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SlashfilmOct 10, 2023
Season 1 Review:
Ultimately, "Goosebumps" isn't reinventing the wheel, but is instead an amalgamation of a variety of well-loved ideas and themes and given a fresh new spin. Which was, at its core, exactly what R.L. Stine was doing with his original book series. As such, this makes this new series the best adaptation of "Goosebumps" yet.
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Jan 7, 2025
Season 2 Review:
The final stretch quickly deflates a good cliffhanger by introducing a less impactful one in its last moments. That reservation aside, Goosebumps: The Vanishing is indeed an enjoyable gateway-horror followup to last year’s batch, with a compelling season-long arc that’s an engaging adaptation of Welcome To Camp Nightmare.
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ColliderJan 2, 2025
Season 2 Review:
Although Season 2 doesn't reach the heights of its ancestor series, it's an encouraging step beyond its predecessor season that illustrates this series' potential. If future installments are in the cards, then both The Vanishing's strengths and weaknesses provide a road map to even more improvement.
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Radio TimesJan 2, 2025
Season 2 Review:
The season grows in strength and confidence as it progresses, and by the end of episode 6, there is a sense of excitement around how all the secrets could be unravelled. But the fact it takes so many episodes to get there, with extensive runtime given to dynamics that simply aren’t that interesting, is what lets this show – and its starry focus Schwimmer – down.
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Oct 12, 2023
Season 1 Review:
Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stoller’s series adaptation increasingly gets bogged down trying to deliver supernatural horror and angsty teen drama and a thoughtful rumination on how the mistakes of the past generation can reverberate into the present. Still, there’s adequate heart and humor and (TV-PG) gore here to serve as an amiable intro to horror for the adolescent set.
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Oct 10, 2023
RogerEbert.comOct 12, 2023
Screen RantAug 28, 2025
Season 2 Review:
Brief glimpses, tense scenes, and the occasional Invasion of the Body Snatchers takeovers add to the overall plot, but these are few and far between. Ultimately, Goosebumps: The Vanishing feels unoriginal, uninteresting, and lacks enough redeeming qualities to make the sequel season meaningfully stand out.
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