It needed more Jack Black.

Better than the first at times and Slappy is definitely better. Feels more like the Goosebumps series than the first. Which was more about family fun than scares or creepiness. Although I don’t remember Slappy having powers in the first. I thought I would miss the cast from the original. The new cast is pretty good though and the sequel is so entertaining I forgot I missed them lol.

This one feels like a Halloween special that got stretched into a full movie. The monsters are still a fun idea, but the jokes and story don’t have the same energy that made the first one work.

Great family movie for the Halloween season. Our family prefers this one over the first one in the series. Agree with other comments that it needed more Jack Black. Love how they set it up for a trilogy but seems with the TV show we may never get the third installment.