Phantom of the Auditorium

Its place in Goosebumps

Phantom of the Auditorium is book 24 in the Goosebumps series. It follows Return of the Mummy. It is followed by Attack of the Mutant. See the full Goosebumps reading order.

R.L. Stine's original Goosebumps run is the book series that taught a generation of kids that horror could be fun. Each entry is a standalone tale of everyday suburban life gone wrong -- a haunted mask that won't come off, a ventriloquist dummy with a mind of its own, a summer camp hiding something monstrous, a video game that traps its players inside -- narrated by a kid protagonist facing down the supernatural with sarcasm, curiosity, and a healthy amount of screaming. Stine's formula was ruthlessly effective…