Slappy New Year!

Slappy New Year! was the eighteenth book in the Goosebumps HorrorLand book series, and the 6th book in the Chiller House arc. It was preceded by The Wizard of Ooze and followed by The Horror at Chiller House.

The release date was November 1, 2010.

Plot
Ray Gordon loves scaring his wimpy brother, Brandon, and now that he has gotten Slappy, a new dummy from Chiller House in HorrorLand, it is even more fun. His parents command him to stop or they will cancel his New Year's Eve party. So, why do weird things keep happening?

Goosebumps Gold
Originally, this book was planned to be the third book in a series called Goosebumps Gold. However, as R.L. Stine's contract ran out with Scholastic, before the series could be released. This book and the others in the book series were scrapped. R.L. Stine has confirmed that although the titles are the same, the plots will not match.

Trivia

 * Elements from other Living Dummy books were used:
 * From Night of the Living Dummy: Brandon did some bad things to make it look like Slappy was doing them. Lindy Powell also did bad things to make it look like Mr. Wood was doing them too. (But Brandon was more apologetic about his actions.)
 * From Bride of the Living Dummy: Ray had almost finished reading the ancient words when he first noticed them, but was called away before he could finish. Jillian Zinman had also almost finished saying the ancient words when she first noticed them and was called away before she could finish.
 * From Night of the Living Dummy III: Brandon was paying Ray back for his tricks by putting Slappy somewhere he shouldn't be to make it look like Ray was doing it. Zane O'Dell was also paying Trina and Dan back for their tricks by putting Rocky the Dummy somewhere he shouldn't be to make it look like they were doing it. Also at that, Ray thought his troubles were over and Trina thought the same thing.