
Tyler Mitchell: It wasn't a dragon. It was a puppet.
[Inside, Sarah reaches her locker and opens it, but Slappy wasn’t inside. She couldn’t believe it. How can it be out of the locker and hurt Tyler? Meanwhile in middle school, Sonny was presenting his Tesla tower to his class.]
Sonny Quinn: Nikola Tesla constructed this tower right here in Oak Forest to beam bolts of electricity across the world. And today... we are going to beam bolts of electricity across this classroom.
Tommy Madigan: Someone beam me out of this classroom.
Sonny Quinn: May I have a volunteer?
[One particular girl in a pink sweater, Jenny Schmidt, raised her hand.]
Sonny Quinn: You, ma'am, in the pink sweater. (hands her the light bulb) Hold that and prepare to be amazed. Behold: The power of Tesla.
[He flips the switch and the tower activates. The light bulb glowed in the hand of Jenny, and the students were starting to be amazed. However, the electric tower was starting to surge rapidly and the lightbulb exploded in Jenny’s hand.]
Teacher: Mr. Quinn, unplug that now!
[Sonny tries to shut down the Tesla tower as electricity zaps some books and beakers and blasts a hole in the wall. He then unplugs the experiment to turn it off, but the damage is done.]
Student: That was awesome!
Sonny Quinn: And that was my presentation on Nikola Tesla. Any...? Any questions?
[Jenny’s face was covered in soot and her hair stood out in various directions.]
Jenny Schmidt: Today's picture day!
[The fire alarm rang and everyone left the school building.]
Sonny Quinn: This is not good. I'm so busted.
[Some firefighters passed them by to enter the school building.]
Sonny Quinn: Oh, great, the fire department's here?
Sam: They're definitely gonna make you repeat a grade.
[Sarah pulls up to the boys in her car.]
Sarah Quinn: Please tell me you guys had nothing to do with this. 
Sam: Sonny blew up the science wing. It was so cool. 
Sonny Quinn: It was an accident. What are you doing here? 
Sarah Quinn: Tyler Mitchell just got loaded into an ambulance. He said the dummy you guys put in my backpack attacked him with supernatural powers. 
Sonny Quinn: We didn't put Slappy in your backpack.
Sarah Quinn: Get in.
[Soon, the boys were in Sarah’s car while she drove.]
Sarah Quinn: You're telling me that you discovered a walking, talking dummy and you didn't tell me?
Sonny Quinn: He seemed like a nice guy.
Sam: He had great manners.
Sonny Quinn: And he told us to keep it a secret.
Sarah Quinn: A, I'm your sister. And B, as a general rule, when an animated doll tells you to keep secrets, that's a red flag.
Sam: He's not just some doll. He's got powers. He can move stuff with his mind.
Sarah Quinn: You guys, this is insane. I mean, why would he go after Tyler? 
Sonny Quinn: Maybe he heard you complaining about him last night. 
Sarah Quinn: Great. What else did I complain about? 
Sonny Quinn: (realizes something) Mom.
[Sonny and Sarah looked at each other in fear and the latter drove faster. They reach their home and run by Mr. Chu, who was dressed as Count Dracula.]
Mr. Chu: Hey, kids, you wanna see the mummies come to life? 
Sarah Quinn: Sorry, Mr. Chu! 
Sam: Don't have time to talk now! 
Mr. Chu: Your loss!
[An animatronic mummy rises up from a fake coffin. They go inside the house.]
Sonny Quinn: Mom! 
Sam: Ms. Quinn!
[They then see Kathy sitting by the inanimate Slappy on the couch.]
Kathy Quinn: Hey. You didn't tell me you got a ventriloquist dummy. How fun! He was sitting at the table like a little person. (talks through Slappy) "Hi, kids. My name is Bobo. And I like listening to Mom." Heh, heh.
Sonny Quinn: Mom, his name is Slappy, and I would not do that if I were you. 
Kathy Quinn: Slappy? That's a ridiculous name. No, no. His name is Bobo.
Sarah Quinn: Mom, you don't understand.
Sam: Ms. Quinn, he's alive.
Kathy Quinn: (to Slappy) I think these guys are trying to play some sort of a Halloween prank on us, but I'm not buying it. Are you? (talks through Slappy) No. (her phone rings) Oh, let me get that. But nice try. Very creative. (sets Slappy down) Stay right there. Don't go anywhere.
[As she heads to the phone, Slappy rises up and speaks to the gang.]
Slappy the Dummy: Hi, kids. Good day at school?
[Sarah couldn’t believe what she's seeing.]
Sarah Quinn: Oh, my God. He sounds even creepier than he looks.
Slappy the Dummy: Ha-ha-ha. We're gonna be such a happy family. 
Sarah Quinn: You're not our family. (to Sonny) Do it, Sonny. Turn him off. 
Slappy the Dummy: Hearing you say that makes me mad. 
Sonny Quinn: (gets out the card and reads the spell) "Karru marri odonna loma molonu karrano." 
Slappy the Dummy: Don't do that. 
Sarah Quinn: Do it again.
Sonny Quinn: (reads the spell) "Karru marri odonna loma molonu karrano."
[The dummy then starts to slump into the couch and becomes inanimate.]
Sam: It worked.
[They walk over to Slappy and Sonny pokes him in the chest. Suddenly, the dummy’s eyes opened up and they gasped.]
Slappy the Dummy: And trust me. You don't want to find out what happens... when I get mad.
[He notices Kathy coming back and freezes on the couch. She had just received a phone call from the school principal about the lab explosion.]
Kathy Quinn: Okay. Well, that was an interesting phone call. Anything you wanna tell me? 
Sonny Quinn: Yes, we've been trying to. That dummy is evil. 
Kathy Quinn: You blew up the science lab? 
Sonny Quinn: Yeah, there was that too. 
Kathy Quinn: Do you know how much damage you've caused? 
Sarah Quinn: It wasn't Sonny's fault. 
Kathy Quinn: I'm sure it was an accident. 
Sam: It wasn't an accident. The dummy did it. 
Sonny Quinn: Yeah.
Kathy Quinn: Do I look like a dummy to you? 
Sarah Quinn: We're telling the truth! 
Kathy Quinn: Here's some truth for you. Halloween is canceled for the three of you. 
Sarah, Sonny, and Sam: What?
Kathy Quinn: Canceled. 
Sam: Come on.
[The mother starts heading out to the nursery home.]
Kathy Quinn: You know... I expect this kind of craziness from the boys. But I felt like you were gonna help me keep things under control, Sarah. 
Sarah Quinn: Mom. 
