The abolished MTV show that was based on the beloved RL STINE novel

If you are a child in the nineties, or even just occur during the contract, you are likely to be familiar with the RL Stine. An entire generation grew up on the books “The cry of terror”, and bought a whole generation of parents for their children. But while “horror” novels and YTV TV (not to mention movies and Modern “Scream” series of modern pleasureIt has become a cultural phenomenon and formed an early understanding of children, and that was far from Stine’s only contribution to this type in general.

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The writer pumped an incredible quantity of books aimed at many population composition, to the extent that Stephen King will be brutally like Jack Tournce for bibliographic comparison. Pbs Place the total number of fatty novels with more than 350 in 2024, but other returns reveal more than 500 books bearing the author’s name. It is difficult because despite his protests, Stine was accused of using Ghostwriters, the most prominent of which is the Scholashic publisher in 1999 suit. In both cases, the man was a writing machine, and in 2004, he directed one of his most popular books “The Cry of Horror” in “Eye Candy”.

The novel was Sixty III, which aims at adult fans and followed Lindy Sampson, a 23 -year -old New Yorker, noticing that men seem to be in their beauty. Her colleague in the room suggests that she is trying online dates and writes a personal advertisement (because this was the era of pre -dating application) for her, which proves great success that Lindy finds herself back to four men at the same time. Unfortunately, things take a turn when you receive a note read: “Don’t say no, Lindy. Keep going out with me. I will fail if I say no.” Not exactly a love letter, then, but this is the type of observation you can expect if you are the RL Stone. Of course, this leaves Lindy to know which of the kidnappers is dangerous, so they continue their dating. However, the madness of greatness is built quickly before a great development that raises the entire ordeal.

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It all looked like it might make a good TV show for MTV, which cost a loose series on the novel in 2013. While there were many RL Stine Movies TV programs, many of which were solid, prove the adaptation “eye dessert”, in a ruthless manner, that it is not in a place close to popularity like the “horror” show or even the novel that was headquartered. As a result, it was canceled after one season (It is very similar to the controversial “leather” air conditioning in MTV).

TV pilots are often interesting to watch the way they reveal a slightly different version of an offer we may have loved. “Buffy The Vampire Slayer”For example, it is a great glance in the Cult Classic Now series before you discover all the details. The most interesting thing was the fact that a completely different actor appeared in the role of Willo Rosenberg, which Alison Hanigan played in the show, but in the pilot was photographed by Reagan countryside. But even the pilot “Buffy” and the alternative version of the universe from the final series diminishes compared to the way the “Eye Candy” pilot differed from the actual offer.

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In 2013, MTV ordered the pilot based on the RL Stine novel from a decade. She was produced with Victoria Jusetice in the leadership role of hands Sampson and Harvey Gillin as her co -worker George Reyes, with the supporter who was deduced by the likes of Justin Martin, Lylan Budin, Niko Tortorlla, and Oulisia Rollin. MTV finally ordered the pilot with the chain, with the production of horror Maestro Jason Bloom, but not before fully repairing the offer. As a result, it was the first episode for the first time completely, with JUSTICE and Guillén remained only from the indigenous team. The writer Amy Greenois and director Catherine Hardwick, as she remained on board, with the emergence of Bloom TV Critics Association in 2015 (across Delivery dateHe and the series “Eye Candy” as a way to find “terror in worldly”.

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When “Eye Candy” was first offered in January 2015, it did not seem completely different from the original pilot, but it was also a great exit from the RL Stine source, as it was not clear that he was not based on the book.

When the “Eye Candy” TV program finally hit the air waves after repairing its original crew, it was not completely proven to be a loyal adaptation of the original RL Stine. At the exhibition, Lindy from Victoria Jusete is a repaired infiltration that has just been released and celebrates through adventure in the world of dating online, and records to the “flirting” application using the name “candy”. However, Lurker soon discovered an evil woman who was watching her profile on the Internet. Lindy then tries to use her technical skills to track this mysterious number, but soon you know she is more enormous than you think. In fact, it turned out to be a serial killer, which prompted Lindy and her friends to cooperate against them while searching for the lost sister of Lindi, Sarah.

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Besides JUSTICE and Guillén, the series participated in the Casey Dedrik, Kirsi Cleiments, and John Garrett Stowker, and was filmed in New York City. Again, though, it wasn’t good, as MTV “Eye Candy” canceled after only one season. Justice itself confirmed the news through a post in April 2015 Twitter/x.And where I wrote, “I wanted to hear that, comrades from me first, that the actors and received news that” eye candy “will not return to the season 2.” The actor continued to praise the staff and its crew, and maintained “very special thanks” by Jasson Bloom and the Blumhouse team. During, Tvline I mentioned that the cancellation was simply the result of low classifications.

At that time, MTV was preparing to launch the “Scream” series, which would eventually last for three seasons, and “Eye Candy”, with its average classifications, apparently not required. As such, this original actor may not feel bad about his replacement. Was things different if the show was approaching the original book or preserving its original collection in place? It is impossible to say, but in the era of the early first decade of the twentieth century (not to mention the fact that we live in it in general Newstalgia era), Perhaps direct adaptation may be better today. If not, there are approximately 500 other RL Stine books to choose from.

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