Nightmare in 3-D

Ghosts of Fear Street #4

by R.L. Stine, Gloria Hatrick

Buying a 3-D poster at Sal's Five and Ten, Wes Parker spends several hours unsuccessfully looking for the hidden image within the myriad of strange colors, but when he finally sees it, he wishes he had not. Original.

Genres: Horror, Fiction, Childrens, Middle Grade, Thriller, Supernatural, Fantasy

120 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

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

[Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

"The mantis was my own personal nightmare. A nightmare in 3D"

Pretty simple and straight forward, but it works. There's some solid suspense that takes advantage of the concept of a killer praying mantis that came from a 3D poster. Some solid creative-ish moments and decently intense enough scenes for this kind of story. The ending is fairly satisfying too.

My main problem is that they get the poster from a place called Sal's and while he says the poster came from some company and he's just hosting some concept with it, he also clearly knows that some people like Wes have the power to unleash the evils of the posters. And yet he never shows up again and we never find out the deal with him or this company.

Otherwise, another fun quick read from this series.

[itchy · Rating 3 out of 5]

yay, stereograms!

[Black Cat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Omg I am feeling like I am in there and doing what Wes was doing and the bad part I didn't like was the cracking of Wes's glasses. Great like a movie

[Alejandro Joseph · Rating 4 out of 5]

A hidden gem. This book is seriously worth checking out, mainly for its unique concept and entertainment value. The idea with the 3-D posters is one of the most interesting ones I’ve seen in a while. The villain is solid and intimidating, being exactly what is advertised, and the book is super entertaining in the second half. I also love the main character; it’s basically “They Live” on a more personal level which gives them some bonus credibility. Characters are used perfectly: we get revenge on the not-to annoying and perfectly balanced assholes, Vicky isn’t annoying and helps the plot out, and Lauren is a great supporting character. And the school segment with the villain is great, and likely my favorite moment from a GoFS book besides one or two on Fright Christmas (still a masterpiece by the way). As for negatives, the first half didn’t interest me too much and wasn’t generally that good. The villain, albeit solid, could’ve been more creative, but I won’t deduct jack-shit for that. And there’s a slight bit of repetitiveness, but even that ain’t an issue. Overall, 8.5/10. This was a surprisingly great read and I could recommend this as a starter Ghosts of Fear Street book.

[Weathervane · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty boring, straight-forward plot; prose was poor; characters did not act convincingly. I liked the end, though.

[Yoyomaus Die Büchereule · Rating 2 out of 5]

Was wenn die Bilder Realität werden?
Und was, wenn nur du sie sehen kannst?

Zum Inhalt (Booklet):
Angestrengt starrt Wes auf das Bild. Stunden um Stunden. Doch er erkennt einfach nichts in dem 3-D-Poster. Nur kleine bunte Punkte. Was steckt bloß dahinter? Mit einem Mal sieht er es: Eine gigantische Heuschrecke schält sich aus dem Farbenwirbel. Und plötzlich spürt Wes einen Fühler auf seiner Schulter. Das Riesentier kommt aus dem Bild! Und es ist sehr, sehr hungrig.

Cover:
Das Cover fand ich nicht schlecht und passt auch sehr gut zum Inhalt der Geschichte. Wir sehen hier die Rückansicht eines Jungen der zu seiner Zimmertür starrt in der sich eine riesige Gottesanbeterin befindet und ihn ansieht. Man weiß gleich worum es hier geht und was einen hier erwartet. Gut gemacht!

Eigener Eindruck:
Wes kann den neuen Hype um die 3D-Bilder nicht verstehen. Das liegt vor allem daran, dass er nie etwas sieht, wenn er solche Bilder betrachtet, egal wie sehr er sich anstrengt. Dass das natürlich für Spott und Hohn in der Schule und vor allem bei den beiden Zwillingsmädchen aus seiner Nachbarschaft sorgt, bringt ihn regelmäßig zur Weißglut. Als es bei einem Wettbewerb darum geht ein Rätsel zu lösen, welches sich auf einem Poster in 3D versteckt will Wes unbedingt gewinnen. Doch was dann passiert hätte er nie für möglich gehalten. Die Bilder sind plötzlich nicht nur in 3D sondern lebensecht und riesengroß. Wes sieht sich Insekten gegenüber welche sehr hungrig scheinen und ihn das Fürchten lehren…

