Let's Talk About GOOSEBUMPS' Scariest Episode

[@RyanHollinger]

Thoughts on Goosebumps and Are You Afraid of the Dark?! Any other shows scare you as a kid... or even now?

[@Paulog2003]

Ryan Hollinger The Adventures of Billy and Mandy kinda freaked me out as a kid, bet there were so many more shows that scared me but i just can’t remember em

[@lordinquisitor6233]

Ryan Hollinger maybe a month of goosebumps or alone in the dark

[@QuillC]

Ryan Hollinger this Goosebumps story in particular terrified me so much as a child, it still gives me the creeps to this day, and definitely stands out above all other Goosebumps stories to me today. I'm so glad someone shares my experience. Great video

[@Werewolf_Korra]

The Haunted Mask is my favorite Goosebumps book & Goosebumps villain. Screw Slappy. The Haunted Mask would use him as a chew toy. Also, how poignant is it we've heard for years about the dangers brought on by anonymity and disassociation, with the Mask, the Haunted Mask, the Green Goblin, etcetera, and in the modern day, the internet has proved this doom saying true, because no one listened.

[@Werewolf_Korra]

I'd be interested to see you review the "Chillogy" the Goosebumps tv show did, should you decide to revisit the series. It started my lifelong fascination with tricksters, seeing the episode's villain, Karl Knave, turn a girl's greed against her and reduce her to a pig for her avarice.

[@michaeltrapson]

The moment when she realized she couldn’t get that mask off in the mirror along with the sound queue always gave me chills. They sure don’t make em like this anymore.

[@frankhunniidss8593]

wassup

[@DeathnoteBB]

They really don’t. I know I usually dismiss when people say things are a lot more “safe” these days, because in most cases I agree with things being safer. But it feels like pop culture has also gone shiny, lacquered, and safe. And I don’t mean in a “PC CULTURE RUINS EVERYTHING” way. Caring about others is always important. I mean in a pearl-clutching 50’s suburbs way. I can’t imagine a Goosebumps-like show coming out fresh now, without it being lampooned as too dark for kids.

[@siasazztree7455]

They sure dont make like this anymore! They sure dont make like this anymore! They sure dont make like this anymore! They sure dont make like this anymore! They sure dont make like this anymore! They sure dont make like this anymore! They sure dont make like this anymore! They sure dont make like this anymore! God damn no one makes original comments anymore, just annoying overused to garner likes. Idiots

[@wrije]

@@siasazztree7455 What’s idiotic is going out of your way to whine and bitch about it. Grow up child.

[@skinni_the_P00hBear]

Yep that's the scene. Scared the hell outta me lol

[@ironoob]

Every kid in elementary school thought they were badass for getting a goosebumps book in 4th grade lol

[@SavageCucumber0]

Lmao I remember having books in like 2nd grade and everyone thought I was crazy

[@ironoob]

@@SavageCucumber0 lol

[@sauceboss9797]

I remember having them and I just pretended to read them to be cool 😎

[@ironoob]

@@sauceboss9797 me too. I never fully read goosebumps books, something about me being paranoid I'd be haunted or something

[@matthewmateriale2046]

Lol and those ones where the teenagers slowly evolve into an animal

[@Ijustreallylikespiders]

An episode of Goosebumps that freaked me out as a kid was the one where a boy gets a time altering remote, messes around with it and in the end he gets trapped in a dark blank space between time and cant get out because the remotes batteries died, and the remotes creator knows he's trapped and just leaves him there.

[@terrellgivens]

Emma Payne what’s the name of that one?

[@celinemorneau]

@@terrellgivens It's on Netflix, called Click!

[@celinemorneau]

S3E13

[@HollyAllisonx]

black mirror before black mirror

[@charlesthorndike2702]

That gave me anxiety just from reading it

[@kira-dk2mx]

The actress who played Carly Beth won an award for her performance. Hell yeah!

[@pa5666]

Oh wow, I had no clue about this! So well deserved. She had to play so many different emotions and absolutely nailed them all!!

[@PlayfulFruitLPer]

She deserved it. As far as the actors in Goosebumps go... the only actors who really nailed it were her and the little brother from Terror Tower.

[@Emma88178]

Kathryn Long is her name.

[@Torithegreat]

The theme song still gives me this unbridled sense of childhood excitement and I LOVE it.

[@Aboriginal_American_Hebrew]

I knew i wasn't the only one

[@bo6887]

That still scares me

[@godgirl34599]

Same

[@MoxieMcMurder]

I feel the same way about Are You Afraid of the Dark?

[@izzyfloof1083]

It still creates a flight or fight response whenever I hear it

[@KamenSentaiMetalHero]

In my opinion, dated visual effects makes things far more creepier and terrifying.

[@wired-up5677]

Truth.. i get more freaked out by the N64 Castlevania then the newest VR resident evil.

[@skulletorable]

I disagree tbh. Don’t look nearly as scary to me

[@seaghan6412]

Id say sometimes i do think older blood/gore affects are allot more raw

[@TheMarioMan247]

you mean practical effects?

[@Idonotsa49]

That all depends. Video games are a good way to explain the difference. Lower quality graphics can be more ambiguous, letting your imagination fill in the rest. Bad visuals effects in movies that have dated poorly are less effective because they’re cheesy.

[@coxochary4979]

The actress who played Carly Beth carried that entire episode. She really went above and beyond with her character and she was still a child. This was the first goosebumps episode I ever saw and The scene where she tears apart the duck costume really struck me. It was the exact moment where I went “what the hell am I getting into” it was next level emotional.

[@missourigreen051]

It also was the very first Goosebumps episode I saw too. Back then I was 9 years old but I get the feeling you're referring to and also felt the same during that scene back then.

[@xshadowscreamx]

Same, I would feel guilty for not appreciating a gift that was made for me. The costume was a gift from her mum and she destroyed it, you feel so engrossed by this character it was like you were destroying it. It's like a guilt plus frustration feeling.

[@TheWarOfGhostsmusic]

Just watched a couple episodes of Goosebumps last night for a little nostalgia trip lol. The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight and Perfect School.

[@JohnJohn-tm7gr]

She's cute

[@sasukecoochieha]

Back then it was so good. Watching it now she comes across as snobby, and almost too fixated on doing the wrong thing.

