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1994 (Nos. 15–26) · U.S., 1990s

One Day at HorrorLand

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Lost on the road, the Morris family wanders into a horror theme park

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The Morrises get lost in the desert looking for a theme park and wander into HorrorLand: free, no lines, no crowds. Their car explodes in the lot, and there are no phones. While the parents look for help, Luke, Lizzy, and Clay try the rides: Clay vanishes on the Doom Slide, Lizzy's slide ends in flames, bats attack, and the Coffin Cruise traps the family with spiders. The park's monsters, the Horrors, capture them for a live TV show that ends in a pit. Lizzy remembers the NO PINCHING signs and pinches a Horror, which deflates. The family escapes on a bus. On the road, a Horror clinging to the back hops off and hands them free passes for next year.

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What changed on screen

  1. Behind the scenesFan favorite

    In 2015, fans voted it their favorite original-series book in a Scholastic poll. Stine counts it among his favorites too.

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  2. ChangeCliffhanger ending

    In the book, the family escapes by bus and even gets passes for next year. In the episode, their car teeters on a cliff and it was all a show watched by a Horror couple.

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