Classic Goosebumps is a series of reprints consisting of Goosebumps titles originally published during the 1990s, with all the covers sporting a white Goosebumps logo and large slanted book titles. The first twenty-two books featured bonus materials, with eighteen of them being released as direct tie-ins to the Goosebumps HorrorLand series. After 2011, the series adopted a sporadic release schedule, with new entries being released in waves to promote Goosebumps TV and film properties.
The first thirty-six books featured brand-new artwork by then series illustrator Brandon Dorman, with some of them paying homage to Tim Jacobus' original covers. Upon Dorman's retirement as the series cover artist with the release of Goosebumps House of Shivers, subsequent new entries have reverted to using Jacobus' original artwork.
Books[]
Thirty-six of the Classic Goosebumps books are from the original series, five are from Series 2000, and one is from Give Yourself Goosebumps.
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- Night of the Living Dummy
- Deep Trouble
- Monster Blood
- The Haunted Mask
- One Day at HorrorLand
- The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
- Be Careful What You Wish For...
- Say Cheese and Die!
- The Horror at Camp Jellyjam
- How I Got My Shrunken Head
- The Werewolf of Fever Swamp
- A Night in Terror Tower
- Welcome to Dead House
- Welcome to Camp Nightmare
- Ghost Beach
- The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight
- You Can't Scare Me!
- Return of the Mummy
- Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes
- Phantom of the Auditorium
- Vampire Breath
- Stay Out of the Basement
- A Shocker on Shock Street
- Let's Get Invisible!
- Night of the Living Dummy 2
- Night of the Living Dummy 3
- The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena
- The Blob That Ate Everyone
- The Ghost Next Door
- The Haunted Car
- Attack of the Graveyard Ghouls
- Please Don't Feed the Vampire!
- The Headless Ghost
- The Haunted Mask 2
- Bride of the Living Dummy
- Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns
- The Cuckoo Clock of Doom
- Go Eat Worms!
- The Girl Who Cried Monster
- Egg Monsters from Mars
- Invasion of the Body Squeezers: Part 1
- Invasion of the Body Squeezers: Part 2
Collections[]
Title: Fright Fest
Release date: January 4, 2010
Type: Paperback
Stories contained:
1. Night of the Living Dummy
2. Deep Trouble
3. Monster Blood
Title: Classic Goosebumps Collection
Release date: December 1, 2015
Type: Digital
Stories contained:
1. Night of the Living Dummy
2. Deep Trouble
3. Monster Blood
4. The Haunted Mask
Behind the Screams[]
The first twenty-two books each contain a "Behind the Screams" segment at the end, a small section containing bonus material. This section was omitted in the movie tie-in reprints.
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Covers[]
Classic Goosebumps cover on the left with new logo and artwork by Brandon Dorman, and the original print of the book on the right.
The art direction for the first thirty-six books differs vastly from the original series. The covers were not illustrated by series veteran Tim Jacobus, but instead Brandon Dorman, who is known for his detailed fantasy-like illustrations. Unlike Jacobus' original covers, Dorman created his artwork digitally. Some of Dorman's illustrations closely followed Jacobus' original compositions, but done in his own style (pictured). Starting in 2024, all new entries use Jacobus' original artwork instead of new artwork by Dorman, who had retired as the series artist.
The covers do not feature slime of any kind along the border of the cover. Similarly to the covers of the Goosebumps Series 2000 books, the slime was likely omitted to allow for better presentation of the cover art. The design of the logo has also been changed, and is now white instead of green. The first twenty-two books in the series featured raised covers, similar to Series 2000. Starting with book twenty-three, the covers were printed completely flat. Previous books in the series that featured raised covers were also re-released with flat covers.
Trivia[]
- Almost all of the original Goosebumps books were reprinted between 2003 and 2007, with Phantom of the Auditorium, Legend of the Lost Legend, Werewolf Skin, I Live in Your Basement!, and Monster Blood IV being the only ones not reprinted alongside the other books. Phantom of the Auditorium is currently the only one of these books to have received a Classic reissue, while Legend of the Lost Legend was reprinted as part of the Goosebumps 25th Anniversary Retro Set. and the latter three later being released as ebooks.
- Classic Goosebumps is by far the longest running series in the Goosebumps franchise. Despite some hiatuses, it's still receiving new entries over a decade after its inception.
- Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns to The Cuckoo Clock of Doom marks the longest gap between releases in the series, at nearly six years.
- In the movie Goosebumps, the Invisible Boy is actually Brent Green from the book My Best Friend Is Invisible. Despite this, Let's Get Invisible! received a Classic reissue instead of My Best Friend Is Invisible, However the latter book was later re-released as a ebook the same year.
| Goosebumps series | ||
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| Main series | Original series • Series 2000 • HorrorLand • Hall of Horrors • Most Wanted • SlappyWorld | |
| Spin-off series | Tales to Give You Goosebumps • Give Yourself Goosebumps • Goosebumps Presents • Triple Header | |
| Other series | Collector's Caps books • Goosebumps Gold • Classic Goosebumps • Goosebumps film books | |