Chicago Humanities Fall Festival - R.L. Stine: A Modern Master of Horror

R.L. Stine: A Modern Master of Horror
A special Goosebumps screening co-presented with Music Box of Horrors

Chicago Humanities and Music Box Theater conjure Halloween spirits with this spooky screening and hair-raising talk with best-selling children’s author and the creative mind behind the Goosebumps franchise, R.L. Stine. First introduced in 1992, Goosebumps is one of the bestselling book series of all time, with more than 400 million books in print worldwide and available in 32 languages—defining the nightmares of a generation. Grasp this rare, spine-tingling opportunity to see Goosebumps on the Music Box big screen, followed by exclusive insights and behind-the-scenes stories with the Master of Modern Horror himself.

Pre-Event School-tastic Book Fair

Come early for a pop-up experience reminiscent of your favorite childhood book fair, complete with specialty themed cocktails, fun knick-knacks, shopping, and plenty of Goosebumps books. This activation will take place from 6pm - 7 pm in the Music Box Lounge.

Post-Event Meet & Greet with R.L. Stine

To meet and get a photo with R.L Stine after the event, add “Meet and Greet with R.L Stine (Post-Event)" to your cart. A limited number of reservations are available for the meet and greet, and you must have a ticket to the program to attend.

Goosebumps screening

Season 1, Episode 1: Say Cheese and Die!

All is going well for Isaiah. He's the star quarterback on the verge of a football scholarship and one of the most popular kids at school. But when he helps throw a Halloween party at the Biddle House, he discovers an old camera in the basement and his life begins to spiral when he starts using it. Some flashing light sequences or patterns may affect photosensitive viewers.

Synopsis of Goosebumps series:

The series follows a group of five high schoolers as they embark on a shadowy and twisted journey to investigate the tragic passing three decades earlier of a teen named Harold Biddle — while also unearthing dark secrets from their parents’ past.

RL Stine:
Author

R.L. Stine is one of the best-selling children’s authors in history. Goosebumps, which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, has more than 400 million books in print in 32 languages. An all-new New York Timesbestselling Goosebumps series, House of Shivers, debuted in September 2023, with two more books to be published in 2024.

The Goosebumps series made R.L. Stine a worldwide publishing celebrity (and Jeopardy answer). His other popular children’s book series include Fear Street (recently revived as a feature film trilogy), The Garbage Pail Kids, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room, and Rotten School. Other titles include: It’s The First Day of School Forever, A Midsummer Night’s Scream, Young Scrooge, Stinetinglers, and three picture books, with Marc Brown—The Little Shop of Monsters, Mary McScary, and Why Did the Monster Cross the Road (2023).

The Goosebumps TV series was the number-one children’s show in America for three years. The episodes can still be seen on Netflix. R.L.’s anthology TV series, R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour, won the Emmy Award three years in a row as Best Children’s Show. His newest Disney+ TV series are a new live-action Goosebumps series, executive produced by Scholastic Entertainment, and Just Beyond, based on his graphic novels for BOOM! Studios. Two Goosebumps feature films starring Jack Black as R.L. Stine were released in 2015 and 2018. The first film became the #1 film in America. A trilogy of Fear Street movies released in 2021 all reached #1 on Netflix.

RL. Stine lives in New York City with his wife Jane, an editor and publisher. You can connect with him on Twitter @RL_Stine, as well as on Instagram and Facebook. For more information, visit rlstine.com.

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