{"id":20527,"date":"2018-09-27T02:32:37","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T02:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/kids-club\/entertainment\/movies\/alpha-copy\/"},"modified":"2018-11-06T01:07:28","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T01:07:28","slug":"goosebumps-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/nz\/kids-club\/entertainment\/movies\/goosebumps-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Get ready for a spooky halloween adventure with Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween \u2013 <\/em>i<\/strong>n cinemas now!<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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What’s\u00a0Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween <\/em>about?<\/h2>\n

Based on\u00a0R.L. Stine\u2019s 400-million-selling series of books,\u00a0Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween,\u00a0<\/em>follows the Quinn family \u2013 Sarah, her younger brother Sonny and their mother Kathy into an entirely new set of spooky, exciting, and funny events.<\/p>\n

Sonny and schoolmate Sam are best friends with a side job as the ‘Junk Brothers,’ collecting discarded stuff other people don\u2019t want. But unfortunately it leads them to Slappy \u2013 the mischievous ventriloquist dummy from an unpublished Goosebumps<\/em> book! At first, Slappy seems to want nothing more than to be part of the Quinn family, but eventually he kidnaps Kathy and brings all of his Halloween friends back to life!<\/p>\n

Then what?<\/h2>\n

As Halloween transforms their sleepy town into a full-on monster mash-up, including freaky creatures like giant gummy bears and creepy garden gnomes, Sarah, the boys and neighbour Mr Chu team up to save Kathy and the town from Slappy\u2019s wicked plan.<\/p>\n

In cinemas now!<\/h2>\n

Meet the characters!<\/h2>\n

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Sarah:<\/b> Sarah’s very smart and is in the process of applying to Columbia University. As part of the application process, she is writing an essay on overcoming fear\u2026 and she\u2019s about to get inspired in ways she never expected when the creatures from R.L. Stine\u2019s imagination come to life once again.<\/p>\n

Sonny: <\/b>Sonny is brilliant at science and naturally curious. He\u2019s particularly interested in Tesla and the experiments he conducted in an abandoned lab in their hometown on Long Island. But curiosity killed the cat\u2026 and Sonny\u2019s own natural curiosity could do the same for him!<\/p>\n

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Sam:<\/strong>\u00a0Sam is Sonny\u2019s best friend \u2013 he has an entrepreneurial streak, and with Sonny, they spend their free time trying to run a junk clearing business (Junk Brothers) where they remove other people\u2019s junk in the hopes of discovering valuable treasure. When they discover the old books in the decrepit Stine mansion, one man\u2019s treasure becomes a whole town\u2019s nightmare as Halloween comes to life.<\/p>\n

Kathy: <\/b>Kathy is Sarah and Sonny\u2019s mum, who at first doesn\u2019t understand the very real dangers that Slappy has begun to unleash\u2026<\/p>\n

Mr. Chu:\u00a0<\/b>Mr. Chu is Sonny and Sam\u2019s neighbour \u2013 who goes a little overboard with his Halloween decorations.<\/p>\n

Tommy Madigan: <\/b>Tommy is the school bully \u2013 quick to get in Sonny and Sam\u2019s faces.<\/p>\n

Slappy: <\/b>Slappy is the ventriloquist\u2019s dummy from R. L. Stine\u2019s imagination. As he comes to life, he orchestrates a plan to bring the mischief of Halloween to life \u2013 unless the heroic trio of kids can get him back in the books where he belongs.<\/p>\n

Walter: <\/b>Walter is the handsome manager at the local drugstore. He and Kathy clearly have a thing\u2026 and he will be embroiled in Slappy\u2019s chaos.<\/p>\n

Meet the monsters!<\/h2>\n

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Slappy\u2019s Monster Squad includes a Banshee; Goblins with faces painted in bright blues, purples, and greens to make their skin tone look as though it were glowing; the Zombie Pirate; the Skeleton Bride and Groom; the Alien, which is painted in a traditional grey but with a slimy coating; the Grim Reaper; the Trolls; the Hanging Bat; a vampire; the Headless Horseman, who rides into town in a historically accurate costume on an actual horse; the Panther; and the Day of the Dead Ladies, who are first seen as lawn decorations.<\/p>\n

Also making eerie appearances alongside the mummies are R.L. Stine\u2019s other original creations in his books: the Scarecrows from The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight<\/em>; the pulse-quickening pumpkin from Attack of the Jack O\u2019Lanterns<\/em>; the yelp-inducing yeti from The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena<\/em>, the hairy menace from The Werewolf of Fever Swamp<\/em>; and those front yard frightsters from The Gnomes from Revenge of the Gnomes<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Watch the trailer!<\/h2>\n