Based on the popular series children’s series “Goosebumps” by R.L. Stine, Jack Black shines as the horror ... and something that makes people our age feel very nostalgic over time ...

LOS ANGELES — Jack Black ... for a taste of dark Black. The 46-year-old actor poured on the creepy sauce for his latest role as youth horror author R.L. Stine in Goosebumps (in theaters Friday).

And when you get to a certain age, it's almost like a ... You know, so we took that to heart. MARTIN: Jack Black stars as R.L. Stine in the new film "Goosebumps." It opened yesterday.

Goosebumps actor Jack Black says he was hanging with some "pretty rough characters" in the grip of his addiction Jack Black was barely in his teens when he became addicted to cocaine at age 14 ...

Jack Black is about to bring Goosebumps to life at movie theaters ... opens up about cocaine use at the young age of 14, four years after his parents divorced. "I remember just lots of turmoil ...

WATCH: This Jack Black 'Goosebumps' Interview Might Be Wilder ... Eight years separated Black and his brother Howard, who died at age 31. "[Death] didn’t happen quickly. We all saw the ...

Iconic children's- and teen-horror author R.L. Stine chats to PEOPLE about Jack Black, who played him in Goosebumps (2015) and Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) "He keeps in touch.