[@c1nnamodoll]

when carly beth (?) says "those aren't my eyes... where are my eyes?" that part always makes me feel sick. imagine lookin in the mirror, looking yourself in the eyes, and seeing _someone else's_ :_|

[@dogbog6230]

I remember a line like that but I couldn't remember where

[@donavonseibert507]

Omg yes😖, that is the worst line. She honestly acted pretty well especially for how cheesy Goosebumps could be.

[@spacey4216]

I wouldn’t worry about the eyes, I’d be concerned about the neck and teeth

[@skinni_the_P00hBear]

@@spacey4216 Yeah that too

[@pa5666]

@@donavonseibert507 I can't believe she's not an actor these days. She killed this role in the many different aspects she had to play it. By far the best cast in the Goosebumps series!

[@dogboy0912]

Goosebumps and are you afraid of the dark made me extra scared because of how surreal they all seemed. They were fever dreams, like nothing existed outside of the story. The world felt barebones, like being alone in a crowd.

[@dannywhitaker9008]

Gosh that described it perfectly. Write a book or something, man!

[@KateDenthimamai]

Tales From The Crypt was also great!

[@GamerBrinedQw4w9WgXcQ]

Also The Midnight Hour

[@Jessica-kw8no]

Do y’all remember the haunting hour ?

[@numbers8015]

dogboy0912 especially The Ghost Next door. When she said she “feels like an orphan” adds to how alone she felt, but also about how it feels like nothings else exists outside of Hannah’s life. Like she is alone in the world. No parents. Always scared. Isolation. The greatest fear.

[@TommyRoss]

The Haunted Mask was a staple of my childhood, as well. Not only is it the scariest, darkest, most grounded Goosebumps episode, but it's leagues above the other episodes in every single way. The performances are surprisingly powerful, the story is very well thought out, the themes are very compelling, and there is a high level of craftsmanship/quality.

[@troin3925]

Tommy Ross If you want to read some Goosebumps books that are just as good, if not, better than The Haunted Mask, read How I Learned to Fly and I Live in Your Basement. The former is a fantasy drama about the fears of fame and the desire for affection, while the latter is a psychological horror that combines elements of Inception, Jacob’s Ladder and A Nightmare on Elm Street with a lot of disturbing imagery for a Goosebumps book, let alone a _kids_ book (it rival’s the Scary Stories To Tell in The Dark trilogy in terms of disturbing and gruesome imagery for a kids book), a constant sense of mystery, excellent pacing, a constant sense of paranoia and uncertainty of what is real, what isn’t real and what you truly remember.

[@Werewolf914]

+Tommy Ross for me the scariest one was the Cuckoo cuckoo clock one (forget the name of it) Time Travel always makes me extremely anxious and scares the hell out of me, for some reason changing the past and effecting the future terrifys me, like for example The Butterfly Effect even when he changes something small I start having an Anxiety attack, same goes for Life Is Strange where (SPOILERS FOR THE GAME) Max saves Chloes Dad, and because of it Chloe ends up getting in an accident and is confined to a hospital bed to live, while playing that episode I had to take breaks to try and calm myself down because it was making my Anxiety go crazy, just can't handle Time Travel stuff.

[@WhistleMeThis]

Tommy Ross I enjoyed the storyline of The Haunted Mask as a child but it never scared me. The episode ‘A Night in Terror Tower’ terrified me though.

[@smokehousez2193]

You writing a paper or something?

[@BarryJohnson12]

Tommy Ross bro the book terrified me when i was younger like legit i was scared to go into the room in my house that goes to the attic for a few years after this book

[@Mobsy1905]

Slappy Was Always The Scariest Thing From Goosebumps To Me.

[@andreasa5296]

Reinbow 1905 same here. Couldn’t sleep for weeks after watching the slappy episodes.

[@michaelhigbee4151]

Reinbow 1905 sloppy horrified me and gave me a multiple year long fear of any kind of doll. I went to go see the goosebumps movie last year with my younger brother, and it was amazing to me just how corny and non scary it was. Crazy to think about what used to scare us as kids vs now.

[@bradyh2908]

Shit he gave me nightmares

[@kylesussi4750]

Those episodes gave me nightmares as a kid lol

[@melinakorovessi713]

IFY

[@santoscolon530]

If u didn’t watch goosebumps as a kid u seriously missed out and I feel for you

[@thehoosher9322]

It was cancelled like 8 years before i was born though

[@santoscolon530]

The hoosher ..u can go to the store and buy it on dvd

[@leadabrowski]

i always used to read em haha, didnt know there was a show till a year ago or so

[@johnathancoady6411]

@@thehoosher9322 Then you should have been born at least nine years earlier, you young fuck.

[@Woofwoof369]

@@johnathancoady6411 ok booger

[@arewestilldoingphrasing6490]

Tbh the scariest thing in goosebumps was intro when the letter transforms that dog. My friend had a dog similar and never trusted that perro

[@philipshin7016]

Are we Still doing Phrasing bruh im not even kidding I had nightmares over that bit

[@Nyrufa]

Yeah, that part always terrified me as a kid. And it wasn't until many years later that I realized that scene never actually happens in the episode its based on!

[@arewestilldoingphrasing6490]

Nyrufa which episode

[@Nyrufa]

I don't remember the name of it, but neighborhood kids start turning into dogs for some reason. That's where the shot of the dog on the porch comes from, but their eyes don't light up like that.

[@drinaaaaxo]

That scared me too I remember always closing my eyes when that part came on. The song was a bop tho so I could never bring myself to skip it

[@TheNightWatcher1385]

I collected these books as a kid. Such nostalgia.

[@PsychGuy1822]

Nickoli Lion I’m still collecting them now, since I sold all my original books at a garage sale for $12. Trying to rebuild the collection again because nostalgia

[@hernehaugen6878]

I collected Goosebumps books and Candlewick Press' "Dragonology" books.

[@frostdragon1950]

@@PsychGuy1822 same. I feel a bit silly buying em when I see em used but I cant help but collect em!

[@guzthetaker93]

Haha yeah!! And that theme song in the tv-show! Nostalgia

[@joshuaperrin3910]

I collected a bunch of the books, and own both of the Goosebumps games.

[@aaron-XBass]

The episode where the family goes to the amusement park was pretty scary in my opinion.

[@goosebumps-1video585]

That episode was called One Day at HorrorLand.

[@DefNotMyBurner]

They even die at then end

[@otdtyh]

Yeah the bit with the spiders in the coffin did me in.

