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Goosebumps #4
亘诏賵 倬賳蹖乇 賵 亘賲蹖乇
丿賵乇亘蹖賳 噩丿蹖丿 诏乇诏 鬲氐丕賵蹖乇 毓噩蹖亘蹖 賲蹖鈥屭屫必� 鬲氐丕賵蹖乇蹖 亘丕賵乇賳讴乇丿賳蹖. 诏乇诏 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀� 丿賵乇亘蹖賳 賯丿蹖賲蹖鈥屫й� 讴賴 丕賵 賵 丿賵爻鬲丕賳卮 倬蹖丿丕 讴乇丿賳丿貙 賲卮讴賱蹖 丿丕乇丿. 毓讴爻鈥屬囏й屰� 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屭屫必� 賴蹖 禺乇丕亘 丕夭 丌亘 丿乇 賲蹖鈥屫③屬嗀�. 丌賳賯丿乇 禺乇丕亘 讴賴 賲孬賱丕 毓讴爻蹖 讴賴 诏乇诏 丕夭 賲丕卮蹖賳 噩丿蹖丿 倬丿乇卮 诏乇賮鬲貙 賳卮丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫ж� 讴賴 賲丕卮蹖賳 丿乇禺賵丿卮 賮乇賵 乇賮鬲賴 丕爻鬲 賵 倬丿乇卮 丨丕賱鬲 禺亘蹖孬蹖 亘賴 禺賵丿 诏乇賮鬲賴. 丕賲丕 丿賵爻鬲丕賳 诏乇诏 丕賵 乇丕 亘丕賵乇 賳賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁嗀€�
190 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1992
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R.L. Stine
1,603听books18k听followersRobert Lawrence Stine known as R. L. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series.
R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps庐 series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.
Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.
R. L. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps庐 series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold.
Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program. He lives in New York, NY.
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Say Cheese and Die! (Goosebumps #4), R.L. Stine
Greg thinks there is something wrong with the old camera which he found because the photos keep turning out... different. Greg takes Shari's picture at a party, but she is not in the photo when it develops.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 乇賵夭 亘蹖爻鬲 賵 丿賵賲 賲丕賴 賲蹖 爻丕賱 2007 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 亘诏賵 倬賳蹖乇 賵 亘賲蹖乇 - 讴鬲丕亘 趩賴丕乇 丕夭 爻乇蹖 丿丕蹖乇賴 賵丨卮鬲 (噩賱丿 倬賳噩 丕賳鬲卮丕乇丕鬲 賵蹖丿丕)貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 丌乇.丕賱 丕爻鬲丕蹖賳貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賲丕賳丿丕賳丕 賯賴乇賲丕賳賱賵貨 賵蹖乇丕爻鬲丕乇 賲丨賲丿 賯丕爻賲 夭丕丿賴貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賵蹖丿丕貙 1385貨 丿乇 133氐貨 卮丕亘讴 9789646807808貨 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 1386貨 趩丕倬 賴賮鬲賲 1392貨
毓賳賵丕賳: 亘诏賵 倬賳蹖乇 賵 亘賲蹖乇 - 讴鬲丕亘 趩賴丕乇 丕夭 爻乇蹖 丿丕蹖乇賴 賵丨卮鬲 (噩賱丿 倬賳噩 丕賳鬲卮丕乇丕鬲 賵蹖丿丕)貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 丌乇.丕賱 丕爻鬲丕蹖賳貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 卮賴乇賴 賳賵乇氐丕賱丨蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 倬蹖丿丕蹖卮貙 1388貨 丿乇 190氐貨 卮丕亘讴 9789643496609貨
诏乇诏 賮讴乇 賲蹖丕賳丿蹖卮丿 丿賵乇亘蹖賳蹖 讴賴 丕賵 賵 丿賵爻鬲丕賳卮 丿乇 夭蹖乇 夭賲蹖賳 禺丕賳賴 蹖 賲乇賲賵夭 芦讴丕賮賲賳禄 倬蹖丿丕 讴乇丿賴 丕賳丿貙 讴賴賳賴 賵 禺乇丕亘 丕爻鬲貙 賵賱蹖 丌賳 丿賵乇亘蹖賳 讴丕賲賱丕 爻丕賱賲 丕爻鬲貙 鬲賳賴丕 毓讴爻賴丕 丌賳诏丕賴 讴賴 馗丕賴乇 賲蹖卮賵賳丿 丨丕丿孬賴 蹖 賵丨卮鬲賳丕讴蹖 倬蹖卮 賲蹖丌蹖丿!貨
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 05/04/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
Greg thinks there is something wrong with the old camera which he found because the photos keep turning out... different. Greg takes Shari's picture at a party, but she is not in the photo when it develops.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 乇賵夭 亘蹖爻鬲 賵 丿賵賲 賲丕賴 賲蹖 爻丕賱 2007 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 亘诏賵 倬賳蹖乇 賵 亘賲蹖乇 - 讴鬲丕亘 趩賴丕乇 丕夭 爻乇蹖 丿丕蹖乇賴 賵丨卮鬲 (噩賱丿 倬賳噩 丕賳鬲卮丕乇丕鬲 賵蹖丿丕)貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 丌乇.丕賱 丕爻鬲丕蹖賳貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賲丕賳丿丕賳丕 賯賴乇賲丕賳賱賵貨 賵蹖乇丕爻鬲丕乇 賲丨賲丿 賯丕爻賲 夭丕丿賴貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賵蹖丿丕貙 1385貨 丿乇 133氐貨 卮丕亘讴 9789646807808貨 趩丕倬 丿賵賲 1386貨 趩丕倬 賴賮鬲賲 1392貨
