The Haunted House Game

The Haunted House Game was a short story that appeared in the book, Even More Tales to Give You Goosebumps.

Two friends play a game that comes to life-- and may cost them theirs.

Plot
Two children, Jonathan and his best friend Nadine are babysitting his twin siblings, Noah and Annie. It is a dark and stormy night, Jonathan suggests that they play a game titled, "Haunted House Game" though Nadine wishes to play Parcheesi. But Jonathan refuses, because ghosts are not involved in Parcheesi.

They begin to play the board game, but soon learn that each command they land on them comes true. Such as "Wind rattles the window", "You hear eerie moan", "lightning crashes", and so on and so on.

Eventually, Jonathan lands on the "SCARED TO DEATH" spot and the four children all start screaming, until they die! picks up a newspaper from 1942 and read the front page story: 4 KIDS DIE IN MYSTERIOUS DEATH Police were completely baffled when they found four kids dight. "It looked t me as if they were scared to death!" declared one police officer. The story begins again with the children arguing about playing the Haunted House Game...

Television Episode
In the television episode, Nadine and Jonathan are going to a pep rally. it for her. The two find the game and they are sucked into it. Nadine and Jonathan meet Noah and Annipiss two more children sucked into the game. Once they find their way to the exit, Noah and Annie turn into ghosts. Then they say that Nadine and Jonathan are going to die and will turn them into game pieces. When the two start arguing on who gets to capture them, the two sneak by them and escape from the house. It ends, with two more children meeting the girl and looking for her cat inside the house. As they enter, the girl looks at the camera, grins, and snickers.

Television Episode Trivia
Some differences are in the episode. This includes:
 * The children play the game as living game pieces, instead of ON a board game.
 * The actress, Laura Vandervoort, who played Nadine in this episode went on to play Sheena in next season's episode, Deep Trouble. Years later, she played Kara-El (Supergirl) on the TV series Smallville.
 * This television episode is on the Scary House DVD along with, The House of No Return.
 * Based on the 5th story of Even More Tales to Give You Goosebumps.