Goosebumps occur when the arrector pili muscles cause the hairs to stand up, making the skin look bumpy. A person may notice goosebumps on the arms, legs, or trunk. When the hairs stand up on the skin ...

As someone who grew up reading every single Goosebumps book I could convince my mother to buy, there's an uncomfortable truth I've had to come to terms with as an adult: The Goosebumps books aren't ...

A: Goosebumps, scientifically known as piloerection, occur when tiny muscles called arrector pili contract at the base of ...

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You’re watching a suspenseful movie when suddenly the hairs on your arms stand up, your skin prickles with tiny bumps, and a shiver runs down your spine. Or maybe you’re standing outside on a chilly ...

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Children of the ’90s were a different breed, thriving on all that was scary and traumatizing, from late-night series like Tales from the Crypt to horror books like Goosebumps. What we survived back ...

The end of Goosebumps‘ eighth episode, “You Can’t Scare Me,” actually feels like a season finale in a lot of ways. The conflict with Harold Bittle is completely resolved. The parents apologize to him, ...

There are plenty of cockroaches in New York City, but at R.L. Stine's house, you'll find a 3 foot one. OK, not an actual roach. It was just one of the many horror-based knick knacks lying around his ...

Maybe it’s the skeletons barbecuing on the cover of Say Cheese and Die! Or the beady-eyed face of Slappy on Night of the Living Dummy. Or it might be the green hand reaching from the darkness on Stay ...

Human bodies do a lot of weird stuff. But goosebumps may be one of our strangest bodily functions. Goosebumps are humanity’s near-universal reaction to the cold. But for some reason, those ...