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*Plot: This isn't the first time kids have had to escape from HorrorLand. Lizzy and Luke Morris did, and since then they've dared to investigate the creepy goings-on in the evil park from their website, EscapeHorrorLand.com. But soon, they could find themselves lured back to HorrorLand itself... This time, they're prepared. Aren't they?<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0439918790/ Amazon.com: Escape From Horrorland (Goosebumps Horrorland): R.L. Stine Books]</ref> |
*Plot: This isn't the first time kids have had to escape from HorrorLand. Lizzy and Luke Morris did, and since then they've dared to investigate the creepy goings-on in the evil park from their website, EscapeHorrorLand.com. But soon, they could find themselves lured back to HorrorLand itself... This time, they're prepared. Aren't they?<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/dp/0439918790/ Amazon.com: Escape From Horrorland (Goosebumps Horrorland): R.L. Stine Books]</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:03, 28 December 2008
Goosebumps HorrorLand is a horror novella series by R.L. Stine, a spin-off of his popular Goosebumps books.
Overview
R.L. Stine is writing a twelve-book series titled Goosebumps HorrorLand. The series, based loosely on One Day at HorrorLand (sixteenth in the original series) and Return to HorrorLand (thirteenth in the Goosebumps 2000 series), is the first Goosebumps series where each book is part of the same plot, and the first Goosebumps fictional crossover, with characters, villains and locations from distinct Goosebumps continuities interacting.
The new series will be an immersive storytelling experience welcoming fans to HorrorLand, a vast theme park which R.L. Stine describes as “the scariest place on Earth.” In a Goosebumps first, the new series will be a serialized adventure, and the story won’t end on the final page of book one, Revenge of the Living Dummy. Instead, the spine-tingling and funny bone-tickling adventures will continue on the Internet and in books #2-12, each of which can also stand alone. The first nine HorrorLand books all will feature a combination of frightful new faces as well as the vilest villains from the original Goosebumps series. Ordinary kids are being summoned to HorrorLand—but why? Readers are in for the ride of their lives as the cast of characters trapped in the theme park grows larger with each book, and their situations become more and more perilous.
Books #10-12 will take place entirely in HorrorLand. Who—or what—is behind the evil plot to assemble these kids? The answer will be revealed in the final book. Soon after the debut of books #1 and #2, Scholastic also will begin to reissue original Goosebumps books—ten bestselling titles that tie in with each new story as it unfolds in HorrorLand.
Also launching in April will be a dedicated Goosebumps HorrorLand website (www.enterhorrorland.com) that, with the publication of each book, will further the narrative and provide corresponding clues to help readers unlock the secrets to HorrorLand. In addition, the web site will offer readers original HorrorLand material not available in the books—including ten free internet-only related stories, bonus downloads, interactive games, and more.
Each book has two stories.[2] The purpose of the first story is to introduce the villain and protagonists; the second story shows what happens to the protagonists when they get to HorrorLand, and are united with the other characters. The books also include a case file that links to material on the EscapeHorrorLand.com tie-in website. The final three books in the series will serve to wrap up the 'HorrorLand' plot in a single climactic storyline.
Scholastic's reprints of classic Goosebumps titles to accompany the series have all-new covers and bonus material. They are known as "collector's editions,"[3] and are marketed under the title "Classic Goosebumps."[4]. Since not all the books in Goosebumps HorrorLand are connected to classic books, some of the reissues relate to the ongoing Enter HorrorLand storyline. For example, the fifth HorrorLand book is Dr. Maniac vs. Robby Schwartz, but the fifth classic reissue is One Day at HorrorLand. Similarly, Be Careful What You Wish For was re-released with the seventh book, My Friends Call Me Monster, because HorrorLand's Madame Doom fortune-telling machines are based on the fortune-teller character Clarissa.[5]
Format
Each book is split into three sections.
Section 1: The Story
This is the main section of the book, lasting approximately 100 pages. Since it reads identically to a classic Goosebumps book, readers will be most familiar with this section.
Section 2: Enter HorrorLand
Technically a continuation of the first section (as well as a continuation of the previous books' "Enter HorrorLand" segments), this 30-40-page mini-story is a crossover which finds the book's characters at HorrorLand, meeting up with other books' protagonists and villains. Each HorrorLand segment ends with a "cliffhanger" ending, to be continued in the next book's HorrorLand segment, and likely to be concluded in the ninth book (after which the series is to be set entirely in HorrorLand[6]).
