Slightly playing with my review standardisation here as, though Disney Plus has this as a single season show, with the follow up as a stand-alone season, the IMDB has them as seasons one and two of an anthology series. I quite enjoyed this, though I'd say that it peaked in the middle.
A group of high school students in a small town, in Washington State begin to experience strange and scary circumstances, when their new English Teacher, Mr Bratt (Justin Long) move to town. Bratt has inherited a house on the edges of town, that the students use for a party from time to time. The house holds many secrets, including one related the fiery death of a student, back in 1993, when the parents of the students, were their age.
I found the series to be a little confusing at first. The episodes focus at first on individual incidents that happen to each of the kids, each one I presume taken from a Goosebumps book. But you learn that though you're seeing them one at a time, the stories take place concurrently... until they all understand that something wrong is happening and they can start to piece it together. Here's were I though the show was at it's most impressive, utilising those aspects into one narrative. I thought the last couple of episodes fell away a bit, but not to the level I was disappointed.
I really liked the performances. Only Isa Briones I recognised from anything else, from the kids anyway. Obviously, I knew Justin Long. Rob Huebel is one of the adults involved and I did really like seeing "Weekend At Bernie's" Jonathan Silverman in a small role. It also looks good from a visual effects standpoint, there are a lot of CGI creatures and moments.
It's not the very best must see TV, but it never felt like a slog to get through.