毓賳賵丕賳: 亘诏賵 倬賳蹖乇 賵 亘賲蹖乇 - 讴鬲丕亘 趩賴丕乇 丕夭 爻乇蹖 丿丕蹖乇賴 賵丨卮鬲 (噩賱丿 倬賳噩 丕賳鬲卮丕乇丕鬲 賵蹖丿丕)貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 丌乇.丕賱 丕爻鬲丕蹖賳貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 卮賴乇賴 賳賵乇氐丕賱丨蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 倬蹖丿丕蹖卮貙 1388貨 丿乇 190氐貨 卮丕亘讴 9789643496609貨
诏乇诏 賮讴乇 賲蹖丕賳丿蹖卮丿 丿賵乇亘蹖賳蹖 讴賴 丕賵 賵 丿賵爻鬲丕賳卮 丿乇 夭蹖乇 夭賲蹖賳 禺丕賳賴 蹖 賲乇賲賵夭 芦讴丕賮賲賳禄 倬蹖丿丕 讴乇丿賴 丕賳丿貙 讴賴賳賴 賵 禺乇丕亘 丕爻鬲貙 賵賱蹖 丌賳 丿賵乇亘蹖賳 讴丕賲賱丕 爻丕賱賲 丕爻鬲貙 鬲賳賴丕 毓讴爻賴丕 丌賳诏丕賴 讴賴 馗丕賴乇 賲蹖卮賵賳丿 丨丕丿孬賴 蹖 賵丨卮鬲賳丕讴蹖 倬蹖卮 賲蹖丌蹖丿!貨
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 05/04/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
August 6, 2017
丿賴 賰丕賳 兀賵賱 丕毓丿丕丿 氐乇禺丞 丕賱乇毓亘 賷氐丿乇 賮賷 賲氐乇 氐賷賮 1997
賴賷 賲賳 丕賴賲 爻賱丕爻賱 丕賱乇毓亘 賱賱賳卮亍 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲..亘丿兀鬲 賮賷 丕賵丕卅賱 丕賱鬲爻毓賷賳丕鬲 賵賰丕賳鬲 馗丕賴乇丞 賲孬賷乇丞
丿毓賰 賲賳 丕賳 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 賰丕賳鬲 賲鬲賵丕囟毓丞貙 賳賴囟丞 賲氐乇 賳噩丨鬲 賮賷 噩匕亘 賰孬賷乇 賲賳 噩賷賱賷 亘丕賱爻賱爻賱丞 丕賱賲乇毓亘丞 丕賱胤乇賷賮丞 丿賷 亘丕睾賱賮鬲賴丕 丕賱毓噩賷亘丞
賵噩匕亘鬲賳賷 賲賳 毓丿丿賴丕 丕賱丕賵賱貙 丕賱賰丕賲賷乇丕 丕賱賲賱毓賵賳丞
卮賱丞 丕胤賮丕賱 賷噩丿賵丕 賰丕賲賷乇丕 鬲氐賵乇 賱賷爻 賲賳 兀賲丕賲賴丕 賮賷 丨丕賱鬲賴 賵廿賳賲丕 賮賷 丨丕丿孬 亘卮毓 爻賷鬲毓乇囟 賱賴 亘毓丿 賵賯鬲 賯氐賷乇
賮賰乇丞 丕賱賰丕賲賷乇丕 丕賱賱賷 亘鬲氐賵乇 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 丕鬲賴乇爻鬲 亘卮賰賱 丕賵 亘丌禺乇 賯亘賱 賰丿丞 亘毓囟 丕賱丕賮賱丕賲 丕賱丕噩賳亘賷 賱賰賳 丕爻賱賵亘 丕賱賲丐賱賮 賰丕賳 賲孬賷乇 賮毓賱丕 丨鬲賷 賱賲丕 兀毓丿鬲 賯乇丕亍鬲賴丕 賲賳 爻賳鬲賷賳 毓賳丿賲丕 賵噩丿鬲 丕賱毓丿丿 賮賷 丿賵賱丕亘賷 亘賲賳夭賱賳丕 丕賱賯丿賷賲
丨賵丕乇 馗乇賷賮貙 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 爻賴賱 鬲鬲賮丕毓賱 賲毓賴丕 賲賳 丕賱丕胤賮丕賱 賵丕賱賲乇丕賴賯賷賳貙 噩賵 丕賱囟賵丕丨賷 丕賱丕賲乇賷賰賷丞 丕賱賱賷 賰賳丕 賲鬲毓賵丿賷賳 毓賱賷賴 賮賷 丕賮賱丕賲 丕賱賯賳丕丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 丕賱爻賴賱 鬲禺賷賱賴
禺賷丕賱 丨賯賷賯賷 賲賮毓賲 亘丕賱丕賱賵丕賳 賵丕賱氐禺亘 賵丕賱乇毓亘 賮賷 亘毓囟 丕賱丕毓丿丕丿... 賲賮賷卮 鬲胤賵賷賱 賵賲亘丕賱睾 賮賷賴...賰賱 丿賴 兀丿賷 丕賳 丕賱爻賱爻賱丞 鬲亘賯賷 馗丕賴乇丞 賵賯鬲賴丕
丌乇 廿賱 爻鬲丕賷賳 亘丿兀 爻賱爻賱丞 賮賷 氐賷賮 1992貙 賵賲賳 賵賯鬲賴丕 氐丕乇鬲 賳噩丕丨丕 賲丿賵賷丕 賮賷 丕丿亘 丕賱賳卮亍
丕賮鬲賰乇 噩賷賱賳丕 賰賱賴 賮丕賰乇 丕賱爻賱爻賱丞 丕賱毓噩賷亘丞 丿賷 亘乇睾賲 賲賳 爻禺丕賮丞 賳賴丕賷丕鬲 亘毓囟 丨賰丕賷鬲賴丕貙 丕賱丕 丕賳賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 鬲亘孬 賮賷賳丕 賯卮毓乇賷乇丞 賲丕貙 噩賱丿 丕賱丕賵夭丞
Goosebumps
賰賲丕 賷胤賱賯 毓賱賷 丕爻賲 丕賱爻賱爻賱丞 毓丕賱賲賷丕
丕賵 賰賲丕 丕胤賱賯賳丕 毓賱賷賴丕 賵丕丨亘亘賳丕賴丕 亘丕賱丕爻賲 丕賱賲賲賷夭 丕賱賱賷 丕禺鬲丕乇鬲賴 賱賳丕 賳賴囟丞賲氐乇
氐乇禺丞 丕賱乇毓亘
賲丨賲丿 丕賱毓乇亘賷
賮賷 31 丕賰鬲賵亘乇 2016
丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱丕賵賱賷 爻賷鬲賲 丕賱鬲丕賰丿 賲賳賴丕
賴賷 賲賳 丕賴賲 爻賱丕爻賱 丕賱乇毓亘 賱賱賳卮亍 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲..亘丿兀鬲 賮賷 丕賵丕卅賱 丕賱鬲爻毓賷賳丕鬲 賵賰丕賳鬲 馗丕賴乇丞 賲孬賷乇丞
丿毓賰 賲賳 丕賳 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 賰丕賳鬲 賲鬲賵丕囟毓丞貙 賳賴囟丞 賲氐乇 賳噩丨鬲 賮賷 噩匕亘 賰孬賷乇 賲賳 噩賷賱賷 亘丕賱爻賱爻賱丞 丕賱賲乇毓亘丞 丕賱胤乇賷賮丞 丿賷 亘丕睾賱賮鬲賴丕 丕賱毓噩賷亘丞
賵噩匕亘鬲賳賷 賲賳 毓丿丿賴丕 丕賱丕賵賱貙 丕賱賰丕賲賷乇丕 丕賱賲賱毓賵賳丞
卮賱丞 丕胤賮丕賱 賷噩丿賵丕 賰丕賲賷乇丕 鬲氐賵乇 賱賷爻 賲賳 兀賲丕賲賴丕 賮賷 丨丕賱鬲賴 賵廿賳賲丕 賮賷 丨丕丿孬 亘卮毓 爻賷鬲毓乇囟 賱賴 亘毓丿 賵賯鬲 賯氐賷乇
賮賰乇丞 丕賱賰丕賲賷乇丕 丕賱賱賷 亘鬲氐賵乇 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 丕鬲賴乇爻鬲 亘卮賰賱 丕賵 亘丌禺乇 賯亘賱 賰丿丞 亘毓囟 丕賱丕賮賱丕賲 丕賱丕噩賳亘賷 賱賰賳 丕爻賱賵亘 丕賱賲丐賱賮 賰丕賳 賲孬賷乇 賮毓賱丕 丨鬲賷 賱賲丕 兀毓丿鬲 賯乇丕亍鬲賴丕 賲賳 爻賳鬲賷賳 毓賳丿賲丕 賵噩丿鬲 丕賱毓丿丿 賮賷 丿賵賱丕亘賷 亘賲賳夭賱賳丕 丕賱賯丿賷賲
丨賵丕乇 馗乇賷賮貙 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 爻賴賱 鬲鬲賮丕毓賱 賲毓賴丕 賲賳 丕賱丕胤賮丕賱 賵丕賱賲乇丕賴賯賷賳貙 噩賵 丕賱囟賵丕丨賷 丕賱丕賲乇賷賰賷丞 丕賱賱賷 賰賳丕 賲鬲毓賵丿賷賳 毓賱賷賴 賮賷 丕賮賱丕賲 丕賱賯賳丕丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 丕賱爻賴賱 鬲禺賷賱賴
禺賷丕賱 丨賯賷賯賷 賲賮毓賲 亘丕賱丕賱賵丕賳 賵丕賱氐禺亘 賵丕賱乇毓亘 賮賷 亘毓囟 丕賱丕毓丿丕丿... 賲賮賷卮 鬲胤賵賷賱 賵賲亘丕賱睾 賮賷賴...賰賱 丿賴 兀丿賷 丕賳 丕賱爻賱爻賱丞 鬲亘賯賷 馗丕賴乇丞 賵賯鬲賴丕
丌乇 廿賱 爻鬲丕賷賳 亘丿兀 爻賱爻賱丞 賮賷 氐賷賮 1992貙 賵賲賳 賵賯鬲賴丕 氐丕乇鬲 賳噩丕丨丕 賲丿賵賷丕 賮賷 丕丿亘 丕賱賳卮亍
丕賮鬲賰乇 噩賷賱賳丕 賰賱賴 賮丕賰乇 丕賱爻賱爻賱丞 丕賱毓噩賷亘丞 丿賷 亘乇睾賲 賲賳 爻禺丕賮丞 賳賴丕賷丕鬲 亘毓囟 丨賰丕賷鬲賴丕貙 丕賱丕 丕賳賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 鬲亘孬 賮賷賳丕 賯卮毓乇賷乇丞 賲丕貙 噩賱丿 丕賱丕賵夭丞
Goosebumps
賰賲丕 賷胤賱賯 毓賱賷 丕爻賲 丕賱爻賱爻賱丞 毓丕賱賲賷丕
丕賵 賰賲丕 丕胤賱賯賳丕 毓賱賷賴丕 賵丕丨亘亘賳丕賴丕 亘丕賱丕爻賲 丕賱賲賲賷夭 丕賱賱賷 丕禺鬲丕乇鬲賴 賱賳丕 賳賴囟丞賲氐乇
氐乇禺丞 丕賱乇毓亘
賲丨賲丿 丕賱毓乇亘賷
賮賷 31 丕賰鬲賵亘乇 2016
丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱丕賵賱賷 爻賷鬲賲 丕賱鬲丕賰丿 賲賳賴丕
January 6, 2020
This was always one of my absolute favorites in the series, so it's one of the ones I was most excited to reread when I started this series reread, and it definitely lived up to my memories! I must have read it a dozen times as a kid but I still had so much fun watching the mystery of the creepy, evil little camera play out. What a clever idea for a story, and it totally reminded me of why R.L. Stine was my absolute favorite author as a kid.
June 16, 2024
Okay, so I will admit that this one was a little bit more creepy than Monster Blood and that honestly came from the fact that the antagonist was extremely weird/creepy. While the writing was about the same, I absolutely enjoyed Greg as a man character. He attempted to do the right things like going to adults when things started going horribly wrong; however, (as someone pointed out to me) the parents in these books are ALWAYS CRAP. In his attempt to get guidance, Greg was overlooked and dismissed. One major aspect that I enjoyed about this book was the descriptions of the "scary" moments after someones picture was taken. I think it got to me because all the stuff that happened could truly happen in real life so my internal imagery was a bit insane. Of course as with all Goosebump books this left off on a cliff hanger. I know that there is a part 2 so I'm excited to see if the characters from this first book appear in the second book.
October 2, 2018
#4 "One picture is worth a thousand screams."
An evil cursed camera? No that couldn't be real, right? Greg and his three friends are about to find out!
An evil cursed camera? No that couldn't be real, right? Greg and his three friends are about to find out!
July 25, 2023
Hoy les traigo otra recomendaci贸n para todos aquellos nost谩lgicos de la serie de los 90' que quieran revivir un poquito de esos buenos a帽os.
Como todos los de esta colecci贸n, los estoy leyendo con la mayor (la peque se suele quedar frita 馃槀) y los estamos disfrutando much铆simo.
Siempre tienen esos finales que te dejan con media sonrisa en la cara y ganas de m谩s.听
En esta ocasi贸n, tenemos a un grupo muy variopinto de amigos que en una de esas tardes en las que no saben como malgastar su tiempo, deciden entrar en una casa abandonada; La casa de los Coffman da aut茅nticos escalofr铆os pero el cuerpo les pide un poco de emociones fuertes. All铆 encuentran de pura casualidad, ya que est谩 bien escondida, una c谩mara muy peculiar, una c谩mara instant谩nea que no muestra lo que deber铆a, en ella se ven hechos que no han tenido lugar, a煤n...
馃摳 驴Muestra la c谩mara el futuro o es una c谩mara maldita que provoca desastres de todo tipo?
Sonr铆an 馃槃, pasen, lean y desc煤branlo ustedes mismos 馃摎馃敐
馃摎馃挏
Como todos los de esta colecci贸n, los estoy leyendo con la mayor (la peque se suele quedar frita 馃槀) y los estamos disfrutando much铆simo.
Siempre tienen esos finales que te dejan con media sonrisa en la cara y ganas de m谩s.听
En esta ocasi贸n, tenemos a un grupo muy variopinto de amigos que en una de esas tardes en las que no saben como malgastar su tiempo, deciden entrar en una casa abandonada; La casa de los Coffman da aut茅nticos escalofr铆os pero el cuerpo les pide un poco de emociones fuertes. All铆 encuentran de pura casualidad, ya que est谩 bien escondida, una c谩mara muy peculiar, una c谩mara instant谩nea que no muestra lo que deber铆a, en ella se ven hechos que no han tenido lugar, a煤n...
