Tag: shady boyfriends

Recap #47: Halloween Night by R. L. Stine

Posted on 31 October 201631 July 2019 by Wing

Title: Halloween Night by R. L. Stine Summary: Brenda hates her cousin, Halley, and she’s not the only one. Halley

Recap #44: 13 More Tales of Horror Part Three

Posted on 10 October 201631 July 2019 by Wing

Title: 13 More Tales of Horror by Various Summary: A terrifying journey into horror – thirteen tales guaranteed to fill

Recap #43: I.O.U. by Nicholas Adams

Posted on 19 September 201631 July 2019 by Wing

Title: I.O.U. by Nicholas Adams Summary: Haunted by recurring nightmares, high school junior Sharon Anders begins to confuse dreams with

Recap #41: The Surfer by Linda Cargill

Posted on 5 September 201631 July 2019 by Wing

Title: The Surfer by Linda Cargill Summary: Surf’s up. You’re dead. Jessie has never seen the daring beauty on the

Recap #40: The Stranger by Caroline B Cooney

Posted on 29 August 201614 November 2019 by Dove

Dove recaps The Stranger by Caroline B Cooney, which turns out to be an unexpected joy. It is basically Twilight, except the Bella character is not an energy-sucking void, and the Edward character is cursed with an *actual curse*, rather than “tragically attractive and awfully good at everything he does”.

Recap #37: The Snowman by R. L. Stine

Posted on 8 August 201631 July 2019 by Wing

Title: The Snowman by R. L. Stine Summary: Poor little rich girl… Coveting her money, Heather’s uncle/guardian hates her and

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.

Recap #31: Home Before Dark by Beverly Hastings

Posted on 20 June 201631 July 2019 by Wing

Title: Home Before Dark by Beverly Hastings Summary: HURRY HOME… “This isn’t the way to my house,” she said, with uncertainty

Recap #28: The Baby-Sitter III by R.L. Stine

Posted on 25 January 201631 July 2019 by Wing

Title: The Baby-Sitter III by R. L. Stine Summary: The third in R L Stine’s terrifying BABY-SITTER trilogy Bad Company…

Recap #25: 13 Tales of Horror Part Three

Posted on 28 December 201531 July 2019 by Wing

Title: 13 Tales of Horror edited by T Pines Summary: Can you face your worst nightmare? These thirteen horror stories guarantee

Recap #19: The Witness by R.L. Stine

Posted on 2 March 201531 July 2019 by Wing

Title: The Witness Summary: This summer’s going to be a real killer… Sand, surf sun… Roxie lives for the summer

Recap #15: The Diary by Sinclair Smith

Posted on 15 September 201431 July 2019 by Wing

Title: The Diary by Sinclair Smith Summary: Was she going to die… again? Delia can’t stop reading the old diary

Recap #10: Arcadia 2: Room 13 by T.S. Rue

Posted on 11 August 201423 March 2020 by Wing

Title: Room 13 by T. S. Rue (Part 2 of the Nightmare Inn/Arcadia series) Summary: Erin Naughton wants to stay

Recap #5: Beach House by R L Stine

Posted on 10 February 201322 March 2020 by Dove

Dove recaps Beach House, a Point Horror where characters actually die, and Stine uses a cliffhanger ending on every single chapter.

Recap #1: Funhouse by Diane Hoh

Posted on 8 January 201322 March 2020 by Dove

Dove recaps Funhouse by Diane Hoh, wherein the lead character isn’t a wet rag with the intelligence of rotten milk, the setting is pretty cool, and Gina, the BFF, rocks. Sadly, this will be the last time we enjoy such luxuries. Bit of a shame this is the case on recap #1.