Ten Teen Idols of the "Goosebumps" TV Series

Goosebumps (1995-98), based on the long-running series of children's horror novels by R. L. Stine (231 to date), provided chills for the pre-teen set.  A jack-o-lantern comes to life.  The lunch lady turns out to be an alien.  An abandoned house holds a dark secret.  A piano teacher named Mr. Schreek has a sinister motive.  It was scary but not too scary for kids, with bravery and ingenuity triumphing over the evil, and no one being actually killed or eaten.

The protagonists were kids or teenagers, sometimes alone, sometimes in pairs of best friends or siblings.  Since an anthology series needs a new cast every week, producers scoured the ranks of Canadian child actors, coming up with sat least 10 who would become teen idols, or go onto a hunky adulthood.


1. Corey Sevier (4 episodes), major teen idol of the 1990s, more recently appearing in tv movies like The Tree that Saved Christmas (2014)





2.. Kaj-Erik Eriksen (2 episodes) of The Commish and Boston Public, now appearing in even more tv movies like A Christmas Detour (2015).  451 tv movies with "Christmas" in the title appeared between 2010 and 2017.














3. Brendan Fletcher (2 episodes), star of Freddie v. Jason (2003) and more recently IZombie.  No Christmas movies.












4.Daniel Clark (2 episodes) went on to another paranormal series, The Zack Files, and the teen soap Degrassi: The Next Generation.










5. Kevin Zegers (1 episode) starred in Air Bud, about basketball-playing dog, and a number of indie movies where he takes his shirt off.  He was last seen on Fear the Walking Dead.















6. Tyler Kyte (1 episode) appeared in many indie movies, including Prom Queen: The Marc Hall Story (2004)





















7. Ben Cook (4 episodes).  His last role was in Camp Rock 2 (2010).





















8. Mpho Koaho (1 episode) is now starring in the sci-fi series Falling Skies.






















9. Dov Tiefenbach (3 episodes) has appeared in many Canadian tv series, and in an indie band.

















10. Blake McGrath (2 episodes) is a pop singer and contestant on So You Think You Can Dance.