馃摳 驴Muestra la c谩mara el futuro o es una c谩mara maldita que provoca desastres de todo tipo?
Sonr铆an 馃槃, pasen, lean y desc煤branlo ustedes mismos 馃摎馃敐
馃摎馃挏
March 21, 2020
Who doesn't love a good throwback? Especially one from the master, R.L. Stine.
I loved Goosebumps as a kid and I still love them now. They are the ultimate throwback and totally brightens my day. Sure, these books don't scare as good as they used to but I still love the thrills along the way.
Greg and his buddies, Bird, Michael and Shari, find a magical camera. Except, this camera isn't the good kind of magic - it's the evil kind. When they take pictures with it, the developed pictures show evil, horrible, no good things. Crashed cars and scary scenes, and the worst part? They all become real. Suddenly Greg and his friends need to find a way to save the city and themselves from this potential disaster.
A while back I watched the first season of the television series and specifically watched this episode (Baby Ryan Gosling folks!) and it does not equate to this book. The book is way, way, way better and the show doesn't do it justice. I'm glad I read this book after to see how great it actually was! Don't judge the book by the television episode.
I don't think this book will hold up as well, mostly because it involves a Polaroid camera. I think only the hipster kids will have any idea what it is. Either way, these middle grade novels are the best for introducing kids and readers to horror. It's super fun and spooky, but not absolutely horrifying. Along the way I was chuckling at all of the thrills, knowing full well as a kid I would have been shaking in my boots.
The ending happened very quickly and suddenly, speeding up like a really fast car. I enjoyed it, but some readers may not.
This is definitely one of the better ones in the Goosebumps collection, so if you're looking for fun horror or a good old fashioned throwback, grab this book! It's a real delight!
Four out of five stars!
I loved Goosebumps as a kid and I still love them now. They are the ultimate throwback and totally brightens my day. Sure, these books don't scare as good as they used to but I still love the thrills along the way.
Greg and his buddies, Bird, Michael and Shari, find a magical camera. Except, this camera isn't the good kind of magic - it's the evil kind. When they take pictures with it, the developed pictures show evil, horrible, no good things. Crashed cars and scary scenes, and the worst part? They all become real. Suddenly Greg and his friends need to find a way to save the city and themselves from this potential disaster.
A while back I watched the first season of the television series and specifically watched this episode (Baby Ryan Gosling folks!) and it does not equate to this book. The book is way, way, way better and the show doesn't do it justice. I'm glad I read this book after to see how great it actually was! Don't judge the book by the television episode.
I don't think this book will hold up as well, mostly because it involves a Polaroid camera. I think only the hipster kids will have any idea what it is. Either way, these middle grade novels are the best for introducing kids and readers to horror. It's super fun and spooky, but not absolutely horrifying. Along the way I was chuckling at all of the thrills, knowing full well as a kid I would have been shaking in my boots.
The ending happened very quickly and suddenly, speeding up like a really fast car. I enjoyed it, but some readers may not.
This is definitely one of the better ones in the Goosebumps collection, so if you're looking for fun horror or a good old fashioned throwback, grab this book! It's a real delight!
Four out of five stars!
January 5, 2023
It is important to note that the majority of the themes explored in this book deal with sensitive subject matters. My review, therefore, touches on these topics as well. Many people might find the subject matters of the book as well as those detailed in my review overwhelming. I would suggest you steer clear of both if this is the case. Please note that from this point forward I will be writing about matters which contain reflections on inappropriate activities of an adult against minors, the disappearance of a minor, & others.
Pitts Landing is in fact, the Pitts, or so claim the group of four (4) young friends who find themselves roaming the streets of their town one summer鈥檚 day without any idea of what to do with their free time. After listing off what appears to be a diverse list of ideas, most of which cost money that they do not have, the quartet decides to investigate the Coffman House. This abandoned building sits on the outskirts of the playground, surrounded by overgrown vegetation & is drenched in looming lore; Who lived there? What happened to them? Is someone living in the house now?
I was not expecting this book to be scary, these are, after all, stories written with young readers in mind. However, the reason for which I have put a content warning at the beginning of this review is due to the fact that I read this as an adult with far too much exposure to life & fictional horror to look past how some of the scenes might be interpreted. Firstly, the antagonist of this story is an elderly man whom the local children call 鈥楽pidey鈥�. He is a ghostly figure who wanders around town, always dressed in black, & whom no one knows very well. He is, at present, living in the basement of the Coffman House when the group of friends decides to explore the premises.
What renders Spidey such a bizarre character in this narrative is the fact that Stine wrote an entity that glimmers along the water鈥檚 edge like a ray while simultaneously floating as a crocodile鈥檚 body under the surface. Though Spidey is revealed to be a man who used to be a famed scientist, one that is self-proclaimed as being 鈥渧ery evil鈥�, the actions performed by this man teeter on severely dangerous鈥攚hereas they are, perhaps, meant to simply be a bit freaky. Should Spidey not have broken into Greg鈥檚 room & gone through all his personal belongings in an act that proves to be at once predatory & insane, I might have felt differently. However, the raving delusions of this adult escalate to a scene where he is chasing two (2) of the children down the street & then has them cornered in the basement of the house telling them that they will never be able to leave.
Don鈥檛 get me wrong, the way that this character presents himself throughout the narrative is oddly unsettling鈥攁 positive attribute to this tale. Spidey is never given enough dimension to comfort the reader in knowing that his devious plans will not find success. He at once acts as a cartoonish fiend, one who is invisible to all other adults, while also leaving the reader to recall that those who appear solely to children with the inducement of fear are indeed, very unsavoury characters.
I could not help but wonder what Spidey鈥檚 ultimate goal was when telling the children (Greg & Shari) that he would never let them leave the basement. Certainly, my questions are pointless because this is, again, a book for audiences much younger than myself. The beauty of writing horror is in not necessarily having to include dedicated rationals. Spidey did not need to have a game plan; suffice it to say that the idea of a grown man entrapping children in the basement of an abandoned house was scary enough, we did not need to see him enumerate the ways in which he would keep them captive.
I have no qualms in stating that because this book presented such a duality with its antagonist & with the garish item of the camera that it left me feeling glad to see such pointed writing play out for all ages. I am a firm believer that a good book is, a good book & that all readers deserve to come upon stories that are well-thought-out & well-written. Stine is a wonder at his craft. Though there were times when some of the actions of the younger characters were quite annoying鈥擲hari essentially bullying Greg into bringing the haunted camera鈥擨 could understand that this was the essence of the 90s writing style.
Just as I found it outlandish, in a sadly hilarious way, that Jerry, the neighbour who stopped the initial attack by Spidey upon Greg & Shari; would even think to ask if he should call the police when he saw an unknown adult chasing children who were obviously running for their safety. This brings me to my second reason for including a content warning.