Kathy Quinn: I'm disappointed. 
Sarah Quinn: Come on. Mom.
Sonny Quinn: Mom, please. 
[As soon as Kathy left, Slappy sprung back to life.]
Slappy the Dummy: Not as disappointed as I am.
Sarah Quinn: (creeped out) My room. Now.
[The three went upstairs to Sarah’s room to discuss the problem.]
Sarah Quinn: We've got a problem.
Sam: Yeah. I have never seen your mom that mad.
Sarah Quinn: I'm talking about the psycho dummy on our couch.
[Suddenly, Slappy appears on a cushion chair.]
Slappy the Dummy: Did somebody call a family meeting without me?
Sam: No, no. Slappy, why would you think that? We were just planning a surprise party for you. 
Slappy the Dummy: (walks up to the three) Well, I've got a surprise for the three of you. This is my house now. And under my roof, I make the rules. 
Sarah Quinn: Sorry, but you just got voted out of this family.
[She grabs a nearby bat and hits Slappy across the floor. The dummy laid unconscious.]
Sonny Quinn: What do we do with him now?
Sam: Fireplace.
Sonny Quinn: No. No way. I would have nightmares the rest of my life. 
Sarah Quinn: No. I have a better idea.
[Later, they were walking through the woods with the boys carrying the chained-up chest.]
Sonny Quinn: Ugh. We've been walking forever. It's like this whole place is made of poison ivy. 
Sam: Stop complaining. (to Sarah) Hey, how much farther is it? 
Sarah Quinn: (stops at the lake) Here. This should work.
Sonny Quinn: Am I the only one that feels like we're committing a crime?
Sarah Quinn: It's a dummy. The only crime we're committing is littering. Ready?
Sam: Yeah, yeah. Okay, watch out.
[He tossed the chest into the lake, and it sank into the water below.]
Sam: It’s done.
Sarah Quinn: Let's get out of here.
[The kids went out, though Sonny was watching the lake in worry.]
Sam: (offscreen) Sonny, come on.
[He catches up with the others and soon, they are driving home.]
Sonny Quinn: (traumatized) We just killed a puppet.
Sarah Quinn: Trust me, we had to. And I say we just forget it ever happened, because no one will believe us anyway. It's over. He's locked in a suitcase. There's no way that dummy’s getting out.
[Suddenly, Slappy slams against the car windshield and the three screamed in terror.]
Slappy the Dummy: Who you calling "dummy," dummy?
[They tried to swerve him off, but he held onto the window.]
Sarah Quinn: What do you want from us?!
Slappy the Dummy: (banging against the glass) I JUST want to be PART of the FAMILY! Why won’t you LET me be PART of the FAMILY?!
Sonny Quinn: He's gonna break through the windshield.
[Sarah slams the accelerator and makes the car drive faster. Then, she hits the brakes and Slappy is sent flying away. Everyone was trying to catch their breath from Slappy’s surprise attack.]
Sarah Quinn: Is everyone okay?
Sam: Yeah.
Sonny Quinn: Think so.
Sam: Where's Slappy?
Sonny Quinn: Guys, I think we just made things a thousand times worse.
[The three all had looks of fear and worry on their faces. Soon, it was Halloween night in Wardenclyffe as trick-or-treaters and their parents went from house to house to get candy from neighbors. Some of them were getting candy from Mr. Chu, who was now dressed up like Frankenstein’s Monster. His house was entirely decorated to look like a haunted house.]
Mr. Chu: There you go, Hank. All right, come on in. Zoink! Step right up. Don't be scared. Welcome to my haunted house. Boo! (the children laughed) All right. Here you go. Happy Halloween. (growls like Frankenstein’s monster) Hey, what's up, my witches? Little Frankenstein humor. Zoink! Beat it. (laughs heartily) Here you go. Bye-bye! (hands some candy to costumed children) Hey, my princess. Bye-bye! Hey, my cowboy.
Costumed Kid: (offscreen) I'm not a cowboy! 
Mr. Chu: (offscreen) Yes, you are. Bye-bye!
[However, the three are inside Sarah’s house as they checked an event on the laptop.]
Sarah Quinn: (reads the article) "A mysterious disturbance recently took place in the town of Madison, Delaware. Neighborhoods were ravaged and the high school destroyed. An FBI spokesman said unusual weather patterns were to blame, but there were rumors of a cover-up for something far stranger. Sightings of giant insects, Abominable Snowmen, and even... an evil ventriloquist dummy."
Sonny Quinn: Oh, we’re so dead.
Sarah Quinn: (reads the article) "Creatures believed to come alive from the original manuscripts of horror author R.L. Stine."
Sonny Quinn: The book.
Sarah Quinn: What book?
Sam: Okay, in that abandoned house, we found this old locked-up book. 
Sonny Quinn: And when we unlocked it, that's when Slappy appeared. 
Sam: Yeah, but Tommy Madigan took it from us. 
Sarah Quinn: Well, how do you know the book was written by R.L. Stine? 
Sonny Quinn: Wait a second.
[He types up R.L. Stine’s name and finds some facts about him.]
Sonny Quinn: (reads the fact) "From 1979 to 1985, legendary horror author R.L. Stine lived in Wardenclyffe, New York."
Sarah Quinn: Here?
Sam: That's not good.
Sonny Quinn: (reads the fact) "Stine started his writing career with a since-unpublished novel titled Haunted Halloween, a tale of a demonic dummy who sets out to create a family of his own by..." By...? 
Sarah Quinn: By what? 
Sonny Quinn: By bringing Halloween to life.
[Meanwhile, Slappy comes across Fred’s Pharmacy, where a Halloween clearance sale was being held.]
Slappy the Dummy: I love a good holiday sale. (giggles mischievously)
[He enters the store and walks by Walter, who was busy writing on his clipboard. He walked down the aisle and spotted some Goosebumps costumes on sale. This gives the dummy a brilliantly evil idea.]
Slappy the Dummy: Hello, old friends. If those kids don't want me to be a part of their family, I'll raise one of my own. (closed his eyes and chants the magic words) Karru marri odonna loma molonu karrano. Karru marri...
[Soon, the lights flickered in the store and then shut down.]
Walter: (uneasy) Okay. 
[Rubber bats and rats start coming to life, while chattering top-hat skull spiders crawled off the shelf. Three witch’s hats flew down to the floor and spun around into three witches with green, glowing heads. Then, masks begin to have eyes and start growing bodies.]
Slappy the Dummy: Yes.
