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PESADILLAS

Goosebumps

2015 US HMDB
agosto 5, 2015

El adolescente Zach Cooper se muda sin muchas ganas con su familia desde Nueva York al pequeño pueblo de Greendale. Allí encuentra un resquicio de ilusión cuando conoce a su vecina, la guapa Hannah, y hace un amigo: Champ. También se entera de que el padre de Hannah es RL Stine, autor del Bestseller de la serie "Pesadillas". Pero Zach descubre que Stine tiene un secreto: las criaturas de sus historias son reales, y las mantiene encerradas en sus libros. Así que cuando en un descuido todos los demonios de Stine son liberados involuntariamente de sus libros, Zach, Hannah, Champ y el propio Stine, en una alocada noche llena de aventuras, tendrán que formar equipo y atrapar a todas las criaturas de la imaginación de Stine para devolverlos a los libros donde pertenecen, con el fin de salvar la ciudad.

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Produccion: Neal H. Moritz (Producer)Ben Waisbren (Executive Producer)Bill Bannerman (Executive Producer)Tania Landau (Executive Producer)Deborah Forte (Producer)Greg Basser (Executive Producer)Bruce Berman (Executive Producer)
Guion: Scott Alexander (Story)Larry Karaszewski (Story)Darren Lemke (Screenplay)
Musica: Danny Elfman (Original Music Composer)
Fotografia: Javier Aguirresarobe (Director of Photography)

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Zach y su madre se mudan de Nueva York a un tranquilo pueblo, no sin el malestar del chico, ya afectado por la prematura pérdida de su padre. Todo parece presagiar una estancia monótona y plana, hasta que el protagonista conoce a Hannah, la bella vecina, vigilada de cerca por un padre severo y de aspecto misterioso. Tras un romántico paseo, los dos regresan a casa, pero durante la noche Zach escucha ruidos y gritos sospechosos provenientes de la casa de los vecinos, hasta el punto de llamar a la policía. La iniciativa no tiene los efectos esperados, así que el joven, ayudado por un excéntrico amigo del colegio, hace salir de casa al padre de Hannah gracias a un truco y se introduce en la villa donde hace un descubrimiento sorprendente: el dueño no es otro que R.L. Stine, autor de cientos de relatos de terror para jóvenes. Pero, como si no fuera suficiente, la peor noticia es que los monstruos creados por la imaginación del escritor están listos para salir de las páginas de los libros para invadir el mundo real. Para todos los que crecieron en los años noventa, un must de las vacaciones de verano era reemplazar los aburridos deberes escolares con la lectura de breves novelas destinadas a hacer época, es decir, la colección "Pesadillas". Relatos fluidos, poco exigentes y efectivos a la hora de jugar con la imaginación creando monstruos y situaciones aterradoras de todo tipo, sin escatimar momentos de hilaridad y diversión. A pesar de que estas cualidades eran adecuadas para una adaptación cinematográfica, el amor entre la serie de libros creada por R.L. Stine y la gran pantalla tuvo dificultades para florecer. De hecho, más allá de una olvidable serie de televisión transmitida en Italia a mediados de los años noventa, se tuvo que esperar hasta nuestros días para que "Pesadillas" encontrara una versión cinematográfica bien definida. El honor y la carga de tal empresa recaen en Rob Letterman, conocido en el ámbito del cine de animación y aventura (basta mencionar "Shark Tale" y "Los fantásticos viajes de Gulliver"), quien tiene el gran mérito de no centrarse en un solo libro de la serie y contarlo de manera pedante, con el riesgo de ser predecible, sino que crea una historia que entrelaza la realidad con la fantasía del propio escritor de la saga con el fin de dejar espacio para efectos especiales y situaciones al límite del grotesco. Una elección ganadora y decisiva para crear una película vibrante y capaz de arrancar muchas risas y también algún inocente y "pequeño" escalofrío (es el caso de decirlo). Con "Pesadillas" Letterman activa una máquina del tiempo imaginaria y nos devuelve a los míticos años ochenta, la edad de oro del cine de terror, durante la cual los muchos thrillers psicológicos y los splatter estaban acompañados de películas de terror dirigidas a un público más joven, cuya palabra de orden era la búsqueda del susto fácil, sin recurrir a imágenes de violencia explícita, sino a efectos especiales no demasiado sofisticados. La influencia de tales atmósferas se puede notar desde la construcción de la trama, en cuyo interior encontramos las convenciones de la época mencionada, que van desde la mudanza a los suburbios hasta el enamoramiento de la vecina, pasando por el elemento de terror que cambia la vida de los protagonistas e imprime a la trama el giro definitivo para despegar. Este último ingrediente va acompañado de una vena irónica pronunciada que en este caso se traduce en la creación de monstruos bien realizados por computadora y, sobre todo, muy coloridos y llamativos que asumen un papel central dentro de las largas y mirabolantes secuencias de aventuras. Entre estas, es necesario recordar la rocambolesca persecución en coche para escapar de una enorme mantis religiosa, la loca carrera en el supermercado que ve a Stine y compañía enfrentándose a un hombre lobo y la extraña lucha en la pista de hockey contra el robusto monstruo de las nieves. En resumen, una trama con ritmos fluidos y bien marcados que culminan en un final frenético y lleno de monstruos pertenecientes al imaginario colectivo del espectador de todas las edades y gustos. La construcción de los personajes y la elección del reparto también están en línea con el espíritu que Letterman imprime a su trabajo. Tenemos a un Jack Black perfecto interpretando a un escritor esclavo de su imaginación y obligado a enfrentarse a los monstruos creados por su propia mente; una pareja de adolescentes enamorados, interpretados por Dylan Minnette y Odeya Rush, bien integrados en sus papeles también desde el punto de vista estético, ya que son jóvenes de buen aspecto; mención especial, finalmente, para Ryan Lee que sorprende por su eficacia en el papel del típico niño siniestro y burlado por todos, pero que sin embargo logra su merecida venganza. "Pesadillas", en resumen, es un producto muy logrado que logra captar tanto al público de los aficionados y nostálgicos como al más joven, que sin duda después de ver la película se sentirá estimulado a redescubrir los libros de la colección.