During Shari鈥檚 birthday celebration, Greg takes her picture & it is revealed to have made Shari invisible. This plays out with the disappearance of the child & has several scenes in which police are searching the premises in hopes of locating her. I acknowledge that this is meant to be linked back to the haunted camera & is in fact not an ominous occurrence. However, I found myself wondering if Spidey had been lurking in the woods during the party. The police investigation was bad, to be blunt. Yet, I did not expect anything more from them because that wasn鈥檛 the point鈥擲hari didn鈥檛 vanish, she wasn鈥檛 kidnapped, she wasn鈥檛 abducted, she was in an in-between state due to the haunted camera. Regardless, the scenes which depict her parent's grief are very vivid & this is something, that I think, is important to keep in mind.
In all, this was a wonderful book & one that I will call to mind in future. I find myself grateful to Stine for having taken the time in this life to write so many stories for audiences across the globe. His words play out like a frozen image in our minds, always holding fast to the terror they create.
Pitts Landing is in fact, the Pitts, or so claim the group of four (4) young friends who find themselves roaming the streets of their town one summer鈥檚 day without any idea of what to do with their free time. After listing off what appears to be a diverse list of ideas, most of which cost money that they do not have, the quartet decides to investigate the Coffman House. This abandoned building sits on the outskirts of the playground, surrounded by overgrown vegetation & is drenched in looming lore; Who lived there? What happened to them? Is someone living in the house now?
I was not expecting this book to be scary, these are, after all, stories written with young readers in mind. However, the reason for which I have put a content warning at the beginning of this review is due to the fact that I read this as an adult with far too much exposure to life & fictional horror to look past how some of the scenes might be interpreted. Firstly, the antagonist of this story is an elderly man whom the local children call 鈥楽pidey鈥�. He is a ghostly figure who wanders around town, always dressed in black, & whom no one knows very well. He is, at present, living in the basement of the Coffman House when the group of friends decides to explore the premises.
What renders Spidey such a bizarre character in this narrative is the fact that Stine wrote an entity that glimmers along the water鈥檚 edge like a ray while simultaneously floating as a crocodile鈥檚 body under the surface. Though Spidey is revealed to be a man who used to be a famed scientist, one that is self-proclaimed as being 鈥渧ery evil鈥�, the actions performed by this man teeter on severely dangerous鈥攚hereas they are, perhaps, meant to simply be a bit freaky. Should Spidey not have broken into Greg鈥檚 room & gone through all his personal belongings in an act that proves to be at once predatory & insane, I might have felt differently. However, the raving delusions of this adult escalate to a scene where he is chasing two (2) of the children down the street & then has them cornered in the basement of the house telling them that they will never be able to leave.
Don鈥檛 get me wrong, the way that this character presents himself throughout the narrative is oddly unsettling鈥攁 positive attribute to this tale. Spidey is never given enough dimension to comfort the reader in knowing that his devious plans will not find success. He at once acts as a cartoonish fiend, one who is invisible to all other adults, while also leaving the reader to recall that those who appear solely to children with the inducement of fear are indeed, very unsavoury characters.
I could not help but wonder what Spidey鈥檚 ultimate goal was when telling the children (Greg & Shari) that he would never let them leave the basement. Certainly, my questions are pointless because this is, again, a book for audiences much younger than myself. The beauty of writing horror is in not necessarily having to include dedicated rationals. Spidey did not need to have a game plan; suffice it to say that the idea of a grown man entrapping children in the basement of an abandoned house was scary enough, we did not need to see him enumerate the ways in which he would keep them captive.
I have no qualms in stating that because this book presented such a duality with its antagonist & with the garish item of the camera that it left me feeling glad to see such pointed writing play out for all ages. I am a firm believer that a good book is, a good book & that all readers deserve to come upon stories that are well-thought-out & well-written. Stine is a wonder at his craft. Though there were times when some of the actions of the younger characters were quite annoying鈥擲hari essentially bullying Greg into bringing the haunted camera鈥擨 could understand that this was the essence of the 90s writing style.
Just as I found it outlandish, in a sadly hilarious way, that Jerry, the neighbour who stopped the initial attack by Spidey upon Greg & Shari; would even think to ask if he should call the police when he saw an unknown adult chasing children who were obviously running for their safety. This brings me to my second reason for including a content warning.
During Shari鈥檚 birthday celebration, Greg takes her picture & it is revealed to have made Shari invisible. This plays out with the disappearance of the child & has several scenes in which police are searching the premises in hopes of locating her. I acknowledge that this is meant to be linked back to the haunted camera & is in fact not an ominous occurrence. However, I found myself wondering if Spidey had been lurking in the woods during the party. The police investigation was bad, to be blunt. Yet, I did not expect anything more from them because that wasn鈥檛 the point鈥擲hari didn鈥檛 vanish, she wasn鈥檛 kidnapped, she wasn鈥檛 abducted, she was in an in-between state due to the haunted camera. Regardless, the scenes which depict her parent's grief are very vivid & this is something, that I think, is important to keep in mind.
In all, this was a wonderful book & one that I will call to mind in future. I find myself grateful to Stine for having taken the time in this life to write so many stories for audiences across the globe. His words play out like a frozen image in our minds, always holding fast to the terror they create.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 7, 2010
I loved Goosebumps as a kid, along with every other child my age. There was always a Goosebumps laying within arm's reach of me, even if it had to be hidden in my backpack. I was a member of the R.L. Stine fan club and got an autographed picture (which was banished to the back of my bookcase because Mr. Stine's gaze kind of freaked me out) and a t-shirt, which I proudly wore to meet Darth Vader with my dad and kid brother:
And, of course, as I got older, my fascination with them faded away. I sold them to Bookman's, gave them to neighbor kids, passed them on to my brother, and generally forgot about them, 'til I started working in a public library, and they entered my consciousness again. But why reread them? They're not like other kid's books, like the one I recently finished (), where an adult can enjoy them too. Or are they? When a couple of 欧宝娱乐 friends, Caris and Ben, started talking about them, I decided to read one too.
I picked Say Cheese and Die because I remember it being one of my favorites. I liked photography and the picture on the front, of a skeleton family enjoying a backyard barbeque, creeped me out in a fun way. I was kind of disappointed that the copy the library has is a different color, a much more modern style that, well, just doesn't make any sense. There's a camera, which is definitely not a Polaroid style camera, and some kind of deformed skull inside the lens? The heck does that mean? Seriously people. I yearn for the covers of my youth.
ANYWAY, I was expecting it to be crap, like the one Caris reviewed, . But it is actually... not that bad. It's only the fourth book in the series (following , , and Monster Blood), so it's not part of the mass-produced crap that came later. The plot follows four children, mainly Greg, who find an old camera in their town's haunted house. The camera, which is a Polaroid style and prints the photo immediately after it was taken, seems to predict an ominous future for the subject of all its photos. Greg is somewhat dimwitted and it takes him forever to catch on, but the plot actually moves at a fairly brisk pace once the book gets past its amazingly slow first five pages. Of course the dialogue is terrible and the characters are one-dimensional, but it's readable. It's not complete dreck and the plot doesn't meander or introduce too many characters to be confusing, which I remember from later Goosebumps books.
