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==Plot== |
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| + | Ben Adams is a horror movie fanatic. When he discovers a video shop in town, he is excited to explore it. Better yet, the shop is called Dr. Horror's House of Video. Ben walks in through the open door and is greeted by Dr. Horror, an elderly man. Dr. Horror says that all of the movies in the shop were directed by him. The narrator explores the store, and he begins watching a film about Lizardman, a lizard monster. Sadly, he has to go home before he can finish watching the film. |
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| − | Ben Adams is a huge horror fan! So much that he has spent his summer vacation indoors watching scary movies. As the story opens, he is watching a movie about a plant. Eventually his mother boots Ben out of the house, so he decides to run to the video store to see what he might find inside. He comes to the video store named "Dr. Horror's House of Video". |
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| + | The next day, the narrator goes back to the store by himself. The shop appears to be closed, so the protagonist decides to sneak in. The film from the previous day is still playing, so Ben gets to watch the ending. Ben prepares to go, but the door won't open. He is grabbed by a lizard monster. Other monsters appear as well, such as mummies and vampires. Dr. Horror shows up, and the narrator notices that all of the monsters are creatures from Dr. Horror's movies. Dr. Horror offers to let Ben be in the second film about Lizardman, and Ben accepts the offer. |
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| − | Soon he learns that Dr. Horror is an amateur low budget horror filmmaker. Dr. Horror shows him a scene from his latest opus, ''Lizardman. ''But Ben gets dragged off before he can finish watching. The following day, Ben races back to finish watching the film. The store is closed but Ben goes in anyways. He finishes watching the film but now finds the front door is locked! |
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| + | For the film's first scene, Ben is tied up as Lizardman approaches. Ben is impressed by how lifelike all of the monsters appear to be. However, he slowly realizes that the monsters aren't actors in costumes. They are real. Dr. Horror tells Ben, who is still tied up, that the first scene will feature Lizardman feasting. |
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| − | Luckily there's a back door... leading right to Dr. Horror's makeshift garage studio. Rather than being upset that Ben's broke in, he instead decides he will have Ben star in his latest film, a sequal to Lizardman. Though he first calls his parents. |
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| + | *The narrator mentions a film called ''Monsters at Midnight''. Coincidentally, this became the title for [[Monsters at Midnight|the first arc]] of the comic series ''[[Goosebumps (comic series)|Goosebumps]]''. |
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| + | *The title of this story could be an allusion to the 1965 horror-anthology ''[[Wikipedia:Dr. Terror's House of Horrors|Dr. Terror's House of Horrors]]''. |
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| + | *The film titled "''A Boy and His Werewolf''" alludes to the series ''[[wikipedia:A Boy and His Dog|A Boy and His Dog]]'' and the 1975 film [[wikipedia:A Boy and His Dog (1975 film)|of the same name]].''<nowiki/>'' |
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| + | ===References in other ''Goosebumps'' media=== |
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| + | *A poster for ''Lizardman 2'' can be seen in the mall that the player visits in ''[[Goosebumps: The Game]]''. |
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Revision as of 01:52, 25 August 2019
"Dr. Horror's House of Video" is the sixth story in the book More Tales to Give You Goosebumps.
Plot
Ben Adams is a horror movie fanatic. When he discovers a video shop in town, he is excited to explore it. Better yet, the shop is called Dr. Horror's House of Video. Ben walks in through the open door and is greeted by Dr. Horror, an elderly man. Dr. Horror says that all of the movies in the shop were directed by him. The narrator explores the store, and he begins watching a film about Lizardman, a lizard monster. Sadly, he has to go home before he can finish watching the film.
The next day, the narrator goes back to the store by himself. The shop appears to be closed, so the protagonist decides to sneak in. The film from the previous day is still playing, so Ben gets to watch the ending. Ben prepares to go, but the door won't open. He is grabbed by a lizard monster. Other monsters appear as well, such as mummies and vampires. Dr. Horror shows up, and the narrator notices that all of the monsters are creatures from Dr. Horror's movies. Dr. Horror offers to let Ben be in the second film about Lizardman, and Ben accepts the offer.
For the film's first scene, Ben is tied up as Lizardman approaches. Ben is impressed by how lifelike all of the monsters appear to be. However, he slowly realizes that the monsters aren't actors in costumes. They are real. Dr. Horror tells Ben, who is still tied up, that the first scene will feature Lizardman feasting.
Trivia
- The narrator mentions a film called Monsters at Midnight. Coincidentally, this became the title for the first arc of the comic series Goosebumps.
- The title of this story could be an allusion to the 1965 horror-anthology Dr. Terror's House of Horrors.
- The film titled "A Boy and His Werewolf" alludes to the series A Boy and His Dog and the 1975 film of the same name.
References in other Goosebumps media
- A poster for Lizardman 2 can be seen in the mall that the player visits in Goosebumps: The Game.