Robert Lawrence Stine, sometimes known as Jovial Bob Stine and Eric Affabee, is an American novelist, short story writer, television producer, screenwriter, and executive editor.
Biography from TMDB.
- October 8, 1943 (83)
- Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Writer and actor, also producer
- 22 on MovieCove · 93 credits in all
Known for
What are R.L. Stine's films like?
Across their 18 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 3 · Earnest 13
Light 13 · Serious 1 · Dark 2
Grounded 5 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 1
Gentle 6 · Charged 6 · Intense 4
A split, not a type: Steady 8 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 5 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 3
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 3
Casual 12 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 13 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 14 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heroas Multiple (various kids) in Goosebumps (1995)
- Mentoras R.L. Stine in Goosebumps (1995)
Moods and endings
- Happy9
- Bittersweet7
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch R.L. Stine's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 22 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (7).
- Crunchyroll
Subscription and free streaming for R.L. Stine's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
93 credits, 22 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
I Love Lucca Comics & Games (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead(2025)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Fear Street: Prom Queen(2025)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films
Goosebumps: The Vanishing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Goosebumps(2023)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all shows
Zombie Town(2023)
Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films
Just Beyond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
R.L. Stine is Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Mary McScary(2018)
Search Party(2016)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Goosebumps(2015)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Eye Candy(2015)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
The Haunting Hour: My Old House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Brainwave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all showsTop Chef VIPS (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Mostly Ghostly(2007)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all filmsZomer Draait Door, De (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Mannen, mannen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Goosebumps: An Old Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Goosebumps: My Best Friend Is Invisible (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Goosebumps: Chillogy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Goosebumps: Scary House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Goosebumps: The Ghost Next Door (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Goosebumps: The Perfect School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Goosebumps: Cry of the Cat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Goosebumps: Deep Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Goosebumps: How I Got My Shrunken Head (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Soundstage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Bobo's in the bush (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Haunted Lighthouse 4-D (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
The Nightmare Room: Camp Nowhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
When Good Ghouls Go Bad(2001)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
The Nightmare Room (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
The Nightmare Room: Scareful What You Wish For (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Ghosts of Fear Street(1998)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Goosebumps: Teacher's Pet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
LateLine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Goosebumps: Say Cheese and Die... Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Goosebumps: Strained Peas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Goosebumps: Werewolf Skin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Goosebumps: The Barking Ghost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Goosebumps: Don't Go to Sleep! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Goosebumps: The House Of No Return (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Goosebumps: A Shocker on Shock Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Goosebumps: Night of the Living Dummy III (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Goosebumps: The Blob That Ate Everyone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Goosebumps: Don't Wake Mummy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Goosebumps: How to Kill a Monster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Goosebumps: Vampire Breath (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Goosebumps: Monster Blood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Goosebumps: The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Goosebumps: Let's Get Invisible! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Goosebumps: The Haunted Mask II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Goosebumps: Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Goosebumps: Ghost Beach (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Goosebumps: Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Arthur(1996)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
Goosebumps: You Can't Scare Me! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Goosebumps: Go Eat Worms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Goosebumps: The Headless Ghost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Goosebumps: Bad Hare Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Goosebumps: Attack of the Mutant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Goosebumps: The Werewolf of Fever Swamp (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Goosebumps: Be Careful What You Wish For... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Fox News Sunday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Goosebumps: A Night in Terror Tower (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Goosebumps: Say Cheese and Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Goosebumps: It Came from Beneath the Sink (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Goosebumps: Stay Out of the Basement (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Goosebumps: My Hairiest Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Goosebumps: Night of the Living Dummy II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Goosebumps: Return of the Mummy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Goosebumps: Piano Lessons Can Be Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Goosebumps: Phantom of the Auditorium (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Goosebumps: Welcome to Camp Nightmare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Goosebumps: The Girl Who Cried Monster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Goosebumps: The Cuckoo Clock of Doom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Goosebumps(1995)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows
The Haunted Mask (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Eureeka's Castle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
De Grote Bijbelquiz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 92 titles, 90 of them dated from 1989 to 2025.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do R.L. Stine's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 37th percentile, the median of the 15 of 16 with a score; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 39th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th7
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
9 of their 21 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Cult Classic4
- Crowd Pleaser9
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed7
Reviewers score the dialogue 43/100 and the plot and story 44/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is R.L. Stine's work okay for kids?
Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does R.L. Stine work with?
People who share at least 2 of R.L. Stine's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Joan Waricha shares the most, 11.
Directors
- Leigh JaniakShared titles: Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021), Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021), Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Leigh Janiak
Writers
- Phil GraziadeiShared titles: Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021), Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021), Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Phil Graziadei
- Darren LemkeShared titles: Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018), Goosebumps (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Darren Lemke
- Billy BrownShared titles: R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (2015), The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Billy Brown
- Dan AngelShared titles: R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (2015), The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Dan Angel
Actors
- Benjamin Flores Jr.Shared titles: Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021), Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021), Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Benjamin Flores Jr.
- Kiana MadeiraShared titles: Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021), Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021), Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Kiana Madeira
- Darrell Britt-GibsonShared titles: Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021), Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Darrell Britt-Gibson
- Fred HechingerShared titles: Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021), Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021)See all 2 shared titles with Fred Hechinger
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Alan Edward BellShared titles: Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021), Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021), Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Alan Edward Bell
- Caleb HeymannShared titles: Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021), Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021), Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Caleb Heymann
- Marco BeltramiShared titles: Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021), Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021), Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Marco Beltrami
- Rachel Goodlett KatzShared titles: Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021), Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021), Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)See all 3 shared titles with Rachel Goodlett Katz
Producers
- Joan WarichaShared titles: Fear Street: Prom Queen (2025), Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021), Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021), Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021), Mostly Ghostly: One Night in Doom House (2016), R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (2015), Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? (2014), Mostly Ghostly (2007), The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007), When Good Ghouls Go Bad (2001), Ghosts of Fear Street (1998)See all 11 shared titles with Joan Waricha
- Jane StineShared titles: Fear Street: Prom Queen (2025), Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021), Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021), Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021), R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (2015), Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? (2014), Mostly Ghostly (2007), The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007), When Good Ghouls Go Bad (2001), Ghosts of Fear Street (1998)See all 10 shared titles with Jane Stine
- Yvonne M. BernardShared titles: Fear Street: Prom Queen (2025), Zombie Town (2023), Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021), Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021), Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021), Mostly Ghostly: One Night in Doom House (2016), Mostly Ghostly: Have You Met My Ghoulfriend? (2014), Mostly Ghostly (2007)See all 8 shared titles with Yvonne M. Bernard
- Jenno ToppingShared titles: Fear Street: Prom Queen (2025), Fear Street: Part One - 1994 (2021), Fear Street: Part Three - 1666 (2021), Fear Street: Part Two - 1978 (2021)See all 4 shared titles with Jenno Topping
Mixed roles
- Peter DeLuiseShared titles: Mostly Ghostly: One Night in Doom House (2016), R.L. Stine's Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Peter DeLuise
