Back in the 1990s Goosebumps was something big, a phenomena, it was so big that it became a brand by itself. I remember when I used to drink Goosebumps' weird fizzy drink while visiting Woolworth (RIP my friend), and till now I remember the Goosebumps pajamas that my mum brought to me, in other words the book series was so successful that they made pajamas out of them!!!
I started to read Goosebumps when I was 8, and I was addicted to them. I fell in love with the series so much and I vowed to finish them all. What made things cooler is that I found out that there was a Goosebumps' TV series, I used to borrow them from the library.
I was hooked up that I even read the damn series in arabic, in other words I was really obsessed with them (till now to be honest). So since this year we are expecting a goosebumps movie why don't I talk about my 10 favourite Goosebumps books!!
1- Phantom of the auditorium
One hell of a book!! Some what inspired by phantom of the opera, the novel is about Zeke who got a role in the school play, The phantom. And as usual get ready for a hell of a twist at the end of the story.
2- Say cheese and die
Imagine having a camera that takes photos of your future but not in a good way, yup that was one hell of a disturbing story, it's a Goosebumps classic, an essential book to read. I remember while watching final destination 3 when they used the photos that they took at the fun fair to see who will death attack and how, guess they were inspired by this book (maybe) and if you have no idea what am I talking about then watch the movie.
3- Ghost beach
God, I love this book!! I read the book in both Arabic and English, that's how much I love this novel. If you are into ghost and hunted caves then give this one a try, it's one of my personal favourites. I love the cover so much!! A kick ass cover, I love it.....
4- The haunted mask
One hell of a story!! Imagine wearing a mask that turns out to be alive and wants to take over your body. Creepy?! Yes but a damn good one, the TV episode was really good as well. I really don't know what is wrong with Halloween masks?? Even halloween 3's plot was about creepy masks and shit.
5- Stay out of the basement
This book sealed the deal to me, I was officially hooked after finishing this book and at some point it even gave me nightmares!! The plot is simple, daddy is working on an experiment, daddy doesn't want you any where near the basement, daddy is actin weird and well you were foolish enough to get into the basement, didn't daddy tell you to stay away?? The twisted ending was really epic, it's underrated though.
6- One day at horror land!!
So imagine going to an amusement park that is actually managed and ran by real live monsters!! Yeah, not a really good thing especially if they are trying to kill you. The TV episode was really great, give it a try.
7- Don't go to sleep
Who would think that sleeping in the attic is a bad idea?? Poor Matt, he only wanted to have a bigger room, but sleeping in the attic proved to be a decision that he will regret later. Imagine that every time you wake up, you live in a brand new nightmare??? A life of never ending nightmares!! Poor Matt...
8- Night of the living dummy III
Slappy is one of R.L Stine's best characters, it's creepy, disturbing and yeah it's alive. Buying a talking dummy isn't a good idea, especially when it's Slappy. Out of the 3 main night of the living dummy books, the third one is my favourite.
9- Vampire breath
Imagine having a secret room in your basement that contains a bottle of vampires breath, now I guess that you are foolish enough to open the bottle, if so, congratulations!! Now you have a real ass vampire in your basement. God, I really love this one, I have it in Arabic and English. Not the strongest book out of the bunch but it's an interesting one.
10- Welcome to camp nightmare
that ending, that weird ass ending!!!
Those are my top 10 favourite books with their covers, there are other Goosebumps series like Give yourself Goosebumps and Goosebumps 2000 so I might write other posts and entries about them. The guy wrote like a gazillion Goosebumps titles, hope you like my picks and if you haven't read them before then give em a try....
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