night of the living dummy original cover

When they refuse, he punches and slaps them - a rare act of physical violence for this series - and knocks one girl unconscious.

The living dummy in question is obsessed with making preteen girls (and it's always girls, never boys in these books) into his slaves. Does This Remind You of Anything?: As several people, along with the blogger himself, pointed out on the snarky Goosebumps blog, the Night of the Living Dummy series may be creepy as a child, but as an adult, a completely different layer of creepy reveals itself.Wood is the main villain, but the final scene reveals Slappy is alive and evil too. Wood attempts to torment Kris and Lindy into being his slaves. Slappy was even the main character of a book of his own. Wood is the villain), but in the sequels was brought back as the primary villain. Breakout Villain: Slappy was a minor character in this book (he may be on the cover, but Mr.All There in the Manual: The reprint includes some supplementary information on how exactly Mr.Wood and Slappy in the first one, and just Slappy in the sequels) to come to life. They read them aloud in confusion, prompting the dummies (Mr. Accidental Incantation: In this book (and its sequels), the characters find a piece of paper near a dummy with the words 'Karru marri odonna loma molunu karrano'.

It was later reissued in the Classic Goosebumps line in 2008 as a companion to Revenge of the Living Dummy. It would later be adapted into an installment of the Goosebumps Graphix series, included in the Slappy's Tales of Horror collection. It is one of the nineteen original series books that was not adapted into the TV series. Fans of the series will be surprised that Slappy doesn't really do anything, and indeed is apparently inanimate for the rest of the book he wouldn't become the recurring villain fans know and love until the direct sequel, Night of the Living Dummy II. This book may have introduced Slappy, the most popular and frequently-recurring Goosebumps villain, but the main antagonist is Mr. Before it's too late, Kris must find a way to save herself and her family from the evil Mr. And he's evil, violent, and aggressive, and tries to force the sisters into becoming his slaves. Unfortunately for Kris, after she reads some strange words on a scrap of paper that came with her dummy, he comes to life. Well, Kris will just have to prove she's just as good with a dummy their dad picks up from a pawn shop. When they come across a discarded dummy, Lindy takes to ventriloquism, and immediately starts garnering praise. Kris and Lindy are sisters who compete at everything. The Goosebumps book that introduces Slappy.

Night of the living dummy original cover