2.5 starsI only reread this one because I mean serious business about doing a full series reread of the "original" Goosebumps titles (where does that even end, though, I wonder? yet TBD), but I distinctly remembered reading this installment once and only once as a kid because I disliked it so much. I just think it's incredibly boring and apparently, that feeling hasn't changed in the 20-ish years since I first read it.

2.5 stars. Margaret and Casey's dad is a botanist who likes to experiment in the basement. But it's starting to feel like whatevers lurking down there might be trying to get out. Moaning in the night, strange plants with deadly vines, and their dad is starting to act really strange. Can Margaret and Casey save their dad before it's too late?Slightly better than the previous Goosebumps book I read, Attack of the Jack-O'-Lanterns (not difficult to achieve). This had just enough creepiness scattere...

Margaret and Casey Brewer, sister and brother respectively, are left home with their father when they begin to get curious about his strange research. As a botanist, he obviously works with plants, but Margaret especially becomes suspicious and frightened when their father begins developing plant-like tendencies and behaviours. She and Casey are just children though, and so are they blowing things way out of proportion... or is there something more sinister going on? It's a somewhat predictable

I spent a month re-reading all 62 original Goosebumps books to see if they still hold up today, you can check out my 3.5 hour vlog here: https://youtu.be/2C73xc1FS5oYou can also check out my entire ranking of the original Goosebumps books from worst to best here: https://youtu.be/lBfaxCOwAnA

What if a loved one began acting strangely? Quite unlike their normal self? At first you think they are just stressed, or perhaps you worry that they are sick. Until some strange things start happening. Things that make you question if your loved one is even really the person they seem to be.Margaret Brewer and her younger brother Casey live in sunny California. They're spending their days going to school, playing with friends, and teasing each other. But then their father, the botanist Dr. Brew...

A really effective creepy tale as the mistrust between Marget and Casey towards their scientific father is brilliantly portrayed.Let's face it we'd all be inquisitive to know exactly what experiments were happening down in the basement.One of my favorites when growing up, the story still holds up well on a re-read.

#2 "Something's waiting in the dark...."Margaret and Casey continue to worry about their father and his strange experiments on Plants he's doing in the basement. They are just harmless experiments... Right? Very unique concept.

I try to express only my most honest opinion in a spoiler-free way. If you feel anything in my review is a spoiler and is not already hidden in spoiler brackets please let me know. Thank you.Another short but spooky story. My daughter just loves goosebumps. And I love the time we get to spend together every night when I read them to her. They are just the right amount of spookiness without giving her nightmares or keeping her up at night.With this one, she knew a lot of what was going to happen

Margaret's father may be a botanist, but what he's doing in the basement suggests he may be a mad scientist. A tall, treelike plant sighed and appeared to bend toward them, raising its tendrils as if beckoning to them, calling them back. This book is undeniably kitschy, and then - BOOM! - the author drops some serious science into the mix: DNA, genome mapping, reproductive isolation, genetic modification and transgenics. These topics are explored in simpler terms, but they're nonetheless present...

Sooooo... Book two. I liked this story quite a bit more than the series opening book. It had some issues, but on the whole, it was a better story and made a hell of a lot more sense than Welcome to Dead House. The premise here is that the family moved to Cali for Dad to take a job in a science lab... but then his experiments started getting a little... strange and dangerous, and so he was let go. But he didn't care, he just kept up the work -- IN THE BASEMENT THAT EVERYONE SHOULD STAY OUT OF! He...

moral:stay out of the basement

Update 9/3/18! Here's my full review: http://www.bookishrealmreviews.com/20...3.5 stars (I read this for Booktubeathon 2018) This was one of the more creepy books in the series for me because it literally made my skin crawl haha. I was not expecting to be so grossed out by the plot, but the idea of a human turning into a plant really really threw me for a loop. I listened to this on audiobook and rather enjoyed the narrator. If you haven't picked up the Goosebumps series I would definitely recom...

This was a jittery one.Even for the brave hearted.Two common children, siblings, are happy that their dad is doing plant research in their basement.The research is all harmless, says the blurb. Nothing to worry about.Believe me that's a white lie.Whatever happens you should not go venturing into the basement. There's where strange things reside.The curiosities of the children gets peeked up on seeing their dad exhibit traits of plants. Is he a freak botanist? Do they go and find out the truth in...

One of my favourite Goosebumps stories! I remember being genuinely terrified when I was a kid... there's just something in the idea of your loved ones becoming "strange".... a familiar environment looking just a little bit "off"... Yup, this is definitely still a win for me!!!

I dont know why people are hating on this book. It's super interesting. All about science and DNA, cummon that is pretty cool concept for kids, especially in the 90s!

I remember loving Goosebumps books as a kid, but this is the only one that I could remember as an adult. I finally found a copy of it at the used bookstore I work at and decided I’d indulge in some nostalgia!This story is pretty spooky. I remember the ending left me very disturbed as a kid, and it’s still eerie now.It’s quick and easy, I read it all in about an hour. A perfect Halloween read.

It took forever for the kids to open that closet (don't go in the basement, they go in the basement, don't go in the basement, they go in the basement, two more times until fiiinaallllyyyy they get to the closet) but otherwise I liked it well enough.

I remember watching this when I was a kid, don't think I read it though. Margaret and Casey's dad has been fired from his job, he's a scientist. Since he's been fired he's been working very hard in the basement on his plant experiments....plant and human DNA gets mixed together with scary results. I loved the kids being kids, being told not to go in the basement and what they do? Go in the basement. It's too tempting! Also how they miss their father, he used to spend some time with them but now

The second book in the Goosebumps series, Stay Out Of The Basement, did not disappoint!  What started out slightly slow picked up in a couple of chapters.  On the surface this book is about a father who was recently been fired from his job, his obsession with making a scientific breakthrough, his descent into madness, and the two children suffering to learn their father's secrets.  Stay Out Of The Basement is a brilliant combination of a story where Poison Ivy meets Frankenstein meets Little Sho...

Margaret and Casey Brewer realize something is wrong with their dad. He used to play with them and call them cute nicknames but ever since he lost his job a couple weeks ago he has been spending ALL of his time done in the basement with his plant experiments. When their mom leaves for a couple days and they are left alone with their dad strange things start happening. Margaret catches him eating fertilizer, bleeding green blood, and growing leave stems out of his head!! When they sneak into the