Taglines: Halloween comes to life.
Teenager Sarah Quinn (Madison Iseman) lives with her mother Kathy (Wendi McLendon-Covey) and younger brother Sonny (Jeremy Ray Taylor) in Wardenclyffe, New York. Sarah is attempting to get into Columbia University by writing an essay about fear. Kathy agrees to watch Sonny’s friend Sam Carter (Caleel Harris) while his father goes out of town. Sonny and Sam are attempting to start a garbage cleanup business, and are called after school to clean up an abandoned house.
Inside, they find a locked manuscript and open it, causing Slappy the Dummy to appear. They unknowingly bring him to life by speaking magic words found in his pocket. The book is later stolen by a bully named Tommy Madigan (Payton Wich). At home, Sonny is working on his science project, a miniature version of Nikola Tesla’s Wardenclyffe Tower. Slappy then reveals he’s alive to Sonny and Sam, and gets their trust by using his magic to do the boy’s chores and homework. Meanwhile, Sarah goes to a party to meet her boyfriend.
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (also known as Goosebumps 2 and marketed as such on home release)[7] is a 2018 American horror comedy film directed by Ari Sandel and written by Rob Lieber, from a story by Lieber and Darren Lemke. A sequel to 2015’s Goosebumps, it is based on the children’s horror book series of the same name by R. L. Stine and stars Wendi McLendon-Covey, Madison Iseman, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Caleel Harris, Chris Parnell and Ken Jeong, with Jack Black reprising his role as Stine from the first film.
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween was released in the United States on October 12, 2018 by Sony Pictures Releasing, under its Columbia Pictures label. The film received mixed reviews from critics and has grossed over $93 million worldwide against its $35 million budget. As of December 30, 2018, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween has grossed $46.7 million in the United States and Canada, and $46 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $92.7 million, against a production budget of $35 million.
In the United States and Canada, Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween was released alongside First Man and Bad Times at the El Royale, and was projected to gross $15–21 million from 3,521 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $4.9 million on its first day, including $750,000 from Thursday night previews, up from $600,000 by the first film. It went on to debut to $15.8 million (down 33% from the first film’s opening of $23.6 million), finishing fourth at the box office, behind Venom, A Star Is Born and First Man.[29] The film dropped 38% in its second weekend, to $9.7 million, remaining in fourth.
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)
Directed by: Ari Sandel
Starring: Wendi McLendon-Covey, Madison Iseman, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Caleel Harris, Chris Parnell, Ken Jeong, Chris Parnell, Bryce Cass, Peyton Wich, Christian Finlayson, Courtney Lauren Cummings
Screenplay by: Rob Lieber
Production Design by: Rusty Smith
Cinematography by: Barry Peterson
Film Editing by: Keith Brachmann, David Rennie
Costume Design by: Salvador Pérez Jr.
Set Decoration by: Jeanette Scott
Music by: Dominic Lewis
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Release Date: October 12, 2018
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