Had to watch the Jack Black Goosebumps movie again after I saw this post.
I'm not familiar with the books or tv-series (even though they were translated and aired here), but the film is nevertheless fun. The story is very simple and not very original - the monsters escape out of the books - but the monsters themselves are fun and the film has a lot of action. Especially the gnomes are great. This movie has very much the feel of a Joe Dante movie.
The plot is weak though: why did Stine keep the typewriter at the school for example - this is never explained.
There's also references to SK. Someone says to Stine: 'Stop trying to be Stephen King.' Stine than boasts that he has sold more books than him (don't know if this is true?).
Later when Stine takes his typewriter to write a new ending, he ends up in the school's auditorium where the stage is set for a performance of The Shining.
When my kids were in elementary school one of them LOVED Stine's books. There was a movement to get them taken off the shelves at the schools. My SIL was a part of it. She said her son was scared of them. I said he shouldn't read them then....but that doesn't mean others shouldn't be allowed. I actually found them to be quite well written for their target audience.
We still have quite a few of the books here. They've gone through at least four kids.