Since then, Goosebumps has sold more than 400 million copies worldwide in 35 languages, making it the second-best-selling literary franchise behind Harry Potter. The success didn't stop on the page: ...

As someone who grew up reading every single Goosebumps book I could convince my mother to buy, there's an uncomfortable truth I've had to come to terms with as an adult: The Goosebumps books aren't ...

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Your arm hairs stand at attention when you’re cold or frightened, creating tiny bumps across your skin in a response that accomplishes absolutely nothing useful for modern humans. This vestigial ...

Children of the ’90s were a different breed, thriving on all that was scary and traumatizing, from late-night series like Tales from the Crypt to horror books like Goosebumps. What we survived back ...

Actor Sam McCarthy, now starring in the Goosebumps: The Vanishing series, might be the son of '80s superstar Andrew McCarthy, but he says it was inevitable he'd have a career in the arts — regardless ...

Aya Tsintziras is a freelance writer who writes about TV, movies, and has a particular interest in the horror genre. She has a Political Science degree from the University of Toronto and a Masters of ...

You’re watching a suspenseful movie when suddenly the hairs on your arms stand up, your skin prickles with tiny bumps, and a shiver runs down your spine. Or maybe you’re standing outside on a chilly ...

They're known by many names—goose pimples, goosebumps, or even cutis anserine, which is what doctors call them—but the effect is always the same: small bumps on your skin when you're cold, emotional, ...

Human bodies do a lot of weird stuff. But goosebumps may be one of our strangest bodily functions. Goosebumps are humanity’s near-universal reaction to the cold. But for some reason, those ...

For a whole generation of kids, nothing was scarier — or more fun — than cracking open a Goosebumps book. It all began with Welcome to Deadhouse in 1992. R.L. Stine attracted millions of young readers ...