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Frank Ochieng

Well the Halloween season 2015 is upon us now and what better way than to cozy up to the youngsters at the box office than offering the innocuous tingly treat Goosebumps? The goofy-minded family-friendly frightfest does have the ingredients to muster up some interest for the little goblins out there looking for hearty rounds of boos and bumps. The question remains: does Goosebumps have the mindless macabre-related mayhem to sell its scatterbrained scary tactics to the trick-or-treat tykes looking for off-the-cuff jitters on the big screen?

Director Rob Letterman has armed the frivolous Goosebumps with aimless zaniness anchored on the nutty shoulders of the film’s leading kinetic kook Jack Black. Unfortunately, the loose presentation of combined live action and animation imagery put forth in Goosebumps seemed rather strained and misplaced. Sure, it is noted that Goosebumps reinforce a wackiness rooted in nonsensical hilarity…something considered safe and suitable for the kiddie crowd. Nevertheless, Letterman’s breezy kiddie creepy caper–even with the free-spirited Jack Black at the helm–registers with a lameness that would have some demanding youths rolling their eyes for something more hip and edgy.

Goosebumps is from the imaginative mind of R.L. Stine who has authored the vastly popular children book series while selling millions of copies worldwide. Stine’s aforementioned Goosebumps book collection for young adults (YA) have led to a successful Saturday morning cartoon series as well. Now Sony Pictures Entertainment wants to capitalize on the craze and tap into the youngsters’ consciousness with outlandish Pied Piper Jack Black heading up the charge in this toothless tale of juvenile high jinks.

