Classic Goosebumps: Night of the Living Dummy

By: R. L. Stine

Narrated by: Carol Schneider

Discover the original bone-chilling adventures that made Goosebumps one of the bestselling children's book series of all time!

Lindy names the ventriloquist's dummy she finds Slappy. Slappy is kind of ugly, but he's a lot of fun. Lindy's having a great time learning to make Slappy move and talk. But Kris is jealous of all the attention her sister is getting. It's no fair. Why does Lindy always have all the luck?

Kris decides to get a dummy of her own. She'll show Kris. Then weird things begin to happen. Nasty things. Evil things. No way a dummy can be causing all the trouble. Or is there?

Now with all-new bonus material revealing Slappy's secrets and more.

©1993, 2015 R.L. Stine (P)2015 Scholastic Inc.

Surprising! (Lite spoilers, I guess)

I liked this one a lot. I imagine this one would have been more relatable if you grew up as a twin because RL Stein seemingly nailed the twin dynamic, if that makes sense. I was surprised by how little Slappy appears in this & how little he does in his introduction! This is his debut, & considering what an icon he is now, I would have thought he was the star! He later became the mascot of the franchise for crying out loud, and yet Mr. Wood steals the show for most of this. Very unexpected, but still very good!

One of the better Goosebumps stories, but…

The narrator is abysmal. Between the voices, her pronunciation and cadence, I really hope she doesn’t bring her lack of talent to any more of these.

Night of The Living Dummy, but does it hold up?

Goosebumps is still on-going, which is insane. But there are a few flaws holding this story back from the status people sometimes give it. This book is like the first Friday the 13th film to the Slappy/Living Dummy series. What I mean by that is, Slappy is not the evil main villain. At the end, yes. But for the majority of the book it's Mr. Wood. I do think the original cover is a little less misleading. In the original it does show a scene from the book, but for the younger people trying to read this it may be confusing. Although I think it strengthens the twist. This is only nitpicks, but the biggest flaw is the narration. There are times where the acting sounds like the 90's series. But I still think the pros out weigh the cons. a classic, but would still suggest reading it yourself if you are able to.

answer: yep. but not the best way of viewing this story.
notes: R.L Stine's Intro is a classic that reminds me of the 90's series.

the reader did amazing voices. great impression of someone in a box

nothing was wrong with this story. it was great. I liked it very much. thanks

awsome but chapter 22 is a little glitchy

chapter 22 is a little glitchy but the book is good the narrator is good a voices 10 out of 10 would listen to again