Section 3: Fear File
Only a few pages long and not included in the page count, each book's Fear File contains fictional maps, brochures, menus, etc. pertaining to the section of the theme park featured in that book, along with a hand-drawn map of the area. Each book also includes a fictional advertisement to its featured park area on the front page of each book. Most of the advertisements feature web addresses for EnterHorrorLand.com and EscapeHorrorLand.com.
Other Features
Some books feature single-chapter previews of the books on which they were based. For example, Creep from the Deep features a single-chapter preview of the original Deep Trouble. In addition, the back of each book shows half of a HorrorLand map token on either edge of the book. When two books, such as #1 and #2 are placed next to each other, the two halves match up and show a complete token; in this case, it features Slappy the Dummy. Following this pattern, the second book shows half of a coin that will only be complete when placed next to the third book, and so on. Each token has a unique message, written in mirror writing, around the edge. The tokens form different messages depending on whether they are placed against the following book in the series, or their corresponding companion reissue, which also bear half-tokens; for example, placing Revenge of the Living Dummy and Creep from the Deep together gives the message "Find This Token Online," but Revenge of the Living Dummy and the reissued Night of the Living Dummy spell "Find This Dummy Online."
The Books
#1 - Revenge of the Living Dummy
- Release Date: March 2008
- Number of Pages: 128
- Companion reissue: Night of the Living Dummy - featuring an interview with R.L. Stine and other bonus features created by Joshua Gee (the author of Encyclopedia Horrifica).
- Plot: 12-year-old Britney Crosby and her friend Molly have to put up with bratty cousin Ethan, who's causing trouble with his new dummy Mr. Badboy. But is there more to the dummy than meets the eye? When it seems the danger has passed, Britney and Molly receive a special invitation to the popular theme park HorrorLand - but there they suffer the revenge of the living dummy.
- Featured HorrorLand Area: Stagger Inn
- HorrorLand Token: Slappy
- Classic message: Find This Dummy Online
- HorrorLand message: Find This Token Online
- EnterHorrorLand map release: February 14, 2008
- Note: The first chapter can be read online at Scholastic.com/HorrorLand.
- Escape Horrorland chapter: Stagger Inn
#2 - Creep from the Deep
- Release Date: March 2008
- Number of Pages: 137
- Companion reissue: Deep Trouble - featuring an interview with R.L. Stine and other bonus features created by Matthew D. Payne.
- Plot: Billy and Sheena must once again defeat a creep from the deep, in the shape of a group of zombie pirates led by Long Ben One-Leg. Even if they succeed, a surprise invitation to HorrorLand is drawing them into another deadly situation.
- Featured HorrorLand Area: Black Lagoon Water Park
- HorrorLand Token: Zombie pirate ship
- Classic message: Beware of Hungry Sharks
- HorrorLand message: Beware of the Black Lagoon
- EnterHorrorLand Map release: March 25, 2008
- Escape Horrorland chapter: Black Lagoon Water Park
#3 - Monster Blood For Breakfast!
- Release Date: May 2008
- Number of Pages: 137
- Companion reissue: Monster Blood - featuring an interview with R.L. Stine and other bonus features created by Matthew D. Payne.
- Plot: Top student Matt despises Bradley "Worm" Wormser, who copies everything he does. Bradley orders a container of Monster Blood from a website in order to become big and strong like Matt, but a prank gone wrong leaves Matt with Monster Blood for breakfast. Even in HorrorLand he can't escape the evil ooze - and neither can his new friends.
- Featured HorrorLand Area: A street with the Monster Police Office, Crocodile Cafe and Dr. Twisted's Science Lab
- HorrorLand Token: Monster Blood
- Classic message: Panic at the Sight of Blood
- HorrorLand message: Panic at the Sight of Mirrors
- EnterHorrorLand Map release: May 16, 2008
- Note: Early promotional materials indicated Matt's sister, Livvy, would accompany him in HorrorLand, but this was not the case in the published novel.[7]
- Escape Horrorland Chapter: The Monster Police
#4 - The Scream of the Haunted Mask
- Release Date: July 2008
- Number of Pages: 139
- Companion Reissue: The Haunted Mask - featuring an interview with R.L. Stine and other bonus features created by Matthew D. Payne.
- Plot: Menaced by the scream of the Haunted Mask, Carly Beth starts to delve into its past - searching for a way to escape it. She uncovers a terrifying tale about an old stable she works near, but the mask isn't the only threat. At HorrorLand, she and her friend Sabrina team up with the other Very Special Guests, and overhear a disturbing plot to dispose of them all.