[Soon, the entire store was full of living Goosebumps monsters, including the Abominable Snowman and the Werewolf of Fever Swamp. Walter arrives to investigate the mysterious goings-ons, only to find Slappy and his monster friends.]
Slappy the Dummy: Trick or treat. 
[He eyes an ogre mask and sends it flying onto Walter’s face. It attaches onto him and starts merging onto his back while his back starts hunching. After the transformation, the pharmacy store employee was now an ogre henchman to Slappy.]
Slappy the Dummy: Welcome to the family… (sees Walter’s name tag) Walter. 
Ogre Walter: Serving families is what I do. Heh, heh. Heh, heh. 
Slappy the Dummy: Come along, then, brother. Just wait until you see what I have planned next for this town.
[Slappy and his monsters all leave the store and start preparations for the ultimate Halloween yet. Back in the house, Sam was watching the scene from out the window.]
Sam: Guys, this is bad. This is really, really bad. You know what we need to do? We need to call the police. 
Sarah Quinn: And tell them what? That an evil dummy is about to bring Halloween to life?
Sam: Yes!
Sarah Quinn: (sarcastic) Great idea, Sam. They'll come and arrest us!
Sonny Quinn: Wait, guys, I found a number.
Sarah Quinn: For Stine?
Sonny Quinn: No, says here nobody knows where he is, but this is for Richard Shivers. He's the president of the R.L. Stine Appreciation Society. (sees Sarah dialing on her phone) What are you doing?
Sarah Quinn: I'm calling.
[She dials Shivers’ number and starts calling the man.]
???: (on phone) Good day, you've reached Dr. Richard Shivers and the R.L. Stine Appreciation Society. If you're trying to reach Stine, don't bother. Otherwise, leave a message. 
[We then come to a close-up of an electronic messenger.]
Sarah Quinn: (via electronic message) Hi, Mr. Shivers, my name is Sarah Quinn. I live in Oak Forest. I desperately need to get in touch with R.L. Stine. This is gonna sound crazy, but I think one of his stories has come to life. 
[A hand is seen hovering by the messenger and a finger hits the repeat button to replay the message.]
Sarah Quinn: (via electronic message) Hi, Mr. Shivers...
[We go back to the gang in Wardenclyffe.]
Sarah Quinn: (hangs up) Well... Looks like we're on our own. (starts heading out)
Sonny Quinn: Wait. Where are we going? 
Sarah Quinn: To find Tommy Madigan and get that book.
[Outside, Tommy and his friends were busy throwing TP at a tree when they saw the three running toward him.]
Sonny and Sam: Tommy! Tommy!
Tommy’s Friend: What do these idiots want?
Tommy Madigan: I'll take care of this.
Sonny Quinn: Tommy, we need that book.
Sam: It's super important.
Sonny Quinn: The book with the lock on it.
Tommy Madigan: Okay, okay. What book?
Sonny Quinn: The one you stole from us, Tommy.
Tommy Madigan: Oh, yeah. I've got it right here.
Sonny Quinn: Oh, really?
Tommy Madigan: No, idiot. Why would I be carrying a book around with me on Halloween? Now, go back home with your babysitter. I'll be there in a bit to egg your house.
Sarah Quinn: (threateningly to Tommy) Listen, you little punk, I'm not the babysitter. I'm Sonny's sister. You're gonna give us that book back or I'll make your life a living hell. The only thing you'll use that toilet paper for is to wipe... 
Tommy Madigan: Okay. God, you don't have to be so mean about it. Let's get out of here. Book's at my house in my room. But it's hidden, so good luck finding it, losers. Heh, heh.
[Just then, the three witches fly through the sky and come down before the bullies.]
Tommy Madigan: Those are some awesome costumes.
[One witch roars at him with a scary face and the witches take him and his friends up and away.]
Sonny Quinn: Is this actually happening? 
[Their bikes drop down from above.]
Sarah Quinn: Guys, we gotta find that book! 
[As they run off, Slappy and his ogre minion arrive at the Wardenclyffe lab.]
Slappy the Dummy: (talking to a statue of Nikola Tesla) Evening, Mr. Tesla. You don't mind if we bring your tower back to life, do you? (he and Walter laugh)
Ogre Walter: What did he say?
Slappy the Dummy: Shut up.
[They went inside the dark electric laboratory.]
Slappy the Dummy: Tesla used this tower to project electricity, but I'm going to use this tower to project my magic in ways he never imagined. It takes a genius to know a genius.
[He lifted up his finger and the lights were turned on.]
Ogre Walter: Whoa.
Slappy the Dummy: Heh-heh-heh. Come along, Walter. We've got work to do.
Ogre Walter: Very well. Let's go.
[Back with the gang, they managed to find Tommy’s house.]
Sonny Quinn: This is Tommy's house.
Sarah Quinn: Well, I guess we just knock?
Sam: Knock loud. He lives with his grandma.
[They go to the door and Sarah knocks while Sam rings the doorbell.]
Sarah Quinn: (looks through a window) Wait! Guys, there she is.
[She points to the window, and they see Tommy’s grandma sleeping on the couch.]
Sam: She's asleep. 
Sarah Quinn: I guess we'll just have to wake her up.
The Gang: (knocking on the window) Hello! Come on. Hello!
Sam: Hello! Tommy's grandma!
[However, the old lady was too busy sleeping to hear them.]
Sam: Wow. Guess she's a deep sleeper. 
Sarah Quinn: (tries to open the door but it’s locked) It's locked.  Find another way in and go get that book. 
Sonny Quinn: What are you gonna do? 
Sarah Quinn: (picks up a shovel) I'm gonna make sure nothing surprises us. Go!
[Later, the boys went into the house by climbing through the window. As they go in, Sam hits his forehead on the window.]
Sam: Ow! 
Sonny Quinn: Shh. 
Sam: What? 
Sonny Quinn: I can't believe we're breaking into someone's house right now.
[They walk by the sleeping elderly and Sam sees a bowl of gummy bears on a stool.]
Sam: Oh, hey, Sonny, they got gummy bears.
Sonny Quinn: Who cares? Stop screwing around.
[As Sam goes to grab some candy, an animatronic hand slams down and nearly grabs him. Sam screams a little. Luckily, the elderly lady didn't wake up from the sound.]
Sonny Quinn: Sam, stop screwing around. Let's go. 
Sam: Okay. Alright.
[He turns off the electronic basket and takes some gummy bears with him.]
Slappy the Dummy: (voiceover) Watch this, Walter. 
[In the laboratory, Slappy and Walter come to a deactivated control center.]
Ogre Walter: Whoa. Whoa. 
