Gänsehaut 2: Gruseliges Halloween (2018)

Gänsehaut 2: Gruseliges Halloween: Directed by Ari Sandel. With Wendi McLendon-Covey, Madison Iseman, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Caleel Harris. Two young friends find a magic book that brings a ventriloquist’s dummy to life.

“I quite enjoyed Goosebumps (2015) it was silly larger than life fun based on books I certainly enjoyed as a child. I did however not expect a sequel!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLed by two very entertaining kids, flanked by the always likeable Wendi McLendon-Covey and less so Ken Jeong the movies cast is a solid one.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSFX? Ropey in places but the movie is on a big scale, monsters of all shapes and sizes so the cgi is rife.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePlot? Highly generic stuff but passable enough to kill 90 minutes with.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo where do the real issues lay? Well the tone seems rather different, this doesnu0026#39;t feel like a loyal Goosebumps sequel it feels like something youu0026#39;d watch on a Saturday morning with your kids. It feels like Kenan u0026amp; Kel Halloween special, the horror is pretty much non-existent and instead is a full on goofy family comedy. That really damaged the film for me, sure I didnu0026#39;t expect actual horror but a degree of threat like the first movie would have been nice and not a full on childrenu0026#39;s movie. Absolutely no parental supervision needed for this one!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI enjoyed all the wacky monsters, I liked how bright and colorful the whole thing was and how the two leads managed to be likeable despite my hatred for kids. Haunted Halloween isnu0026#39;t bad, itu0026#39;s just very disappointing and if this is the direction theyu0026#39;re going in then Iu0026#39;m not fussed for any more films.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Good:u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLooks great for the most partu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCast do a decent jobu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGreat monstersu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe Bad:u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eCGI fails in placesu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSaturday morning tone did nothing for me”