History Literature / PointHorror

!This series provides (usually multiple) examples of:

* LivingToys: "Softies" from ''Thirteen: 13 Tales of Horror'' takes place in an alternative universe where each human has a living toy friend called a 'companion'. The problem is, the companions are [[spoiler:angry and secretly planning an uprising against their owners.]]

* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: In "The Ring" from ''Thirteen: 13 Tales of Horror'', in which a girl, Kate acquires a cursed ring that enables her to read the minds of everyone around her and is soon driven insane when she discovers how much her family and 'friends' really despise her. [[spoiler: In the ending, the ring returns to TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday where Kate bought it, and is purchased by a woman whose husband is about to kill her to claim on the insurance. When the original victim reads the minds of her three-year-old half-brothers, she hears that they love her. So, perhaps the ring wasn't that evil and everyone really did hate her.]]

** In ''The Baby-Sitter II'', the person who has been terrorising Jenny turns out to be the [[spoiler:psychiatrist's receptionist, Miss Gurney. She is [[Yandere jealous of Dr Schindler's attention (as she perceives it) of Jenny]]]]. She is able to get details of Jenny's past problems (in ''The Baby-Sitter'') by listening to the tapes recorded of their counselling sessions.]]

** In ''The Baby-Sitter II'', the person who has been terrorising Jenny turns out to be the [[spoiler:psychiatrist's receptionist, Miss Gurney. She is [[Yandere jealous of Dr Schindler's attention (as she perceives it) of Jenny]]. She is able to get details of Jenny's past problems (in ''The Baby-Sitter'') by listening to the tapes recorded of their counselling sessions.]]

* CrazyJealousGuy: ''Very'' often.

** ''[[ThirteenIsUnlucky Thirteen: 13]] Tales of Horror''
** ''13 More Tales of Horror ''
** ''13 Again''

* PiranhaProblem: In ''The Hitchhiker'', the three teenagers are threatened to be [[spoiler:thrown into a pond full of piranahs by the son of the old man Christine and Terri killed in a hit-and-run. The man's son ends [[HoistByHisOwnPetard himself ends up inside the pond and gets devoured]].]]

* PiranhaProblem: In ''The Hitchhiker'' (R.L. Stine, 1992).

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While there was once a time when ''Point Horror'' books could be found on any teen girl's bookshelf, the series died out and was largely forgotten in the TurnOfTheMillennium (even as ''Goosebumps'' and its ilk remained popular with young readers and nostalgic with older ones), and when it is remembered, it's mostly for its StrictlyFormula writing.

While there was once a time when Point Horror books could be found on any teen girl's bookshelf, the series died out and was largely forgotten in the TurnOfTheMillennium (even as ''Goosebumps'' and its ilk remained popular with young readers and nostalgic with older ones), and when it is remembered, it's mostly for its StrictlyFormula writing.

'''''Point Horror''''' was a [[LongRunner long-running]] [[TheEighties 1980s]]/[[TheNineties 1990s]]/[[TheNoughties Early 2000s]] series of horror novels, similar to the likes of ''Goosebumps'' (some books having even been written by the same author, R.L. Stine) but aimed at a slightly older teenage/young adult audience. Authors that published under the Point Horror label include the aforementioned R.L. Stine, Diane Hoh, Richie Tankersley Cusick, Christopher Pike, and Caroline B. Cooney.

'''''Point Horror''''' was a [[TheEighties 1980s]]/[[TheNineties 1990s]] series of horror novels, similar to the likes of ''Goosebumps'' (some books having even been written by the same author, R.L. Stine) but aimed at a slightly older teenage/young adult audience. Authors that published under the Point Horror label include the aforementioned R.L. Stine, Diane Hoh, Richie Tankersley Cusick, Christopher Pike, and Caroline B. Cooney.