- Featured HorrorLand Area: Zombie Plaza
- HorrorLand Token: The Haunted Mask
- Classic message: Avoid the Trick-or-Treater
- HorrorLand message: Avoid the Tricky Theater
- EnterHorrorLand Map release: July 12, 2008
- Note: Early promotional materials gave a different plotline, involving Carly Beth spending a night in a house full of haunted masks.[8]
- Escape Horrorland Chapter: Zombie Plaza
#5 - Dr. Maniac vs. Robby Schwartz
- Release Date: September 2008
- Number of Pages: 132
- Companion Reissue: One Day at HorrorLand
- Plot: Robby Schwartz publishes a webcomic featuring the villainous and superpowered Dr. Maniac, but reality and fiction collide when Dr. Maniac gets into the real world! It's Dr. Maniac vs. Robby Schwartz when the supervillain tries to kidnap every kid in town, and even if Robby wins, a summons to HorrorLand might be his undoing. With so much at stake, will he get out with his new friends?
- Featured HorrorLand Area: Werewolf Village
- HorrorLand Token: HorrorLand roller coaster
- Classic message: Luke and Lizzy Were Here
- HorrorLand message: Luke and Lizzy Are Near
- EnterHorrorLand Map release: September 15, 2008
- Note: Early promotional materials described Sam as Robby's older brother and the creator of Dr. Maniac; in the published version, Robby is the older brother and Dr. Maniac's creator.[9] Because this book does not follow a classic Goosebumps series, its companion reissue is related to Enter HorrorLand.
- Escape Horrorland Chapter: Werewolf Village
#6 - Who's Your Mummy?
- Release Date: November 2008
- Number of Pages: 133
- Companion Reissue: The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb[10]
- Plot: Abby Martin and her little brother Peter are staying with their Egyptologist uncle Jonathan in a strange old village - but what strange secrets is he hiding from them? Later, Abby finds herself in HorrorLand, where she meets another Very Special Guest, Michael "Monster" Munroe, and the Horror named Byron. But can he really help them out?
- Featured Horrorland Area: An area with an Ancient Egyptain pyramid, temple, sphinx, and the A-Nile-Ator roller coaster
- HorrorLand token: Pyramid
- Classic message: Unwrap the Mummy's History
- HorrorLand message: Unwrap the Horrors' Mystery
- EnterHorrorland Map release: December 22, 2008
- Escape Horrorland Chapter: Top Ten Scariest Rides
#7 - My Friends Call Me Monster
- Release Date: November 2008
- Number of Pages: 138
- Companion Reissue: Be Careful What You Wish For[11]
- Plot: Michael "Monster" Munroe has had it with his teacher Mrs. Hardesty. But during an attempt to get even, he discovers her true nature... and a giant monster egg in her attic. Later, Michael visits HorrorLand and meets two other Very Special Guests, but is it really safe for him to try and leave by way of the mysterious Panic Park?
- Featured HorrorLand Area: Underground Horror's HQ
- HorrorLand token: Fortune-teller
- Message: Wish You Were [incomplete]
- Note: Early promotional materials indicated this book would feature an "evil curse" which was not present in the published story.[12] Because this book does not follow a classic Goosebumps series, its companion reissue is related to Enter HorrorLand.
- Escape Horrorland Chapter: Monster Resources
#8 - Say Cheese - And Die Screaming!
- Release Date: March 1, 2009[13]
- Companion Reissue: Say Cheese and Die![14]
- Plot: A picture is worth a thousand screams... especially one taken by Julie's new camera, which has the bizarre power to predict a nasty future for anyone in its way. If that's not scary enough, a trip to HorrorLand is also in Julie's future... and if she's not careful, she could meet a sticky end at the bottom of the Tunnel of Screams.[15]
- Featured Horrorland Area: an area with a big red building (possibly the Tunnel of Screams)
- Escape Horrorland Chapter: Tips and Tricks
#9 - Welcome to Camp Slither
- Release Date: April 15, 2009[16]
- Companion Reissue: The Horror at Camp Jellyjam[17][18]
- Plot: Spooky legends aside, animal-loving siblings Boone and Heather can't wait to get to camp, but an infestation of snakes isn't the best welcome to Camp Hither. Even if they can get to the bottom of the trouble, more danger awaits when they get to HorrorLand.[19]
- Note: Plot synopses for the audiobook edition name the protagonists as Joel and Zoey rather than Boone and Heather, and refer to the camp as "Camp Slither" rather than "Camp Hither."[20] The HorrorLand series will feature a villain called "Mister Slither", who is most likely to appear in this book.[21]
- Featured Horrorland Area: An area with a house, pond, grassy area, and a river.
