#119 in Horror
One Day at HorrorLand
- 134
- Pages
- about 2.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“One Day at HorrorLand” is a creepy, funny Goosebumps adventure set in a theme park where nothing is meant to amuse. R. L. Stine traps a family among attractions that are anything but harmless and keeps the scares coming across 134 short pages. Some readers who grew up with the series still find it both eerie and comic as adults. It is a good choice for young readers ready for their first proper fright.
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About the book
One Day at HorrorLand is the sixteenth children's horror novel in R. L. Stine's Goosebumps series, and was originally published in February 1994. It was adapted into a two-part episode for the television series, which was later released on VHS and DVD. A comic adaptation of the book was included in the graphic novel compilation Terror Trips, part of the Goosebumps Graphix series. There were two video games, an audiobook, and an adult-aimed interactive show based on the book. A sequel in the spin-off series Goosebumps Series 2000 titled Return to HorrorLand was published in 1999. The HorrorLand theme park was expanded upon in the book series Goosebumps HorrorLand. The two-part episode was released on VHS and DVD. The book and episodes received positive reception.
Reading order · Goosebumps
Full order & progress →- Welcome to Dead HouseStart here
7.57.5 / 10 - Stay Out of the Basement
7.37.3 / 10 - Monster Blood
–Not ranked yet - Say Cheese and Die!
7.47.4 / 10 - The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
–Not ranked yet - Let's Get Invisible!
–Not ranked yet - Night of the Living Dummy
7.37.3 / 10 - The Girl Who Cried Monster
–Not ranked yet - Welcome to Camp Nightmare
–Not ranked yet - The Ghost Next Door
–Not ranked yet - The Haunted Mask
–Not ranked yet - Be Careful What You Wish For...
–Not ranked yet - Piano Lessons Can Be Murder
–Not ranked yet - The Werewolf of Fever Swamp
–Not ranked yet - You Can't Scare Me!
–Not ranked yet - One Day at HorrorLandThis book
7.57.5 / 10 - Why I'm Afraid of Bees
–Not ranked yet - Monster Blood II
–Not ranked yet - Deep Trouble
–Not ranked yet - The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight
–Not ranked yet - Go Eat Worms!
–Not ranked yet - Ghost Beach
–Not ranked yet - Return of the Mummy
–Not ranked yet - Phantom of the Auditorium
–Not ranked yet - Attack of the Mutant
–Not ranked yet - My Hairiest Adventure
–Not ranked yet - A Night in Terror Tower
–Not ranked yet - The Cuckoo Clock of Doom
–Not ranked yet - Monster Blood III
–Not ranked yet - It Came from Beneath the Sink!
–Not ranked yet - Night of the Living Dummy II
–Not ranked yet - The Barking Ghost
–Not ranked yet - The Horror at Camp Jellyjam
–Not ranked yet - Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes
–Not ranked yet - A Shocker on Shock Street
–Not ranked yet - The Haunted Mask IIThe Haunted Mask II–Not ranked yet
- The Headless Ghost
–Not ranked yet - The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena
–Not ranked yet - How I Got My Shrunken Head
–Not ranked yet - Night of the Living Dummy III
–Not ranked yet - Bad Hare Day
–Not ranked yet - Egg Monsters From Mars
–Not ranked yet - The Beast from the East
–Not ranked yet - Say Cheese And Die-Again!
–Not ranked yet - Ghost Camp
–Not ranked yet - How to Kill a Monster
–Not ranked yet - Legend of the Lost Legend
–Not ranked yet - Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns
–Not ranked yet - Vampire Breath
–Not ranked yet - Calling All Creeps!
–Not ranked yet - Beware, the Snowman
–Not ranked yet - How I Learned to Fly
–Not ranked yet - Chicken, Chicken
–Not ranked yet - Don't Go to Sleep!
–Not ranked yet - The Blob That Ate Everyone
–Not ranked yet - The Curse of Camp Cold Lake
–Not ranked yet - My Best Friend Is Invisible
–Not ranked yet - Deep Trouble II
–Not ranked yet - The Haunted School
–Not ranked yet - Werewolf Skin
–Not ranked yet - I Live in Your Basement!
–Not ranked yet - Monster Blood IV
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 59 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 29% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Horror average of 7.5. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 9.0 | 8 | 14% |
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 51 | 86% |
Frequently asked
What age is One Day at HorrorLand for?
One Day at HorrorLand sits on the Children shelf in the sources we use, which by convention means roughly ages 5–10. This is a guide from the book’s category, not a publisher’s age rating. It has 134 pages — shorter than 95% of the ranked books in Horror.
In this book
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