Goosebumps: The Vanishing - Release date and where to watch in Australia


Goosebumps The Vanishing
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Another spooky adventure awaits with Goosebumps: The Vanishing (Goosebumps Season 2) debuting in Australia this Friday. 

The Goosebumps TV series based on R. L. Stine’s books of the same name returns this week with a second season featuring a different cast and storyline. Titled Goosebumps: The Vanishing, it stars David Schwimmer, Ana Ortiz, Sam McCarthy, and Jayden Bartels. 

Unlike the Goosebumps series in the ’90s, the remake won’t be an anthology series; instead focusing on a single storyline comprising episodes of mashed up Goosebumps stories. Rob Letterman, who directed the Goosebumps movie in 2015, developed the series alongside The Muppets co-writer Nicholas Stoller.

Here’s everything to know about the new season of the 2023 Goosebumps series.


Goosebumps: The Vanishing release date Australia

Goosebumps Season 2 will be streaming in Australia from Friday, 10 January 2025. All eight episodes will be dropping at once, available to stream exclusively on Disney+. You can also revisit episodes from Goosebumps Season 1, also streaming on Disney+.

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Goosebumps Season 2Release DatesStreaming Service
Episode 1Fri, 10 Jan 2025Disney+
Episode 2Fri, 10 Jan 2025Disney+
Episode 3Fri, 10 Jan 2025Disney+
Episode 4Fri, 10 Jan 2025Disney+
Episode 5Fri, 10 Jan 2025Disney+
Episode 6Fri, 10 Jan 2025Disney+
Episode 7Fri, 10 Jan 2025Disney+
Episode 8Fri, 10 Jan 2025Disney+

Goosebumps: The Vanishing trailer

Check out the trailer for Goosebumps Season 2 right here: 

What is the plot of Goosebumps: The Vanishing?

Goosebumps: The Vanishing follows fraternal twins Devin (McCarthy) and Cece (Bartels) who recently find themselves adjusting to a new life in Gravesend, Brooklyn with their recently divorced dad, Anthony (Schwimmer). Their father is a former botany professor who has since spent most of his time in science and mystery, who also owns a basement he said if off-limits to everyone but him.

When the siblings discover a threat brewing, they see how it all begins with their father’s basement, unearthing dark secrets and unleashing a series of events that expose the town’s most profound mystery. As they embark on a shadowy and twisted journey, they find themselves right in the middle of a haunting tale involving four teenagers who mysteriously vanished in 1994, including their father’s brother. 

David Schwimmer in Goosebumps Season 2
Image source: TMDB

Just like Goosebumps Season 1, which follows a group of five high schoolers delving into the tragic passing of a teen named Harold Biddle 30 years ago, The Vanishing debut episode is written by co-creator Rob Letterman alongside Hilary Winston. 

In addition to Schwimmer, McCarthy, Bartels, and Ortiz, Goosebumps: The Vanishing also stars Elijah M. Cooper as CJ, Galilea La Salvia as Frankie, and Francesca Noel as Alex.

The reboot of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps franchise, considered to be a pop culture phenomenon, is produced by Sony Pictures alongside Original Film and Scholastic Entertainment for Disney+ and Hulu.

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Other shows on Disney+ you might like

As Goosebumps solidly transplants Stine’s chilling tale of mysteries, we can expect Season 2’s new story to do the same. If you have fun watching TV shows like Goosebumps, you’ll find more on Disney+.

National Treasure: Edge of History, Death and Other Details, Under the Bridge, A Murder at the End of the World, The Mysterious Benedict Society, Shardlake, and The Clearing, are just some of the shows you can watch on the streamer. You can also find Disney+’s latest releases below:

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