[@daa8852]

Scariest one

[@DivineKnight_115]

lets be real, this show has quite the body counts.

[@sophss]

the haunted mask was THE episode that has stuck w me since i was a kid holy shit

[@liamfaoisidheold]

For me it was that snake one... tge one where it ended where the guy was a mosquito and spreading it- that or the piano one, where they steal hands. I still think about those, and the, like "Cheese" one. The one with the camera, I also still think a lot about that one.

[@dannywhitaker9008]

Ikr

[@andyhernandez8962]

My favorite hands down

[@mynameisnick69]

soph I still can’t put on mask because of these epiaodes

[@landewell6862]

@@liamfaoisidheold the memories that flashed when you said that. I am from the Philippines and all I read was goosebumps because this tv series was not available in my country (i only even knew about it when I was in my fifth year), the piano was really traumatic with tutors etc. The saddest one that made me cry was "the ghost next door"

[@CrackySue]

STOP I literally will not wear a rubber mask to this day because that episode

[@Zanemob]

I don't anyway because they smell awful.

[@seaghan6412]

Gotta make an exception for the gimp suit

[@CloudVee]

Saaame

[@NebMunb]

Overreaction of a lifetime

[@CrownedKing28]

Same I had nightmares as a kid because of this episode

[@battlewarrior11]

The floating masks terrified me as a kid for years. They kept showing it in my daycare, and I guess the rest of the kids weren't as scared as me. I slept right next to a window, and I would always start imagining the masks floating towards me in the dark from outside. I had this strange idea that closing the curtains would keep them from getting in, but if I ever peeked, they would all be waiting right outside the window, staring in and waiting to get me

[@YngolSonofYsgramor]

Same, that was burnt into my head as a kid whenever I would run in the dark thinking those masks were floating and chasing me lol

[@jackdonohue7893]

AlwaysLookCool 729 you don’t know how old the kids are there

[@whitestripesroxsoxXD]

They showed it in my daycare too and I thought of them at night as well 😂 I also shared that same overactive imagination

[@christianbudig9448]

Bro I legit had the same exact experience, I saw it at daycare holy shit. I couldn’t sleep for a week that shit was next level when I was young.

[@CertainOverlord]

am i the only who thought this was the most funniest episode

[@e_N_n]

When Carly Beth's yelling that it's grown into the back of her head and she can't take it off, that tiny muffle through the rubber of the mask made it soo scary for me as a kid cuz in rubber masks it gets so hot you cant breathe..

[@melinakorovessi713]

e N n yes I feel you this scared me too

[@NikhilSingh-pm5wb]

bruh i distinctly remember watching it Halloween night when I was little and screaming to change the channel during this scene

[@kayleighbrown459]

As an adult it damn near gives me a panic attack because all I can see is a suffocating child.

[@bearzdlc2172]

@@kayleighbrown459 which is hilarious

[@kayleighbrown459]

@@bearzdlc2172 Careful next to the edge now.

[@kira-dk2mx]

The scene where Carly Beth was tricked into eating worms was supposed to have fake rubber worms, but the actress insisted on using real ones. Talk about hardcore. They shot that scene 12 times.

[@pa5666]

Damn! So many interesting facts in the comment section! 😮

[@stalemurfies2031]

There is nothing like coming home from elementary school on a Wednesday the week before Halloween and watching CartoonNetwork to find a Goosebumps marathon.

[@itzyoiigirlleanna]

Yassss our generation was the golden era of kid shows

[@DeathnoteBB]

When was that?

[@GattaiHeroes]

My cousin recorded the videos so we could watch this specific episode

[@donavonseibert507]

Omg, ask me why I instantly smelled The Book Fair when I read this? Fuck I miss being a kid.

[@aijsdijdni3401]

@Cade early? Goosebumps was late 90s.

[@topaz_no_life9440]

I love how Goosebumps has almost always (if not always) had ambiguous endings. I never really noticed it as a child, but it started to really freak me out when I did start to notice it.

[@ShylyRiley]

Topaz_no_life that’s what freaked me out about the first goosebumps book I read called the curse of camp cold lake

[@oxytociniv404]

the scientist dad that makes a plant clone that feeds off of him, barely keeping him alive and trapping him in the basement and his kids almost die in the process of figuring everything out and saving him,,, that book haunted me. or the wax museum choose your own adventure book

[@Horrorbotyt]

stay out of the basement!! I have a VHS tape with that episode on it

[@jokerzwild00]

Reminds me of the clown movie called... Clown, where the dude gets a clown costume that won't come off and turns him into a killer. This show was made way before that movie, it might have taken some inspiration from this episode. Unfortunately that wasn't a very good movie, but it was memorable!

[@oscarsalcido2422]

Directed by Jon Watts himself funny enough

[@lexxiplaysgames]

Oscar Salcido when he eats the kid was the only scene in that movie I felt unsettled by, the rest was kind of comedic bc of bad directing

[@juliannah5721]

That trailer scared me, the movie... Not so much.

[@chelseaajanel8770]

I loved that movie!

[@Diamond-eq2hj]

Same it was not bad

[@Kodiak97x]

I remember having nightmares with the floating heads and other statues coming alive. Now it looks kind of goofy but back in the 2000’s as a kid that episode was satan’s work.

[@epixdevo3180]

The sponge?

[@goldengungirlz]

Had the same nightmare when I was little xD

[@lukeGGlee]

Hypesoul I remember when this was scary....this and the move IT scared the balls out of me ...but now they come across as more comical than scary

[@gracecarver4452]

I had the same exact nightmare when I was little too

[@maoriwargamer]

Scariest episode was the one where they got sucked into the miniature town. That one stuck with me to this day plus it was a few episodes long.

[@goosebumps-1video585]

The episodes you are referring to are called Chillogy. There were 3 parts. 1- Squeal of Fortune 2- Strike Three... You're Doomed! 3- Escape from Karlsville

[@maoriwargamer]

The Dinosaur Channel legend, just found the episodes and rewatching it. Even the title “Chillogy” sounds scary

[@nickwheeler5396]

The pig makeup that the girl wears in part one is terrifying. Greedy little pig!!!

[@D_2387]

@@nickwheeler5396 scariest part of that episode to me was when Carl says "Did I say that this won't hurt?" *no* "Good, because it DOES!"

[@jaleenmorris9221]

Devin2387 Carl was creepy lol

[@mr.topbottom1448]

This theme song is such a bop. I used to watch all of these on tv.

