Chair de poule 2 : L'Halloween hantée
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Scénario:
Rob LieberPhotographie:
Barry PetersonMusique:
Dominic LewisActeurs·trices:
Madison Iseman, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Caleel Harris, Ken Jeong, Chris Parnell, Bryce Cass, Shari Headley, Ben O'Brien (plus)VOD (3)
Résumés(1)
Sonny Quinn et son meilleur ami au collège, Sam, se font un peu d’argent en récupérant les objets dont les gens ne veulent plus. C’est ainsi qu’ils vont découvrir Slappy, une étrange marionnette de ventriloque tout droit sortie d’un livre Chair de poule jamais publié… Slappy a très envie de faire partie de la famille Quinn auprès de Sonny, sa sœur Sarah et leur mère Kathy, mais ses exploits malfaisants vont beaucoup trop loin. Les enfants réalisent vite qu’ils doivent à tout prix arrêter ce pantin diabolique. Slappy décide alors de se fabriquer la famille dont il rêve… en enlevant madame Quinn et en ramenant à la vie tous ses horribles complices d’Halloween. Alors que leur petite ville tranquille se transforme en enfer peuplé d’une armada de monstres en tous genres, des plus terrifiants aux plus hilarants, les enfants et leur voisin, M. Chu, vont tout faire pour sauver leur mère et la ville des plans machiavéliques de l’épouvantable marionnette déchaînée… (Sony Pictures Releasing France)
(plus)Critiques (3)
The first instalment was crazy enough, so there’s no reason to expect the second one to be better. Naturally, it’s a bit worse, but the difference is not so big. The plot is nuts, the effects okay and acting performances mediocre. If there was no Jack Black, who moreover only has a cameo role here, there would be no reason to watch this movie.
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This is excellent. While the first installment is a tribute to the phenomenon, the second is an actual Goosebumps episode. It’s pampered, authentic, and fun. It has real relationships between the children and a look at the adults through their eyes. And we also get Tesla. It's well written.
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I didn't expect any miracles from Goosebumps 2, so I couldn't be disappointed. The child protagonists are surprisingly not as annoying as could be expected, more annoying was the main villain, a ventriloquist's dummy, and Ken Jeong, who overacts a lot, parodies himself and aspires to be "paedophile of the year" with his performance. The revived monsters and their attack was the action highlight of the film and even the old friend R.L.Stine with the face of Jack Black came into his own. They even managed to come up with one quite unexpected twist at the end, which, although it didn't have the power and depth of the one from the previous installment, was still good. An unpretentious flick with a few facepalms that could have planted a whole forest out of clichés and predictability, but it mostly passes quickly and doesn't outright annoy.
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