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  1. The Haunted Mask is a cursed mask made of a skin-like substance grown in a lab. Warped by the creator’s inner ugliness, the mask seeks to bond with a host by connecting to their own skin. After the third time it’s worn by a host, it can only be removed by a symbol of love, something that can counter the mask’s evil.
  2.  
  3. This is a composite thread. It will cover the books, then the TV series, then any other appearance across *Goosebumps* media.
  4.  
  5. [Sources can be found here](https://pastebin.com/hSzxF44j)
  6.  
  7. ---
  8.  
  9. ##**Books**##
  10.  
  11. [This mask](https://imgur.com/a/FGfl2dM) haunts Carly Beth Caldwell over the course of at least three Halloweens. It’s a part of the Unloved, a set of biological masks that have grown hideous from the sins and hate of their creator. It seeks a human host to better distribute hate and mischief, and it’s strongest on Halloween night.
  12.  
  13. **General**
  14.  
  15. * [The mask is uncomfortably tight and warm, as if it was living flesh](https://pastebin.com/YPg8qWZY "The Haunted Mask")
  16. * [It takes a bit of effort to remove it the first time](https://pastebin.com/9j3WtMj8 "The Haunted Mask")
  17. * [After the third time it’s worn, it won’t come off, and the possession will begin](https://pastebin.com/v7wHMq5e "The Haunted Mask")
  18. * [It takes a lot for a former host to resist wearing the mask](https://pastebin.com/hZnB3V79 "Scream of the Haunted Mask")
  19.  
  20. **Possession**
  21.  
  22. * [It attaches itself to the skin of the wearer](https://pastebin.com/nyJJBBKt "The Haunted Mask"), eventually [being indistinguishable from the wearer's own body](https://pastebin.com/F9YgJu6h "The Haunted Mask")
  23. * [It changes the wearer’s voice to a low growl](https://pastebin.com/ZwS3zAqx "The Haunted Mask")
  24. * [The wearer can roar like an animal](https://pastebin.com/9DmacZV3 "The Haunted Mask")
  25. * [The mask promotes aggressive, violent thoughts in the mind of the wearer](https://pastebin.com/Zj3zKw9c "The Haunted Mask")
  26. * [These can result in vivid fantasies of violence](https://pastebin.com/cXZ2c4Vn "The Haunted Mask")
  27. * [Makes a wearer begin choking her best friend](https://pastebin.com/7VHQkeyA "The Haunted Mask")
  28. * [Makes the wearer feel “powerful” and “hungry”](https://pastebin.com/jcT9cUjF "The Haunted Mask")
  29. * [The Haunted Mask gives orders to the person wearing it](https://pastebin.com/9JwBPLfn "The Haunted Mask II")
  30. * [Makes a wearer choke their best friend, again](https://pastebin.com/iN63u2sf "Escape from Horrorland")
  31. * [A wearer attacks other children at a party, choking one and tackling others](https://imgur.com/a/DdMvnjF "Goosebumps Wanted: The Haunted Mask")
  32.  
  33. **Possessed Physicals**
  34.  
  35. *Strength*
  36.  
  37. * [Carly Beth is able to lift a wheelbarrow over her head and throw it](https://pastebin.com/yBAb09te "Scream of the Haunted Mask")
  38. * [A mask wearer tears the Unloved to pieces, other haunted masks made of flesh](https://pastebin.com/rLtFXdTi "Escape from Horrorland")
  39. * [A man heaves a table across a room](https://imgur.com/a/i4aUT6y "Goosebumps Wanted: The Haunted Mask")
  40. * [A host breaks a mailbox and rips a garden hose with her bare hands](https://imgur.com/a/tY6zQvx "Goosebumps Wanted: The Haunted Mask")
  41. * [A host rips a doorknob off accidentally](https://imgur.com/a/xUirryR "Goosebumps Wanted: The Haunted Mask")
  42. * [A host rips all four tires off of a parked car](https://imgur.com/a/Gqx2OCj "Goosebumps Wanted: The Haunted Mask")
  43. * [A host can physically attack a skeletal ghost, breaking its bones](https://imgur.com/a/aHoj4JW "Goosebumps Wanted: The Haunted Mask")
  44.  
  45. *Durability*
  46.  
