Thursday, September 29, 2011

Two Thrilling All-New Goosebumps® Adventures Attack of the Mutant & Ghost Beach DVD Review


Try Not To Scream As Two Thrilling All-New Goosebumps®


Adventures Attack of the Mutant & Ghost Beach 

Get goose bumps and keep the light on to ward off the ghosts, goblins, mutants and madness as Goosebumps®: Attack of the Mutant and Goosebumps®: Ghost Beach scare their way onto DVD September 13, 2011 from Twentieth Century Fox HomeEntertainment. 


With over 300 million books sold, R.L. Stine’s wildly successful children’s stories (www.scholastic.com/goosebumps ) come to life with two all-new terrifying tales.  First, Attack of the Mutant includes “Attack of the Mutant Parts 1 & 2” and follows Skipper Matthews and his awesome comic book collection.  Skipper’s favorite is The Masked Mutant, the story of an evil, power-mad super villain who is out to gain control of theuniverse.  One day, while lost in a strange part of town, Skipper discovers a building that mysteriously resembles the Mutant’s secret headquarters... a building that magically disappears.  Has Skipper read one too many comic books?  Or does The Masked Mutant really exist?  The DVD also features “Phantom of the Auditorium™,” a frightening story about a young actress who is thrilled after winning the lead in the school play... until the nightmares begin as there is talk of a real phantom who has haunted the auditorium for years.




Next, Ghost Beach includes “The Barking Ghost” and follows Cooper Holmes, a young man who is scared of just about everything.  His father says he’s the only kid to scare himself on Halloween!  But as he moves into a new house, this time Cooper is not just scared of his own shadow.  In “Be Careful What You Wish For,” class klutz Samantha Byrd is the laughingstock of the girls’ basketball team.  But now, Samantha has found someone who will grant her three wishes.  Too bad she wasn’t more careful as now Sam’s wishes are turning her life into a living nightmare!  Lastly, “Ghost Beach” focuses on Jerry, who is thrilled by the prospect of exploring the dark, eerie old cave he discovered down by the beach.  When he hears the story of a 300-year-old ghost living inside, Jerry must decide if he will believe the legend or dismiss it as a silly made-up tale.   


Watch these latest spooky Goosebumps® stories on September 13… if you dare!


Our Thoughts: When I was in high school, I LOVED reading R.L Stine's Fear Street books. I read every single one and there had to be a few hundred of them. A few years later when I was babysitting, the kids were reading Goosebumps books, and I was glad to see he was still writing, even though I was a little too old for those books. Ten years later, Goosebumps are still around and have made the move to both television and DVD.  I was excited to share the work of one of idol's with my children. We watched both the Goosebumps DVDs and loved them. 


As a lover of comic books, my son's favorite episode was "Attack of the Mutant". From being to end, it was filled with exciting twists. The second disk has three different episodes including the "The Barking Ghost" which tells the tale of ghost hounds looking to take over the children's bodies. "Ghost Beach" is a spooky show about a ghost that haunts the shoreline and eats animals. And finally, "Phantom of the Auditorium" is a modern version of my favorite musical.  All of the shows have surprise endings that you never see coming. With Halloween only a few weeks away, these are great DVDs to get and enjoy with your family. They are spooky but still family friendly, and lots of fun. R.L Stine never lets me down.




***Please note that I received no form of monetary compensation for this post. I did receive a sample of the product to try in order to write a fair and honest review. The opinions expressed in this review are my own and were not influenced in any way. ***

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