Stay Out of the Basement

Its place in Goosebumps

Stay Out of the Basement is book 2 in the Goosebumps series. It follows Welcome to Dead House. It is followed by Monster Blood. 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…