Very true. Though it seems that in recent years the popularity and nostalgia for it has really grown quite a lot, which is great to see. With Disney+ doing a new TV series next year, I think the popularity will only grow.
Your videos have inspired me to start collecting these types of books and I found a whole bunch recently including a choose-your-own-adventure Goosebumps book. Best of both worlds!
I'm so glad to hear that! Collecting these sorts of books is a lot of fun so I hope you enjoy tracking them down. Thanks so much for watching and for the support!
Thanks for the video! I actually ended up grabbing 14 of the Strange Matter books at a used book store not long ago. I knew of many Goosebumps knock-offs growing up, but never could afford to buy many of them. Now I'm trying to make up for lost time, but they've gotten harder to find.
That's great! I'm glad to hear you're getting enjoyment out of collecting them. Ebay and even Etsy are really great places to find a lot of the more rare kids horror books for pretty decent prices. I actually picked up a bunch of the Fright Time books from Ebay the other day so I can finally check them out for myself!
I still have quite a few of the Fright Time books! My favorite story from them was called "Who Am I?" It had a pretty cliche ending, but I still loved it!
There is also Fear Street ,The Ghosts Of Fear Street, and The Nightmare Room which are also a horror anthology series that written by R.L. Stien. The Nightmare Room got a live action adaptation on Kid's WB back in the day and it lasted for 13 episodes. Ghosts Of Fear Street had a pilot episode but never got an anthology series because people thought it was too goofy. It doesn't mean we cannot still like them. Right?
Two current series that I love, are the Fazbear Frights and Tales from the Pizzaplex series that are set in the Five Nights at Freddy's universe. They are 3 story anthologies that often give a taste of the universe without being too in depth, so you can follow along even if you know nothing about FNAF, and they have some really well written stories along the way! Plus, the last part of each book follows the events of a separate story that ties the others together, and basically screams at you to collect the whole series so you know what happens. They are a really good read, highly recommend! Just be warned, the FNAF universe deals with dying children so don't expect everyone to come out alive in the end.
@@90stalgiaTV I also recently found one of the short stories that was submitted to a contest they held. Author Mike Robinson still had his story “The Journal”
As amazing as Goosebumps is, some credit has to be given to both the old horror comics of the 70s and 80s, like the og Tales from the Crypt, and to the Twilight Zone for inspiring countless horror and sci fi stories well into the modern age. In fact Slappy the Dummy can be directly attributed to a Twilight Zone episode about a ventriloquist dummy who torments his owner.
The Strange matter books. They look like they are ai generated to me I'm not really that surprised that it's from the 90s because a lot of goosebumps ripoffs or some so far were from the 90s after goosebumps boom. But to my honest opinion most of the stories of these ripoff goosebumps books are creative but most of them usually straight up plagiarize the original stories like one of the stories in the rip off ones that said stay out of the bathroom but apparently it was similar to let's get invisible.
What is the book in the bottom left of the thumbnail picture for this video?? He kinda looks like Chucky. I had that one as a child and I definitely would like to know what it was called.
@@90stalgiaTV thank you!! I had this and a few of the other books you mentioned so I found a few watching another one of your videos. Awesome videos, they were a really nice trip down memory lane lol.
@@AlltheRageBH That's awesome! I'm so happy to hear that they helped bring some back some fond memories. I hope you enjoy diving into those books again, and thank you so much for the kind words and for watching the videos!
I would say just try to go with what feels right or creative to you! As long as you're passionate about what you're writing and feel inspired by the story you're telling, you can't go wrong. Maybe watch or read youth horror books, shows or movies for inspiration, and maybe you'll get an idea that will inspire you to write it!
@@lovely.5677I've actually came up something like that too though really it's basically goosebumps mixed with power rangers it's called the night club these kids who are huge fans of a local horror TV show about a host watching and reviewing old horror movies kinda like elvira or Joe bob briggs but it turn out he's actually a 100 year monster hunter who came to their town an extremely powerful evil witch he stops her by sealing her inside her own spellbook but with her last bit of power she curses him by making him immortal the night club win a trip to the studio where the show is being filmed but the witch's soul gets free from the book but because she still doesn't have a body she use her magic to bring to life the most evil monsters and villains from the movies the hunter trys to stop them but he's never dealt with monsters like them and is beaten but the night club volunteers to help because it was partial their fault and they know all of the monster's weaknesses the hunter agrees but also decides to give them a little more power by souvenirs that he gathered from his hunts and with a few magic spells he turns them into super mighty monsters dracula the wolfman frankenstein's monster the mummy and the Gillman and teaches them how to hunt monsters Sorry if this a long comment but hearing you guys talk about your passions made me want to talk about mine the story start out like a goosebumps story with child friendly scares but ends with cool monster fights like in power rangers let me know what you think
With things like Pokémon and power rangers still going on indefinitely it really undermines how absolutely huge goosebumps was to a 90s kid
Very true. Though it seems that in recent years the popularity and nostalgia for it has really grown quite a lot, which is great to see. With Disney+ doing a new TV series next year, I think the popularity will only grow.
Finally someone mentions Fright Time series
Your videos have inspired me to start collecting these types of books and I found a whole bunch recently including a choose-your-own-adventure Goosebumps book. Best of both worlds!
I'm so glad to hear that! Collecting these sorts of books is a lot of fun so I hope you enjoy tracking them down. Thanks so much for watching and for the support!
Thanks for the video! I actually ended up grabbing 14 of the Strange Matter books at a used book store not long ago. I knew of many Goosebumps knock-offs growing up, but never could afford to buy many of them. Now I'm trying to make up for lost time, but they've gotten harder to find.
