Jack Black's cantankerous R.L. Stine needs to keep a better eye on the road, and better track of the monsters he's written, in the new clip from "Goosebumps."

Directed by Rob Letterman, the horror comedy centers on teenager Zach Cooper (Dylan Minnette), who moves to a small town and meets new neighbor Hannah (Odeya Rush). Her father, “Goosebumps” author R.L. Stine, keeps all the ghosts and monsters from the series locked up in his books, When Zach unintentionally releases them, he, Hannah and Stine must team up to return the ghouls before it’s too late.

“Goosebumps” opens Oct. 16.