They are definitely not books that are truly enjoyable at any age. I think they remain firmly within their audience of 8-12-year-olds. Something about these books is absolutely entrancing. I still remember thinking 12 was the best age ever, because that's when you get to have all these cool adventures.
Now I'm actually kind of disappointing. I mean, I thought I was going to embarass my 10-year-old self for ever reading these books. I think I need to move on to the later stuff to find the really crappy books.
And, of course, as I got older, my fascination with them faded away. I sold them to Bookman's, gave them to neighbor kids, passed them on to my brother, and generally forgot about them, 'til I started working in a public library, and they entered my consciousness again. But why reread them? They're not like other kid's books, like the one I recently finished (), where an adult can enjoy them too. Or are they? When a couple of 欧宝娱乐 friends, Caris and Ben, started talking about them, I decided to read one too.
I picked Say Cheese and Die because I remember it being one of my favorites. I liked photography and the picture on the front, of a skeleton family enjoying a backyard barbeque, creeped me out in a fun way. I was kind of disappointed that the copy the library has is a different color, a much more modern style that, well, just doesn't make any sense. There's a camera, which is definitely not a Polaroid style camera, and some kind of deformed skull inside the lens? The heck does that mean? Seriously people. I yearn for the covers of my youth.
ANYWAY, I was expecting it to be crap, like the one Caris reviewed, . But it is actually... not that bad. It's only the fourth book in the series (following , , and Monster Blood), so it's not part of the mass-produced crap that came later. The plot follows four children, mainly Greg, who find an old camera in their town's haunted house. The camera, which is a Polaroid style and prints the photo immediately after it was taken, seems to predict an ominous future for the subject of all its photos. Greg is somewhat dimwitted and it takes him forever to catch on, but the plot actually moves at a fairly brisk pace once the book gets past its amazingly slow first five pages. Of course the dialogue is terrible and the characters are one-dimensional, but it's readable. It's not complete dreck and the plot doesn't meander or introduce too many characters to be confusing, which I remember from later Goosebumps books.
They are definitely not books that are truly enjoyable at any age. I think they remain firmly within their audience of 8-12-year-olds. Something about these books is absolutely entrancing. I still remember thinking 12 was the best age ever, because that's when you get to have all these cool adventures.
Now I'm actually kind of disappointing. I mean, I thought I was going to embarass my 10-year-old self for ever reading these books. I think I need to move on to the later stuff to find the really crappy books.
June 19, 2021
RILETTURA, DA ADULTO, DEI PICCOLI BRIVIDI N.13
C'猫 questa villa abbandonata e un po' tetra dove pare succedano/siano successe cose terribili. Greg e i suoi amichetti, incauti come possono esserlo i ragazzini dei film horror anni '80, ci entrano. Scoprono che non c'猫 nulla di pauroso se non un armadio pieno di sgargianti vestiti vintage e una macchina fotografica. Greg la porta via con s茅, scoprendo che ogni fotografia prevede il futuro, o meglio, fa accadere cose terribili. E una presenza oscura comincia a tormentarlo...
Divertente quanto scombinato, 猫 uno dei Piccoli Brividi pi霉 amati dai fan. Riletto da adulto perde molto del fascino che pu貌 avere in et脿 scolare. Tuttavia, questa sorta di Final Destination ante-litteram 猫 un giochino che funziona grazie all'inevitabilit脿 che tutto ci貌 che viene fotografato debba per forza accadere. Pi霉 bizzarro che horror o spaventoso.
Lo sviluppo della storia 猫 un po' sfilacciato e il finale, clich茅 col solito scienziato pazzo e un marchingegno il cui potere gli 猫 sfuggito di mano, troppo frettoloso e poco soddisfacente.
Viene pure detto che se si viene fotografati si viene privati dell'anima, ma alla fine muore solo chi fa comodo al plot.
Menzione d'onore per l'incredibile naturalezza di quei "Questa macchina fotografica 猫 rotta!" pronunciati davanti a ogni singola fotografia perfettamente nitida che ha la sola colpa di mostrare una realt脿 diversa.
C'猫 questa villa abbandonata e un po' tetra dove pare succedano/siano successe cose terribili. Greg e i suoi amichetti, incauti come possono esserlo i ragazzini dei film horror anni '80, ci entrano. Scoprono che non c'猫 nulla di pauroso se non un armadio pieno di sgargianti vestiti vintage e una macchina fotografica. Greg la porta via con s茅, scoprendo che ogni fotografia prevede il futuro, o meglio, fa accadere cose terribili. E una presenza oscura comincia a tormentarlo...
Divertente quanto scombinato, 猫 uno dei Piccoli Brividi pi霉 amati dai fan. Riletto da adulto perde molto del fascino che pu貌 avere in et脿 scolare. Tuttavia, questa sorta di Final Destination ante-litteram 猫 un giochino che funziona grazie all'inevitabilit脿 che tutto ci貌 che viene fotografato debba per forza accadere. Pi霉 bizzarro che horror o spaventoso.
Lo sviluppo della storia 猫 un po' sfilacciato e il finale, clich茅 col solito scienziato pazzo e un marchingegno il cui potere gli 猫 sfuggito di mano, troppo frettoloso e poco soddisfacente.
Viene pure detto che se si viene fotografati si viene privati dell'anima, ma alla fine muore solo chi fa comodo al plot.
Menzione d'onore per l'incredibile naturalezza di quei "Questa macchina fotografica 猫 rotta!" pronunciati davanti a ogni singola fotografia perfettamente nitida che ha la sola colpa di mostrare una realt脿 diversa.
October 6, 2018
螒蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 伪纬伪蟺畏渭苇谓畏 蟽蔚喂蟻维, 苇谓伪 尾喂尾位委慰 纬喂伪 渭喂伪 蠁蠅蟿慰纬蟻伪蠁喂魏萎 渭畏蠂伪谓萎 蟺慰蠀 蟿蟻伪尾维蔚喂 蠁蠅蟿慰纬蟻伪蠁委蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟺蟻慰魏伪位蔚委 伪蟿蠀蠂萎渭伪蟿伪! 桅伪谓蟿维味蔚蟽蟿蔚 谓伪 蟺苇蟽蔚喂 蟽蔚 蔚蟺喂魏委谓未蠀谓伪 蠂苇蟻喂伪; 螝伪喂 蠁蠀蟽喂魏维 慰 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰蟼 蟿畏蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺维谓蟿伪 蟺蟻蠅蟿蠈蟿蠀蟺慰蟼: 伪蟺蠈 蟺蔚蟻委蔚蟻纬伪 伪蟿蠀蠂萎渭伪蟿伪 渭苇蠂蟻喂 蔚尉伪蠁伪谓委蟽蔚喂蟼, 魏位蟺....