Slappy the Dummy: Why settle for a small family, Walter, when we can project my power everywhere and bring all of Halloween to life?
Ogre Walter: (laughs) Yeah. 
Slappy the Dummy: Karru marri odonna loma molonu karrano. Karru marri odonna loma molonu karrano.
[Soon, the tower starts to go haywire from his magic and sends out a shockwave which makes every Halloween decoration come to life! Back in Tommy’s house, Sonny finds the book in a drawer.]
Sonny Quinn: Sam, I found it.
Sam: You found it?
Sonny Quinn: Yeah. (sees the author’s name on it) "R.L. Stine." How did we miss that?
[Suddenly, the lights flickered on and off.]
Sam: That can't be good.
Sonny Quinn: We gotta go.
[They went downstairs to the living room.]
Sonny Quinn: Let's just go back out the window. 
Sam: All right.
[Sam sees the gummy bear basket and goes to grab some more, when suddenly, the hand grabs him.]
Sam: Ah!
Sonny Quinn: Sam!
Sam: The hand has my hand!
Sonny Quinn: Just rip it off! Throw it!
[Sam rips the hand off his hand and throws the basket away. Sonny, however, notices something else.]
Sonny Quinn: Sam, turn around.
[They turned around and saw lots of gummy bears walking around on the floor.]
Sonny Quinn: They're moving.
Sam: Sonny, they're just gummy bears. They're so tiny and cute. What can they do? (to the gummy bears) Hey there, little guys.
Sonny Quinn: Sam, you just ate half their family. I would not do that if I were you.
[The gummy bears begin to merge with each other to form big gummy bears.]
Sonny Quinn: Why are they walking towards us? 
Sam: Okay. Alright. Maybe they just want us to stay and play.
[The gummy bears then bare their teeth and jump towards them. Meanwhile, Sarah had noticed that the streets were empty on Halloween night.]
Sarah Quinn: God, where is everyone?
[Back in the house, the boys are under attack by the little cavity makers.]
Sonny Quinn: Oh, there's one on my back, Sam!
Sam: Okay, okay! 
[He tries to pull the yellow gummy bear off his friend.]
Sonny Quinn: Pull harder! 
Sam: I'm trying!
[Sam then pulled the gummy bear off Sonny’s back.]
Sonny Quinn: Go for the window, Sam! 
Sam: (while battling the yellow gummy bear) I'm coming! 
[He slams the gummy bear down and kicks him, only for it to bounce off a wall and hit him. Meanwhile, Sonny hides behind a couch as a green gummy bear throws some plates at him. Sam was busy beating the daylights out of a giggling red gummy bear.]
Sam: (as he punches the gummy bear) Just! Stop! Giggling! 
[On the last punch, his hand is being absorbed into its head.]
Sonny Quinn: Sam! I need some help over here... 
[He sees his friend being dragged by the gummy bears.]
Sam: Sonny!
[During the skirmish, Sonny’s phone starts to ring and he answers it.]
Sonny Quinn: (on phone) Mom, we're under attack!
Kathy Quinn: (on phone) Sonny, what are you talking about? Where's Sarah? Who's attacking you?
Sonny Quinn: (on phone) Gummy bears.
Kathy Quinn: (on phone) What? Honey, you're mumbling. 
[The green gummy bear hops onto the couch above him.]
Kathy Quinn: (on phone) Put Sarah on the phone. Sonny.
[The bear jumps onto him and sticks on his head.]
Kathy Quinn: (on phone) What...?  Okay, that's it. Do not leave the house! I'm coming home.
[As Sonny struggles to move around with the gummy bear on his head, a red gummy bear comes and trips him. Suddenly, the opened book drops down and sucks up the green gummy bear from his head. However, Sam is being captured by the giant red gummy bear.]
Sam: Sonny, help!
Sonny Quinn: Sam, I'm coming!
Sam: Hurry!
[Sonny arrives and uses the book to suck up the giant gummy bear. Colorful gummy bears broke off from the giant gummy bear as they were being vacuumed in. One small red gummy bear was left hanging on the doorknob.]
Red Gummy Bear: No, no, no! You'll never take me alive! 
[Sam flicks the gummy bear into the book and Sonny closes it.]
Sam: That is my new favorite book.
Sonny Quinn: You okay? 
Sam: I think. Let's get out of here.
[He opens the door to reveal Sarah waiting outside. The boys screamed at the surprise appearance.]
Sarah Quinn: What are you guys doing in there? 
Sam: Oh, no big deal, really. Just being mauled by my favorite comfort food!
Sarah Quinn: Wait. Just stop. Stop, stop! What are you guys even talking about? 
Sonny Quinn: Everything is alive, Sarah. Even candy!
Sarah Quinn: Well, is that the book? Let's read it. 
Sonny Quinn: There's something you need to know about this book. 
Sarah Quinn: What?
Sam: Look out!
[They see a skeleton bride coming towards them and Sarah whacks her head off with a shovel. The groom then appears, and she gives him a kick to the crotch. Sonny then opens the book, and the skeleton is sucked in. Sarah was amazed by the magical book.]
Sonny Quinn: That's what. This is not a normal book, Sarah.
[Sarah sees a bouquet on the ground and picks it up, only to find out it’s a bouquet of eyeballs. She drops it in disgust.]
Sarah Quinn: Who would write this?
[We then see R.L. Stine grabbed his belongings and headed out of his cabin. Meanwhile, Kathy was driving home when she saw the Headless Horseman trotting by on his horse.]
Kathy Quinn: Oh, what is this? Okay.
Headless Horseman: Huh?
Kathy Quinn: Oh!
Headless Horseman: (gets out his sword) Hyah! (rides off with his horse)
Kathy Quinn: Oh, you rehearsed that, did you? Best costume of the night, sir.
[As she continued driving, chaos was stirring in Oak Forest. A hanging bat monster hisses at some trick-or-treaters by the porch while Halloween baskets and bags come to life. A pumpkin creature walks by, witches cast fire on the streets, and bedsheet ghosts zoom through the air.]
Sarah Quinn: There! Let's take the alley. It's empty.
[They ran into an alley to hide from the monsters.]
Sarah Quinn: Wait, wait! We need to read the book and see how we can end this. Let me see.
[Sonny hands the book to Sarah.]
Sarah Quinn: Let’s see.... (reads) "It was nearly Halloween in the town of Wardenclyffe..." (stops reading) Blah, blah, blah. Here, here! (resumes reading) "His revenge was to create a family by bringing Halloween to life, but that wasn't enough." 
Sam: Why? That seems like plenty of revenge to me. 
