Where To Watch Goosebumps (Original Show & Reboot) – Armessa Movie News

R.L. Stine’s beloved ’90s book series Goosebumps spawned an equally iconic anthology television series that debuted on Fox Kids Network in 1995 and was later rebooted by Disney in 2023, and both versions of the show are easily available to watch online. The books and the original Goosebumps TV show were famous for walking the line between scariness and silliness, striking a unique balance that led to the series being embraced by millions since the release of the first novel in 1992. Disney’s rebooted version of Goosebumps leans into that balance while updating the narratives for a modern audience.

Like the original series, Disney’s rebooted Goosebumps TV show looks to titles from the books for its stories. However, where the first series was an anthology, with each episode representing a separate story, the reboot has one continuous narrative. The newer Goosebumps show is also exclusive to one streaming service, whereas the ’90s series, which initially aired on commercial television via Fox Kids Network, can now be found on a variety of video-on-demand platforms and only partially on a different major streaming service.

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The Goosebumps Reboot Streams On Disney+

The first season of the Goosebumps reboot series streams on Disney+ and Hulu beginning on Friday the 13th, in October 2023. The first five episodes debut all at once with further episodes airing every week through the season 1 finale, which airs on November 17. Additionally, the first two episodes of the series air on Freeform, which is a Disney property, as part of their 31 Nights of Halloween set of programming.

The Goosebumps reboot includes several of the most notable monsters and villains from the extensive rogues’ gallery of R.L. Stine, including the evil ventriloquist dummy Slappy and the Horrorland Horrors. In addition to recognizable episode titles like “Night of the Living Dummy” and “Say Cheese and Die,” other installments bear such names as “Reader Beware” and “Give Yourself Goosebumps,” indicating that the show borrows from a number of other R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps-related books. Where the ’90s Goosebumps TV series was pretty strictly intended for younger viewers, the reboot seeks to appeal to both a new young audience and the adults who embraced the original show.

Only Goosebumps Season 1 Is Streaming On Netflix

The original Goosebumps TV show is currently available to stream on Netflix, but only the first season. Some of the show’s most memorable episodes can be found on the platform, including classics like “The Haunted Mask,” “Stay Out of the Basement,” and “Say Cheese and Die.”

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Where To Rent Or Buy Goosebumps Seasons 1-4

For those interested in watching all four seasons of the original Goosebumps TV show, they can be purchased via the VOD platforms Google Play, Vudu, Microsoft, and Apple TV. Only the first season’s episodes can be bought through Amazon Prime Video.

While the first two seasons of the ’90s Goosebumps TV show were directly tied to R.L. Stine’s original Goosebumps novels, seasons 3 and 4 began to branch out into some of Stine’s other collections of tales from the literary franchise. Most notably, there are episodes based on stories from the series Tales to Give You Goosebumps. Seasons 2 and 3 also included the first totally original Goosebumps episodes not based on R.L. Stine’s novels. The best example is “More Monster Blood,” which picks up where the episode adapting the Goosebumps book Monster Blood leaves off and uses the same characters and general narrative to tell a completely original story.