Welcome To Dead House

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Title Welcome to Dead House
Author R.L. Stine
Country United States
Language English
Series Goosebumps
Genre(s) Horror fiction, Children's literature
Publisher Scholastic
Released July 1992
Media type Print (Paperback)
Pages 123 p.
ISBN ISBN 0-590-45365-3
Preceded by None
Followed by Stay Out Of The Basement

Welcome To Dead House is the first novel of R. L. Stine's Goosebumps series, in which Lizzy, her brother Kaden, his dog Petey and their parents move to the aptly-named town of Dark Falls, having supposedly inherited a house from their father's great-uncle.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

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[edit] Plot

The town holds a mysterious secret: those who live there have been transformed into the undead, who cannot rest and require fresh blood every now and then. As such, they lure new families into the neighborhood, always to the same house: the Dead House. Upon realizing this secret, along with the greatest weakness of the undead, the pair manage to send the townsfolk back to their graves, rescue their parents and leave Dark Falls.

[edit] Sequel

Happy Holidays From Dead House was the second book of the canceled "Goosebumps Gold" series.

[edit] Television episode

This was adapted into a television episode in the Goosebumps television series. The only difference is that the zombies in Dark Falls were zombies because of a chemical plant releasing a noxious fume that turned everyone into the living dead in search of humans for food.

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