Welcome to Dead House: Amanda and Josh move with their parents into an old haunted house located in the strange town of Dark Falls, where people are unlike any they have known before. Stay out of the basement: When Margaret and Casey see their father become weedy while working on his botany experiments, they worry that his plant-testing may not be entirely harmless. Monster blood: In an old toy store near his great-aunt's home, twelve-year-old Evan buys a dusty can of Monster Blood he thinks will be fun to play with.