- Escape horrorland Chapter: Secret Evidence
#10 - Help! We Have Strange Powers!
- Release Date: April 15, 2009 [22] [23]
- Companion Reissue: How I Got My Shrunken Head[24] [25]
- Plot: Twins Jillian and Jackson need help - they have the strange power to hear everyone's thoughts, and someone else wants to control that power... They can't trust anyone - especially in HorrorLand, where one of the trapped kids might be a traitor helping the bad guys.[26]
- Featured Horrorland Area: The Doom Slide
- Escape Horrorland Chapter: The Doom Slide
#11 - Escape From HorrorLand
- Release Date: June 2009 [27]
- Plot: This isn't the first time kids have had to escape from HorrorLand. Lizzy and Luke Morris did, and since then they've dared to investigate the creepy goings-on in the evil park from their website, EscapeHorrorLand.com. But soon, they could find themselves lured back to HorrorLand itself... This time, they're prepared. Aren't they?[28]
- Featured HorrorLand area: Vampire Village[29]
- Note: Early promotional materials named this book as Streets of Panic Park, but this title was later given to the following book.[30]
- Bonus Chapter: Vampire Village
#12 - Streets of Panic Park
- Release Date: July 2009[31]
- Plot: With a mysterious puppet-master controlling their lives, the streets of Panic Park seemed like the only escape for the kids trapped in HorrorLand. Instead, they found their next nightmare. Now the kids have to face their fears - and make fearsome friends - if they want to defeat the last horror.[32]
- Note: Early promotional materials named this book as The Last Horror.[33]
- Featured Horrorland Area: A Panic Park maze.
- Bonus Chapter: The fate of Luke and Lizzy Morris.
Companion websites
The series is complemented by companion websites.
Enter HorrorLand
The website EnterHorrorLand.com is a "gameplay experience which immerses fans in HorrorLand itself"[34]. It is based around twelve map sections corresponding to each HorrorLand book, each of which includes numerous mini-games. The premise of each map section is that the antagonist of the corresponding book is trying to take over that area of HorrorLand; the minigames tell the story of each antagonist's defeat by the player. The player is frequently represented by Mr. Wood, the main antagonist from Night of the Living Dummy. Guidance and help is provided by an automated fortune teller named Madame Doom. The front page features two short animated movies, "What to Expect in HorrorLand" and "An Interview with Slappy." The site opened on February 20, 2008[35].
Escape HorrorLand
The website EscapeHorrorLand.com and is a "serialized, story-driven, fact-finding experience" hosted by the protagonists of One Day at HorrorLand.[36] It is ostensibly a blog that seeks out and post evidence and information about the HorrorLand theme park[37], written by Luke Morris of One Day at HorrorLand[38]. His sister Lizzie also contributes to the site, largely in the form of extracts from a "Welcome to HorrorLand" guidebook[39]. Luke's friend Clay is also mentioned.[40] Since the story began, Luke and Lizzie have received HorrorLand correspondence from Madame Doom[41], the mysterious "MONSTER-X"[42], who may be Byron from the series proper and who tells the Morrises that HorrorLand has changed,[43] and Slappy the Dummy[44][45]. Several of the correspondence props appear within the HorrorLand books themselves. The site opened on February 14, 2008.
Video game
Scholastic Book Company released a Goosebumps HorrorLand video game on October 28, 2008 [46][47][48] to tie into the series, on the Nintendo DS[49], Wii[50], and PlayStation 2[51] platforms. Developed by Gusto Games in Derby, the plot follows a young boy and his friends trapped in HorrorLand, where they must make their way through challenging levels to escape the evil theme park. Reports indicate the game is similar to the original Goosebumps Horrorland game Goosebumps Escape From Horrorland, in which you had to beat the minigames of various levels to reveal who was behind events in the park and get back home. The official website reveals that HorrorLand in the game will have five main areas: Vampire Village (which serves as a hub connecting all the others), Mad Labs, Terror Tombs (an Egyptian-themed area), Fever Swamp, and the Carnival of Screams.[52] Several of these areas are references to classic Goosebumps books or previous depictions of HorrorLand.