Sarah Quinn: "Because he wanted more than a family. He wanted a mother. His plan was to..." 
Sonny Quinn: Was to what? Keep reading. 
Sarah Quinn: I can't. That was the last page. (shows them a blank page) It's an unfinished manuscript. 
Sonny Quinn: What?! (swipes the book and flips through the rest of the blank pages) Great! What do we now? 
Sarah Quinn: Slappy's gonna go after Mom. That book is the only thing we have to stop him. We have to go to the nursing home and save her.
Sonny Quinn: Mom's not at the nursing home.
Sarah Quinn: Where is she?
Sonny Quinn: On her way home to save us.
Sarah Quinn: What?
Sonny Quinn: She called while we were attacked by gummy bears. 
Sarah Quinn: Why answer at a time like that?
Sonny Quinn: Maybe because unlike you, Sarah, I pick up Mom's phone calls.
Sarah Quinn: Really? Guilt trip much?
Sam: We need to find your mom before Slappy does. Now, come on, let's go!
[Back in the Tesla tower, Slappy has a chair with restraints on it. It had been handcrafted by his ogre servant, Walter.]
Slappy the Dummy: Your woodworking skills are impressive. Yes. This will do nicely.
Ogre Walter: Oh, I used to manage a hardware store.
Slappy the Dummy: Walter. Focus, please.
Ogre Walter: Yes.
Slappy the Dummy: Now tell my monsters to get me Mama and get me that book.
Ogre Walter: Yeah.
[He went out to order the monsters to look for Kathy. Meanwhile, the gang was walking through the creature-infested neighborhood.]
Sonny Quinn: Duck! 
[Winged jack o’ lanterns fly towards them, and they ducked while they bat at the pumpkins. They then see Mr. Chu’s giant balloon spider now alive and shooting webs at some poor victims.]
Sonny Quinn: That's Mr. Peters!
[Tommy was seen webbed to a tree as a skeleton and his dog walked by. The dog sniffs on his foot...]
Tommy Madigan: Nice doggy.
[….and proceeds to pee on it.]
Tommy Madigan: Ah! Not on my leg!
[The three then sees Kathy being webbed up on the tree.]
Kathy Quinn: (trapped in the web) Help!
Sarah Quinn: That's Mom! That's Mom! Come on!
[They start running towards the captive mother.]
Kathy: (trapped in the web) Kids, watch out!
[The balloon spider moves one of its legs down on the car, making a hole through it.]
Kathy Quinn: (trapped in the web) Behind you!
[They moved out of the way as mummies ran past them. They hide behind Mr. Chu’s car as the spider leaves the house.]
Sarah Quinn: Okay, now's our chance. Give me the book. (Sonny hands her the book) I'm gonna protect Mom. You get the ladder and meet me at that tree.  Wait till it's safe, then go. 
Sonny Quinn: Okay.
[Sarah leaves the hiding spot and uses the book to suck in an oncoming skeleton.]
Sarah Quinn: Okay, okay.
[Next, she sucked in another skeleton and noticed a werewolf running towards her. However, it was just a neighbor in a werewolf costume as he removed his mask.]
Werewolf Neighbor: Oh, my God! We're all gonna die! Run for your life! Ah! Oh, my God. (runs away)
Sarah Quinn: Oops. Not a monster.
Sam: All right, let's go! Come on!
[The others ran over to the Quinn house, only to find some living pumpkins, including Sam and Sonny’s pumpkins.]
Sergeant Squash: Halt! My orders are to guard this porch!
Sonny Quinn: No way.
Sam’s Pumpkin: You like carving pumpkins, huh? Look what you did to poor Terry.
Terry: Hiya! I'm round.
Sam’s Pumpkin: Sergeant Squash, open fire.
[Sergeant Squash proceeds to spew seeds at the gang while Sam’s pumpkin breathes fire. Sam used a trash can lid as a shield for flame protection.]
Sam: We need to find another way in!
Sonny Quinn: No. This is my house.
[He runs up to the sergeant, raises his foot, and squishes him.]
Sergeant Squash: I'm hit! Medic!
[Sonny then grabs Sam’s pumpkin and lifts him over Terry.]
Sam’s Pumpkin: What are you doing? Put me down!
Terry: Hiya! Happy Easter.
Sam’s Pumpkin: No, no!
[He slams the pumpkin down on Terry, squishing them both.]
Sam: Yes! Let's go.
[Meanwhile, Sarah manages to reach her captured mom.]
Kathy Quinn: Sarah, I was so worried. Are you okay? 
Sarah Quinn: I'm fine. Just hang tight. I'm gonna get you down. I promise. I just need you to trust me. 
Kathy Quinn: Don't worry about me. Run. Hide! Ghost at 11 o'clock!
[A bedsheet ghost swoops by and knocks the book off her hand.]
Sarah Quinn: No, no, no!
[She runs to grab it, but the ghost snatches it away.]
Sarah Quinn: Get back here!
[As the ghost flies by, she grabs it by the sheet.]
Sarah Quinn: That's my book!
[The ghost then takes her along for a ride through the air. The boys were seen running with a ladder until they saw Sarah flying on the ghost.]
Sonny Quinn: Sarah!
Kathy Quinn: Sarah, let go of that ghost!
Sonny Quinn: Do not let go of that ghost!
[Sarah falls off the ghost and lands near a prop gravestone.]
Sonny Quinn: Are you okay? 
Sarah Quinn: No, that ghost took the book. 
[The balloon spider returns and grabs the webbed-up mother away.]
Sonny Quinn: Mom! 
Kathy Quinn: (trapped in the web) Oh, kids. Help! 
Sarah Quinn: No, no, no! 
Kathy Quinn: (trapped in the web) Sarah! 
Sarah Quinn: Mom!
[They see the balloon spider heading towards the Tesla lab in the distance.]
Sonny Quinn: It's heading for the Tesla lab. Slappy brought the tower to life. That's why this is happening.
Sarah Quinn: We have to stop him.
[Sam hears noises behind them.]
Sam: Uh, guys?
[They turned around and saw some monsters surrounding them.]
Sarah Quinn: Sonny, what do we do?
Sonny Quinn: I don't know. You're the older one.
[As they back away from the monsters, a pair of mummified hands suddenly grabs them and pulls them into the house. They screamed, but the mummy removed its disguise, revealing itself to be Mr. Chu.]
Mr. Chu: No, no, no. It's me, Mr. Chu! 
Sarah Quinn: Mr. Chu? 