One would think that Goosebumps could up the ante a bit with the backers involved such as screenwriter Darren Lemke (“Jack the Giant Slayer”) from a story by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski. Both Letterman and Black collaborated on the dud Gulliver’s Travels thus corrupting the Jonathan Swift literary masterpiece with their big screen bomb. Black, who stole the show with his mini-sized co-stars in School of Rock, would be an ideal choice to appear in another children-themed entry mired in outrageous fortune. Unfortunately, Goosebumps merely chalks up its sketchy existence in being a jumbled ball of flimsy foolishness while never really connecting solidly with a cohesive story that brings the frenzied proceedings together. Besides, what could Goosebumps the movie offer in freshness that the countless Stine books and animated program had not touched upon before in its adventurous skin? The answer: not very much.

For teenager Zach Cooper (Dylan Minnette, “Prisoners”) the transition in moving to the bedroom community of Madison, Delaware from the hustle and bustle of New York is quite a letdown. Zach’s recently widowed mother Gale (Amy Ryan) relocates for a new job offer and Zach has no choice but to accept his new less-than-stimulating surroundings. However, the one discovery that is about to make Zach a little more accepting of his new home is the pretty neighboring Hannah (Odeya Rush). The main obstacle that stands in the way of getting to know Hannah, sadly, is her over-protective father in stand-offish writer R.L. Stine (Black). The flustered Stine has some major issues with the creativity process when conceiving his characterizations.

Soon Zach would have to join forces with the Stines and nerdy best buddy Champ (Ryan Lee,”Super 8″) when he accidentally unleashes R.L.’s monstrous creations onto the small unsuspecting town (it turns out that Stine’s fictitious beastly book protagonists are in fact real menaces come to life). Can Zach and company save the day as these bothersome pests roam the unprotected streets at will? Will Zach earn extra brownie points in winning Hannah’s heart as well as her reclusive father’s approval?

It is a mixed bag reception for the scattershot Goosebumps. On one hand many of the ardent followers of Stine’s written work will recognize the inclusion of some familiar notable villainous visitors that feature The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena, Revenge of the Gnomes and Werewolf of Fever Swamp (let’s not forget Slappy the evil ventriloquist too). Plus, some would consider it a bonus in having Black’s unflappable voice-over work earmarked for some of the standby monsters wreaking havoc in random fashion. The CGI special effects register with some semblance of awestruck momentum. Still, the manic moments piggyback one another and the cheap giggles, sight gags and punchy predicaments feel needlessly forced.

Strangely, Black seems somewhat restrained as Robert Lawrence Stine. In fact, Jillian Bell’s off-the-wall Aunt Lorraine is more of an energetic comical force than the usually high-strung Black. Both Minnette’s Zach and Rush’s Hannah are somewhat serviceable as the Romeo-and-Juliet tandem but they could have played up their on-screen chemistry more charmingly than what was presented by them in inexplicable blandness. As for the supporting adult players they arbitrarily pop in and out without a chance to fully realize their contributions in this flimsy farce geared at the indiscriminate pee wees.

Perhaps the tots will get a decent rise out of the jolly emptiness that is Goosebumps. As for the rest of us we will probably get a better result in sucking on last year’s recycled stale Halloween candy.

Goosebumps (2015)

Sony Pictures Entertainment/Columbia Pictures

Starring: Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush, Amy Ryan, Ryan Lee, Jillian Bell, Ken Marino, Halston Sage, M.L. Stine (cameo)

Directed by: Rob Letterman

MPAA Rating: PG

Genre: Children’s Horror and Fantasy

Critic’s Rating: ** stars (out of 4 stars)

Reno

Reno

6 /10

Not a unique concept, but the rest were completely surprised me.

Technically, this was a another version of 'Jumanji', but a different universe. Originally it was not meant to be like that, because it was adapted from a series of children's book of the same name into a single movie. All the characters from the different books (book series) brought into one place, thus 'Jumanji' effect.

