jezfernandez Just started watching these on Netflix after watching the movie with my two daughters. The TV show has some surprisingly strong moments and my 10 year-old finds it too scary. My 8 year-old, however, loves it.The stories are basically Twilight Zone episodes, with more ghosts and monsters. The biggest let-down is the acting. These kids all seem plucked from school drama classes rather than stage school and it really affects the execution and flow of the story. We've only watched a few episodes so far, but I noticed it particularly in Welcome To Camp Nightmare. There's a genuine escalation of weirdness, but Billy's reactions are so dull that it loses impact.Anyway, the premise of "beginning, middle and twist" is nicely done in each episode and that's what makes these stories enjoyable to watch.

mark miller Some of the books had some really awesome covers, but the stories were poorly written, and they were not at all scary. Some of the stories were creative (like the walking scarecrows) but some of them were pretty dumb (like the haunted cuckoo clock or whatever). I read 3-4 of the books as a kid and I was never scared the least bit. So I thought that the show would be a little bit scarier, perhaps..However the show that ran on TV was bad with preteens doing awful acting, lame special effects and cheesy plots.I have no idea why some people like this show, I thought it was awful even as a kid.I guess if you are 6 years old you might be slightly scared by goosebumps books, but if you are above that then you will really start noticing the awful writing of the author, and the fact that goosebumps tends to become really boring once you realize that they are not the slightest bit scary.Labelling these books are horror books is very misleading, they are adventure books for kids, with awful writing and cheesy plots, and the show is just as bad.

kdnor2011 In October 2007, Cartoon Network began airing episodes of the show Goosebumps. After looking it up on Wikipedia, I found that it was a Canadian show from the 1990's. I thought, "Old foreign show, may check it out." I hadn't read the books when I was little, so I didn't know what to expect. The first episode, "The Haunted Mask" aired, and I was instantly hooked.Every episode was like a mix of a Twilight zone episodes and M. Night Shymalan film. Creepy atmosphere, and a twist ending. After watching this show, I asked my little brother to bring home as many of the books from the elementary school library as he could. As soon as I find the episodes on DVD, you can bet I'll buy them.

Salazar "Goosebumps" the television show was based on R.L Stine's popular horror stories for kids. This show was just rockin'! I clearly remember sitting down and watching it with my sister 'cause we were both fans of the show and of the books (my personal favourite is the "Monster Blood" stories). The show wasn't entirely scary (though it may scare very young children), it was rather cheesy actually, but in a good way. Anyhoo, me, my sister and our friends enjoyed watching it so. We taped some of the episodes (and actually have one of the episodes on video); I remember watching 'em all the time, but I have no idea were they are now.In short, "Goosebumps" the show was a very faithful adaption to the stories and a whole lot of fun to watch. Now, if I can only just find those videos....