Dawes at his real estate office in Dark Falls, where he mentions to the Bensons that they can come back the following week to finalize the contracts for the house. The kids' father Jack ends up catching Petey and putting him on a leash despite how frantic his behavior is. Eventually, the group find Josh trying to catch Petey amongst the gravestones of the Dark Falls cemetery. On the way Amanda finds it odd that there aren't any people in the houses or yards, or even on the street. Dawes offers to provide directions while the family drive around town to find the missing pair. She goes outside to tell Josh about it, but both he and Petey are gone. Whilst exploring her new room, Amanda watches with amazement as she catches a glimpse of a boy standing in the doorway, before quickly disappearing down the hall.Īmanda feels much better after seeing her bedroom. While Josh proceeds to impatiently whine in protest over the family move and how tragic it is for him, Mr. It is an enormous, dark, antique home with two large bay windows on the second floor that look eerily like a pair of dark eyes staring down at the street below. Then there is the creepy old house, that appears to have been built many years ago.

Dead brown leaves, shade, and shadows are everywhere. Despite the fact that it is the middle of July, the entire neighborhood seems covered in an artificial darkness created by the shadows of massive, overhanging tree limbs. Amanda Benson, her little brother Josh, and their dog Petey immediately sense that something is not quite right. Benson inherited a house that belonged to his late great-uncle that he didn't even know existed. The Benson family takes their first trip to Dark Falls to meet with the local real estate agent Compton Dawes, and see their new home. But these new friends are not exactly what their parents had in mind. And the town of Dark Falls is pretty strange, too.īut their parents don't believe them. 7.2 References in other Goosebumps mediaĪmanda and Josh think the old house they have just moved into is weird.

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