Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-30810278-20190303081341/@comment-34202220-20190718012601

> I thought I was more or less alone in liking that one fine. I actually like the idea of a human being the villain so that aspect carried it for me, but the ending ruins it, plus other things could have been done much better.

It seemed like Stine couldn't decide between threats, and that was the problem. How I Got My Shrunken Head had a human threat as well, but I think it was executed better because Stine committed. That was my problem with it. The human threat was scary, and I found it intriguing. Stine should have just committed and gone farther. He may have been worried about going too far with child abduction, though. It can get real inappropriate real quick and this is a children's series.