The Double Horror of Fenley Place
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The Double Horror of Fenley Place |
Synopsis (note - spoiler alert): A movie crew sets up to film a horror picture in River Heights. Complications set in when the scenes in the movie are duplicated in Fenley Place, a mansion across the street from the shooting. The whole production seems jinxed, and the owners of Fenley Place ask Nancy to investigate who is harassing everyone. The motive turns out to be revenge - the young location scout is the abandoned son of the owner
Publisher's synopsis:
Nancy visits a movie set and finds terror on location!
World-famous director Hank Steinberg is filming a horror flick in
Nancy's hometown of River Heights. The movie tells a
spine-tingling story about a haunted house. Most shocking of all,
though, is what's going on across the street at an old Victorian
mansion called Fenley Place. Whatever happens on the movie set is
mysteriously duplicated in the mansion: red smoke billows from the
chimney, a ghostly figure appears in the window, and blood oozes
from the walls. The special effects are a real scream, but Nancy
must find out who is behind them before the movie -- and the
mansion -- reach the final, horrifying climax!
Basic Plot: Bess gets a part in “Terror Weekend,” a horror
movie being filmed in River Heights at McCauley House, which is
across the street from spooky Fenley Place. The special
effects which are being created for the movie (blood red smoke
coming from the chimney, blowing out of windows, bleeding walls)
are being duplicated without explanation at Fenley Place.
People begin to think that the movie set is jinxed.
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Setting |
River Heights, mostly around Highland Ave. |
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Recurring Characters |
Bess Marvin, George Fayne, Hannah Gruen, Carson Drew, Ned
Nickerson |
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Characters and Suspects |
Film Personnel Hank Steinberg - horror film director Brandon Morris - casting Deck Burroughs - actor Jenny Logan - actress Dallas Crenshaw - grip Bob Seglow - chief sound technician; college friend of CD Spider Hutchings - stunt man Adele - makeup artist Jane Bo Aronson - special effects Garver Fenley - deceased, original owner of Fenley Place Alan Teppington - owner of Fenley Place Sara Teppington - his wife; Nancy’s former English teacher Amy (age 5) and Kate (age 10) Teppington; Boris their dog Pat Ellis - caterer Mark Donaldson - class clown Sherrie Crocker - high school friend Mr. Titus - Fenley Place neighbor Josh Petrie - former student of Sara’s Mrs. Wells - Wishing Wells Shoe Shop Pamela Teppington - Alan’s ex-wife; actress Sergeant Velez and 2 unnamed officers |
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Culprits |
Christopher Alan Teppington - aka Chris Hitchcock and
Chris Smith - production assistant and location scout motivation: revenge on Alan for perceived abandonment of
his mother when she was pregnant with Chris |
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Resolution |
Nancy catches Chris on the roof of Fenley Place about to
set the house on fire; she pretends to fall and simulates
an injury using a fake blood capsule. As Chris is
distracted to help her, Spider captures him. Alan
decides not to press charges and the reconciliation
begins. |
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Mis-adventures |
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| Key clues |
imprint of the Pacer by Killer Shoes “Vampire Caste” starring Pamela Teppington prescription for allergy medication CAT monogram on suitcase |
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Hannah cooks |
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Nancy's outfits |
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Meaning of the title |
pg. 120 - Bo’s take on the situation: “The Double
Horror of Fenley Place, I call it. Everything that
we shoot happens over there for real. It would make
a great movie.” |
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reward |
Terror Weekend T-shirt with catch phrase “screamer,
bleeder or corpse” |
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items of interest |
One of Nancy’s main rules is never to compete with
friends on anything important |
THE COVERS
Below is a gallery of all the covers I have found for The Double Horror of Fenley Place. Below each picture is the artist's name, and a brief description of the scene depicted.
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| Minstrel cover by Bob
Berran: g. 26 - Nancy pointing out ghostly figure in
Fenley Place’s attic window to Bess. House is
mustard colored Victorian and spikes on iron gate are
accurate. “Ghost” is actually a nightgown on
monofilament wire (shouldn’t have head/body) |
Minstrel cover by Aleta
Jenks: pg. 41 - Nancy watching the filming of scene
where windows are blown out at McCauley House - actress
Jenny Logan is running from the house. Note that
painting has been reversed and “Aleta” is backwards |
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| Minstrel "3"/Aladdin cover by Frank Sofo | Wahlströms (Swedish) cover by Bob Berran |
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| Wahlströms (Swedish) cover by Andreas Bennwik | Forlagshuset (Norwegian) cover by Bob Berran |
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| Piemme Jr (Italian) cover by
Alessandra Ceriani |
Sovershenno (Russian) cover
by unknown artist (2-in-1 volume with Shady Glen) |
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| Abril (Portuguese) cover - recycles Jenks
cover |
Tharanga Prakashakayo (Sinhala) cover -
recycles Frank Sofo artwork |
FOREIGN TITLES
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Foreign Title |
Title's translation |
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Swedish |
Kitty och spöket i fönstret |
Nancy and the ghost in the window |
| Norwegian | Detektiv Nancy Drew fanget i fellen | Nancy caught in the trap |
| Russian | Ужасное происшествие в особняке Фенли | The horrible occurence at the private home (estate) |
| Portuguese | O duplo horror da mansao assombrada | The double horror of the haunted mansion |
| Italian | La maledizione di Fenley Place | The curse of Fenley Place |
| Sinhala |
The Double Horror of Fenley Place, artwork by Bob Berran © 1987 by Simon & Schuster, New York. The Double Horror of Fenley Place, artwork by Aleta Jenks © 1987 by Simon & Schuster, New York. The Double Horror of Fenley Place, artwork by Frank Sofo © 2001 by Simon & Schuster, New York. Kitty och spöket i fonstret artwork by Aleta Jenks © 1987 by Simon & Schuster, New York.
Kitty och spöket i fonstret artwork by Andreas Bennwik © 2007 by Wahlstroms, Stockholm.
Detektiv Nancy Drew fanget i fellen, artwork by Aleta Jenks © 1987 by Simon & Schuster, New York.
Ужасное происшествие в особняке Фенли,artwork unattributed © 1996 by Sovershenno Sekretno, Moscow.
La maledizione di Fenley Place, artwork by Alessandra Piemme © 2007 by Edizione Piemme SpA, Milan.
The Double Horror of Fenley Place, artwork by Aleta Jenks © 1987 by Simon & Schuster, New York.
© 2007, 2008, 2016 Lea Shangraw Fox
knocked out in attic