  47. * [Two boys cannot budge a much smaller girl while she’s wearing the Haunted Mask](https://pastebin.com/HHZ73BV6 "Escape from Horrorland")
  48. * [A wearer leaps through a window unharmed](https://imgur.com/a/LhnMfKw "Goosebumps Wanted: The Haunted Mask")
  49. * [A host wrestles with a ghost, ignoring strikes while gouging at the ghost’s face](https://imgur.com/a/8epAhDI "Goosebumps Wanted: The Haunted Mask")
  50.  
  51. **Other Powers**
  52.  
  53. *Screaming*
  54.  
  55. * [Can scream without a host](https://pastebin.com/UuHq6wka "Scream of the Haunted Mask")
  56. * [The mask’s scream can be projected into the mind of a former host](https://pastebin.com/ZySLmecF "Scream of the Haunted Mask")
  57. * [Screams loud enough to make “the trees shake and the ground tremble”](https://imgur.com/a/pG82bOC "Goosebumps Wanted: The Haunted Mask")
  58.  
  59. *Post Death Effects*
  60.  
  61. * [A previous host was turned evil and exists decades after death as a ghost](https://pastebin.com/PCrBS1xD "Scream of the Haunted Mask")
  62. * [A previous host exists as a decayed ghost forty years after death](https://imgur.com/a/vW9LOFQ "Goosebumps Wanted: The Haunted Mask")
  63.  
  64. *Other*
  65.  
  66. * [Calls out to a former host, making them go downstairs and open the box it’s stored in](https://pastebin.com/7thFc4H7 "Scream of the Haunted Mask")
  67. * [Seems to compel a previous host to wear it again](https://pastebin.com/DPz67Mm0 "Escape from Horrorland")
  68. * [The mask is so frightening that it kills a stable full of horses through sheer panic](https://pastebin.com/1Kcs45vu "Scream of the Haunted Mask")
  69. * [Can move and speak on its own](https://pastebin.com/ts0S76A1 "Scream of the Haunted Mask")
  70.  
  71. **Weaknesses**
  72.  
  73. * [It can be removed one time with an act of love; after that, it could permanently bond to the person](https://pastebin.com/DQReTNvy "The Haunted Mask")
  74. * [A symbol of love, in this case wearing an art piece made by one’s mother, allows Carly Beth to simply remove the Haunted Mask](https://pastebin.com/1PjDJVZM "The Haunted Mask")
  75. * [Some ghost horses are able to help remove the Mask after being treated with kindness](https://pastebin.com/HzCnBU6x "Scream of the Haunted Mask")
  76. * [A kiss from one’s best friend can remove the Mask](https://pastebin.com/cJZKnB0Z "Escape from Horrorland")
  77. * [The mask attempts to prevent acts of love and kindness by drowning the host’s mind in evil and mischievous thoughts](https://imgur.com/a/gXhDO0U "Goosebumps Wanted: The Haunted Mask")
  78.  
  79. **Miscellaneous**
  80.  
  81. * [It has destroyed all previous hosts except for Carly Beth](https://pastebin.com/MYuungct "Scream of the Haunted Mask")
  82. * [A man actually does remove the mask… by literally ripping all the skin off of his own face](https://imgur.com/a/OLTnYL9 "Goosebumps Wanted: The Haunted Mask")
  83. * [This cover comes from a cancelled book, but I just think the art looks cool](https://imgur.com/a/kYit2KO "The Haunted Mask Lives!")
  84. * [International artwork for the first book can get pretty wild](https://imgur.com/a/dKSMGuF "The Haunted Mask")
  85.  
  86. ---
  87.  
  88. ##**TV Series**##
  89.  
  90. [This mask](https://imgur.com/a/wlhYj5o) was the main antagonist of two extended episodes of the 1990s TV series. It again plagued Carly Beth and her friends, although only adapting the first two books left the mask with fewer powers than the literary version. While only playing a minor role in the second book, this mask is more present in the *The Haunted Mask II* adaptation.
  91.  
  92. **General**
  93.  
  94. * [Its difficult to remove the first time wearing it](https://gfycat.com/anguishedsarcasticiriomotecat "The Haunted Mask: Part 1"), and [on the second time, it tightens to the skin](https://gfycat.com/incompletefriendlyasianlion "The Haunted Mask: Part 1")
  95. * [The third time its worn, it bonds to the wearer and becomes impossible to remove](https://gfycat.com/widesecreteidolonhelvum "The Haunted Mask: Part 2")
  96. * [It’s warm, like real skin](https://gfycat.com/likablesleepyavocet "The Haunted Mask: Part 1")
  97.  
