Tag: obvious red herring is obvious

Recap #166: Fear Street Super Chiller #6: The Dead Lifeguard by R. L. Stine

Posted on 23 June 201813 April 2019 by Donna

The Author: Like RL Stine needs any introduction. The incredibly prolific author of such series as Goosebumps and Fear Street,

Recap #164: Nightmare Hall #13: Monster by Diane Hoh/Barbara Steiner

Posted on 21 June 201813 April 2019 by Dade

Title: Nightmare Hall #13: Monster Summary: Rumors are flying around Salem U. Stories about a monster roaming the campus. Tales

Diane Hoh - Nightmare Hall - The Whisperer

Recap #153: Nightmare Hall #12: The Whisperer by Diane Hoh

Posted on 11 May 201813 April 2019 by Dade

Title: Nightmare Hall #12: The Whisperer Summary: Shea Fallon can’t tell anyone what she did. She knows it was wrong.

Recap #145: Nightmare Hall #11: Last Date by Diane Hoh/Nola Thacker

Posted on 3 April 201813 April 2019 by Dade

Title: Nightmare Hall #11: Last Date by Diane Hoh Summary: A night you’ll never forget. Call me. Demi does it

Recap #112: Nightmare Hall #7: Pretty Please by Diane Hoh

Posted on 4 December 201713 April 2019 by Dade

Title: Nightmare Hall #7: Pretty Please by Diane Hoh Summary: Johanna Dunn is strikingly beautiful, just like all her friends.

Recap #106: Fear Street #14: The Knife by R. L. Stine

Posted on 15 November 201731 July 2019 by Wing

Title: Fear Street #14: The Knife by R. L. Stine Summary: Welcome to Fear Street Don’t listen to the stories

cover of Halloween Night II by R L Stine, has three figures dressed in skeleton outfits and black cloaks in front of a Halloween night background

Recap #100: Halloween Night 2 by R. L. Stine

Posted on 30 October 201713 April 2019 by Tuesday

Title: Halloween Night 2 by R. L. Stine Summary: Brenda isn’t really looking forward to Halloween this year. After all,

cover of The Cemetery by D. E. Athkins, has four fingers coming out of dirt with long, sharp silver nails

Recap 96: The Cemetery by D. E. Athkins

Posted on 15 October 201731 July 2019 by Wing

Title: The Cemetery by D. E. Athkins Summary: At a Hallowe’en party with very exclusive guests, the disguised play a

cover of Diane Hoh's Scream Team, top cover is brick building with a window cutout that shows a girl in a cheerleading uniform collapsed on the floor

Recap #93: Nightmare Hall #5: The Scream Team by Diane Hoh

Posted on 2 October 201713 April 2019 by Dade

Title: The Scream Team by Diane Hoh Summary: Delle has always been a cheerleader. And so she wants more than

Cover of Prom Date by Diane Hoh, white teen girl dancing with a white guy, back to the reader, entire cover done in reds and blacks

Recap #91: Prom Date by Diane Hoh

Posted on 27 September 201713 April 2019 by Tuesday

Title: Prom Date by Diane Hoh Summary: It’s the biggest event of the year at Toomey High-Prom Night. But Margaret and

cover of The Wish by Diane Hoh has a woman behind a window with the title in green font

Recap #84: Nightmare Hall #4: The Wish by Diane Hoh

Posted on 4 September 201713 April 2019 by Dade

Title: Nightmare Hall #4: The Wish by Diane Hoh Summary: Alex is the first to notice the strange little booth

cover of Song of the Vampire by Carmen Adams, dramatic image of white dude vampire holding a fainting white woman

Recap #82: Song of the Vampire by Carmen Adams

Posted on 23 August 201713 April 2019 by Donna

[Wing: OH NO THAT COVER. We’ve come a long way from the fun of The Band.] The Author I stand

cover of Silent Stalker by R T Cusick, shows a white girl on a floor in what looks like a cave, cowering away from a bunch of rats

Recap #73: Silent Stalker by R. T. Cusick

Posted on 15 July 201731 July 2019 by Wing

Title: Silent Stalker by R. T. Cusick Summary: Trapped in a madman’s castle, a young girl must fight to save

cover of The Roommate, with a girl standing in front of a window staring in horror at something offscreen

Recap #71: Nightmare Hall #2: The Roommate by Diane Hoh/Nola Thacker

Posted on 3 July 201713 April 2019 by Dade

Title: Nightmare Hall #2: The Roommate Summary: Four roommates share a suite in the Quad. Danni is beautiful and perfect,

Silent Scream book cover, shows a window into a dorm room with a girl's body on the floor

Recap #67: Nightmare Hall #1: The Silent Scream by Diane Hoh

Posted on 5 June 201713 April 2019 by Dade

Title: Nightmare Hall #1: The Silent Scream Summary: Jess is eager to start college – until she arrives at her

Recap #50: The Accident by Diane Hoh

Posted on 21 November 201621 September 2020 by Dove

Dove recaps the Point Horror staple, The Accident by Diane Hoh, where a nice girl swaps places with a ghost and, shocker, that turns out to be a Very. Bad. Idea.

Recap #46: The Claw by Carmen Adams

Posted on 24 October 201631 July 2019 by Wing

Title: The Claw by Carmen Adams Summary: The mark of death… Kelly is excited about her summer job at the

Recap #39: The Phantom by Barbara Steiner

Posted on 22 August 201631 July 2019 by Wing

Title: The Phantom by Barbara Steiner Summary: When Reggie Westlake turns up at the school rally marking the start of

Recap #35: Horrorscope by Nicholas Adams

Posted on 25 July 201631 July 2019 by Wing

Title: Horrorscope by Nicholas Adams Summary: Aries: Avoid confrontations. A bad day for relationships. Soon she would come. It was

Recap #34: The Stalker by Carol Ellis

Posted on 18 July 201624 September 2020 by Dove

Dove recaps The Stalker by Carol Ellis, which feels like a paint-by-numbers Point Horror. Bad things happen to a nice girl. Business as usual.