Principal Frankenstein feels like Halloween is a great time for the students to unwind and blow off some steam by celebrating the human holiday known as Halloween. To do this, the staff of Monster High has put on a Halloween carnival, complete with rides, games and a haunted maze. While waiting to learn who won the costume contest, some of the students decide to explore the labyrinth of corn. At first, it appears to be a basic maze filled with corny frights. However as the students wander further into the field, they begin to experience their deepest, darkest fears. Soon, it becomes eerily certain that something is seriously wrong within the dark passageways of corn.
I'm not familiar with Monster High in the least aside from anything I might have seen in stores. I didn't know that the Mattel franchise was still a thing. I couldn't tell you the last time I had ever seen a kid wearing something with Monster High on it. But I love Halloween specials and the guys at my local favorite comic book store ordered it for me and I needed something to review for this week's Family Comic Friday.
I thought the art was good. The characters looked like the few toys that I've seen in the past. The beginning and middle of the story was pretty good. Having teenage monsters face their fears in a corn maze was wicked fun. It was a pretty creative plot device if you ask me. I thought the ending was going to end predictably with the student who designed her own costume going to win the costume contest. However, it really didn't feel like this story actually ended at all.
The story concludes with at least 1 student still trapped in the maze. The students can't find them and Frankenstein is freaking out over the disappearance, claiming this has happened before. But when was that? The narrator recites some Halloween poetry, none of which had anything to do with the missing student, and then there's closure with a 'the end' posted on the back right corner of the page. Personally, I hate cliffhanger endings, especially if I don't already have the next issue to immediately follow-up on. However, I would rather have that than leaving everything dangling without a promise of more to come.
Ideal for fans of Monster High. While not rated, those with children aged 9-13 should have no issues with the contents of this book. This special is a fun way for those looking forward to Halloween to wait for it through reading. I just wish for a better ending. A definitive ending. Not the lackluster stoppage that leaves the reader wondering 'What next?'
Rating: 6 out of 10 stars.
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