

There's the same mysterious camp with odd counselors, the same people going missing with no explanation or acknowledgement. In fact, it read almost identically to to me, with only a few minor changes. Which is to say, ultimately didn't really jive with me. The same sort of plot points, characters, experiences. They can be fun, but I never really had the requisite experience to relate to them fully, and ultimately they all tend to read the same to me. When they can't find the bottom to the mask, Carly Beth suggests cutting it off.To preface, I'm generally not a big fan of camp books.Just a twelve-year-old girl realizing something is very wrong with her body and no idea why. There's no awkward monster suits, no Special Effects Failure. The scene where Carly Beth and Sabrina realize the mask is attached to her face.When Carly Beth first sees the mask, we briefly see its eyes and when the store owner slams the door in anger, all the other masks turn in surprise. The television adaption of The Haunted Mask REALLY hammers home the horror of the book.Not to mention the incredibly sinister but awesome song. Stine himself) with a briefcase's files being scattered by the wind and the "G" slithering around and making the billboard's face twist and making the dog's eyes glow, has stuck with many people for a long time. It's somewhat minimalist, but its imagery, like the man in black (presumably R.


#04: Invasion Of The Body Squeezers: Part 1.Is it any wonder why the series got cancelled after just two years and twenty-five books (versus the original series' sixty-two installments in six years)? Compared to other Goosebumps spin- offs, it's much, much, much Darker and Edgier than it sounds, has outlandish plots, more extreme violence and gross-out content, etc, etc. Let's face it: all of Series 2000 is Nightmare Fuel. #38: The Abominable Snowman Of Pasadena.
