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Goosebumps HorrorLand #6

by R.L. Stine, شهره نورصالحی (مترجم)

می دانستم حال مادربزرگ وی خوب نیست، اما خبر نداشتم خیلی مریض است و خبر نداشتم که می خواهد من و برادرم پیتر را، به وحشتناک ترین سفر عمرمان بفرستد. نمی دانستم قرار است تا یک هفته ی دیگر من و پیتر به ناله های ترسناک مومیایی های باستانی گوش دهیم و گوشهایمان را بگیریم که آواز وحشت آورشان را نشنویم.

Genres: Horror, Fiction, Childrens, Audiobook, Middle Grade, Fantasy, Novels

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Robert Lawrence Stine known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series.

R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.

Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.

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Reviews

[Tyler Gray · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well THAT was horrifying!

I loved it!

[Krystin | TheF*ckingTwist · Rating 3 out of 5]

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I mean, this is no Brendan Frasier Mummy story, but it's maybe the next best thing if you're 12.



⭐⭐⭐ | 3 stars

[Austin Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fun and unique mummy type story - a bit better than the two mummy books from the original Goosebumps series. It is somewhat derivative of other Goosebumps titles, most notably Jekyll and Heidi from Series 2000, but for what this is - (a short 90 page novella) it was fairly entertaining.

[Krissy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Well this was supposed to be a mother/daughter audiobook but of course my child abandoned me after 20 minutes and I was stuck listening to it all by myself. Sigh. I'm too old for this shit.
This is the second time she's done this to me so you'd think I'd learn from my mistakes. Sammy does not like audiobooks. Noted.

[Veronica Morfi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating: 4/5

Review to come.

[Nour (FREE PALESTINE) Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. Lovin the egyptian vibesss.
the end tho BRO THEY FED THEIR GRANDMA MUMMY GUTS

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars rounded up.

This one started pretty good. It was set in a big creepy house on a hill. There was a decent twist. I thought the villains were decently villainous, maybe only a little cartoonish.

I think where it lost me was when we shift to Horrorland? There’s a weird part in the book where the first story stops and the next page says “Welcome to Horrorland” and I wasn’t really sure what had happened and why/how we had shifted and even if it was the same book or I was reading a preview for the next book (there was a different preview for a different book at the end so I don’t think that’s it.)

Maybe I missed it? We do read these when it’s late and i’m tired, so it’s possible.

Anyway, on to the next.

[Isobelle Lacey · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was hilarious and the twist at the end just :O yea it was amazing so 5 out of 5 for that :)

[Gavin Hetherington]

I read all 25 Goosebumps HorrorLand and Hall of Horrors books in one movie-length vlog on YouTube, check it out: https://youtu.be/DsKCfCAAt7g

[Paige Ray · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one was soooo good!! Hands down my fave of the HorrorLand series so far.

Who’s Your Mummy follows Abby and her brother. Their grandmother falls ill so they are off to stay with their uncle. They haven’t seen their uncle since they were babies and have no memory of him but their grandmother assured them that he’s a lot of fun. When they get to his house they realize he is hiding a very dark secret.

The scene with the cat was probably the creepiest ace I’ve read for a middle grade horror. Iykyk. Highly recommend this one!

[Zoey De Leon · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun and an interesting take on a mummy story and obviously had a more good plot than the OG Curse of the Mummy's Tomb. Whole book was completly has a lot of glaring plotholes but not without it's enjoyment factor which is common with Goosebumps stories anyway.

The Enter Horrorland section isn't doing it to me anymore compared to the previous books, they're kinda getting boring but I still am lookjng forward what will Stine bring to the table.

[clumsyplankton · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't really remember how I felt about this one as a kid. I think honestly I probably read it just for the horrorland stuff which during this reread/reading it to my sister was the only part which kept her entertained

[Yorick · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was going to sit here and complain about historical inaccuracies, (Yes. I know this is children's fantasy literature and shouldn't be taken so seriously, but it bothered me the whole time I was reading.) but after doing some quick research it turns out I've been wrong for a long time. So I thought I'd throw down some of the facts that I learned, so nobody else will get confused confused.