[@dannywhitaker9008]

FR OMG

[@TheLiveMusicGroup]

a bop?

[@galacticlavalamp6338]

The one that haunted me most was the one where this girl got replaced by a life sized doll version of herself. The dolls consciousness took her body. That whole thing freaked me out for some reason

[@meekland3084]

Which episode is that?

[@myronmason8170]

I think you are thinking of another show. There was no episode of Goosebumps with that and I have seen them all.

[@wendy-ey6wv]

@@myronmason8170 i think they're talking about the haunting hour and not goosebumps

[@SonodaSymphony]

that hella reminds me of that creepy animated short Alma-

[@arthurriam2958]

Lilly D

[@firelight8565]

"The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight" still horrifies me... Being in a cornfield alone and scarecrows is just- Nope.

[@groguwelding]

Firelight it’s terrifying that i live in the middle of a cornfield like that. imagine being a kid watching this living in a house just like the one in that episode …

[@firelight8565]

@@groguwelding Oh, I totally can. I grew up around them and was always paranoid of getting lost or worse. I feel you. XD

[@clownworldhereticmyron1018]

my scarecrow fear came from Harold (of Spooky Stories fame). that story traumatized me for years as a child.

[@____mgw]

Yes!! This one stayed with me 😶

[@backtoshellac6459]

That one was my favorite of the books

[@jacobgardner9640]

When I was little the episode where Slappy turns people into dummies made me fear my stuffed animals

[@goosebumps-1video585]

That episode is called Night of the Living Dummy III.

[@jayveasey]

Same here

[@MyAura]

I still remember him crawling into house vents then going into peoples rooms. He would share his green mouth breath and turn people into dummies :( Traumatized

[@xthepotatowolfx2334]

That’s the when when I couldn’t sleep for a week and my youngest sister (who was a baby when she saw this episode with me) couldn’t stop laughing because “they were stupid”

[@landoncochran9923]

This one scarred me as a kid

[@prodbyryce]

The scariest was definitely the one where there’s the dad with the plant clone in the basement

[@penrose2424]

that was one crazzyyyy

[@dannywhitaker9008]

That was my least favorite

[@might4383]

i was hoping to find this comment

[@abbycollins]

PLANT DAD! Also it's stay outta the basement.

[@oyake2796]

My REAL dad would have red blood.

[@fkakris]

girl the scariest one to me was when the girl realised she was the ghost and not her friend that shit was so scary and such a plot twist at the time (also does anyone know the episodes name??)

[@halle.8317]

The episode is The Ghost Next Door !!!

[@emmamcmahon1738]

Omg thank you! I never got to finish it and I’ve been wanting to for over a decade now lol😅

[@f.ash.ionable]

Yes!!! I think about that episode/book so much

[@MacBunny6978]

That one made me cry a little

[@mateoerwin9692]

That episode felt more sad than scary

[@veekiwi]

i was terrified as a kid to even look at GSB, i’m still terrified to this day, mostly because of the intro. there’s something nostalgic about it, i’m not scared about anything but THIS has a place in my heart and kinda scares me. especially Slappy, id throw hands with him

[@lilblock3564]

@chunkycake101 you're

[@derealizedsoliloquy6739]

Slappy would whoop that ass boy.

[@gkkato9249]

P.O.

[@gkkato9249]

P.O.

[@gkkato9249]

P.O.

[@ImperfectWeapons]

I saw this last Halloween for the first time in years and was taken off guard by how good it was. The series was cheap and goofy as hell, obviously, but this one is a genuinely creepy story that kids might actually internalize something positive from. I hope I get the chance to expose my own kids to it.

[@standardofexcellence]

ImperfectWeapons good choice lad

[@smashfanwii]

As a kid I felt that the second one was scarier because the idea of being forced to grow old and die in an instant terrified me. My fav Goosebumps was always Let's Get Invisible.

[@dannywhitaker9008]

ME TO, i loved that one! I was scared of mirrors for like a year!

[@samlibutti]

YES I can’t believe he didn’t really talk about that part

[@pa5666]

The second one is nowhere near the first one (in my opinion) but I still absolutely love it! It's still leagues better than the rest of the Goosebumps episodes!

[@nob5600]

The one where the kid has the coocoo clock that time travels and he travels back in time and erases himself from ever existing is the scariest for me

[@Horrorbotyt]

cuckoo clock of doom was my FAVORITE book as a kid!!!

[@mysteryjunkie9808]

The Cuckoo Clock of Doom was the first book I ever read

[@h-bitgraphics3858]

Dude same! I remember seeing that episode as a kid and being too scared to go to sleep because I was worried that I’d keep waking up younger and younger until I disappeared XD.

[@DiamondMinerDJC00]

Honestly man, you are one of the few people who could compare Goosebumps to Breaking Bad and not make me laugh my ass off.

[@topaz_no_life9440]

Fun fact! As a young actor, Ryan Gosling played in the Goosebumps episode "Say Cheese and Die".

[@OutdoorLiving93]

And it was terrible.

[@jojohernandez14]

Also,Hayden Christensen( Lord "i hate sand" Vader) played the visiting cousin in the episode featuring slappy the dummy and his friends... that one was pretty creepy as a kid,more so i think than the haunted mask

[@briankenney9528]

The book was better

[@jernie9384]

That absolutely sounds like something Gosling would be part of

[@Antarcticite21]

I didn’t know hER FACE STATUE MOVED HOLY HELL

[@user-id2dx4qd6j]

Jeanne Shirow what

[@dannywhitaker9008]

GOSH

[@SirGrit]

i remember watching the one where at the end of the episode they say they’re going to a dangerous planet called earth, biggest plot twist i’ve ever seen.

[@nicoletillson2663]

Yes!! I’ve only seen it once and I thought it was a fever dream!

[@SirGrit]

Tory Tillson no no no, im talking about “Welcome to camp nightmare” where they go to summer camp, and when they arrive there is a monster in the forest (it’s a red herring, because it an electronic/animatronic) and kids are going missing. “The Forbidden Bunk” and the camp counsellors act strange and unworldly, especially Uncle Al, it’s probably my favourite episode. because it makes you think of stuff us humans cannot comprehend, like other beings out there etc. It’s on Netflix, two parts each 22 mins long, I advice you to watch em, it’s a good watch.