Mr. Chu: Shh! Follow me! To the basement now! (as the three follow him) Don't ruin the Mylar. I'm saving it for next year. Go, go, go.
[As R.L. Stine drives to Wardenclyffe, the three have a meeting with Mr. Chu about their current situation.]
Mr. Chu: Let me get this straight. We are living a Goosebumps story right now?
Sarah Quinn: Okay, clearly, you're a fan.
Mr. Chu: This is the greatest thing I've ever heard! Hold on. Let me guess, let me guess, let me guess. Um... Monster Blood. No, too on the nose. Yeah, you're right. Um... The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight.
Sonny Quinn: No. Haunted Halloween.
Mr. Chu: I don't know that one. How does it end?
Sarah Quinn: That's the problem. It doesn't.
[In the Tesla tower, Kathy was restrained in the chair with a tape covering her mouth. Slappy magically appears close to her.]
Slappy the Dummy: Hello, Mama. Remember me? You put me on your lap. Put those cute words in my mouth. What was it you called me? "Bobo"? Ha-ha-ha. Can't talk? Don't you worry. From now on, I'll do the talking for both of us. I'm gonna make you so proud, Mama. (closed his eyes and chants the magic words) Onarrak unolom amol annodo irram urrak. (chuckles evilly as his magic starts working)
Ogre Walter: (chuckles) It's working.
Slappy the Dummy: Yes. (he and Walter laugh evilly)
[Back in Mr. Chu’s basement, the neighbor was incredibly surprised.]
Mr. Chu: My mind is literally blown right now. I mean, we get to finish our Goosebumps story! 
Sarah Quinn: This isn't a creative-writing exercise, Mr. Chu. Slappy has our mom! 
Mr. Chu: Yeah, and then you get to save your mom. It's Chapter 22: "The kids save their mom from the demonic dummy."
Sarah Quinn: Well, the only thing I had to save my mom was that book, and I lost it. So... 
Sonny Quinn: Sarah. This is not your fault. If anything, it's my fault. I'm the one who found the book and brought Slappy to life. And I even told Slappy about Tesla.
Sarah Quinn: Mom trusted me to take care of you guys, and I told her I would save her. I failed. I know I always say that I can't wait to go to college and get started on my real life, but you guys are my life.
Mr. Chu: This is a classic Goosebumps moment. Do you remember “Say Cheese and Die...?” 
Sam: This is real life, Chu!
Mr. Chu: Okay.
Sonny Quinn: Guys, Slappy is using the Tesla Tower to power Halloween. If I can get in there, maybe I can shut it off, and we can save Mom.
Sam: Yeah, but there's monsters everywhere. How are we gonna get past them?
Mr. Chu: Easy. Camouflage.
[He takes the three into a costume designer part of the basement.]
Mr. Chu: Welcome to my crafts lab. 
Sam: Wow.
[They then began working on their costume disguises. Sam wore a black shirt while Chu painted white marks on it. Sarah finds a book from a shelf titled “Frankenstein” and gets an idea. She tapes some parts black and glues a tag on the side to make it look like the manuscript. Soon, the gang stepped out of the garage all dressed up in costumes. Sarah was a witch while Sam is a skeleton and Sonny a pumpkin creature. The three looked around to see the monsters roaming around the neighborhood.]
Sam: Jeez, they're still everywhere.
[The monsters paid no attention to them, for they were monsters like them.]
Sonny Quinn: It's actually working. Come on. We gotta get to that tower.
[They soon reached the Tesla tower, where the Abominable Snowman and some monsters guarded the entrance in case of intruders. They hide behind a bush.]
Sonny Quinn: I can't believe we're really here. I can barely see out of this thing. Is it cool? Is it awesome?
Sarah Quinn: Hey, fanboy. Let's focus.
Sonny Quinn: Right. Sorry.
[The monsters move away from the entrance.]
Sarah Quinn: Let's go.
[They ran out of the bush and towards the entrance, only to encounter the pumpkin creature. They stood still in fear as it stared at them carefully.]
Sarah Quinn: Don't. Move.
[After a careful inspection, the pumpkin monster moves aside to let the disguised trio in.]
Sarah Quinn: Come on, let's go. Come on!
[They snuck into the lab and remove their masks.]
Sam: Look at this place.
Sarah Quinn: It's so creepy.
Sonny Quinn: Stay close.
[They carefully walk inside the abandoned laboratory.]
Sam: No wonder Tesla abandoned this place.
Sarah Quinn: Shh, shh, shh. Do you hear that?
[They hear something in the lab and then bats fly out of the darkness.]
Sonny Quinn: Come on.
[They walked through a door, unaware that a scary figure was running past them from behind. Back in town, R.L. Stine stepped out of his car and surveyed the chaos going on. He realized what book these monsters came from.]
R.L. Stine: Oh, no. Not Haunted Halloween.
[He sees the Grim Reaper slowly moving towards some civilians, while a spooky, scary skeleton chases down a few others.]
R.L. Stine: Oh, my writing was so cliche back then.
[He then finds a red balloon floating by a sewer drain eerily.]
R.L. Stine: I knew it! I knew I came up with that first. Always a classic.
[The author sees the Tesla tower spouting electricity in the distance.]
R.L. Stine: That clever little dummy's writing his own ending. Not in my book, he's not.
[Suddenly, two garden gnomes appear by his feet and approach him.]
R.L. Stine: Oh, gnooooomes. Don't you dare. Stay. (one gnome swings its pickaxe at his foot) Ow! Son of a...
[He kicks them away and spots some witches coming.]
R.L. Stine: (shocked) Ooooh, witches! (gets in his car) Get away, witches!
[As he drives away from the witches, we come back to the gang in the tower.]
Sam: Guys, do you hear that?
Sonny Quinn: Shh!
[They climbed up the steps and managed to reach the top.]
Sonny Quinn: Wow.
Sarah Quinn: Whoa.
[Just then, they hear mischievous laughter nearby. They see Slappy standing across the lab.]
Slappy the Dummy: Welcome.
Sarah Quinn: Slappy.
[They run towards him, only to run into the hunchback ogre, Walter.]
Sam: (recognized the ogre) Walter?
Sarah Quinn: Where's my mother?
Slappy the Dummy: Don't you mean our mother?
[He turns the chair around to reveal Sonny and Sarah’s mother, who was transformed into a dummy! The three gasped in shock.]
Dummy Kathy: There's my sweet little babies. I just love a family reunion. 
Sonny Quinn: Mom.
Sarah Quinn: What did you do?
Slappy the Dummy: I had a papa once! He let me down. But a mother's love is forever. 
Sonny Quinn: Turn her back now, you psycho!
