After a ride in which Lizzy is locked in a casket traveling down a river, the three of them attempt to convince the Morris parents, Carl and Peggy, that they all should leave.

The two reveal that they experienced similar problems, so they all decide to confront the Horrors, the park's green-suited employees, who resemble green humans with demonic horns.

The Morris family and Clay escape HorrorLand in a different car, but in a twist ending, find out that a Horror held onto the back of the vehicle until they reached their home.

The author of The Art of Goosebumps, Sarah Rodriguez, wrote that "Jacobus used blues and muted greens to suggest loneliness and abandonment with the amusement park lit slightly with orange to hint that night is falling".

In a 2008 video game titled Goosebumps HorrorLand, released for the Wii, Nintendo DS and PlayStation 2, the players attempt to escape from the theme park.

[7] Jennifer Feigelman, of Kliatt wrote that the comic adaptation within Terror Trips has "frenetic lines and mismatched panel sizing" and is "destined to be a hit with the "tween" crowd".

[9] It was one of the books featured in a 2015 interactive show aimed at an adult audience which was beneath London's Waterloo Station in abandoned railway tunnels.

[15][16] A reviewer on DVD Talk wrote, "This two-part episode is largely enjoyable, with some pretty scary moments, though it has a disturbing subtext and an ending that may leave younger children especially feeling squeamish".

"[12] Prendes wrote that the first part "is replaced" in the second episode "with a fast-paced, super-cheesy and energetic storyline that manages to turn the whole thing into a comedy.

"[13] Catherine Mallette of Fort Worth Star-Telegram said, "The "Horrors", who run the park, have cheesy costumes, and the sets are low-budget.

"[18] Doug Hamilton and Julie Bookman of The Atlanta Constitution listed the adaptation as one of their picks for television alongside Disney's Tower of Terror.

[14] The VHS release of the television episodes was reported as the fourteenth best-selling children's video in the November 14, 1998, issue of Billboard.

Reese compared the book's reality television subplot to the film The Truman Show and stated that the idea was "ahead of its time".