[@nicoletillson2663]

bradłėy Yeah that’s the one I was talking about, at the end the boy looks up at Earth, right? I couldn’t remember the name and no one else that I asked had any idea what I was on about haha

[@notyouraveragebear9326]

So first the Scooby Doo movie reboot of the 90s and now Goosebumps?!? Why are you massaging my nostalgia??!! I love you!!!!!!

[@filmaticpictures9693]

Lol couldn't agree more. Just found this gold mine of a channel

[@anonymousshithead7423]

I thought that ‘welcome to dead house’ was one of the scariest episodes. Especially that scene where it’s raining at night, and the lady with the umbrella is standing over the girls bed in her room. That still scares me

[@DominicCaudill]

Definitely scarier than Mask imo. The atmosphere in that one is absolutely terrifying.

[@iemveee]

RK AK I always thought “The Ghost Next Door” was the saddest one especially with the ending.

[@kevintyson1947]

Same here, Dead house episode was definitely 10x scarier to me because the whole town was weird and unsettling and "the ghost next door was the most unexpected twist

[@kayjay1196]

“Get away. Get away. Get away.”

[@jongon0848]

In terms of atmosphere I absolutely love the Werewolf of Fever Swamp, that one has some amazing cinematography and creepy atmosphere

[@swampgoblin8789]

I personally found the second mask episode scarier. Mostly because I've suffered from asthma all my life, and as a child seeing the boy struggle to breathe because the mask was ageing him really struck a chord with me. The wheezing and the raspy voice was terrifying to me. But this episode was still better than the second one, and certainly in regards to storytelling.

[@beebright76]

There's a second one?

[@TheMoviePlanet]

Bee Yourself - he even talks about it in the video...

[@beebright76]

@@TheMoviePlanet I haven't watched the whole thing -

[@catcat3964]

Same here. I think the second one was very scary, needing water and being told he’ll be old forever.

[@jongon0848]

I actually prefer the Haunted Mask 2 because I felt it had a better sense of atmosphere and felt more like Halloween if that makes sense

[@chaos18panic]

Does anyone remember the one book where the boy has an annoying sister and he accidentally starts going backward in time to where he’s a baby and just in time he resets the time but since there’s no 1989 on the clock or whatever he used he then never had a kid sister? Man those books were my JAM.

[@ngardiner30]

The Cuckoo Clock of Doom!

[@bellacannedsoup7925]

That episode absolutely terrified me. Even more than the slappy episodes

[@TherealRNOwwfpooh]

Cuckoo Clock of Doom.

[@victormyndresku6686]

The Cuckoo Clock of Doom? I think that’s the book you’re referring to

[@fernando.emanuel.pinheiro]

The Cuckoo Clock of Doom. Poor Tara. She was erased from time, maybe she could be saved. If he wanted. Maybe. The End.

[@Ashley-xs4ic]

I've never felt more validated in my life lol. This episode really impacted me as a kid and I felt like no one else understood or thought it was silly. It scared me on a deep level but I also resonated so much with the main character. Thanks for this episode!

[@stefanfilipovits21]

I’d be really interested in hearing your take on a few other Goosebumps episodes. Please keep it up.

[@sarahiranca88]

6:30, the producer was my professor, love him. He’s the guy that pitched for goosebumps to be live actions rather than cartoon 👌

[@TheLiveMusicGroup]

....?

[@randommanny7659]

What did he teach?

[@sarahiranca88]

@@randommanny7659 Global Licensing and Distribution

[@d-coreenterprises18]

What yall know about the werewolf of fever swamp tho Even though there's nothing too visually or conceptually terrifying about that episode, something about the atmosphere that it creates between the filming location, music, sound effects, lighting, etc. stuck with me as much or more than the haunted masks or the living dummies which I think are easily the other top 2

[@withlovefalseortrue9839]

That one creeps me out :(

[@johnindigo5477]

I liked that one, especially cause the setting is a isolated house in a swamp where a new kid moves in. Its vulnerable being both new to a place and being isolated from everyone.

[@drivethrufilmzz]

Where Will is telling Grady to get away while he’s turning into a werewolf, scary af

[@jongon0848]

I think what also made it so damn unsettling is that there were actually deaths in there. The Swamp Hermit being killed off screen, Will drowning, and all the animals that are killed make the entire episode feel much more terrifying. Especially with the creepy atmosphere, the isolated swamp setting, and also the fact that the threat could come from anywhere at anytime.

[@godgirl34599]

Honestly, that episode is seriously underrated. I was gonna comment that before I saw this. Chillogy, Werewolf skin, and Stay out of the basement are freaky, too

[@Sadtape]

I like how personal the video is, It also got me wondering if as kids we could explore and understand certain ideas in a more powerful way through mild horror like Goosebumps. It's not traumatizing but its got some teeth, and when something gets under your skin you're going to start wondering why. I'd love to contribute to the children's horror genre someday.

[@HDfromNJ]

Powerbath super well put 💯💯

[@avadoesntexist]

^^^^

[@nicholastosoni707]

@Powerbath "when something gets under your skin" Or, as the case may be, goes *over* your skin...and then *becomes* your skin...Yeesh!

[@TSNolan]

Not Traumatizing??? I saw this in 2nd Grade and it straight up fucked me up. I don't remember how, but I remember being absolutely terrified and paranoid.

[@danstarc]

"And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you."

[@bryanx5829]

I had this episode on VHS back in the 90s as a kid, I had nightmares of the floating heads, join us carly Beth...... sooo fucking creepy.

[@xale8702]

SAME! "help me, please help me"

[@kira-dk2mx]

Same here. It really creeped me out and i loved it.

[@Horrorbotyt]

I had the stay out of the basement episode and the one where the family moves into a town where everyone is a zombie

[@ibbym7910]

the episode is as ambiguous as his accent

[@BlueShift815]

Stab Of Creativity Northern Irish? It's Northern Irish

[@niallreid7664]

Not really. I'm Irish and his accent screams Northern Ireland to me.

[@Hb2N]

I thought Canadian

[@victoriayoung4451]

Hb 2N not Canadian unless he's a Newfie (Im canadian). This accents is somewhere from the UK.

[@meghanp3188]

Scottish?

