Writer:	R.L. Stine, Jose Rivera
Director:	Timothy Bond
Recurring Role:	Cody Jones (Noah Caldwell),  Kathryn Long (Carly Beth Caldwell)
Guest Star:	R.L. Stine (Host),  Colin Fox (Tall Thin Man),  Brenda Bazinet (Kate Caldwell),  George Davis (II) (Steve Boswell),  Amos Crawley (Chuck Greene),  Fielding Horan (Trick-or-Treater #1),  Rider Johnson (Trick-or-Treater #2),  Jesse Cairns (Little Boy),  Jennifer Pisana (Little Girl),  Anne Marie Loder (Mom),  Quyen Hua (Oldest Girl),  Alexander Broughton (1st Costumed Boy),  Kathryn Short (Sabrina),  Ryder Britton (2nd Costumed Boy)

Based on Book #11 (edit) The original premiere of this episode and its VHS release include R.L. Stine as the episode's host. (edit) This episode and its continuation, The Haunted Mask (2), were originally broadcast as a one-hour special on primetime. (edit) According to R.L. Stine's autobiography, they were going to use a rubber worm in the scene where Carly Beth bites into the sandwich and finds a half-bitten worm, but Kathryn Long insisted on eating a real worm to make it more realistic. (edit)

Shopkeeper: (saw Carly Beth wondering the store) What are you doing here!? Who are you?
Carly Beth: I'm-I-I like to buy a mask for Halloween, please.
Shopkeeper: Well, we're closed.
Carly Beth: Um, only a minute, please I-I-I really need a mask, it won't be long.
(telephone rings)
Shopkeeper: Everything I have is up on the walls. Five minutes. (edit) Carly Beth: (Possessed by the haunted mask) And this, is Carly Beth's head! (edit) Sabrina: (Referring to the mask) It isn't made of real skin, is it?
Carly Beth: Maybe. (edit)

In this episode, they used two different methods for the haunted mask and you can tell. The first time Carly Beth wears her mask, it looks like an ordinary mask and you can see her normal skin underneath her eyeballs. But after she puts it on a second time, the mask is really a makeup job which is why she couldn't get the mask off, because it was make-up! (edit) In the mask shop, while she looks for a mask, you can see a mask of R.L. Stine! (edit) Towards the end of the episode, when Carly Beth returns home, she throws the mask on the ground. But a few scenes later, it's back in her hand. (edit)

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