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The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It

A goth girl unleashes a monster from a forbidden book.

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The film follows Cassie Keller, a Goth girl who reads a forbidden book to her brother on Halloween night, unleashing a monster.[1][2] Common Sense Media reviewer Heather Boerner noted the story is based on the simple order not to think about the boogeyman.[1]

Making and release

Executive producers decided to film their own original story instead of adapting Stine's short stories.[3] Filming took place in Carnegie, Pennsylvania and Cranberry Township in October and November 2006.[4] The executive producer role was held by Margaret Loesch, who had previously founded both Fox Kids and the Hallmark Channel.[5] Chris Hajian is credited with composing the film's musical score.[5]

R. L. Stine provided input on the script's development.[3] More than one hundred local residents participated in making the film.[6] The animatronic creature called The Evil Thing was crafted by Gregory Nicotero and Howard Berger.[7] In the United States, the DVD became available on September 4, 2007.[8]

What the cited sources add

Lee noted the special effects are "fairly decent and not nearly as awful as you might think for a film like this".[2] Heather Boerner criticized the product placement, writing that the pizza delivery guy is "included in more than half of the DVD".[9] The DVD includes a behind-the-scenes featurette and Emily Osment's music video for "I Don't Think About It".[2] According to William Lee of Movie Metropolis, the movie presents "a very simplistic and straightforward tale" whose characters never develop beyond stereotypical roles.[2][10]

References

  1. Heather Boerner, "Review of R.L. Stine's Haunting House: Don't Think About: Tween-friendly, ad-happy Halloween fright fest ", Common Sense Media.. facts only, no text reused. commonsensemedia.org
  2. Lee, "R.L. STINE'S THE HAUNTING HOUR: DON'T THINK ABOUT IT - DVD review", Movie Metropolis, September 3, 2007. facts only, no text reused. moviemet.com
  3. Wikipedia, "The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rhudy, "M&C Interview: R.L. Stine talks "The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It"", Monsters and Critics, September 1, 2007 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Owen, "Evil lurks in Collier (But it's kid-friendly and coming to an 'R.L. Stine' DVD)", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 21, 2006 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Owen, "Tuned In: The Hub Network offers programs for younger children", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, October 10, 2010; "R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007)", Hollywood; Owen, "Evil lurks in Collier (But it's kid-friendly and coming to an 'R.L. Stine' DVD)", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 21, 2006 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Owen, "TV/DVD Review: Locally filmed 'Haunting Hour' delivers frightful Stine-style fun", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 4, 2007 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lyons, "RL Stine's The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It", DVD Talk; Louise Boursaw, "Interview: Emily Osment of R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour", Cinema Blend, September 14, 2007 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lyons, "RL Stine's The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It", DVD Talk; "R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It", Amazon, 5 February 2013; "The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (UK - DVD R2)", DVD Active; "R.L. Stine's 'The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It' All-New Spooky Fare For The Entire Family", Starpulse, 2 July 2007 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Heather Boerner, "Review of R.L. Stine's Haunting House: Don't Think About: Tween-friendly, ad-happy Halloween fright fest ", Common Sense Media. (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Lee, "R.L. STINE'S THE HAUNTING HOUR: DON'T THINK ABOUT IT - DVD review", Movie Metropolis, September 3, 2007 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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