RL Stine raises the goosebumps and future fears of Fear Street

Since 1992, RL Stine was scared children on the page through his Goosebumps and Road of fear books In recent years, both have been adapted, with a again Goosebumps shows on Disney+ and Road of fear trilogy of films on Netflix.

Stine recently spoke with the Hollywood Reporter on the two projects, in particular Goosebumps. Those original books were aimed at children aged 7-11, which he considers the ideal audience as it is “the last time in their eyes they will ever be excited”. The children in these stories were tweens, but the show features a high school cast, which he admitted caught him at first. Once he adjusted to it, he found the new show scarier than its 90s predecessor and the more recent films.

The next one Goosebumps seasonstarting from December 10, stars David Schwimmer and a new cast of children. Stine watched its first two episodes and hyped the season as “terrifying”, and said that it will stay true to the spirit of the books. For example, he said the new season features a person dying, which he usually avoids Goosebumps stories To him, that death in the show does not break the rules of the series, since it is set in a flashback – if anything, he thinks that the trick “elevates” the franchise, in a way.

If you indeed You want to see death in Stine’s stories, you can find that in Road of fear. He noticed that the difference goosebumps, that series “kills teenagers left and right”, and “everyone loves it when you kill teenagers”. Last year, Stine said a fourth movie based on Prom Queen book was in the works, which is said to be directed by The watchman Chloe Okuno. It seems that the film will be followed by two more films, as he told THR “the writers are working. I have my fingers crossed.” Netflix has not yet revealed anything about it, but it is rumored to arrive sometime in 2025.

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