The Devil's Elbow

Recap #16: Baby-Sitter 1: The Baby-sitter by R.L. Stine

Posted on 8 December 201431 July 2019 by Wing

Title: The Baby-sitter by R.L. Stine (Book 1 Baby-sitter Series) Summary: An innocent baby-sitting job turns into a nightmare when

The Book Exchange

Posted on 5 December 201431 July 2019 by Dove

The Book Exchange Dove: So, we’ve been doing some housekeeping and found we have duplicate books. Ordinarily, I take my

Recap #15: The Diary by Sinclair Smith

Posted on 15 September 201431 July 2019 by Wing

Title: The Diary by Sinclair Smith Summary: Was she going to die… again? Delia can’t stop reading the old diary

Recap #14: The Window by Carol Ellis

Posted on 8 September 201411 July 2020 by Dove

Dove recaps The Window by Carol Ellis, which was awesome back in the 90s, because of the cool location, the big cast, and my low standards. Is it still awesome now, or is it as dull as being forced to sit in a cabin in the mountains alone every day thanks to a broken ankle?

Recap #13: Weekend by Christopher Pike

Posted on 1 September 201431 July 2019 by Wing

Title: Weekend by Christopher Pike Summary: The weekend in Mexico sounded like a dream vacation. Four guys, five girls–and a

Recap #12: Arcadia 4: The Attic by T.S. Rue

Posted on 25 August 201431 July 2019 by Wing

Title: The Attic by T.S. Rue (Part 4 of the Nightmare Inn/Arcadia series) Summary: Tessa and her three best friends

Recap #11: Arcadia 3: The Pool by T. S. Rue

Posted on 18 August 201425 March 2020 by Dove

Dove recaps the very best in the Arcadia series, #3: The Pool by T. S. Rue, where we have irresponsible lifeguards, slack work ethics, surprise returned-from-the-dead characters, and also MOTHERFUCKING PIRANHAS. Yes, you read that right. PIRANHAS. This book is the greatest.

Recap #10: Arcadia 2: Room 13 by T.S. Rue

Posted on 11 August 201423 March 2020 by Wing

Title: Room 13 by T. S. Rue (Part 2 of the Nightmare Inn/Arcadia series) Summary: Erin Naughton wants to stay

Recap #9: The Lifeguard by Richie Tankersley Cusick

Posted on 4 August 201423 March 2020 by Dove

Dove recaps The Lifeguard by Richie Tankersley Cusick, a book so painfully obvious, it practically announces the killer on the first page. But, you know, red herrings, hot cheerful boys, intense quiet boys, and people who run away to privately owned islands. Your standard baffling Cusick fare.

Recap #8: Arcadia 1: Nightmare Inn by T. S. Rue

Posted on 3 August 201422 March 2020 by Dove

Dove recaps Nightmare Inn and begins an exciting obsession with the ISUZU TROOPER, BITCHES! Also: time travel, love beads, hippies and murder. But mostly the ISUZU TROOPER.

Recap #7: Dream Date by Sinclair Smith

Posted on 24 February 201322 March 2020 by Dove

Dove recaps Dream Date, which is kind of like Nightmare on Elm Street fanfic, where Freddy gets woobified, and all he needs is the love of a good woman. And to kill everyone else in her life.

Recap #6: Class Trip by Bebe Faas Rice

Posted on 17 February 201322 March 2020 by Wing

Wing recaps Class Trip by Bebe Faas Rice

Recap #5: Beach House by R L Stine

Posted on 10 February 201322 March 2020 by Dove

Dove recaps Beach House, a Point Horror where characters actually die, and Stine uses a cliffhanger ending on every single chapter.

New Point Horrors Coming May 2013

Posted on 6 February 201331 July 2019 by Wing

Dove and I received news today that made us absolutely giddy. Thanks to H.R. Holden’s blog, we learned that Scholastic

Recap #4: Camp Fear by Carol Ellis

Posted on 5 February 201322 March 2020 by Wing

Title: Camp Fear by Carol Ellis Summary: Almost everyone at Camp Silverlake is afraid of something: creepy crawlies, snakes, swimming

Recap #3: Trick or Treat by Richie Tankersley Cusick

Posted on 25 January 201322 March 2020 by Dove

Dove recaps Trick or Treat where we meet Martha who is literally the worst. And she is honestly surprised that someone wants to kill her. Dove is honestly surprised that only one person wants to kill her.

Recap #2: Perfume by Caroline B. Cooney

Posted on 18 January 201322 March 2020 by Wing

Though Caroline B. Cooney did write some of my favorite Point Horrors of all time (The Cheerleader | The Return

Recap #1: Funhouse by Diane Hoh

Posted on 8 January 201322 March 2020 by Dove

Dove recaps Funhouse by Diane Hoh, wherein the lead character isn’t a wet rag with the intelligence of rotten milk, the setting is pretty cool, and Gina, the BFF, rocks. Sadly, this will be the last time we enjoy such luxuries. Bit of a shame this is the case on recap #1.

Welcome to the Devil’s Elbow

Posted on 5 January 201331 July 2019 by Dove

Welcome to the Devil’s Elbow, a site for Point Horror Recaps. The site is named after the roller coaster from Dove’s favourite of all of the Point Horrors, Funhouse