Slappy the Dummy: Oh, should I? Unfortunately, I have other plans. (to his hunchback henchman) Walter! The book, please.
Walter: Yes. (hands Slappy the manuscript) This book.
Slappy the Dummy: Go prepare the tower! (Walter leaves) I'm going to do what Stine couldn't: Finish this book, once and for all. 
[He and Dummy Kathy cackle evilly and he disappears and reappears into a rising elevator.]
Slappy the Dummy: Spoiler alert: The manuscript gets destroyed in that tower, and my Halloween family lasts forever! (to Dummy Kathy) Mama, babysit the children for me. 
Dummy Kathy: Yes, dear.
Sarah Quinn: We can't let him destroy that book. Sonny, turn this thing off. I'm going after Slappy. 
[Sarah climbs up the steps to try to catch up with the dummy.]
Sarah Quinn: Just you and me now, Slappy!
Slappy the Dummy: Can't hear you. I'm too far ahead of you. Hee-hee-hee!
[Down below, Sonny is checking the control panel for the tower.]
Sonny Quinn: (checks the electrical cables) This is amperage and this is voltage? None of these cables make any sense. 
Sam: What about here? Start pulling levers.
Sonny Quinn: No, no, Sam, don't!
[Sam tries to pull a lever, but he receives an electric shock upon touching it.]
Sonny Quinn: Slappy booby-trapped all this stuff.
[Meanwhile, Slappy was approaching the tip of the tower while Sarah climbed up the ladder.]
Slappy the Dummy: Careful, Sarah. It'd be a shame to fall from that height.
[A witch flies by the girl and she narrowly moves out of its way.]
Slappy the Dummy: (offscreen) Plenty more where that came from.
Sarah Quinn: (as she climbs up) Come on, Sonny, turn this thing off.
[Back with the boys, Sonny doesn’t know what lever he should pull.]
Sam: Oh, no. Sonny, hurry up. Slappy's at the top. Do something.
Sonny Quinn: I can't do it, Sam.
Sam: Come on, Sonny. You are the smartest kid I know.
Sonny Quinn: Sam, I couldn't even do my little science project. Slappy did that. And even that one shorted out. (gets an idea) Wait. That's it. We turn it up. All the way up. We blow the fuse.
Sam: Yes!
Sonny Quinn: The fuse is over there.
[Soon, Slappy reached the tip of the tower. In the center lies a blue orb that surged with electricity. The dummy walks toward it with the book in his hand, ready to dispose of it.]
Slappy the Dummy: And now to finish this story and destroy the town.
[Suddenly, a door opens below the floor and Sarah pulls at Slappy’s ankle, making him trip and lose the book.]
Slappy the Dummy: No!
[Sarah then grabs the book off the floor.]
Slappy the Dummy: What do you think you're doing?
Sarah Quinn: Writing my own ending. Spoiler alert: I save the town and put you back where you belong.
[She tries to open the book, but it wouldn’t budge.]
Slappy the Dummy: What's the matter? Writer's block? Again?
[Back inside the tower...]
Sonny Quinn: (points to a lever) Grab that lever.
Sam: This one?
Sonny Quinn: Yes.
[Sam grabs the lever and Sonny goes to his lever.]
Sonny Quinn: On my count, we push up at the same time.
Sam: Ready?
Sonny Quinn: Go!
[They all pushed the levers all the way up and the dials began to turn up at a fast pace while Dummy Kathy was free from the restraints. Electricity surged wildly in the Tesla tower.]
Slappy the Dummy: Give me the book.
[He tries to pull the book away from Sarah with a flick of his finger, but she keeps her grip on it.]
Sarah Quinn: You're not gonna get this book, Slappy.
Slappy the Dummy: I have a friend who might think otherwise.
[The balloon spider crawls up the tower behind the girl and swings one of its legs at her. However, it hits the electric orb, which pops some of its balloons. The tower’s tip was surrounded by various witches and ghosts.]
Slappy the Dummy: Nowhere else to run, sis!
Sarah Quinn: Fine. You win, Slappy. I'll give you the book, but you gotta turn my mom back. 
Slappy the Dummy: Deal.
[She throws Slappy the book and he grabs it.]
Slappy the Dummy: It all ends Slappily ever after.
Sarah Quinn: You forgot one thing, Slappy. (holds up the real book) Never judge a book by its cover.
Slappy the Dummy: What? (sees that the book he was holding is Frankenstein) No!
[Sarah then kicks Slappy into the orb, electrifying him as sparks explode and fly around the laboratory. During this, Kathy was reverted back to her human form, meaning his magic wore off of her.]
Kathy Quinn: Sonny, what's happening?
Sonny Quinn: Mom. We need to get out of here!
[As he is electrocuted, Slappy’s head spins around and the dummy blasts off into the sky. However, there was still the balloon spider and the Goosebumps monsters to deal with. Sarah opens the book and various balloons from the spider were sucked in, but it’s not enough juice. Upon contact with electricity, the book gets an energy boost which creates a massive swirling vortex, sucking up all of the rampaging monsters away from Wardenclyffe. Mr. Chu noticed this miracle from his yard.]
Mr. Chu: It's working! Go, kids!
[As R.L. Stine reached the Tesla tower, the ogre mask was being pulled off of Walter’s face. Soon, Sarah closes the book and the sun begins to rise, signifying that the monster invasion is over. R.L. Stine enters the laboratory.]
R.L. Stine: Hello? Someone called for me? 
Kathy Quinn: Sarah? 
Sarah Quinn: (comes downstairs) Mom! 
[She and her mother reunite and hug each other. Soon, the author arrived.]
R.L. Stine: Hello? I got your message. I'm here. Don't worry. Everything's going to be okay. I need typing paper, a thesaurus, Diet Coke, and a quiet place to compose. Preferably in a comfortable chair with lumbar support.
Sarah Quinn: Are you R.L. Stine?
R.L. Stine: Me? No, I'm Dr. Seuss. R.L. Stine was unavailable. Yes, of course, I'm R.L. Stine!
Sarah Quinn: Then I guess this belongs to you. (hands him the manuscript) Don't open it.
R.L. Stine: My first book. You realize I wrote this when I was around your age. More of an amateur work, really, but I am sure you'll all agree it shows the undeniable promise of a brilliant young writer.
Sonny Quinn: Why do you have a typewriter?
R.L. Stine: I was going to save you with it, although it appears you found a way to save yourselves.
Sam: A typewriter?
R.L. Stine: It's been done before. Once before. Maybe twice. Maybe more.