So when 'Uncle Jonathan' was seen eating the mummy organs, I was confused. I've read into basic Egyptian mythology and facts before, and I they always removed the organs and stored them in canopic jars. So what organs could he be eating? Weren't mummies just dry husks that were once real living people? It turns out they do remove the organs, just not every single organ, like I originally thought. They only removed the stomach, intestines, lungs, and liver. They left behind the heart, and presumably the other organs, such as the kidneys and spleen, ect. So 'Uncle Jonathan could very well be eating a heart or a pancreas or something like that.

One more small question before I end this review. In Horrorland it's noted numerous times that Abby is terrified of mummies. But why? The only mummies in Abby's story never even left their coffins, let alone chase them or try to harm them in any way. In fact the mummies were the victims throughout the whole ordeal. If anything, you should feel sorry for them, not afraid. And in the end, the mummies were extremely grateful to Abby. I doubt they'd ever try to come after her after she released them from their suffering. So what's there to be afraid of?

[Kate Alvarez · Rating 4 out of 5]

These books are written better than most adult horror.

[Alan · Rating 3 out of 5]

When their Grandma Vee is ill and has to go to the hospital for tests, siblings Abby and Peter are send to stay with their Uncle Jonathan in a small village in New England. His big, creepy house on the hill is full of Egyptian artifacts and the promise of mummies, which has Peter thrilled. But the red-eyed bats that surround the house, the vicious black cat and the weird housekeeper all have Abby wondering what they've gotten themselves into. And then there's the secret lab of Jonathan's they're not supposed to enter.
After narrowly surviving their encounters at Uncle Jonathan's, Abby and Peter receive an invitation to be Special Guests at HorrorLand. Peter refuses, so Abby goes by herself. Soon, she finds herself in the strange fun park, with park Horror Byron slipping her a warning message as she tries to understand why so many mummy attractions come her way. When she meets the other Special Guests and they begin comparing stories of the weird happenings they've all encountered, she becomes the latest park guest to realize this isn't a fun trip after all.
While the newer series of Goosebumps books have been less adolescent than the earlier series, for a book that was written in the aughts, this had some surprisingly graphic and macabre elements. At times they actually felt discordant alongside a story that was overall still of the juvenile level of the earlier books. It featured mummies and bats, which are two of my favorite horror elements, but the primary story was good, not great. The HorrorLand tale further developed that ongoing story line, so I guess I'll have to seek out the ones in the series I'm still missing.

[C.J. Daley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Got the audio for this one with a $10 credit I got from audible for the beta rewards. Read it for my Goosebumps July!

This is book 6 of the HorrorLand spin-off. I did not realize that each of the series finishes with a continuation of the ‘Enter HorrorLand’ short from book one, so sadly I skipped it for now and will have to go back to them all. It kind of would have been cool for all of the shorts to be released into its own book, but it doesn’t appear that they did so sadly.

Abby and Peter get sent off to their uncle’s while their grandmother recovers. But deceit is at every corner, things aren’t as they seem, and perhaps people aren’t either. No spoilers thought, so MUMs the word.

Personally a fun read, but not as good as others. 3/5*

[Mariel Zapién · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’ve finished this book just to realize that I haven’t. There’s many other sequels and five books before this one. Hate my cousin for giving me this book without telling me that information. 🤦🏻‍♀️

It’s a cool / weird story though, I don’t think I will buy the seventh book, but if my cousin gives it to me, maybe a I would read it.
It was super strange when the grandma ate the liver. 🤢

[Meghan · Rating 4 out of 5]

