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Post by dem on Jul 22, 2011 7:53:31 GMT
R.L. Stine - The Haunting Hour (Parachute, 2001)  Mark Fredrickson
The Bad Baby-Sitter
Revenge Of The Snowman
How To Bargain With A Dragon
The Mummy's Dream
Are We There Yet?
Take Me With You
My Imaginary Friend
Losers
Can You Draw Me?Blurb "Some stories are too terrifying to tell," says R.L. Stine. "They are the ones that live in the darkest comers of my mind. The ones that give me chills in the dead of night. The ones that I must tell you now—or they will haunt me forever."
Read the terrifying story of a baby-sitter who loves evil tricks ... the chilling tale of a boy who dared to lie down in an ancient mummy case ... the frightful story of two boys dying to have the scariest Halloween ever...
Are you ready for these scares and more? R.L. Stine, the #1 best-selling children's author of all time, presents ten new stories that will turn any hour into THE HAUNTING HOUR!I see some of his Goosebumps books in the charity shop from time to time, never felt any great inclination to pick any up, but this ten story, handsomely packaged hard cover (eek!) finally swung me. Each story has its own illustrator and Stine contributes short introductions like an unmouldy version of the Crypt Keeper. The Halloween Dance: Thirteen-year-olds Mark and Jake escape the naff Halloween party Mark's parents have thrown for them - Dad's chosen The Wizard Of Oz as the evening's scary film and mom's even allowed Madison to invite her yucky girlfriends along, all of them dressed as soppy princesses! After a close shave with a speeding lorry, the lads meet Ray, all stringy hair and bugs crawling out of his temples. You can tell from his costume that the kid knows where its at. Ray invites them along to the old caretakers mansion at back of the cemetery to see real dead folk in action. Have probably written this up to sound a bit more exciting than it is, but a promising start.
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damien
New Face In Hell
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Post by damien on Jul 22, 2011 14:15:08 GMT
I love R.L. Stine! He's my #1 Favorite author!
This book (and the other one; "Nightmare Hour") contains some great and terrifying short-stories; R.L. himself says these are some of his creepiest stories he's ever written.
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Post by dem on Jul 24, 2011 21:50:03 GMT
I love R.L. Stine! He's my #1 Favorite author! This book (and the other one; " Nightmare Hour") contains some great and terrifying short-stories; R.L. himself says these are some of his creepiest stories he's ever written. Not quite sure he's mine yet, damien. early days, but, while the two sampled have been fun, the endings aren't as horrible as they might be. The goth babysitter is sweet, mind. Thought Haunting Hour was the first R. L. Stine book to slither onto the demonik shelves of shame, but just spotted a copy of Night World, given away free with a copy of Miz and acquired under stressful circumstances in Sainsburys. the humiliations we fans put ourselves through just to buy books we forget about the moment we arrive home, eh? Back to The Haunting Hour and The Bad Baby Sitter: Matthew, twelve and his little Sis Courtney don't always get along with next door's kids, Fat Larry and Maryjo. Under the guidance of Lulu, their knockout new babysitter, they take their revenge by baking their 'oinker' friends' effigies in mud. But when Larry busts his arm and Maryjo loses her hair, Matt and Courtney decide have suffered enough. The leggy miss purple lipstick doesn't see it that way at all. "I like torturing kids, but I love to torture adults even more! ... Today we will make mud cookies of your parents." |
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Post by dem on Sept 19, 2014 6:55:48 GMT
No disrespect to the author, but I completely forgot this book's existence until now!
The Mummy's Dream. Cincinnati Museum. It's Joanna's birthday party and the kids have the place to themselves. Connor Franklin and pal Josh decide to play a neat trick. While the girls are preoccupied with looking at soppy stuff, they sneak out back of the Egyptian room. Connor wraps himself in gauze, steps inside an empty mummy case and prepares to give the birthday girl the fright of her life!
It sure is stuffy in there. What with the bandages, he can hardly breathe!
Meanwhile, back in Ancient Egypt, the High Priest has learned of a plot to kill young Prince Akor and bury him without benefit of embalming, therefore preventing his soul from passing to the next life. The Holy man has the answer. Tonight he will lower the Prince into the hot tar vault and mummifying him alive ....
Thought this one a huge improvement on Bad Baby-Sitter and Halloween Dance, not so much for the subject matter but because it's surprisingly grim.
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