Die Geschichte von Wes und seinem Abenteuer stammt aus der Feder von R.L. Stine, welcher für seine Jugendromane berühmt ist und eigentlich fast allen Kids der 90er etwas sagen müsste. Der Autor schreibt gewohnt einfach, sodass sein Leserklientel schnell in die Geschichte hineinkommt. Dabei arbeitet er sich gewohnt von Kapitel zu Kapitel vor, bei dem zum Ende hin immer etwas Schreckliches passiert, um es dann vorerst im nächsten Kapitel aufzulösen, bevor es dann richtig losgeht. Das ist bisweilen auch recht interessant, konnte mich aber diesmal von der allgemeinen Idee wirklich nicht packen. Hinzu kommt der Konkurrenzkampf mit den Zwillingen und ein wirklich sehr kindisches Gehabe unter den Kindern, was ich diesmal wirklich nicht verknusen konnte. Es war anstrengend und nervig. Die Wortwahl war auch nicht unbedingt das, was ich meinem Kind zum Lesen geben wollen würde. Die Geschichte an sich war sehr vorhersehbar und konnte mich nicht überzeugen, da habe ich schon bessere Geschichten des Autors lesen dürfen. Dieses Mal wirkte alles so, als hätte der Autor auf Gewalt versucht ein buch zu schreiben. Das ist schade.

Fazit:
Keine schlechte Idee, aber leider von der Umsetzung her eines der schwächsten Bücher von R.L. Stine. Von mir gibt es dieses Mal keine Leseempfehlung.

Idee: 4/5
Charaktere: 2/5
Logik: 2/5
Spannung: 2/5
Emotionen: 2/5


Gesamt: 2/5

Daten:
ISBN: 9783785537565
Sprache: Deutsch
Ausgabe: Buch
Umfang: 124 Seiten
Verlag: Loewe
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.06.2000

[Josh · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was horrible… it was the same thing over and over and over and over again. The boy sees a mantis in the 3-D poster. Ok. It tries to get out and he’s nervous about it. That’s the whole first half of the book… then the mantis gets out at school and of course nobody believes him even with everything happening with the invisible praying mantis (which they never said how big it was). They let all the animals out so the mantis couldn’t eat them but wouldn’t that let the mantis get them more??? No logic, the writer thinks kids are stupid and it comes through in this trash. (R L Stine didn’t write this it’s in the book) horrible and I skimmed through the last 20/30 pages and it’s exactly what I thought the rest would be about. So boring and not scary and made no sense…. Even for ghosts of fear street it made no sense. This book is trash don’t read it and waste your time. There’s some amazing GOFS out there. This is the absolute worst one I’ve read out of like 15 that I’ve read… 2 stars and that’s being generous

[Garth Smiley · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have recently began acquiring, and reading as many R. L. Stine books as I can get, be it Goosebumps, Fear Street, the early 80s standalone novels, or this, the Ghosts of Fear Street series (aka Fear Street lite, or excess Goosebumps tales...). I had enjoyed the first 3 entries in the series, with 3 being the weakest yet, and then I read this one... Whew, it was pretty rough.... I gave it a 2 out of sympathy(it's truly a 1), and hope the series will steer itsself back on course, but only time will tell...

[House of Goosebumps · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nightmare In 3-D, by Gloria Hatrick, this is the first book I have read out of the Ghosts Of Fear Street Series. It is a terrifying tale about a 3-D poster… THAT COMES TO LIFE! Wes Parker was the kid to unfortunately buy the poster. Wes Parker has a secret power (that he didn’t even know about) to see 3D posters incredibly easily, and when he looks into a 3D poster, it looks very realistic, but they look TOO realistic. I really liked this book because it is just a really interesting topic for a book. 8/10

[Kyrie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Two friends buy one of those stereogram posters (you know, where you have to kinda cross your eyes and get a headache to see a 3D image) from a creepy five and dime store. The image comes off the page and tries to eat every one it encounters. This one was more frightening than some of the Stine books I've read, but maybe that's due to my personal fear of biting bugs.

