Really.Īmanda explores the house a bit and chooses the bedroom she wants, and once again we have a creepy old house that I want so badly to move into myself. Dawes asks their mom how old they are (Amanda is twelve Josh just turned eleven), and I can’t help thinking that’s rude as hell because the kids are standing right there and are perfectly capable of answering questions about themselves. Now, I’m sorry, but why is this dog running around loose? Are there no leash laws in Dark Falls? Also, the dog’s name is Petey, so who’s the Little Rascals fan? Amanda decides to go inside and check out the house, but Josh refuses because Josh is the worst child ever. Dawes, the man from the real estate office.

Petey, who is usually well-behaved and loves everyone (he sounds like my little terrier, Lily), immediately starts barking and growling at Mr. They’ve left their little dog, Petey, in the car, and he starts scratching and howling to be let out of the car, which Josh does. If he were my kid, I would have made him ride in the trunk, and oh god I just realized I’m probably the same age as the parents in this story. Amanda and her little brother Josh immediately think the house is creepy, but Amanda is more willing to hold her tongue and give it a chance, whereas Josh is being a little jerk about everything. Relatives that you don’t remember having don’t generally leave you giant creepy houses, guys.

Right away we know that something is hinky, because no one knows who great-uncle Charles is. We open with our narrator, Amanda, and her family arriving in Dark Falls to check out the house that her dad’s great-uncle Charles has left to them in his will. Even listening to the lovelies at A Nightmare on Fear Street podcast talk about it didn’t jog my memory much (at all, really?), so this is going to be an interesting one. I found this one in a box of my old books (along with a couple others that I do remember reading), so I assume I’ve read it, but I just don’t remember anything about it. I used to spend the night at my three-years-younger-than-me cousin’s house and read her Goosebumps books in the morning when everyone was still asleep and I had nothing else to do.

I started reading Goosebumps when I was already a bit over the target demographic – probably around 15 or so. Note: Check out my video recap of this book HERE! Nostalgia Time! But these new friends are not exactly what their parents had in mind.īecause they want to be friends. And the town of Dark Falls is pretty strange, too.īut their parents don’t believe them. Title: Goosebumps #1: Welcome to Dead Houseĭescription: Look alive! Amanda and Josh think the old house they have just moved into is weird.

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