One Day at HorrorLand/TV episode

"One Day at HorrorLand" is the eight and ninth episode of season three of the Goosebumps TV series, and the fifty second and fifty-third episode overall. Part one and part two premiered on October 25, 1997, and November 1, 1997, on Fox during the Fox Kids block respectively.

Cast

 * Heather Brown as Lizzy Morris
 * Michael Caloz as Luke Morris
 * Jonathan Whittaker as Mr. Morris
 * Kirsten Bishop as Mrs. Morris
 * Neil Crone as Blek, Retch Sniff and Makeup Artist Horror
 * Ron Stefaniuk as Assorted Horrors / Reptilian Creature
 * Jason Hopley as Assorted Horrors
 * Julie Holdsworth as Talking Severed Head

Plot
Out on a fun-filled road trip to Zoo Gardens, the Morris family' amusement soon turns to amazement when bright lights flash across the sky. They suddenly find themselves in HorrorLand—where admission is free, but the fun never starts. After a narrow escape from the house of mirrors and a chilling whitewater coffin cruise, Luke and Lizzy rejoin their parents at the front gate, but it's locked! Now their only hope is to compete in a gruesome game show that proves what the world has feared all along: monsters really do exist... and they have their own cable channel.

Differences from the book

 * Despite being one of the main characters in the book, Clay is omitted from the episode.
 * The Doom Slide and Bat Barn are never shown or mentioned.
 * There is no game show in the book.
 * The ending is completely different. In the book, the family escapes HorrorLand with a van and when they get home, they discover a Horror has stowed away and it gives them passes for next year. In the episode, they attempt to escape using their car only for it to be revealed that the game show host is controlling the car. He makes it start to go off a cliff. Then the whole episode is revealed to be a show that two Horrors are watching, complaining about how they are sick of scary human shows.
 * The Horror that tries to warn the family is fleshed out further, revealed to be named Blek who wanted to be host of Raw Deal until Retch Sniff got the gig. He attempts to help the family but is attacked by Ripper.
 * In the book, the kids go on the coffin cruise with their parents. In the episode, they go on their own.
 * In the book, it is mentioned that a few other families are seen in the park. In the episode, the only other humans are a few people that are seen being pushed into a building. Later, some torn clothes are discovered, implying that they were killed by Ripper.

Home media
"One Day at HorrorLand" was released on VHS on September 15, 1998, in the US, and October 11, 1999, in the UK. It was first released on DVD on September 16, 2008. It was included in a 3-Pack Thriller on August 26, 2014.

Filming Locations

 * The episode was filmed at Serena Gundy Park in Toronto, Ontario.

Trivia

 * Goof: In one scene, you can see the actors' real teeth under the horror mouth.
 * The game show Raw Deal is an amalgamation of popular American game shows Wheel of Fortune and Let's Make a Deal.
 * Ripper the Killer Beast is recycled from Sabre from "Welcome to Camp Nightmare".
 * Luke's actor Michael Caloz was also known for voicing D.W. Read in the PBS animated series Arthur, in its' first three seasons.
 * The ending of this episode is quite similar to that of The Blob That Ate Everyone.
 * The makeup artist Horror offers the Morris family "ear of Holyfield". This is a reference to the Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield boxing match in which Tyson bit off a piece of Holyfield's left ear.
 * One of the cards on the Raw Deal set says "Eat Worms". This is a possible reference to Go Eat Worms!
 * HorrorLand Hidden Camera is a parody of Candid Camera.
 * Neil Crone, who portrays Blek, Retch Sniff and the Makeup Artist Horror, also portrayed Mr. Chesney in "The Ghost Next Door".