[@HeyItsMeeTee]

i think say cheese and die again is the scariest episode of goosebumps because i remember that episode only so vividly and omfg i shat my pants when i was little

[@ellienas5179]

Say Cheese and Die and The Haunted Mask 2 were the scariest. The protagonists literally would’ve died (the guy getting so obese he has a heart attack, the girl dying from being so skinny and frail, and the guy stuck in the old man mask would die of old age in the matter of a week, maybe less)

[@Thespeedrap]

I remember the ant episode that was creepy and it made respect Ants even more than the Bible verses do.

[@Mikeplaysdbd]

Hi

[@carlosvega285]

Lmao

[@1m2a3t4t5]

young Ryan Gosling

[@SkeletonHandss]

This is one of the best episodes, but the scariest for me was the living dummy :( terrified my childhood

[@chrome6089]

THAT WAS IT THATS THE SCARIEST FUCKING EPISODE LIKE THE ENVIRONMENT WITH THAT DUMB FUCKER

[@kurtwylde2332]

Austin Carey do you the one where the lady keep feeding the children food and it turned them old?

[@okayalex]

Same I didn’t start sleeping by myself til I was in third grade

[@okayalex]

Because that episode scared me and I would imagine sloppy in my mirror

[@jmo8192]

The goosebumps books were better than the show imo. The feeling of turning the page and reading how the characters have so much hope, but we know that they should just abandon it all. Such a good series!

[@giselmartinez9068]

This episode was one of the few episodes of Goosebumps that actually scared me. Ive been scared of things like wax figures and dolls for a long time, and to see the ambiguity of something inanimate becoming real was absolutely terrifying. for being a children's novel, this story is very deep with amazing acting and important themes. Great video and great story

[@goosebumps-1video585]

Were you also scared of the Night of the Living Dummy episodes?

[@giselmartinez9068]

@@goosebumps-1video585 oh yeah, 100%

[@moonlightliz4488]

Gisel Mtz love ur profile pic ❤️👌

[@goopaf3952]

horrorland made me realize i couldn’t trust anyone. no matter how nice, how cool.

[@CertainOverlord]

and how to kill a monster showed me that i shouldn't go near swamps at night

[@lordzevallos]

Definitely the most memorable episode.

[@BigCarSmallSuv]

Alex Zevallos love your vids bro

[@AllusernamesgoneFUCK]

*Stay out of the Basement

[@mcburn_]

Both are memorable but the mask episode left the most impact

[@XavierIsBigBoy]

Does anybody remember the Goosebumps “I want my mommy marathon” they would air on Cartoon Network every Halloween?

[@smurfhands]

I remember as a child Disney was playing the marathon and they were playing all night so my mom gave me an option to either stay home and watch the Marathon all night or go trick or treating. Naturally, I choose to watch the Marathon

[@jashardwallington]

Yep I remember

[@LifeOfFox]

I always thought "Welcome to Dead House" was one of the scariest episodes. When the kids are in the midst of discovering whats up they stumble upon some of the townspeople meeting up in the woods, then one of the kids steps on a twig and the mass jerks their heads up looking at them, I near shit myself back in the day lmao.

[@ReidGarwin]

Life of Fox 100% Agree. It felt all too real. Moving to someplace new, fear of boredom and making friends, doubt from your family, a town that is in financial decline, overcast with some sun, and everybody is overly friendly but lack personality. This book/episode was very Stephen King in my opinion and less R.L. the symbol of positivity / heirloom is pretty fucking scary to be feared or disliked by both vampires and the living. This episode to this day terrifies me. That's how you know it is successful at its job.

[@LifeOfFox]

Well said :)

[@mksabourinable]

Yea that was the only episode to genuinely terrify me. The others would give me a bit of the creeps at most while watching, but didn't have any lasting impact. But that one? Fucking scared the shit out of me.

[@Deadwolf27]

They're just floating there, menecingly!!!

[@DanielRodriguez-cl7xl]

Deadwolf you'll float too!

[@Deadwolf27]

Daniel Rodriguez ha, nice

[@theoandolaf]

I love a good Spongebob reference.

[@PeacefulJoint]

Goosebumps and Are you afraid of the dark were easily the most memorable shows of my childhood. My son loves watching them now, couldn't be more proud.

[@hey-zel]

PeacefulJoint Same I remember watching these as kids and absolutely loving them and when I have kids I’ll definitely show them these

[@jakeschultz716]

The Haunted Mask and Werewolf of Fever Swamp were terrifying as a kid

[@rinshizuka288]

Jake Schultz Werewolf on fever swamp was my favorite as a kid!

[@Shad0w_Z]

Rin Shizuka same!

[@Elsetugboat]

Did you ever read headless Halloween it's frikin scary

[@RobinK]

Oh man, I completely forgot about this episode. I must've blocked it out of my memory.

[@plzneverlookatthishorrible6301]

me to

[@rollercoaster24]

I honestly thought it was the most known one, felt like the cover was the most iconic and the episode was one of the lengthy ones.

[@ryanperson6307]

Robin Same here, I thought it was an episode Ive never seen until a quarter through the video.

[@lordsnow2049]

I remember that the combination of both of these gave me a phobia of masks that I still have to this day.

[@ski8977]

The first episode i watched was “Monster Blood” when i was 4 or 5 and it still scares me

[@JoeCnNd]

Carly Beth also had a role in are you afraid of the dark.

[@godgirl34599]

Really? Which episode?

[@godgirl34599]

@Jared Jams Cool thanks 😁

[@jaxsongawesome2947]

Idk what that movie us

[@lexxiplaysgames]

Fresh Fella it’s a 90s nick tv show, not a movie. They remade it and there’s a new version out now.

[@TheChodeman]

I think you should do more on Goosebumps! It was my introduction to horror as a child and helped shape my interest in the genre. I’d love to see more because your video essays are always great.

[@vortical4866]

The haunting hour is actually very interesting because no episode topped this. For some reason, this episode just hold a pocket of nostalgia and classic horror everyone was looking for.

[@AnvilPro100]

I don't remember too much of the show (besides this episode and the one where it turns out the camp is just a training camp to send the kid to the real Earth), but the book that always scared me the most was Welcome to Dead House. The way that they just barely get out and it's implied that everything is just going to happen again is great

[@mpg272727]

AnvilPro100 The very first goosebumps book too as it happens

[@chinthulhu9129]

My favourite book of the series. I remember in elementary school the teacher read that book to us. Scariest thing I ever heard.

