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Documentary

Review: ‘Scary Stories’ A nostalgic treat full of empty calories

Being a kid in the 1990s was to live within the heyday of horror YA fiction. There was an explosion of horror book series aimed at children and teens, including; Goosebumps, Spooksville, Fear Street, Point Horror, Shivers, Creepers, Spine Chillers Mysteries, Bone Chillers… I could go on!

Looking to appeal to this same target audience was anthologies of short stories, yet little to none of these captured the public imagination like the trio of Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark (1981-1991). The Scary Stories documentary aims to delve deeper into these books…

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Novel / Spooksville

Spooksville: Aliens in the Sky Review

Aliens in the Sky shows a lot of social conscience for a book aimed at YA audience. With such sentiments as ‘girls can be heroes too’, awareness of the effects of climate change, themes of activism and even a comment about race relations can all be found here. There was also a particular level of violence, or at least hinted at, in this book – making it an interesting read overall!

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Goosebumps / Novel

Chicken Chicken Review

According to the Goosebumps Fanwiki, R. L. Stine took inspiration from Stephen Kings’s Thinner when writing Chicken Chicken. Will it compare? Surely not?! Let’s scratch a little deeper…

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Bone Chillers / Novel

Frankenturkey 2 Review: He’s back…

In our last review, Frankenturkey (1994) it was concluded that the book was a bit of a bore. With Thanksgiving just gone, and in the spirit of fairness, I thought it would be a good idea to review Frankenturkey 2. I liked the idea of the previous book, but its execution (much of that like Frankenturkey in the first book) was poor – but will this demonic turkey redeem itself in the sequel?

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Bone Chillers / Novel

Frankenturkey: A Zombified Thanksgiving Nightmare

With Thanksgiving not long away, I thought I would read and review Betsy Haynes’ Frankenturkey. This was the 4th book in the Bone Chillers series, which was one of the many YA horror series that jumped on the Goosebumps bandwagon. Not long ago I reviewed R. L. Stine’s Attack of the Jack-O’-Lanterns, another holiday horror aimed at a YA audience released in 1996, which got me curious in this book.