

Steve sneaks up behind Carly Beth and pinches her leg, making it seem as though the tarantula is biting her. The day before Halloween at a science fair, Carly Beth is once again made a fool of after Steve pretends his tarantula has escaped, knowing full well Carly Beth is terrified of spiders. Then she muses about buying a horrible mask from a new shop that has just opened. They talk about the cruel prank Steve played on her and Carly Beth swears she will never fall for one of their stunts again.


After Carly Beth sends Noah away, she calls Sabrina on the telephone. Carly Beth goes to her bedroom, where her little brother, Noah, has dressed up in her costume and frightens her. Carly Beth is also annoyed to discover her mother has made her a silly duck costume. After being tricked by Steve into eating a sandwich that contained a live worm, Carly Beth flees home in shame and vows revenge.Īt home, Carly Beth discovers her mother, Kate, has made a perfect likeness of Carly Beth's face from plaster of Paris as a symbol of her love for her. She is easily scared of almost everything, and repeatedly humiliated by her friends, Chuck Greene and Steve Boswell, at school who call her a "scaredy cat", and delight in making her life a misery. Carly Beth is a quiet, shy, and overly trusting girl. And Carly Beth is still wearing that special mask.Ĭarly Beth Caldwell is talking about her Halloween costume with her talkative best friend, Sabrina Mason. It's everything Carly Beth hoped it would be. So terrifying that even her friends are totally freaked out by it. How ugly is Carly Beth's Halloween mask? It's so ugly that it almost scared her little brother to death. 9.1 References in other Goosebumps media.