[Derek Garrett · Rating 3 out of 5]

Out of the first 4 books in the series, I think this one is the best. There are some genuinely creepy moments in this book. The second half of the book is exclusively focusing on one scene pretty much, but the book never felt like there was any filler involved. And the twist at the end was fitting for an R.L. Stine book!

[Owen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cool, gimmick. The poster comes to life. And the kid has a special ability to see what others can't. The ending is just your main character getting the prize he won from solving a stereogram. Another stereogram, lol. That's the book.

[Chase Deley · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is my favorite GOFS book so far. The book is a really good book, and I feel like would make a great YA novel than a Middle-Grade horror novel, but still an amazing book! I 100% recommend this book to those whose children who were into Goosebumps but are a bit older, around 10-12.

[Oliver Mason · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this book more than the other book I read in the series, ive never been the biggest fan of bugs in general so this book unlocked a new fear in me and I am not going to be buying any bug posters anytime soon. give this to a middle grade horror fan and they will have a blast with it

[The Endless Unread · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow

Wow, I really liked this one from r l stine's collection. This was an engaging story and really creepy. It was also something a little bit different. Definitely a must read.

[Noelle · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5. The characters seemed flatter and the plot more rushed than the goosebumps novels. Can't tell if it was geared toward a younger audience or not. The magic eye was so very 90s.

[Chris]

My daughter got too scared!

[Martina Valenzuela · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ñeee

[Pokefanyt · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually quite enjoyed this one, it was a lot like the goosebumps books and it was written pretty well

[§amantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5

[Angie Titus · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. It was fun and creepy. I liked the way there was a monster stalking people that they couldn't see.

[Jonathan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a fun story about a monster. It’s about those 3D optical pictures that were really popular in the 90’s. This story is creepy and fun at the same time.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wes Parker could never spot the hidden images in 3d but everybody else can. One day he goes to an old, foul-smelling store and purchases a 3d image right after a warning from the clerk: "There are some things better left in 2d".

Soon, Wes discovers what the clerk meant, once he spots the image within the 3d: a praying mantis. The praying mantis comes to life and starts to find prey and it is up to Wes to stop it since he is the only person able to see the mantis.

In the end of the story, Wes destroys the mantis and receives another 3d poster for spotting the mantis. I think this story was suspenseful because the mantis almost successfully eats his prey many times throughout the story.

[JasonChan]

Wes likes to solve puzzles and he wants to win this contest. Once Wes bought a 3-D poster from a store and there was a contest to see who can see something special about that poster. Wes kept on looking at it and once he saw the mantis in the picture blinking. He thought it was an illusion, but it stopped. One day the mantis really came out and it was chasing for Wes, but Wes burned the poster so the mantis died too.
I can connect this to the movie like the Grudge. Where the grudge came out of the tv and it was pretty creepy just like this story how the mantis came out.
I rate this book 3 stars because it was ok but not so good. I liked it because it reminded me of the grudge how the girl came crawling out of the tv.

[Benjamin · Rating 2 out of 5]

From what I remember, it is about a sterogram, they were big at the time (although I didn't know what they were called). While I usually couldn't see the image, from the description from those who could, this story seemed like an accurate portrayal of how things popped out. The rest of the story must have been pretty forgettable though.

[Khushbakht · Rating 5 out of 5]

Its a book about a poster and a banner (you can say) who buys a poster on which a manits is made, he tooks it because it was the last one.And from that day he saw manits in his dream and even in real!!!
and think what happens next.......
could he be rid of this or not?? :)

[Soobie has fog in her brain · Rating 3 out of 5]

A tredici anni, Soobie scriveva:

Bel libro. Was passa ore per cercare di vedere in uno stereogramma un'immagine per battere due gem[...]. Non sa che quello stereogramma gli creerà molti problemi. Là dentro c'è una mantide che solo Wes può vedere...

[Jessie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not one of the better Ghosts of Fear Street books but still enjoyable.

[wjkb · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really good ghosts of fear street book!!!