Back La Maison des morts French La casa della morte Italian Welcome to Dead House Portuguese Добро пожаловать в мёртвый дом Russian Ласкаво просимо до мертвого дому Ukrainian
 First edition cover | |
| Author | R. L. Stine |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Tim Jacobus Brandon Dorman |
| Language | English |
| Series | Goosebumps |
| Genre | Horror fiction Children's literature |
| Published | July 1992 Scholastic |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 128 |
| ISBN | 0590453653 |
| Followed by | Stay Out of the Basement |
Welcome to Dead House is the first book in the original Goosebumps book series. It was first published in July 1992 along with Stay Out of the Basement and Monster Blood, the second and third books. Additionally, it was re-released in 2010 as the thirteenth book under the Classic Goosebumps title, featuring new artwork by Brandon Dorman.
The plot follows Amanda and Josh Benson, who move with their parents into a creepy old house located in the strange town of Dark Falls where people are unlike any they have known before.
The original cover illustration by Tim Jacobus features an old house at night, with the front door slightly ajar, and a strange figure illuminated in the window. Subsequent editions differed from one release to the next; while an early 2000s re-release of the title featured a more digitally-rendered version of Jacobus's haunted house image, the British special edition was light gray-blue in colour and featured an image of human skulls in a cemetery, an attempt to market the edition to more mature demographics who saw the Goosebumps series as wholly for children. A novelization of the 1990s Canadian TV adaptation had also been scheduled under Scholastic's Goosebumps Presents TV novelization spin-off series, but the series completed its final aired season before the publication contract could be fulfilled.