November 11, 2012
I love goosebumps when I was a kid and this was one of my favorites.
'Say Cheese and Die!' was the fourth book in the Goosebumps awesome book series.
The story starts with Greg finding an old camera at a spooky house owned by Mr. Spidey (a strange old-man with spider-like appearance). Greg's very amuse with the idea of having a camera so he began by taking a picture of his friend Michael who is leaning on the stair railing. Suddenly, the railing gives way and Michael falls. Michael obviously got hurt upon the uncanny landing. Greg surprisingly discovers that the picture does not show Michael standing by the stair railing but instead FALLING. Caught dumbfounded, Greg and his friends continued to investigate and discover the unearthly events the "evil" camera had caused to go along with them.
Years after years, I found out that there's a sequel to it (forty-fourth book): Say Cheese and Die - Again!, and Say Cheese - And Die Screaming!
'Say Cheese and Die!' was the fourth book in the Goosebumps awesome book series.
The story starts with Greg finding an old camera at a spooky house owned by Mr. Spidey (a strange old-man with spider-like appearance). Greg's very amuse with the idea of having a camera so he began by taking a picture of his friend Michael who is leaning on the stair railing. Suddenly, the railing gives way and Michael falls. Michael obviously got hurt upon the uncanny landing. Greg surprisingly discovers that the picture does not show Michael standing by the stair railing but instead FALLING. Caught dumbfounded, Greg and his friends continued to investigate and discover the unearthly events the "evil" camera had caused to go along with them.
Years after years, I found out that there's a sequel to it (forty-fourth book): Say Cheese and Die - Again!, and Say Cheese - And Die Screaming!
August 21, 2019
5 Words: Nasty, selfish, thieving little shits.
I think I've made my thoughts on Goosebumps quite clear... No thank you.4
That's two books in a row filled with the most obnoxious children in the world. I'm gonna try a third one in case it's just a fluke and I happen to have picked up the wrong ones, but I'm not keeping my fingers crossed.
These books are fine for a certain kind of kid, but even when I read them when was young I was rolling my eyes and not impressed by breaking and entering and burglary.
I think I've made my thoughts on Goosebumps quite clear... No thank you.4
That's two books in a row filled with the most obnoxious children in the world. I'm gonna try a third one in case it's just a fluke and I happen to have picked up the wrong ones, but I'm not keeping my fingers crossed.
These books are fine for a certain kind of kid, but even when I read them when was young I was rolling my eyes and not impressed by breaking and entering and burglary.
September 8, 2021
Having grown up reading the Goosebumps books, I thought it would be fun to take a nostalgic trip so see how well it stood up.
A fun concept of technology predicting the future to devastating effects.
Say Cheese and Die was actually surprised me slightly, as I enjoyed it alot more than I'd remembered.
A fun concept of technology predicting the future to devastating effects.
Say Cheese and Die was actually surprised me slightly, as I enjoyed it alot more than I'd remembered.
November 10, 2018
I am pretty sure I read and loved this one as a kid. Still enjoyable. Evil camera. Loved the ending!
November 10, 2021
I love Stine's ideas. This one would make a good movie.
October 15, 2020
One of my favourite things about re-reading this whole series has to be the reference to 90s "technology". Isn't it weird how it all sounds cheesy to think somebody cool because they have a VCR?? The future generations will make so much fun of us for spending 1k on an "old" Iphone 12 馃ぃ
April 29, 2015
Some people think that a picture will steal your soul.
Greg's always been interested in photography, but he only owns a point-and-click that doesn't take very good pictures.
Greg, Bird, Shari, and Michael live in a really boring town called Pitts Landing. One day, for fun, they decide to break into the old Coffman house. It's been abandoned for as long as they remember.
There's a homeless guy, Spidey, who dresses all in black and runs around the neighborhood. He's very old and very thin. He reminds the children of a spider.
When they break into the Coffman house, they make their way down to the basement, where it's actually brighter than upstairs. They find an old mattress and frozen food and quickly figure out that Spidey has been using the house as a shelter. When playing around in the basement, Greg twists a vise and opens a secret chamber.
In the chamber is a camera.
Greg can't resist stealing the camera and using it to take pictures of all his friends. But it doesn't take him long to figure out that something is really wrong with the camera.
When he takes pictures of his friends and family, they are not in the smiling stances that they posed in. Instead they are falling. Or lying on the ground, injured. Or not there at all.
And the worst thing is that the pictures come true. After taking a picture of Michael which shows him falling through a railing, Michael does indeed fall through a railing and twist his ankle. After taking a picture of his dad's brand new car, he sees in the picture that the car is totaled, with the driver's side caved in. Two days later his dad's in the hospital with a broken arm, broken ribs and a concussion, the car now un-drivable.
Is the camera evil? Is it CAUSING the bad events to happen? Or is it predicting a future that would have come to pass no matter what? And why is Spidey now following Greg everywhere, stalking him? Did he know about the camera? What would he do to get it back?
One of the scariest parts is when
In the end,
I think R.L. Stine did the world a great service by introducing horror books to children. Children love horror; they love being scared. But only a bit scared - these books are great at being genuinely frightening, but not scarring.
This idea of a camera that causes people to suffer, die, get injured, disappear - is fascinating and gripping. Making the main character a kid only adds to the anxiety - kids are pretty powerless. At one point Greg tries to explain to a cop what's going on and I was getting anxious that the cop would blame Greg for what was happening.
I liked Stine's explanation for the camera, and I liked the ending to this book, a Jumanji-type ending that makes you anxious about a never-ending cycle of violence.
P.S. Points to Stine for a creative, funny title! Say Cheese and Die! Exclamation point! The front cover of a skeleton family having a barbeque is great, also. Tagline: One picture is worth a thousand screams. Sonr铆e y mu茅rete! Una imagen vale m谩s que mil alaridos.
Greg's always been interested in photography, but he only owns a point-and-click that doesn't take very good pictures.
Greg, Bird, Shari, and Michael live in a really boring town called Pitts Landing. One day, for fun, they decide to break into the old Coffman house. It's been abandoned for as long as they remember.
There's a homeless guy, Spidey, who dresses all in black and runs around the neighborhood. He's very old and very thin. He reminds the children of a spider.
When they break into the Coffman house, they make their way down to the basement, where it's actually brighter than upstairs. They find an old mattress and frozen food and quickly figure out that Spidey has been using the house as a shelter. When playing around in the basement, Greg twists a vise and opens a secret chamber.
In the chamber is a camera.
Greg can't resist stealing the camera and using it to take pictures of all his friends. But it doesn't take him long to figure out that something is really wrong with the camera.
