Goosebumps
word of advice : This clause contains SPOILERS forGoosebumps(2023 ) andGoosebumps : The Vanishing
AlthoughGoosebumps : The Vanishing ’s conclusion is more ego - contained than the finish of its predecessor , the show still keep on a frustrative anthology tendency alive.2023’sGoosebumpsrebootwas a fun blend of teenage drama and repugnance comedy that saw a radical of teenagers battle against supernatural forces in the small township of Port Lawrence . Goosebumpsseason 1 ’s finaleleft the show ’s grinder in vital condition in a infirmary after an confrontation with the scoundrel of the serial publication , and this cliffhanger was left unresolved . However , Goosebumps : The Vanishingdidn’t pick up where time of year 1 left off .
goose pimple : The Vanishing ’s freak occupy on a pile of bizarre forms throughout the show , but its backstory does explicate why and how it works this way .
Instead , goose bump : The Vanishing ’s cast of characterswas entirely new , and the show focus on a separate , unrelated story . Goosebumps : The Vanishingfollowed the botanist Anthony Brewer , whose older buddy cryptically vanished in Fort Jerome 30 years before the serial began . As Anthony looked after his teenage twins Devin and Cece over the summer , the pair befriended local teens Frankie , Alex , CJ , and Trey , and unexpectedly stop up unearthing the cabal behind their uncle ’s unexplained fade . This plot hadno connexion toGoosebumpsseason 1 , except for one frustrating trend share by both shows .
Goosebumps: The Vanishing Ends On A Cliffhanger, Just Like Season 1
Trey’s Fate In Goosebumps: The Vanishing’s Ending Proves Its Story Isn’t Over
Like time of year 1,Goosebumps : The Vanishing ’s endingfeatures an unresolved cliffhanger . After the foreign starship hold Anthony ’s brother leave , the teens are safe and Anthony at last see the truth behind his brother ’s disappearance . However , Trey pukes up gray alien goo inGoosebumps : The Vanishing ’s last shot , meaning that the chronicle is n’t entirely over yet . Thanks to the anthology format of theGoosebumpsseries , it is unclear if either of the story featured in time of year 1 or 2 will be add back or resolved , or if the show ’s next picnic will once again readjust the clock and focus on new characters .
Goosebumpsseems to follow the approach need by earlier anthology show likeAmerican Horror StoryandSlasher , wherein each time of year introduce a new set of reference
In an audience withThe Hollywood Reporter , executive producers Rob Letterman and Hilary Winston said that they discussed the theme of " One character as a crossover who could come back and do unlike things . ” However , the yoke do n’t elucidate whether the stories have in season 1 and 2 of the series will ever be fully resolved by future picnic . Goosebumpsseems to fall out the feeler taken by early anthology shows likeAmerican Horror StoryandSlasher , wherein each season enter a new set of case . However , these other shows have two separate approaches to go back characters .
How Goosebumps' Anthology Format Hurt Season 1’s Story
Goosebumps Added An Unnecessary Twist To Season 1’s Ending
InSlasher , characters do not re-emerge from season to time of year . InAmerican Horror Story , the seasons all take shoes in the same fictitious universe and type often appear in more than one season ’s storey . As such , it is inconceivable to tell ifGoosebumpsseason 1 ’s story will ever be properly finished , since this would n’t necessarily require another entire time of year adjust in Port Lawrence . Since all theGoosebumpsseasons are based on RL Stine ’s books , a future outing could have some characters from season 1 and clarify their fate while still mostly focusing on new character reference having new adventures .
pilomotor reflex season 1 ’s ending severely derailed an otherwise strong debut season , leaving the plot opinion frustratingly bare . To make matter bad , instalment 8 of the serial would have made for a fairly solid ending . At that stage , the ghost make the season ’s events had been appeased and Slappy , the evil ventriloquist ’s dummy that have the ghost ’s ruin during his life , had been destroyed . However , instalment 9 and 10 revived Slappy , give him a new maestro , and involve an only superfluous 2nd climax where the magician possess the doll was defeated . The storyline mostly be to set up the cliffhanger ending .
Why Goosebumps' Cliffhanger Endings Make Sense (To An Extent)
RL Stine’s Goosebumps Novels Featured Similar Twist Endings
To be fair to the series , it does make good sense for aGoosebumpsadaptation to indulge in some cliffhanger conclusion . It is a longstanding custom for horror stories to end with some linger detail that proves that wickedness has not of necessity been defeated for good . In this regard , Goosebumps : The Vanishing ’s endingisn’t all that different from Stine ’s Hellenic Goosebumps novelsCamp NightmareorThe Werewolf of Fever Swamp , both of which end with the unsettling significance that the story is only just beginning .
Individual character fromGoosebumpsseason 1 orGoosebumps : The Vanishingcould appear in later seasons and excuse the consequence of their stories .
On a more practical banker’s bill , these equivocal endings also leave the door candid forGoosebumpsto either generate to the story for an entire season , or to pull up off future crossovers in later outings . Individual characters fromGoosebumpsseason 1 orGoosebumps : The Vanishingcould appear in later seasons and explicate the wake of their stories , or the show could provide a full - bollix sequel to either of these sashay in the hereafter . However , this justification does not stopGoosebumps : The Vanishing ’s end from feel reasonably frustrating .
root : The Hollywood Reporter
