This Goosebumps Episode Has Some Truly Impressive Practical Effects

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While the beloved '90s TV show Goosebumps features regular kids dealing with typical problems, from annoying siblings to moving to new towns, the series is also full of interesting creatures, scary monsters, and ghosts. The episodes might not be that terrifying by contemporary standards, but they packed a punch back in the day, creating eerie and creepy storylines for kids who were fascinated and couldn't stop watching.

Although CGI can be impressive and fun to watch, especially in action films, Goosebumps excelled in the world of practical effects. There is one Goosebumps episode that has particularly awesome effects.

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The practical effects in every Goosebumps episode are impressive, and a lot of creativity and hard work was put into make-up and masks. Amos Crawley said in an interview that good money was spent on the first episode, «The Haunted Mask.» The actor who played Chuck Greene in the episode said, «I remember being aware they were sparing no expense as far as kids TV was concerned. Kids TV doesn’t generally have a huge budget and 'The Haunted Mask' probably looks a little cheesy by today’s standards, but at the time they were really putting money into it. I seem to recall that there was a TV exec from Fox whose kid loved the books so she was convinced that it was an important project.»

Deborah Scorsone played the main character Lucy Dark in the season 1 episode «The Girl Who Cried Monster,» which is adapted from book eight in the book series by R.L. Stine. (Deborah's sister, Caterina, is best known for playing Amelia Shepherd on Grey's Anatomy). There are some truly scary Goosebumps episodes and this one is definitely in that category. Lucy loves