When Abby and Peter’s grandma gets sick, she sends them to stay with their uncle Johnathan, an uncle they’ve never met before. So when a strange man with a horse and carriage picks them up, they think nothing of it. Soon, they realize, he may not be who they think he is. This was another really well told story. The reader liked the pace at which this was told. It was just fast enough that they needed to know what was going to happen next, but it wasn’t too fast that they were confused by what was happening. The deceit and deception was excellent and had the reader going the entire time. The way this ended, at first confused the reader, but the way the author was able to bring the story around was really well done and felt very clever. As for the Horrorland aspect of this novel, it felt extremely long, and the reader is getting a little bored with the premise. Each book ends the same way, the new characters join the old characters only to realize that Horrorland isn’t safe. The reader wants to see more progression into why and how they’re going to get out instead of adding more and more characters. At this point, the characters are starting to get a little blended together and we can’t remember who is who. Hopefully they’ll be more progress to come.

[Anish Nair]

This book is very very interesting and amazing.The whole story has suspense,excitement and many more things.

[Parv · Rating 4 out of 5]

good book, but like the horrorland part better

[Kelsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

An absolute mess. Entertaining though.

[mel · Rating 3 out of 5]

A typical goosebumps ending but I still got so surprised omg😭

[Bronwyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Galen finished reading on February 21, 2024. I think it took about five days, but I didn’t note it.

“It was good. And it was good at the end with Uncle Jonathan was actually a mummy and then they met their actual Uncle Jonathan.”

[isafer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Una lectura rápida y ligera pero entretenida al estilo cuento infantil (qué no tiene nada de malo, de vez en cuando es divertido leer algo así) solo que no me gustó que el libro incluyera dos historias pero que la segunda no la pusieran completa! tan entretenida estaba yo que estoy triste de no haberla podido leer toda (asi que la buscaré en internet).

[Clover · Rating 5 out of 5]

TLDR;
This one had vibes very similar to Attack of the Jack! with the atmosphere and the townsfolk warning the kids of the dangers of their uncle’s house. A common trope that Stine fell back on, I suppose. I guess it’s hard when you write hundreds of books to not revisit some if you like them a lot. I loved the atmosphere, I loved the quaint town, I loved everything Egyptian in the house, and I wish we spent more time in each place. So far, this is my favourite HorrorLand book, and I was really disliking them at first. It’s strong and holds up even without the other stories to connect it all together.

Another mysterious Uncle in a tiny village:
Abby Martin (12) and her brother, Peter (10), live with their Granny Vee. She “is the only family Peter and [Abby] have. [They’ve] been living with Granny Vee since [they] were little.” Unfortunately, she is getting older and has decided to check herself into the hospital for some tests. She assures all will be fine and has planned for the kids to stay with their Uncle Johnathan “in a tiny village in Vermont, called Cranford.” It’s only for two weeks, what could possibly go wrong?
Abby and Peter take the train from Boston to Cranford. They meet a strange woman who tells them to “go back where you came from.” She says she lives close by and hears strange noises up at their uncle’s house. The woman runs away when their Uncle Johnathan arrives in a horse-drawn carriage. He takes them all the way up to his house. Abby sees bats flying around the top towers of the large house. She hates bats, she has “nightmares about them.”
Their Uncle Johnathan clearly loves Egypt. His house is packed full of ancient Egyptian artifacts and even a real mummy! Abby brings up the strange woman and Uncle Johnathan says that that was Crazy Annie, she doesn’t know what she’s talking about. He then introduces them to Sonja, who is creepily obsessed with Abby’s hair. She has a very unique speech pattern and seems very motherly. Sonja tells them that Abby and Peter are to never go into Uncle Johnathan’s private quarters.
Johnathan—after Peter bugs him enough—shows them a mummy, Ka-Ran-Tut, “the boy pharaoh.” He tells them more about his trips to Egypt and the kids are starting to understand his odd sense of humour. Abby meets Johnathan’s cat, Cleopatra, and feels like the black cat hates her. Sonja takes the cat away and Abby goes to her bedroom. She struggles to fall asleep and hears “low moans. Groans. Like someone in pain.” Was Crazy Annie telling the truth? There’s a dark scene where Abby watches a man outside get attacked by bats. In the morning, Sonja says bats protect the house. Johnathan says there’s a bat cave, he studies the creatures.
Things start getting worse and creepier for the kids. Grandma Vee is surprised when Abby says Uncle Johnathan loves Egypt. They just want to go back to Boston but they can’t.

