VIDEO Goosebumps movie trailer - this actually looks good!

R.L. Stine is just a bit prolific, with the 71 year old American author publishing more than 400 books in his long career. Without a doubt he's best known for his Goosebumps series, which includes 62 original books and over 100 overall.

It's a long-running series of child-friendly chillers - and some of them are pretty chilling indeed. The books spun off into a successful TV series in the mid 90s and a movie version has been in the works since at least 1998. Now its here and, suprisingly, it looks like a lot of fun.

The first trailer for the Goosebumps movie starring Jack Black is below.