[@theeccentrictripper3863]

I went looking through the comments to see if anybody else mentioned it, consistently through childhood and even sometimes today Welcome to Dead House inspired some pretty intense nightmares, for the same reasons you describe. I more or less have the same relationship to that book as Ryan has to The Haunted Mask, it was one of the first pieces of horror that really grabbed me. But I'm a total pussy so I don't watch a whole lot of horror movies myself, I just watch reviews and analysis videos.

[@angelofpurity1992]

I still have that book.

[@real96]

theeccentrictripper I'm a pussy too and don't watch much horror but also watch reviews and ending explains. Tbh as a kid goosebumps scared the living shit out of my and too this day I still find some of the episodes creepy lol

[@BrandonWilliams1956]

I would love to see more analysis of this show (or really any old Kids shows.) children's media rarely gets looked at with the same kind of critical eye as more mature fare. There seems to be a prevalent idea that kids will watch anything, so entertainment for them doesn't have to be high quality. But I would argue that a child's willingness to watch anything is precisely why they need to be given high quality art. what we love as children will inform what we love the rest of our lives. Therefore, we should expose our kids to art that is well crafted and worth loving.

[@adampaterson1890]

Brandon Williams 100% agree, well put mate🖒

[@WulfLovelace]

Do this Goosebumps is my all time favorite series and book series as a kid

[@morssinistram5169]

Brandon Williams but what about some kid shows like mystery incorporate gravity falls Steven universe aren't they well made art and cool

[@Zinervawyrm]

Ever watched any of Linkara's every episode of Power Ranger seasons reviews? For a kids show review series, I'd say he gives them a very good critical eye.

[@marcusbacarella]

The comments on flat composition at 13:55 resonate with me sooo much. There is nothing scarier than getting the character's perspective in horror and seeing something look at you, or come towards you from far away. Immediately you're startled, and put in the shoes of the character. I wish more mainstream horror films utilised it more. It's so effective.

[@alexandro5946]

Did anyone else get this randomly recommended to them?

[@Bobman-rh3vv]

Yup

[@SynergyGaming112]

Yup

[@yupitsnine]

Yes, but I like it.

[@jawill-2396]

Lol yup

[@jaimeg309]

Spooky month :D

[@mikaelafox6106]

12:45 “...and naturally, this happens...” That’s exactly when my Bluetooth earbuds said “battery low.” Couldn’t have been more perfectly timed. 😂😂

[@callumsparrow4379]

If you and Super Eyepatch Wolf haven’t done a crossover video yet, you two should; you’re some of my favourite content creators on this platform and seeing you great guys potentially collaborate would be a match made in heaven, at least to me.

[@RyanHollinger]

That dude just understands how to articulate why something is good (or bad). Truly wonderful creator... Also helps that we're both Irish.

[@IrvineTheHunter]

Please make it happen, that would be amazing.

[@tbush1994]

Don't forget Hamish Black! "Hi, I'm Hamish Black, and this is Writing on Games".

[@blitz-frenchman663]

Good lord, yes.

[@ZenNeonRazor]

Super Eyepatch Wolf is also but he mostly does anime, Ryan does more film based and a ton of horror another really good one is RagnarRox but he does more video game based videos. The type of analytical and detailed videos have always been the more intriguing for me.

[@rafeverao4105]

"A wading pool is too deep for you, Chuck." *completely roasted*

[@docsaico]

Absolutely loved this show and specifically this episode. The one with the werewolf clawing through the window, that traumatized my brother so bad, we weren’t allowed to watch Goosebumps anymore. But we’d sneak an episode here and there, until we saw Welcome to Horrorland. Scared us both so bad, we never watched it again (as kids, lol).

[@ActingHerReaction]

The funny thing about goosebumps is the one thing that fucked me up as a kid wasn't even a traditionally scary episode. It was the one where the kids dare this other kid into a haunted house and it ends with him basically making a deal with the ghosts that if they let him go they can have the others. The look on their faces when the ghosts inform them that the kid they came in to find left them...shudders I think that stuck with me (even if the rest of the plot I cant quite remember) because I realised that people can be truly cold AF. It made me shiver and paranoid for ages...wondering if anyone I know would make that deal. I know the kids he sold out weren't his friends (maybe dicks/bullies. Like I said vague on the plot) but it kept me up at night wondering what happened after. The missing kids posters. The town wide panic. Grieving parents. Assemblies at school. Vigils...and of course how he could sleep at night. Live his life. Keep his secret. Again *shudders Dunno but to me that's the most effed up thing goosebumps did.

[@SquareNevada1]

I was looking for a comment about that episode! Weird, I haven't seen it sense I was like 7 but I remember it vividly. I thinks because at least the Mask ends with the character learning a lesson and she can move on, while in the episode you describe, the kids are punished for a relatively normal kid thing to do. The thought of being held captive eternally by ghosts was disturbing

[@ActingHerReaction]

The RockStar yeah the lack of closure and extreme just made the episode stick with me. It was really scary. In a real life human sense

[@lovehearts9710]

I think it might be called the headless ghost but im not sure

[@BRILL-vb1jy]

Woooooooooooo boi

[@omoroseobadiaru2102]

The episode is called The House OF No Return

[@coleadams9899]

damn, you really siked me out by not playing the entire theme in the beginning- and here i was, *waiting* for those iconic notes. on the bright side, this episode was my introduction to an extreme love of horror, too.

[@dennisdegasEDG]

Any goosebumps remakes or adaptions should be done only with practical effects, it's what made the show so freaky.

[@vincentsinclair7749]

I’m still haunted by a goosebumps called Three Wishes, if I remember correctly. It’s the same old be careful what you wish for story, but at the end her bully gets the three wishes and her first one is asking for the main character to “just fly away already”, based on the nickname her bully gave her. I don’t remember exactly what the nickname was, but it was based on a bird. The main character transforms into a bird and narrates as if in a trance, leaving behind the family and friends she had only just learned to appreciate after she fought to take back her three wishes. That always stuck with me, even after almost ten years.

[@jonal5126]

Be careful what you wish for

[@tearstaiins2431]

I watched R.L. Stines the Haunted Hour more xD I never thought Goosebumps was scary, but the hounted hour, oooooh boy the doll episodes and bloody Mary scared the shit out of me!

[@avahoelzen8526]

The Bloody Mary was so freaky

[@Cinn-yt]

omg yes the haunting hour was so much better in my opinion. i agree with those episodes.

[@tigerseye1002]

Much scarier yeah

[@inspector5122]

The fact that good endings were rare was what interested me.

