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Trick or Treat Studios Bringing ‘Goosebumps’ Mask Collection to Halloween 2017
My childhood is so happy right now.
R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps franchise was a merchandising powerhouse back in the day, spawning all sorts of cool and wacky products that I’m admittedly kind of obsessed with tracking down. One of the prized pieces in my collection, in fact, is a “Haunted Mask” that came out back in the ’90s… and you better believe I don’t dare put it on. Thanks for the warning, Carly Beth.
It’s been many years since Goosebumps masks were mass-produced, which is why it’s so damn cool to see that Trick or Treat Studios has picked up the license for this year’s Halloween season. Now up for pre-order on their website are Slappy the Dummy and “Haunted Mask” masks, both of which are based on the “Goosebumps” TV series. But that’s just the beginning of the line.
Coming soon are Slappy and “Haunted Mask” vacumform masks, based on the original Goosebumps book covers. A replica prop of the Slappy dummy is also coming to the Trick or Treat Studios website in the near future, depicting the dummy as he was in the TV series. Yes, the company is giving love to both the books and the show, which puts a big ole smile on my face.
Pay a virtual visit to Trick or Treat Studios to pre-order the masks today.
We have learned the sad news this week that prolific horror author Ray Garton, who wrote nearly 70 books over the course of his career, has passed away after a battle with lung cancer.
Ray Garton was 61 years old.
Stephen King tweets, “I’m hearing that Ray Garton, horror novelist and friend, died yesterday. This is sad news, and a loss to those who enjoyed his amusing, often surreal, posts on Twitter.”
Ray Garton’s novels include Seductions, Darklings, Live Girls, Night Life, and Crucifax in the 1980s, followed in later decades by output including A Dark Place: The Story of a True Haunting, Trade Secrets, The New Neighbor, Lot Lizards, Dark Channel, Shackled, The Girl in the Basement, The Loveliest Dead, Ravenous, Bestial, and most recently, Trailer Park Noir.
Garton also wrote young adult novels under the name Joseph Locke, including the novelizations for A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Master and The Dream Child. He also wrote the novelizations for Tobe Hooper’s Invaders from Mars and Warlock, as well as several books for the Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchises.
Other young adult horror novels you may remember the name Joseph Locke from include Petrified, Kiss of Death, Game Over, 1-900-Killer, Vengeance, and Kill the Teacher’s Pet.
You can browse Ray Garton’s full bibliography over on his official website.
He wrote on his website when it launched, “Since I was eight years old, all I’ve wanted to be was a writer, and since 1984, I have been fortunate enough to spend my life writing full time. I’ve written over 60 books—novels and novellas in the horror and suspense genres, collections of short stories, movie novelizations, and TV tie-ins—with more in the works.”
“My readers have made it possible for me to indulge my love of writing and I get a tremendous amount of joy out of communicating with them,” Garton added at the time.
Ray Garton is survived by his longtime wife, Dawn.
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