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"Monster Blood" is the fifteenth episode of season two of the Goosebumps TV series, and the thirty-fourth episode overall. It premiered on Fox during the Fox Kids block on November 16, 1996.

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During a stay at his weird Aunt Kathryn's, Evan is forbidden to enter one of her upstairs rooms. He just has to find out what's behind that door! But when he decides to take a peek, Evan finds more than he bargained for: an old, dusty can of "Monster Blood" that's green and slimy and starting to grow!

Differences from the book[]

  • Evan and Andy find the Monster Blood in a room Kathryn forbid them from entering. In the book, they bought a can of Monster Blood at an old toy store. Additionally, the Monster Blood was simply a normal toy that Sarabeth cursed while in the episode she created it to begin with.
  • Trigger is a Collie mix instead of a Cocker Spaniel.
  • The Beymer twins are omitted from the episode.
  • Kathryn is not deaf in the episode and is simply hard of hearing.
  • In the TV adaptation, Sarabeth's backstory is elaborated on. She used to be Kathryn's roommate, but was almost thrown out for practicing witchcraft, until she was pushed into the Monster Blood she created.
  • The ending is tweaked so that it ends on a cliffhanger, leading into "More Monster Blood". The book's ending is more conclusive, with Evan and Andy discovering that the Monster Blood is completely gone.
  • Andy has less of her snarky personality in the episode.

Other media[]

Goosebumps Presents[]

No. Cover Release date Pages
15
Tv book 15
August 1997 60

Home media[]

Title Release date Media type

Monster Blood


Monsterblood-dvd
September 16, 2008 DVD

3-Pack Thriller


3 Pack; Monster Blood - Night of the Living Dummy - Say Cheese and Die

August 26, 2014 DVD


Trivia[]

  • This episode is a part one of a two-part hour special, with the second part being "More Monster Blood", unrelated to Monster Blood II.
    • It is the only episode to have an original sequel not connected to any previous book.
  • According to the script, the episode was originally going to open with the scene of Evan and Andy trying to stop the growing Monster Blood before flashing back to how everything started. [1]
  • For some unknown reason, "Monster Blood" and "More Monster Blood" were not released on DVD in the initial 2005 releases. What's even stranger is that the original 1992 cover art for Monster Blood was used for the DVD release of "Chillogy" instead. This would also be changed later on to the cover art for Monster Blood III.
  • The Goosebumps Presents book states that Aunt Kathryn lives on Mockingbird Lane, a possible reference to the fictional address of the Munster Mansion in the TV series The Munsters.
  • The Goosebumps Presents book adds in an extra moment at the start with Evan and his parents in the Taxi on their way to Kathryn's, while the episode starts with them already arriving. Some of the dialogue from the episode's opening scene is placed here.
    • The book adds in a fake out when cold fingers touch Evan's neck, only for it just to be Kathryn.
    • The moment where Kathryn talks to the cabinet is overheard by Evan when it first happens, while in the episode he only hears her later that night.
    • There is an added moment where Trigger tries to eat a comic book Andy has.
    • While the episode has Evan and Andy go into the secret room at the same here, here she does so first with Evan protesting. Similarly, it adds Andy calling Evan a chicken for not wanting to open the Monster Blood, which pressures him into doing it.
    • While the episode has Sarabeth appearing in cat form when the Monster Blood is opened, while the kids aren't looking, in this book she appears in human form briefly in front of the kids in mist form before fading away. They add in Andy claiming to see a black cat at the door right after this happens.
    • The scene where they first play with the Monster Blood includes Trigger.
    • A brief moment between Evan and Andy is added after Kathryn makes Evan eat a sugar cookie, while the episode cuts straight to that night.
    • The book adds in a moment at night where Evan is worried about Trigger's howling and talks to Kathryn about it.
    • While Kathryn in the episode is just allergic to dogs, here she has a clear hatred for dogs and Trigger especially, with a few moments of her insulting him.
  • While the book didn't state the first names of Mr. and Mrs. Ross, the episode says their names are Paul and Lauren.
  • Corrine Conley was in her mid to late 60's at the time when she played the role of Evan's great-aunt Kathryn, making her one of the oldest cast members of the show in general.

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