Horseland: Overlooked

Dear lord, where are these episodes coming from? Just where? If you think that those 3 Horseland episodes I came across were bad, think again once more.

It was a Saturday for me and I was visiting a garage sale. I was visiting the video games section to see if there were any good Xbox 360 games. One game that interested me was Soul Calibur V.

When I was about to go pay for it, I saw something that caught my attention. Next to a Blu-Ray of Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Men Tell No Tales was a rare Horseland DVD.

The DVD cover consisted of the Horseland characters Sarah, Chloe and Zoey standing in front of what looked like the Overlook hotel covered in snow from The Shining.

It was titled as "Horseland: Mosey And Other Episodes". I was quite surprised to find this DVD. I asked the owner how much the DVD was but she said I can take it for free because they did not have a need for it anymore.

After doing some other stuff like going to the library, going to Sonic Drive In for lunch and others, I proceeded to go home. When I got back, I took a look at the back of the DVD and saw the episode list. The episodes were "Mosey", "The Can-Do Kid", "Win Some, Lose Some", "Boss Bailey" and an unusual episode I hadn't seen before.

The episode's name was "Overlooked". It may have explained why the Overlook hotel from The Shining was on the cover. Since I was always curious about these Horseland episodes, I put it into the PS5 since the model I have supports DVD's.

It opened with the Mill Creek Entertainment logo and then it showed some previews for other Cookie Jar shows like Postcards From Buster, Dance Revolution, Busytown Mysteries and Wimzie's House.

After the previews ended, it took me to the DVD menu.

The menu had a picture of Sarah Whitney in the middle of a snowy forest crying with Bailey, Scarlet and Aztec near her from the episode "Mosey". The options were the exact same from the other DVD's I've seen.

I selected "Play All" and sat through the first 4 episodes. All of them were good, except this one.

It started off with a warning which read this:

"This episode of Horseland was made to promote the 30th anniversary of The Shining. However, because of this episode's disturbing content, it was never broadcasted on TV. This episode contains content including sequences of disturbing nature, death and blood. Viewer discretion is advised."

"Oh boy!" I muttered in annoyance.

The intro started completely normal like on the other episodes of Horseland. It then showed what would happen in the episode. A voice that sounded like Sarah said:

"Today on Horseland, Will has been given a job to take care of the Overlook hotel for the winter and he decides to bring the Horseland gang, everyone except Zoey. But when dark secrets begin to lurk around the hotel, Will thinks that he's gone insane. Can the gang get out of the hotel before it's too late?"

As you know, the episode was titled, "Overlooked".

It started off with a view of Horseland as it's snowing. Suddenly, Shep and Angora came into the view wearing snow gear made for pets.

"Brrrrrr! Seriously Shep, it's freezing out here. What is it you're up to?" Angora said.

"Don't worry Angora, as long as we have snow gear on. Things should be alright." Shep replied.

Shep faced the camera and said, "Oh hello, didn't see you there. I'd like to tell a story about this hotel. This story is quite strange."

It then showed the Overlook hotel with no snow, presumably in a flashback. Will is seen walking into the hotel and then he goes to the front desk claiming he has a meeting with the manager.

Will is then introduced to a man named Edgar Nordstrom who is the manager of the Overlook hotel.

During the meeting, the manager explains that there was a horrible tragedy they had during the winter. Edgar explains that the old caretaker went insane and murdered his family with an axe and shortly committed suicide.

Although Will was shocked by all of this, he accepted to look over the hotel and figured his friends down at Horseland would have a good time.

Meanwhile, it showed the arena where Sarah and Scarlet were doing their training. After training was finished, Sarah's cellphone began ringing. Sarah answered it and Will told her that he got the job.

"Good for you Will, I'm quite excited to be taking a vacation with my friends. See you when you get back!" Sarah said, talking on the phone.

"Who was that Sarah?" Molly asked.

Sarah said that it was Will and that they have been invited to take a vacation to the Overlook hotel. Molly claims that she's also excited. Meanwhile, Chloe & Zoey were in the cafeteria playing a game of chess until Sarah walked in.

She told the same thing to the Stilton twins and Chloe claimed that she will start packing when she can.

As Sarah walked out, Zoey had a quite nervous look on her face probably cause she knew what happened at the Overlook hotel.

"Zoey, is everything alright?" Chloe asked.

Zoey couldn't speak. It then showed Zoey having a premonition of some bad things that happened at the hotel such as blood coming out of the elevator, 2 twins standing in a hallway and a woman in a bathtub.

The premonition ends as Chloe shouted Zoey's name in a loud tone.

"Huh? What? Sorry, I just had a premonition of what happened at the hotel." Zoey said.

"You're just scared because of how long we're staying at the hotel and you used to be scared of the dark when you were little." Chloe replied.

"I'm not! I saw it happen, okay? I don't feel comfortable going to the hotel because there's blood in an elevator and a room known as room 237." Zoey shouted.

Chloe nodded her head while feeling scared by her sister's yelling. Zoey then walked out of the room.

A time card popped up reading, "The Next Day."

A bus was for some reason parked close to the barn. Everyone was getting their bags ready for the trip. Will noticed that Zoey wasn't packed at all.

"Zoey, where are your bags?" Will asked.

"I'm not going." Zoey said.

"Why, what's the matter?" Will asked once more.

"I don't feel comfortable. I had a premonition the other day showcasing all the bad things that happened. Perhaps the manager told you about it too." Zoey replied.

"Oh I see. Tell you what, you don't have to go. You can look after the barn while we're away." Will said.

Zoey accepted Will's deal. Meanwhile, everyone got on the bus as Will stood up, likely as a way of making an announcement.

"Okay everyone, listen up. Zoey won't be coming with us cause she has recently offered to look after the barn while we're away. By the way, this trip is going to take many hours cause the hotel were going to is out of state. We'll be serving lunch very soon."

The way they were going to have lunch was by Chloe offering everyone smashed egg sandwiches she had prepared a few hours ago.

As the bus left, Zoey was in the middle of cleaning Pepper's stall. She then let out a deep breath likely as a way of not getting upset because she was left behind.

It then showed the bus again where Sarah was looking out the window.

"Hey Sarah, why do you think Zoey didn't want to come with us?" Molly asked.

"I don't know Molly, maybe she's uncomfortable with being far from home." Sarah replied.

"Well, there's a way better reason, but I'd rather not explain what it is." Chloe said.

A time card appeared and it read "2 Hours Later". The Horseland gang officially arrived at the hotel.

"Well that was a fast trip!" Sarah said.

"I know. The first thing I'm going to do is stretch my legs and walk through the hotel!" Bailey said.

While Bailey walked around the hotel, Sarah, Will and the rest of the gang got a tour of the place. Edgar the manager showed the Horseland gang rooms like the kitchen, the pantry, the freezer and others. Afterwards, they were given free chocolate ice cream by the hotel's chef who unfortunately didn't have a name.

Another time card popped up and it read "The Next Day".

It showed an outside view of the Overlook hotel as I can hear a morning dove. Sarah proceeded to wake up and head to the bathroom. She turned on the tap to the bathtub and soon after, she got into the tub and began scrubbing her arms with soap.

(More to come)