Goosebumps HorrorLand

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Goosebumps HorrorLand is an upcoming 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:

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 #1. 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 in April 2008, Scholastic will begin to reissue original Goosebumps books-ten bestselling titles that tie in with each new story as it unfolds in HorrorLand.

Scholastic will launch HorrorLand with a dedicated website 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.[1]

R.L. Stine has stated that each book will "have two stories."[2]. The released plot synopses suggest that each of the first nine books will have its own self-contained storyline which takes place outside the gates of HorrorLand, with a secondary story thread which leads its main character to HorrorLand only in the final few chapters. The final three books in the series will serve to wrap up the 'HorrorLand' plot, uniting the characters and villains from the first nine books in a single climactic storyline.

The series will be complemented by companion websites. The website EnterHorrorLand.com will be a "gameplay experience which immerses fans in HorrorLand itself"[3] and will open in February 2008[4]. The website EscapeHorrorLand.com will be a "serialized, story-driven, fact-finding experience" hosted by the protagonists of One Day at Horrorland.[5] Scholastic has opened a page previewing the titles in the series.[6]

The Books

#1 - Revenge of the Living Dummy

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Revenge of the Living Dummy
  • Release Date: April 2008
  • Number of Pages: 144
  • Goosebumps series: Night of the Living Dummy
  • Companion reissue: Night of the Living Dummy[7]
  • Plot: 12-year-old Britney Crosby is the first new heroine in Goosebumps HorrorLand - and the first to face off with the legendary living dummy Slappy and his evil plans. Even when it seems the danger has passed, she receives an invitation to the sinister HorrorLand, where someone - or something - is luring many more kids. Can Britney and her friends solve the mystery before they're trapped forever?[8]
  • Note: The first chapter can be read online at Scholastic.com/HorrorLand.



#2 - Creep From the Deep

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Creep From the Deep
  • Release Date: April 2008
  • Number of Pages: 160
  • Goosebumps series: Deep Trouble
  • Companion reissue: Deep Trouble[9]
  • Plot: Billy and Sheena must once again defeat aquatic terrors, in the form of an undead captain who sails a doomed undersea ship. Even if they succeed, a surprise invitation to HorrorLand is drawing them into another deadly situation.[10]





#3 - Monster Blood For Breakfast

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Monster Blood For Breakfast
  • Release Date: June 2008
  • Goosebumps series: Monster Blood
  • Companion reissue: Monster Blood[11]
  • Plot: Athletic Matt orders a container of Monster Blood from a website in order to play a practical joke, but the joke's on him when he eats some himself. Even worse, an invitation to HorrorLand is on the way for him and his sister.[12]






#4 - The Scream of the Haunted Mask

  • Release Date: August 2008
  • Goosebumps series: The Haunted Mask
  • Plot: After their previous experiences with the Haunted Mask, Carly-Beth, Sabrina, Chuck and Steve assume there's nothing scarier - but that's before they discover an entire house full of such masks. Can they survive when they're forced to spend the night there? And even if they do, the prospect of a visit to HorrorLand is looming on the horizon...[13]

#5 - Dr. Maniac vs. Robby Schwartz

  • Release Date: October 2008
  • Plot: Robby Schwartz's older brother Sam publishes a daily webcomic featuring the villainous and superpowered Dr. Maniac. But strangely, when Sam disappears, the comic keeps on updating - and Sam himself is in one of the panels, crying out for help. Soon enough it's Dr. Maniac vs. Robby Schwartz, but there's the added threat of a summons to HorrorLand waiting for Robby, and danger is drawing closer and closer.[14]

#6 - Who's Your Mummy?

  • Release Date: January 2009
  • Goosebumps series: The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb/Return Of The Mummy
  • Plot: Ordinary kids are being brought to HorrorLand and trapped there. Their only company? Vicious monsters and enemies, some new and terrifying, some from Goosebumps history - and next to make itself known is a cursed mummy.[15]

#7 - My Friends Call Me Monster

  • Release Date: January 2009
  • Plot: Ordinary kids are being brought to HorrorLand and trapped there. Their only company? Vicious monsters and enemies, some new and terrifying, some from Goosebumps history - and there's more to come, as somebody's about to be brought down by an evil curse.[16]

#8 - Say Cheese and Die Screaming!

  • Release Date: March 2009
  • Goosebumps series: Say Cheese and Die!
  • Plot: Ordinary kids are being brought to HorrorLand and trapped there. Their only company? Vicious monsters and enemies, some new and terrifying, some from Goosebumps history - including an evil camera that spells a terrifying future. But thanks to the camera, for someone, there might not be a future...[17]

#9 - Welcome to Camp Slither

#10 - Help! We Have Strange Powers!

  • Release Date: May 2009 [19]
  • Goosebumps series: One Day at Horrorland/Return To Horrorland
  • Plot: The story moves entirely to HorrorLand as the kids and their enemies clash.

#11 - Streets of Panic Park

  • Release Date: July 2009 [20]
  • Goosebumps series: One Day at Horrorland/Return To Horrorland
  • Plot: The kids must survive in HorrorLand, but the odds are against them with so many villains around.

#12 - The Last Horror

  • Release Date: August 2009 [21] / September 2009 [22]
  • Goosebumps series: One Day at Horrorland/Return To Horrorland
  • Plot: Can the kids find out who or what has brought them to HorrorLand and why, before it's too late?

External links

References

  1. ^ BookOpinion (2007-19-5). ""R.L. Stine to Launch New Goosebumps HorrorLand Series". BookOpinion.com. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ http://www.rif.org/readingplanet/bookzone/content/stine2.mspx
  3. ^ http://www.scholastic.com/internationalrights/postcard.asp?postcard=horrorland_small.gif
  4. ^ http://www.enterhorrorland.com/
  5. ^ http://www.scholastic.com/internationalrights/postcard.asp?postcard=horrorland_small.gif
  6. ^ http://www.scholastic.com/horrorland/
  7. ^ http://www.scholastic.com/internationalrights/book.asp?productid=6219
  8. ^ http://www.scholastic.com/internationalrights/book.asp?productid=6129
  9. ^ http://www.scholastic.com/internationalrights/book.asp?productid=6220
  10. ^ http://www.scholastic.com/internationalrights/book.asp?productid=6130
  11. ^ http://www.scholastic.com/internationalrights/book.asp?productid=6236
  12. ^ http://www.scholastic.com/internationalrights/book.asp?productid=6199
  13. ^ http://www.scholastic.com/internationalrights/book.asp?productid=6200
  14. ^ http://www.scholastic.com/internationalrights/book.asp?productid=6330
  15. ^ http://www.scholastic.com/internationalrights/book.asp?productid=6331
  16. ^ http://www.scholastic.com/internationalrights/book.asp?productid=6332
  17. ^ http://www.scholastic.com/internationalrights/book.asp?productid=6333
  18. ^ http://www.scholastic.com/internationalrights/book.asp?productid=6334
  19. ^ http://www.scholastic.com/internationalrights/book.asp?productid=6335
  20. ^ http://www.scholastic.com/internationalrights/book.asp?productid=6336
  21. ^ http://www.scholastic.com/internationalrights/book.asp?productid=6337
  22. ^ http://www.uklitag.com/site/project_detail_new.php?id=1240&cur_page=0&cat_id=45
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