  98. **Possession**
  99.  
  100. * [The wearer is meaner than usual, with a usually behaved child trying to frighten everyone around them](https://gfycat.com/greedyraggedcowbird "The Haunted Mask: Part 1")
  101. * [There’s no separation between mask and skin](https://gfycat.com/frightenednaughtybrownbear "The Haunted Mask: Part 2")
  102. * [Dismisses a host body instantly, throwing them aside](https://gfycat.com/crispdentalheron "The Haunted Mask II: Part 2")
  103.  
  104. **Other Powers**
  105.  
  106. *Flying*
  107.  
  108. * [It can fly on its own](https://gfycat.com/politeforthrighthuia "The Haunted Mask II: Part 1")
  109. * [Flies and attaches itself to a man’s face to possess him instantly](https://gfycat.com/tallrevolvinggosling "The Haunted Mask II: Part 1")
  110. * [Knocks over a boy by flying into his face](https://gfycat.com/exaltedtamealaskanhusky "The Haunted Mask II: Part 2")
  111.  
  112. *Other*
  113.  
  114. * [Can open its eyes despite being just a mask](https://gfycat.com/blankdetaileddog "The Haunted Mask: Part 1")
  115. * [On Halloween night, it climbs out of dirt unaided after being buried](https://gfycat.com/partialfrayedarcticseal "The Haunted Mask II: Part 1")
  116. * [Gives off a supernaturally cold feeling to a previous host](https://gfycat.com/shadowyneatleonberger "The Haunted Mask II: Part 2")
  117. * [Speaks to a wearer of a different haunted mask despite mysteriously disappearing](https://gfycat.com/angelicdistortedbadger "The Haunted Mask II: Part 2")
  118. * [Covers a boy’s skin and mouth in spiders](https://gfycat.com/jealousbogusaardvark "The Haunted Mask II: Part 2"). This is more likely accelerating the effects of the Old Man mask than total spider control.
  119. * [Regenerates after being burned in a fireplace](https://gfycat.com/thickdimwittedbee "The Haunted Mask II: Part 2")
  120.  
  121. **Weaknesses**
  122.  
  123. * [A symbol of love causes the mask to come off and revert back to a simple mask](https://gfycat.com/necessaryillegalfruitfly "The Haunted Mask: Part 2")
  124. * [Its repulsed by the sight of Carly Beth’s statue, a sentimental symbol of love](https://gfycat.com/distortedtinybluebird "The Haunted Mask II: Part 2")
  125. * [Selfless protection of a friend counts as a symbol of love, which defeats the Haunted Mask](https://gfycat.com/shadowyhalfclumber "The Haunted Mask II: Part 2")
  126.  
  127. **Miscellaneous**
  128.  
  129. * [The Unloved started off as beautiful faces, but the insecurities and self hatred of the creator turned them hideously ugly](https://gfycat.com/inferiorscornfulduck "The Haunted Mask: Part 2")
  130.  
  131. ---
  132.  
  133. ##**Other Media**##
  134.  
  135. * [Appears in a blink-and-you-miss-it cameo in the *Goosebumps* film, near the right side of the screen](https://gfycat.com/hairyequatorialduckbillcat "Goosebumps (film)")
  136. * [Appears as an equippable item in *Goosebumps: The Game*](https://gfycat.com/energeticfreshgnat "Goosebumps: The Game"), where it [destroys the player’s ability to speak before taking them over completely the third time it’s worn](https://gfycat.com/lastsolidcatfish "Goosebumps: The Game")
  137. * [It appears in the mobile game, where it chases Carly Beth after she removes it, attempting to bond with its favorite host again](https://gfycat.com/grandunsteadyatlanticbluetang "Goosebumps: HorrorTown")
  138. * Has been featured on
  139. * [Mugs](https://imgur.com/a/WGULC2v "Merchandise")
  140. * [Protractors](https://imgur.com/a/SwbmkEr "Merchandise")
  141. * [Pillows](https://imgur.com/a/9IgA7mx "Merchandise")
  142. * and [Corn Snacks](https://imgur.com/a/2gdjt4K "Merchandise"), among other pieces of official merchandise
  143.  
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