When the fictional book characters come into the life, a group of youngsters team up to save the town from invasion. A tale that takes place in one day, especially most of the narration was a one night adventure. Totally an unexpected movie, but still not a masterpiece than just entertaining product. Maybe the actors were the reason, especially inclusion of Jack Black was the turn out. His second collaboration with the director after 'Gulliver's Travels'. And not to forget the CGI work was very acceptable for a little production like this.

This theme was a very old, but the characters were unique. Maybe it was a box office lucky, but people won't simply acknowledge for useless things. This film's success was the effort of hard work. I won't surprise if they decide to make a sequel. I meant the same team, not the lower grade filmmakers and actors.

6½/10

John Chard

John Chard

7 /10

She's locked in this house and her dad's a psychopath. I have to say that being British born and bred I'm not at all familiar with Goosebumps, either the books or TV series etc, so I was going into this film blind as it were. With that in mind I'm not really able to review to fans of the original works.

I went in with the hope of a good time, I liked the sound of the concept, I like Jack Black and I knew it was going to be well produced and no doubt heavily laden with the latest technological effects (ironically I had watched the splendid Jason and the Argonauts prior to Goosebumps, from one extreme to another or what?!).

I got everything I expected and had fun without any frame of reference. If I wanted any more I could dig out some questions that would need to be answered, but why bother. I left at the end, as a middle aged film lover, contented. I would for sure keenly watch any sequel if it surfaces.

Didn't do much for my Automatonophobia though... 6.5/10

Gimly

Gimly

4 /10

I loved the Goosebumps books (and less so, but still, the TV show) when I was growing up. I think if a kid watches this weird interpretation now, at the age that I was then, they might enjoy it. But for me? It didn't work. I actually did appreciate more than I thought I would, but based on the trailers my expectations were abysmally low, so that's not exactly saying much.

Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product.

Gimly

Gimly

4 /10

I loved the Goosebumps books (and less so, but still, the TV show) when I was growing up. I think if a kid watches this weird interpretation now, at the age that I was then, they might enjoy it. But for me? It didn't work. I actually did appreciate more than I thought I would, but based on the trailers my expectations were abysmally low, so that's not exactly saying much.

Final rating:★★ - Definitely not for me, but I sort of get the appeal.

Andre Gonzales

Andre Gonzales

8 /10

I use to be into goosebumps as a kid. Love the show too. I have to admit this was an awesome movie.

Wuchak

Wuchak

6 /10

Fun family quasi-horror

A teenager (Dylan Minnette) moves to small town Madison, Delaware, where he hooks up with a cute neighbor (Odeya Rush), the daughter of grouchy author (Jack Black). Adventure and horror ensue when monsters are unwittingly loosed on the town.

I've never read any of RL Stine's popular books or viewed any of the corresponding videos, but I've always wanted to because they looked like fun, youth-oriented quasi-horror adventures, like Scooby Doo without the dog. Interestingly, the movie doesn't adapt one of Stine's stories, but rather has a plot that utilizes myriad of his (non) scary creations, like the abominable snowman, a creepy puppet, an ee-vil clown, a giant praying mantis, a werewolf, and so on.

The plot is reminiscent of 1995's "Jumanji," but with the fun-horror trappings of 2006' "Monster Night" or "Scooby Doo" (but, again, without the dog). The main cast is a highlight with everyone shining in their roles, particularly winsome Odeya Rush, not to mention Halston sage in a small role. I like the revelation about one of the protagonists in the final act and the warmth that develops between the main characters. This is a good movie to unleash your inner-teenager and have a (non) spooky amusing time.

While it's superior to "Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed," mainly because it's not as silly, it has the same core problem: The creators overstuffed the proceedings to the point of overkill. Instead of one or two monsters, there are like ten. So, while the set-up of the first act is great, the flick becomes too manic for its own good. Less is more.

It runs 1 hour, 43 minutes, and was shot in towns east and north of Atlanta, Georgia (Conyers, Gainesville, Madison and Marietta).

GRADE: B-

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