External links
References
- ^ Scholastic Launches Goosebumps HorrorLand by R.L. Stine, Bone Chilling New Book Series
- ^ Reading Is Fundamental | Reading Planet | Book Zone | Meet the Authors and Illustrators
- ^ One Day at HorrorLand collector's edition (bonus material)
- ^ Amazon.com: Haunted Mask (Classic Goosebumps): R.L. Stine: Books
- ^ Escape HorrorLand - Ebook Index - Chapter 4, pages 6-7
- ^ Scholastic Launches Goosebumps HorrorLand by R.L. Stine, Bone Chilling New Book Series
- ^ Scholastic International Rights
- ^ Scholastic International Rights
- ^ Scholastic International Rights
- ^ Amazon.com: The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (Classic Goosebumps): R.L. Stine: Books
- ^ Amazon.com: Be Careful What You Wish For (Classic Goosebumps): R.L. Stine: Books
- ^ Scholastic International Rights
- ^ Amazon.com: Say Cheese - And Die Screaming! (Goosebumps HorrorLand): Books: R.L. Stine
- ^ Amazon.com: Say Cheese And Die! (Classic Goosebumps): Books: R.L. Stine
- ^ Amazon.com: Say Cheese - And Die Screaming! (Goosebumps HorrorLand): Books: R.L. Stine
- ^ Amazon.com: Welcome to Camp Slither (Goosebumps HorrorLand): R.L. Stine: Books
- ^ One Day at HorrorLand collector's edition (bonus material)
- ^ Amazon.com: The Horror at Camp Jellyjam (Classic Goosebumps): R.L. Stine: Books
- ^ Amazon.com: Welcome to Camp Slither (Goosebumps HorrorLand): R.L. Stine: Books
- ^ Amazon.com: Welcome to Camp Slither - Audio (Goosebumps HorrorLand): R.L. Stine: Books
- ^ Night of the Living Dummy collector's edition (bonus material)
- ^ Scholastic International Rights
- ^ Amazon.com: Help! We Have Strange Powers! (Goosebumps HorrorLand): R.L. Stine: Books
- ^ One Day at HorrorLand collector's edition (bonus material)
- ^ Amazon.com: How I Got My Shrunken Head (Classic Goosebumps): R.L. Stine: Books
- ^ Amazon.com: Help! We Have Strange Powers! (Goosebumps HorrorLand): R.L. Stine: Books
- ^ Amazon.com: Escape From Horrorland (Goosebumps Horrorland): R.L. Stine Books
- ^ Amazon.com: Escape From Horrorland (Goosebumps Horrorland): R.L. Stine Books
- ^ One Day at HorrorLand collector's edition (bonus material)
- ^ Scholastic International Rights
- ^ Amazon.com: Streets of Panic Park (Goosebumps Horrorland): R.L. Stine: Books
- ^ Amazon.com: Streets of Panic Park (Goosebumps Horrorland): R.L. Stine: Books
- ^ Scholastic International Rights
- ^ Scholastic International Rights
- ^ Enter HorrorLand
- ^ Scholastic International Rights
- ^ Escape HorrorLand - Thursday, February 14, 2008
- ^ Escape HorrorLand - Thursday, February 14, 2008
- ^ Ebook index
- ^ Escape HorrorLand - Thursday, March 20, 2008 - "My friend Clay is here, and we’re gonna play soccer in the backyard."
- ^ Escape HorrorLand - Thursday, March 6, 2008 - "We opened it carefully, and inside were two fortune-teller cards with the words “MADAME DOOM” printed on them. One of the cards also had BOTH OUR NAMES printed on it!"
- ^ Escape HorrorLand - Monday, May 12, 2008
- ^ "“HorrorLand is NOT what it used to be!”"
- ^ Escape HorrorLand - Friday, July 11, 2008
- ^ Escape HorrorLand - Friday, August 1, 2008
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Majesco-078073111312-Goosebumps-HorrorLand/dp/B001CLG6TK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1217368736&sr=1-2
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Majesco-078073111299-Goosebumps-HorrorLand/dp/B001CLG6TA/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1217368755&sr=1-3
- ^ http://www.amazon.com/Majesco-078073111282-Goosebumps-HorrorLand/dp/B001CLG6TU/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1217368808&sr=1-4
- ^ http://store.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay_Goosebumps+HorrorLand+NDS+Game_29508_-1_10052_10051 Goosebumps Horrorland NDS game
- ^ http://store.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay_Goosebumps+HorrorLand+Wii+Game_29510_-1_10052_10051 Goosebumps Horrorland Wii game
- ^ http://store.scholastic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay_Goosebumps+HorrorLand+PS2+Game_29512_-1_10052_10051 Goosebumps Horrorland PS2 game
- ^ Goosebumps HorrorLand video game