That's great! I'm glad to hear you're getting enjoyment out of collecting them. Ebay and even Etsy are really great places to find a lot of the more rare kids horror books for pretty decent prices. I actually picked up a bunch of the Fright Time books from Ebay the other day so I can finally check them out for myself!
I have a few Fright Time books still, those covers were always top notch.
Goosebumps and all these other 90s horror series were very popular when i was a librarian back in the day! The kids loved them!!!
Love the Friday’s the 13th game music haha nes style! Very nice
Haha thank you! Figured it would set the mood a bit lol.
@@90stalgiaTV love it!
Honestly I love the Chills books art covers especially the one with Hades mostly because Hades is my favorite Disney movie villain of all time
Really wish I knew of these books as a kid, I would’ve read the hell out of them.
I still have quite a few of the Fright Time books! My favorite story from them was called "Who Am I?" It had a pretty cliche ending, but I still loved it!
I ended up buying a bunch off of eBay recently so I could finally check them out in person. I wish I had known about them growing up!
@@90stalgiaTV I got them at Dollar General as a kid, if that helps. Maybe do a follow up video or two when you've read a few?
There is also Fear Street ,The Ghosts Of Fear Street, and The Nightmare Room which are also a horror anthology series that written by R.L. Stien. The Nightmare Room got a live action adaptation on Kid's WB back in the day and it lasted for 13 episodes. Ghosts Of Fear Street had a pilot episode but never got an anthology series because people thought it was too goofy. It doesn't mean we cannot still like them. Right?
I freaking love fear street books I literally discovered them the same time as I got into goosebumps.
I'm surprised you didn't mention Fazbear Frights.
Two current series that I love, are the Fazbear Frights and Tales from the Pizzaplex series that are set in the Five Nights at Freddy's universe. They are 3 story anthologies that often give a taste of the universe without being too in depth, so you can follow along even if you know nothing about FNAF, and they have some really well written stories along the way! Plus, the last part of each book follows the events of a separate story that ties the others together, and basically screams at you to collect the whole series so you know what happens.
They are a really good read, highly recommend! Just be warned, the FNAF universe deals with dying children so don't expect everyone to come out alive in the end.
I hope you hit 1,000 subs soon (you're very close), you surely deserve a lot more subs than that! :)
Marty Engle let me recap the unreleased, unfinished draft for what would've been the last book, "Rilo Buru's Summer Vacation"
That's awesome!
@@90stalgiaTV I also recently found one of the short stories that was submitted to a contest they held. Author Mike Robinson still had his story “The Journal”
As amazing as Goosebumps is, some credit has to be given to both the old horror comics of the 70s and 80s, like the og Tales from the Crypt, and to the Twilight Zone for inspiring countless horror and sci fi stories well into the modern age. In fact Slappy the Dummy can be directly attributed to a Twilight Zone episode about a ventriloquist dummy who torments his owner.
Strange Matter sounds like a low-budget version of Stranger Things
The Strange matter books. They look like they are ai generated to me I'm not really that surprised that it's from the 90s because a lot of goosebumps ripoffs or some so far were from the 90s after goosebumps boom. But to my honest opinion most of the stories of these ripoff goosebumps books are creative but most of them usually straight up plagiarize the original stories like one of the stories in the rip off ones that said stay out of the bathroom but apparently it was similar to let's get invisible.
We also have the book series Bone Chillers, a very good series. Even a TV series, but the books are far better.
Shivers were great
What is the book in the bottom left of the thumbnail picture for this video?? He kinda looks like Chucky. I had that one as a child and I definitely would like to know what it was called.
It's the book "Terror in Tiny Town" from the book series Deadtime Stories. Definitely agree that it's almost identical to Chucky! lol
@@90stalgiaTV thank you!! I had this and a few of the other books you mentioned so I found a few watching another one of your videos. Awesome videos, they were a really nice trip down memory lane lol.
@@AlltheRageBH That's awesome! I'm so happy to hear that they helped bring some back some fond memories. I hope you enjoy diving into those books again, and thank you so much for the kind words and for watching the videos!
Ive been thinking of making my own book series but i think it might be to similar to goosebumps.What should i do?
I would say just try to go with what feels right or creative to you! As long as you're passionate about what you're writing and feel inspired by the story you're telling, you can't go wrong. Maybe watch or read youth horror books, shows or movies for inspiration, and maybe you'll get an idea that will inspire you to write it!
Thank you!
@@lovely.5677I've actually came up something like that too though really it's basically goosebumps mixed with power rangers it's called the night club these kids who are huge fans of a local horror TV show about a host watching and reviewing old horror movies kinda like elvira or Joe bob briggs but it turn out he's actually a 100 year monster hunter who came to their town an extremely powerful evil witch he stops her by sealing her inside her own spellbook but with her last bit of power she curses him by making him immortal the night club win a trip to the studio where the show is being filmed but the witch's soul gets free from the book but because she still doesn't have a body she use her magic to bring to life the most evil monsters and villains from the movies the hunter trys to stop them but he's never dealt with monsters like them and is beaten but the night club volunteers to help because it was partial their fault and they know all of the monster's weaknesses the hunter agrees but also decides to give them a little more power by souvenirs that he gathered from his hunts and with a few magic spells he turns them into super mighty monsters dracula the wolfman frankenstein's monster the mummy and the Gillman and teaches them how to hunt monsters
Sorry if this a long comment but hearing you guys talk about your passions made me want to talk about mine the story start out like a goosebumps story with child friendly scares but ends with cool monster fights like in power rangers let me know what you think