HorrorLand
Abby and Peter are invited as Very Special Guests to HorrorLand. Peter is too scared; he’s scared of a lot of things since leaving Cranford. Abby goes alone. She meets Michael “Monster” Munroe at Stagger Inn. He hears her screaming in her sleep, she’s having nightmares about bats and mummies now. They start going through the park together when she sees an Egyptian themed ride. Michael drags her onto it and she gets scared. They meet Byron who tries to warn them to leave. They meet some other Very Special Guests who are talking about Byron and two missing girls. Abby has no idea what’s going on and just wants to leave. But when they see Byron again and he gives them another message, they have no choice but to follow.

The ending of this is so creepy and perfect, I loved it! I actually enjoyed both parts to this, it felt like a really good stand alone. I didn’t feel too lost or confused, it all flowed really well together even if I hadn’t read the other books. I devoured this book in only a few hours. I love Egyptian things and this was much better than Return of the Mummy (Goosebumps #18). This is the best HorrorLand book so far.

My favourite quote is this one:
“The color faded from her eyes. Her ears drooped. Her head appeared to sag.
As I stared in horror, pieces of the cat dropped to the floor. The tail crumbled to dust. The eyes rolled out. The head crumpled and fell off the body.”

5/5

This is Day #27 of my October Goosebumps Challenge.
Day: 27/31
Books: 27/31

[Callista · Rating 5 out of 5]

Je crois que je ne l’ai jamais lu étant enfant mais c’est sans aucun doute l’un de mes numéros préférés pour la simple et bonne raison qu’il rassemble tout ce que j’adore : un manoir hanté/lugubre peuplé d’artefacts et d’œuvres d’arts d’Égypte ancienne ainsi que de momies, beaucoup de chauves souris et un chat noir (surnommé Cléopâtre, bien sûr) qui rappellent la figure du vampire à mon sens… le tout couronné par un plot twist génial : Abby et son frère Peter n’ont pas affaire à leur oncle qui serait juste un égyptologue complètement crazy, mais à un Égyptien vieux de plus de 2000 ans surnommé Tuttan-Rha et ses 2 amies qui ont découvert le secret de la vie éternelle en se nourrissant d’entrailles de momies, qui elles mêmes subsistent dans le temps grâce à des cheveux humains de couleur noire… Incroyable si on veut mon avis… J’ai pas eu peur (bon en même temps j’ai 21 ans) mais c’était à l’inverse très comique par moments, et l’écriture est toujours aussi plaisante de par sa simplicité et son accessibilité tout en restant sophistiquée ; et c’est aussi ce qui fait la force de RL Stine à mes yeux. C’est juste délicieux à lire quand je veux quelque chose de léger pour mon cerveau tout en m’apportant des spooky vibes et tout plein de nostalgie… L’atmosphère et l’histoire ont été très prenantes, avec une fin que je n’ai pas vue venir et qui m’a fait hocher la tête d’approbation (slay).
Il faut aussi parler du lore Horrorland svp… quel bonheur !! On y retrouve les personnages de divers numéros Chair de Poule dans un même univers (celui de ce parc d’attraction horrifique où ils y sont invités gratuitement en tant que VIP), et où leurs cauchemars individuels reviennent les hanter et les poursuivre… j’adore j’adore. Le passage où Abby découvre la zone Égypte du parc était super, celui du Café Vampire aussi bref que quelqu’un crée Horrorland pour de vrai je vous en supplie je donne un rein pour !!!!
Trop hâte d’avoir tous les numéros pour compléter la carte du parc miam

[Delanie Dooms · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a pretty good book.

