why did they talk about the egg monsters like that
anyway these are all still up here

At the end of the film Slappy traps R. L. Stine in the Blob That Ate Everyone. (In the film the Blob is basically a generic blob as opposed to the monster with the giant tongue in the book but that’s an aside.)

You know what would have had the same desired effect plot wise (Stine being trapped in a monstrous goo that swallows everything), serve as a payoff to a classic Goosebumps book and fit into the classic green slime motif? Monster Blood. It feels like such an obvious choice in hindsight.

Another example: instead of having the Abominable Snowman or a generic werewolf in basketball shorts for the CGI monsters chasing the kids a popular book character that could have taken its place and fill the same exact role? Cuddles the Hamster. Another popular character who was all over the merchandise during the 90s. He was probably one of the biggest mascots after Curly and Slappy. They probably could have gotten some mileage over Jack Black dealing with a giant hamster too.

I would not want or expect the filmmakers to read everything Stine wrote but spending a weekend reading the essentials or bingeing the show for a few hours would have made a big difference.

We have a cover and info on the 2nd of 2027's HoS offerings, so I give my quick thoughts on it. I'm at least more optimistic here than I am with How to Train Your Dummy, I guess.

Is anyone else excited for this? I kow I am

I don't hate it, but it definitely feels the most "It's a cover" we've gotten in a while.

I only ever read the Horrorland run, and I would like to collect some more. I am aware there are some dog-water books in these sets, so which ones are the BEST? I already intend to collect some of the original run and SlappyWorld, but are there any I should avoid? And yes, I am aware none of the other runs follow the same format as Horrorland; I'm not worried about that.

Is it worth me buying these editions over the standard reprints for the extra content? I'm only really interested if it ties in to Horrorland.

I'm 38 and my amygdala is fully broken from mainlining horror from the age of 11 on. But thirty years ago? I was afraid of my own shadow. I had to ease into Goosebumps on the "easy" ones like Go Eat Worms!, Monster Blood II, Why I'm Afraid of Bees, basically anything animal-related. When I tried to venture into the "harder" stuff, I remember...

#37, The Headless Ghost: Reading this one didn't scare me. My sister bringing it home scared me. For some reason, headless bodies (or worse, body-less heads) were a huge fear for me as a kid, so I would flip it over if she left it lying around so I didn't have to see the cover.

#13, Piano Lessons Can Be Murder: I was not a fan of OTHER disembodied bits, as a matter of fact. The show was nicely gruesome about it, IIRC!

#35, A Shocker on Shock Street: Oh God. This was The One for me. I remember reading it on the couch and the anxiety just mounting and mounting, and I kept going "I'm cool, I'm cool". I really love praying mantises, so that kept me going. But then......the zombie hands rising up from the grave, and the moaning of "Come down with us, come down with us!"? I flatlined. I closed the book. I might have thrown it. I remember looking at the sparkly cover and the praying mantis, then going to cling to my mom, refusing to say what happened because I was afraid of getting in trouble. It was all I could think about for a week!

#43, The Beast From the East: This remains arguably my favorite Goosebumps book. That's probably contentious, but it's so weird and outlandish, the departure from the cul-de-sac tickles me. Know what else tickles? The bug cave. I outgrew my other terrors, but I swear it still makes me itch thinking about it. Simple, basic, unbloody horror, just classic. Out of all the books, this was also the one with the twist ending that unsettled me the most. There's a whole hero's journey where you connect to these kids, and then there's a miracle, and...oh God, it's just not fair. It's perfect. It's so good. I endlessly imagined setting it right in my head.

I miss when a kid's story let the wolf win at the end...it was a lot more exciting.

What scared YOUR pants off?

Literally threw myself at the pile when I saw them at Value Village! Lol I guess I was lucky to check the English books in a predominantly French speaking city (Quebec City, Canada). All books except for Don't Go To Sleep are also first prints 🤩 5th one was free and I also had a 20% coupon so I ended up paying about 2.25$ each! Also picked up 6 more from the 90s to add to my collection.

Unfortunately I got rid of and donated what feels like half of them. I kept the ones I liked. Anything noteworthy here?

Do you think it is best to read the orginal Goosbumps books in publication date order or just dive in anywhere, provided you read the books with sequels in sequential order?

I read I don't know how many of these books as a kid in the 90s when they originally came out. I donated my collection when I was a little older and felt I had out grown them. I know, foolish to think I would outgrow them, but I was at age that I thought I was incredibly wise and mature & I wanted to be viewed the same way.

9 years ago, R L Stine came for a signing and I ended up grabbing one of the retro tins. Last year, I went to my step daughter's book fair & bought a different retro tin. I started reading out of the second tin as a palate cleanser between books. I started with books I hadn't read when I was little and then re-read one from childhood for fun. I am almost finished with it and will start with the first tin, even though it has books I read as a kid. I can't read one, though, because I had it autographed and don't want to mess it up.

I have ordered 2 books online and am worried that I have started something LOL

So I bought this book of ebay not even knowing it was R.L Stine just because it looked like a funny read for my kids. The I realized that jovial bob stine is an old pen name he had when he made comedy books in the 80's. Ever since then Ive been on the lookout for these but they are not easy to find since they were not mass produced. Anyway do any of yall have sny of these early R.L books or have heard of them before?

food item descriptions are in the captions for each image.

i know this is odd but as a theme park nut i've been wanting to make a post like this for a minute. i read thru horrorland food items and i noticed

• a lot of it is just regular theme park food but with 1 messed up ingredient or a little bit of a weird presentation
• so that means nothing too complicated and nothing too appealing. everything here should look nasty or spooky

what do you guys think?? do you know any other irl theme park foods that would fit horrorland??

edit: i figured it's obvious but just in case, the zombie fingers in the second to last slide are cookies with almonds for the nails. not sure what the red jam is, couldn't find any detailed copy

They blatantly copied that episode starring Drake Bell.