[Walter arrives, his shirt being a little torn from his hunchback ogre state.]
Walter: Kathy? Walter, manager at Fred's Pharmacy. It's nice to see you.
Kathy Quinn: Hi. It's nice to see you too. What are you doing here?
Walter: I don't know.
Sam: Walter! Walter! You got turned into a monster. You were big, green, ugly. You were Slappy's henchman!
R.L. Stine: Weather patterns. Very strange weather patterns. But I think everything's back to normal now.
Walter: Fine. Okay, yeah, the weather has been weird. It's true. Okay, thanks. (he and Kathy walk away)
Kathy Quinn: (offscreen) What happened to your shirt?
Walter: (offscreen) I don't know.
R.L. Stine: (to the gang) Ixnay on the onsters-may. Go ahead, ollow-fay.
Sam: What?
R.L. Stine: Means "follow." Pig Latin.Oh, the youth today.
[They follow the adults out of the lab.]
Walter: So funny running into you.
Kathy Quinn: Right? I always hoped we'd run into each other outside of work.
Walter: Yeah, me too. Hey, if you're not busy next week, would you wanna have some dinner?
Kathy Quinn: Yeah.
Walter: Yeah?
Kathy Quinn: Yeah, heh, heh.
Sarah Quinn: So they don't remember what happened to them?
R.L. Stine: The transmutation process seems to have wiped their memories clean. All those who were affected won't remember a thing.
[Suddenly, Tommy fell from the sky and landed in a bush. Sonny and Sam came up to him.]
Sonny Quinn: Tommy?
Sam: Are you okay?
Tommy Madigan: Oh, my God. Guys. I had this crazy dream. (hugs Sonny) I'm so glad to see you.
Sonny Quinn: (hugs him back) You know, can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm glad to see you too, Tommy.
R.L. Stine: Kids falling from the sky. My work here is done. (walks to his car)
Sarah Quinn: I'm a writer too. Well, an aspiring, very stuck writer at the moment.
R.L. Stine: My condolences. All the horrors in the world can't compare to the terrors of the blank page.
Sarah Quinn: Um, any advice on college essays? (gets inside his car)
R.L. Stine: Well, first rule of writing: write what you know. Thirty years, and I couldn't figure out how this book should end. And somehow you figured out how to finish it in one night. I believe in you.
[And so, he drives off and leaves Wardenclyffe.]
Sarah Quinn: "Write what you know."
[Later, Sarah starts typing down her essay on her computer, fully motivated from the events that had transpired.]
Sarah Quinn: (voiceover) Recount a time in your life when you faced a fear, challenge or failure. I think most of us are afraid that we don't have a story to tell. That there's nothing special about us. And then a moment comes when you least expect it where you have to step up, no matter how terrified you are.
[We see the Quinns, Sam, and Walter playing Pictionary at the Quinn house.]
Sarah Quinn: (voiceover) But what I've learned is that it's good to be scared sometimes. Scared of losing the people we love.
[They make various guesses at a drawing of a person with a bow saying, “Blah blah.”]
Sarah Quinn: Stop, stop!
Kathy Quinn: It's a ventriloquist dummy.
Walter: Oh.
Sonny Quinn: Really?
Sarah Quinn: That's not funny, Mom.
Sam: Too soon.
Walter: No, I like it.
[Next, we see Sonny being given a golden trophy at the science fair by the school principal, who resembles a famous horror writer.]
Principal Harrison: (shakes Sonny’s hand) Congratulations, Sonny.
Sonny Quinn: Thank you so much, Principal Harrison.
Sarah Quinn: (voiceover) Or scared of not achieving our dreams. Because those moments remind us just how special our stories really are.
[Kathy and Walter were at a table having a date.]
Kathy Quinn: (raises her glass) Here's to us.
Walter: (raises his glass) Indeed. (they clink their glasses)
[Sarah returns to her house and sees Mr. Chu’s front yard decorated in Christmas props.]
Mr. Chu: Hey, Sarah!
Sarah Quinn: Hi, Mr. Chu.
Mr. Chu: Watch this.
[He pressed a button on his remote and the animatronic reindeer started moving.]
Sarah Quinn: I like it.
Mr. Chu: Yeah, I just made it life-size this year. You know, just in case. No, seriously, you know, just in case.
Sarah Quinn: Right. I'll see you later, Mr. Chu.
Mr. Chu: Bye!
[As she walks toward her home, her phone receives a notification. She then sees that it was from Columbia University. When she opened the mail, her eyes widened in surprise.]
Sarah Quinn: (voiceover) And maybe when you face enough of your fears, life stops being so scary after all.
[She enters the house with her jaw dropped. The others were busy hanging up ornaments on the Christmas tree.]
Kathy Quinn: Hey, honey. What happened?
Sarah Quinn: (shows her mom the acceptance message) I got in.
Kathy Quinn: I knew it. I knew you could do it. (hugs Sarah) Oh, I'm so proud of you!
Sonny Quinn: (hugs Sarah) I guess I'm proud.
Sarah Quinn: Thanks, Sonny.
Sam: Come on, bring it in. (Sarah hugs him) Congratulations.
Kathy Quinn: Here, take off your jacket. (to the others) Guys, give her some ornaments, please. 
Sam: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Kathy Quinn: I'm so happy!
[Meanwhile, in his cabin home, R.L. Stine was just about done finishing up Haunted Halloween. He gets the final page off his typewriter.]
R.L. Stine: Finally, a new book. (sets the page inside the manuscript) Yes. (locks the book)
[He walks over to the fireplace and moves a mounted skunk from its post, making it reveal a hidden library of Goosebumps manuscripts behind it. Suddenly, a sinister voice rings out.]
Slappy the Dummy: (offscreen) Hello, Papa.
[He turns around and sees Slappy on the couch holding his own manuscript on his lap.]
R.L. Stine: (shocked) Slappy! I thought the book got you.
Slappy the Dummy: Maybe those others, but not me.
R.L. Stine: Why is that?
Slappy the Dummy: You know I always survive. You wrote me that way. In fact, I wrote my own story while I was gone.  And guess what. You're the main character.
R.L. Stine: (terrified) No.
[He opens the book, and it starts to suck the author in.]
R.L. Stine: Nooooo!
[Soon, R.L. Stine was trapped inside the book like his creations. The dummy closed the book.]
Slappy the Dummy: You try living in a book for a while, Papa. (laughs evilly; to the audience) Slappy Halloween!
[He delivers his evil cackle as he disappears with the typewriter, leaving the book with R.L. Stine trapped in it behind. Roll credits.]
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