[@plagueandpasta4471]

Holy shit those lily episodes ughhh

[@VisserZer0]

At the exact moment you said "ugliness", my audio glitched hard and that word alone came out distorted and inaudible. I had to rewind to make sure it wasn't done intentionally. Damn, man.

[@feihtyt2063]

Wtf?

[@AndrewMarloweTV]

i remember this, the haunted mask and night in terror tower were the two scariest goosebumps in my opinion, also really loved whats in the basement

[@goosebumps-1video585]

Do you mean the episode called Stay Out of the Basement?

[@Friggsdottir]

I owned only these 3.

[@Htx_speedoutlaws]

One episode I found scary when I was a kid was the gnomes one.the fact that they could come alive creeped me out

[@chisomiso8371]

DUDE SAME HEAR. I was terrified to go into the garden at night

[@justforgetshine]

*RL STINE* Goosebumps horror for kids *RL STINE* Haunted Hour Horror for pre teens *Stephen King* Just run

[@pillandatti5043]

Don't forget the nightmare room

[@zoazede2098]

Am I the only one who thinks Stephen King is overrated?

[@crybabycasper]

@@zoazede2098 Nah, you're not the only one. I don't like him, haha.

[@ProGaming-cw1qy]

Eugenia Verónica Bonsembiante he’s not overrated though

[@zetokaiba5867]

@@ProGaming-cw1qy You don't seem to understand opinions.

[@shaylaw.7273]

The Haunted Mask was the 1st Goosebumps book I EVER owned by RL Stine & I loved it. Now having my own kids, I’m starting a Goosebumps books & movie collection!

[@jesnemo2677]

This is an awesome evaluation, so glad I found your channel. I recently rewatched a few episodes of this series 2+ decades after the original airing and was shocked at the complexity of the series, especially Phantom of the Auditorium, after years of falling deep into the lore of the original source material of that particular piece. But i digress, great work! I know what my afternoon is going to consist of.

[@shroomyk]

I was a HUGE Goosebumps fan when I was young and the Haunted Mask was the ultimate terror for me. I used to lie awake at night, picturing the mask floating through the air, up and down the stairs outside my room. This went on every night for years! I'm glad to see I'm not alone in my trauma. lol

[@raavenhairston2061]

Fun fact I met and got a pic with RL Stine 😭

[@XenaLarissah]

Raaven Hairston luckyyyyy

[@dustyberard1671]

Raaven Hairston so cool.

[@raymundoaguilar5214]

@@orcajr.5843 😂😂😂

[@giveluminacat10nobles21]

@@orcajr.5843 Weird flex but ok

[@elmonte4113]

Lucky ducky

[@alexh.7144]

The Haunted Mask really gets me emotional every time. It's hard to see how much suffering Carly Beth goes through and how she starts to hate herself, how her despair led her to the mask. This sweet, innocent girl completely lost herself in her grief and anger and became this sadistic demonic creature. Chuck and Steve might've thought they were having fun but they really caused a lot of emotional torment for Carly Beth. People die nowadays over this stuff. That's why it's so very important to be kind to each other.

[@matthewsawczyn6592]

One of most unsettling Twilight Zones I ever watched involved a framed photo appearing in different rooms. That's it. Super simple, shouldn't be scary... freaked me out..

[@evelynnnveronica]

do u know which episode? want to watch it haha

[@ShinyShilla]

I feel stupid the one who scared me the most was actually the sponge one :(

[@kaylachapman3306]

OMG SAME

[@Hitoshuratdn]

Nah it's not stupid. I mean I was terrified when I first saw Men in Black as a kid.

[@mostamazingtop6]

What about the vampire potatoes?

[@ggmarie2522]

That’s not stupid...I’m the one who’s afraid of the intro

[@mysteryjunkie9808]

Yeah reading that book It Came From Beneath the Sink it was terrifying to think how this creature was just going to ruin your life and feed off of the negative energy and you couldn’t kill it

[@Deoxy360]

This video found it's way into my recommended and I'm glad that I watched it. Thank you. I'm now subbed to your channel with the bell turned on.

[@felman87]

I know I'm late to the club but man, The Mask was chilling. And the 2nd one. I know you don't care for it. But that one was even freakier for me. I never finished it. I stopped at the scene where he asks for a glass of water. I couldn't handle it. It's been....how many decades since that first aired and yet It stuck with me my entire life. Him growing old, my child self realizing that people age and die. That the people I loved would become him. Man, I just couldn't handle it. That's why the 2nd one is scarier to me.

[@tristenr.4770]

Right I remember all these creepy me out lol

[@demetriajones81]

Royce'Da Five-Ten I love your name lol

[@HappinessOrDeath]

I remember running to my mum, that was in the toilet mind you, and being on the ground crying uncontrollably because I knew for a fact she would die one day because if this episode. Lol

[@jaymestharp1188]

the three part chillology episodes are rarely ever talked about, which is weird for me mostly because i only had 15 episodes of goosebumps on DVD and VHS as kid so i rewatched the same ones nonstop. the character of Karl was such a riot and it was hilarious watching how cheesy it became

[@harrismatthew5553]

The Werewolf episode creeped me out as a kid

[@littleracc196]

That is the only episode I was afraid of since I live in the middle of the woods

[@mikeraff18]

The Mask episode was the reason I became a horror fan. First time seeing your channel and I am subscribing!

[@kennethha416]

during this video i got an ad for R.L stine's masterclass that better not be a coincedence

[@reaganr458]

I don't know about everyone else but the scariest episode to 8 year old me was the scarecrow walks at night. I don't know something about seeing the scarecrow standing at their window in the middle of the night scared the crap out of me

[@drpibisback7680]

Scary things standing and silently staring at you? That's basically Slenderman at least a decade before Slenderman.

[@spookywillow]

YES!!!!!!! this was one of the scariest for sure

[@nyssaberlanga6819]

the ending is horrifying too

[@chihabgm7796]

nothing on goosebumps really scared me, but i think there was an episode on another show where a doll starts moving and talking and she starts transforming into her owner but while owner turns into a doll. like the owner was getting replaced by the doll because the doll was secretly sucking the life force out of the owner and the owner couldnt do anything. that was horrifying.

[@Laurazomg]

Reagan r that episode gave me nightmares

[@bartsimpson5281]

Next to Slappy, the Mask BOOK was the scariest shit as a kid. Made me love horror novels as an adult