Thematically, the text is about life and length of life. The two villains are immortal, keep a room of mummy's alive so that they can eat them to stay alive, and this is the driving force--life. The children, with their hair, is subsidiary unto this.

This theme is expanded upon by the grandmother, who is dying, and who our protagonists desire to save; they worry about her, want to prolong her life, and--of course--at the end of the story, make the same deal with the devil that the villains had and feed to her a human, mummified liver to boost her lifespan for a time.

At the same time, this is a deal with the devil, because the story is emphatic in attempting to portray that death is necessary, even good; the torturous existence of the mummies which the two villains keep alive, their thanks at being killed, show this. That the two villains are villains, unsympathetic to a strong degree, downright evil in a stronger degree, makes it clear to us that--whatever they are--they cannot but be seen as perversions. They must die--otherwise, their reign of terror will continue, even if they are shown to be somewhat human.

In this sense, the story shows a profound fear of death and also a love for it, a love that is not shown as a passion of the lover--of the human--but a passion derived from the reality of suffering.

Common horror motifs are used throughout the novella. For instance, the use of the woman who tries to stop the children from going to the house (altho' she turns out to be evil) is derived from many works, possibly most notably Dracula. The carriage to take the children to the house is the same.

It is also a pretty creepy book and odd (like any good Goosebumps book should be, paying especial attention to the latter). The death of Cleopatra is gross. Above the typical fare of Goosebumps.

[Jay · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I first saw “Who’s Your Mummy?” I figured it was a continuation of the “Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb” series. I wouldn’t have minded that as those books were pretty solid. But no, this is a brand new storyline. And let me tell you, it is unlike anything I’ve read before from Stine.

The story begins with a brother and sister being sent to live with an uncle when their grandmother gets sick. They take a train to a small New England village where Uncle Jonathan lives is a castle on a hill, complete with bats circling the towers. Their uncle also has a thing for Egypt, with Egyptian art and hieroglyphs for decoration and even a room full of zombies. The entire story has an eerie feel to it and would make an excellent setting for a horror movie.

I don’t want to spoil the book but let’s just say it has some plot points I don’t expect from an R.L. Stine book. Torture, hostages, real death, and cannibalism. It is creepy, scary, and pretty darn graphic at points. I also loved the ending. It wasn’t some cheesy twist but instead a dark and disgusting turn that fit right in with the rest of the book.

This book was great, but I don’t know if it can take the top spot from Revenge of the Living Dummy. It doesn’t have the nostalgia of the Slappy storyline and I still really enjoyed hai expanded origin story. So for now, Who’s You Mummy takes the number 2 spot, but it’s close.

1. Revenge of the Living Dummy
2. Who’s Your Mummy
3. Creep from the Deep
4. Dr. Maniac vs. Robby Schwartz
5. Monster Blood for Breakfast
6. The Scream of the Haunted Mask

[Creep from the Deep… South · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall I thought it was really good, however it’s not the best
First of all, the mummies have organs inside of them. Real life mummies have their organs removed and put into jars, and since earlier books talk about how mummies are made, you’d think Stine wouldn’t mess up that detail. Secondly, the villians of this story are severely allergic to water or something. I’d have no problem with this, except for the fact that the house the bad guys live in has bathrooms with working toilets and sinks, which opens up questions in my head like “why is there a bathroom, and how do these guys clean themselves or drink stuff without disintegrating?” Also, the story ends with the main character gave their grandma a mummy organ so she could eat it and live longer, which wouldn’t be a problem, if the magical mummy organ thing didn’t have the side effect of turning you into the wicked witch if the west!!! Those logical headaches aside, the book has really good atmosphere, has some pretty scary and intense moments in it, and was overall a pretty good story. Also, the Horrorland segment was pretty good, i usually enjoy the Horrorland segments in these books.
Would I recommend this book? Probably, it’s a solid goosebumps book, but if you’re the kinda person who gets hung up over specific details that make no sense , then it might not be for you.