When he takes pictures of his friends and family, they are not in the smiling stances that they posed in. Instead they are falling. Or lying on the ground, injured. Or not there at all.
And the worst thing is that the pictures come true. After taking a picture of Michael which shows him falling through a railing, Michael does indeed fall through a railing and twist his ankle. After taking a picture of his dad's brand new car, he sees in the picture that the car is totaled, with the driver's side caved in. Two days later his dad's in the hospital with a broken arm, broken ribs and a concussion, the car now un-drivable.
Is the camera evil? Is it CAUSING the bad events to happen? Or is it predicting a future that would have come to pass no matter what? And why is Spidey now following Greg everywhere, stalking him? Did he know about the camera? What would he do to get it back?
One of the scariest parts is when
In the end,
I think R.L. Stine did the world a great service by introducing horror books to children. Children love horror; they love being scared. But only a bit scared - these books are great at being genuinely frightening, but not scarring.
This idea of a camera that causes people to suffer, die, get injured, disappear - is fascinating and gripping. Making the main character a kid only adds to the anxiety - kids are pretty powerless. At one point Greg tries to explain to a cop what's going on and I was getting anxious that the cop would blame Greg for what was happening.
I liked Stine's explanation for the camera, and I liked the ending to this book, a Jumanji-type ending that makes you anxious about a never-ending cycle of violence.
P.S. Points to Stine for a creative, funny title! Say Cheese and Die! Exclamation point! The front cover of a skeleton family having a barbeque is great, also. Tagline: One picture is worth a thousand screams. Sonr铆e y mu茅rete! Una imagen vale m谩s que mil alaridos.
April 28, 2023
3.5 stars. Re-reading some childhood favorites with my own daughter has been fun.
This one is about a cursed/evil camera (weirdly one of my favorite tropes). There鈥檚 some handwavey stuff happening but that鈥檚 okay. The camera鈥檚 evilness is never explained, but she had fun and I had fun with her.
She picked up on something I never noticed as a kid, but perhaps explains why Goosebumps was so bingeable- each chapter ends in a cliffhanger, then immediately gets a somewhat mundane explanation.
Either way. We got a few more of these to go through and I鈥檓 looking forward to it!
This one is about a cursed/evil camera (weirdly one of my favorite tropes). There鈥檚 some handwavey stuff happening but that鈥檚 okay. The camera鈥檚 evilness is never explained, but she had fun and I had fun with her.
She picked up on something I never noticed as a kid, but perhaps explains why Goosebumps was so bingeable- each chapter ends in a cliffhanger, then immediately gets a somewhat mundane explanation.
Either way. We got a few more of these to go through and I鈥檓 looking forward to it!
April 29, 2024
One of my favourites growing up.
The notion of a group of bored kids finding a creepy camera that somehow depicts the future with devastating consequences has a nice Sci-Fi Horror twist.
Stine certainly knows how to write for his target audience as the group of friends all feel relatable.
The peer pressure between them as Greg repeatedly insists that there's something wrong with the camera really helps drive the story.
It has dark descriptive moments (like the car crash and baseball scenes), whilst an everyday item being evil always appeals to me.
A strong early title in the range.
The notion of a group of bored kids finding a creepy camera that somehow depicts the future with devastating consequences has a nice Sci-Fi Horror twist.
Stine certainly knows how to write for his target audience as the group of friends all feel relatable.
The peer pressure between them as Greg repeatedly insists that there's something wrong with the camera really helps drive the story.
It has dark descriptive moments (like the car crash and baseball scenes), whilst an everyday item being evil always appeals to me.
A strong early title in the range.
May 2, 2021
I will never be too old to love Goosebumps! This was one of the first ones I read when I was young and reading it again brought back so many good memories. I think this is probably one of my favourite Goosebumps stories, something about it just really hits the spot for me. This story still holds up all these years later, I enjoyed the hell out of my reread of this one! I had forgotten most of the details of the story so it was like I was experiencing it again for the first time and I fell in love with it all over again. It still amazes me how brutal these can be for young teen/middle grade books, I鈥檓 not complaining but I am questioning my parents for letting me read these at such a young age.
June 13, 2020
This book was a fast read. The story was okay, but I have read better stories of RL Stine. Sometimes the tension wasn't there and the story could have had more dept. Still a good read for a Sunday.
April 8, 2012
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December 31, 2021
I spent a month re-reading all 62 original Goosebumps books to see if they still hold up today, you can check out my 3.5 hour vlog here:
You can also check out my entire ranking of the original Goosebumps books from worst to best here:
You can also check out my entire ranking of the original Goosebumps books from worst to best here:
May 8, 2021
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March 5, 2020
One of the very best goosebumps... so far and I am only 4 books in, very exciting.
It was actually adrenaline (epinephrine, for my american people) pumping in a lot of parts. At one point I actually got goosebumps.
The story reminded me a whole lot of 'Final Destination 3', the one with the camera haha which leads you to no explanation at all.
But the one thing that makes goosebumps so great, as I found in the tv series (Again with the tv show, I know, and I am sorry), is that the characters never win... EVER.
ALWAYS LEAVE A TWIST... R.L Stines mind when it hits that 128th page.
As always,
All in all...
5 Stars
It was actually adrenaline (epinephrine, for my american people) pumping in a lot of parts. At one point I actually got goosebumps.
The story reminded me a whole lot of 'Final Destination 3', the one with the camera haha which leads you to no explanation at all.
But the one thing that makes goosebumps so great, as I found in the tv series (Again with the tv show, I know, and I am sorry), is that the characters never win... EVER.
ALWAYS LEAVE A TWIST... R.L Stines mind when it hits that 128th page.
As always,
All in all...
5 Stars
December 8, 2016
Such a fantastic short book
May 26, 2020
I read this classic with my six year old. We finished the other night. I鈥檓 happy to report she now a huge fan of Stine so I鈥檝e ordered a few more for us to share.鉂わ笍5stars
August 27, 2021
I don't know how to rate these books. They're not good, but they're easily digestible and give me nostalgia from reading them as a kid.
October 27, 2023
the goosebumps series is extremely formulaic and a majority of the time, the formula works. this was almost not one of those times. to that effect, i completely blame adulthood for giving me a more discerning eye.
say cheese and die is one of the books in the series i was dying (haha) to get to but it just didn鈥檛 live up to my expectations in regard to how exciting or different it would be. the spooky factor and tension were extremely high in this one so that saved it for me. however, it began to feel the same all over again, from the repeated false jump scare moments to the same endings where you know it鈥檚 not really over and something鈥檚 still fishy.
say cheese and die is one of the books in the series i was dying (haha) to get to but it just didn鈥檛 live up to my expectations in regard to how exciting or different it would be. the spooky factor and tension were extremely high in this one so that saved it for me. however, it began to feel the same all over again, from the repeated false jump scare moments to the same endings where you know it鈥檚 not really over and something鈥檚 still fishy.
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