A child star who made a very memorable appearance on the beloved 90s show Goosebumps looks completely different 31 years later.

Kathryn Long, 43, portrayed Carly Beth Caldwell in the first-ever episode of the kids’ horror series, The Haunted Mask.

The show was based on the book series of the same by R.L. Stine, and the debut episode was a special one-hour event when it aired in October 1995.

The Haunted Mask told the story of a young girl named Carly Beth who bought a frightening Halloween mask in order to scare a pair of boys in her school. However, the mask quickly took on an evil mind of its own and refused to come off.

R.L. Stine said in a 2012 interview that The Haunted Mask is his favourite Goosebumps episode.

Kathryn recently attended the Monsterpalooza horror convention where she was reunited with the monster mask – and a mask replica of her own face – from the episode.

Talent agency Midnight Media Entertainment uploaded a video to Instagram where the two masks were seen in a glass case before the camera panned out to Kathryn.

Repeating a line of dialogue from her episode, she said: ‘Bye bye, Carly Beth, bye bye.’

The caption read: “This weekend at Monsterpalooza, MME client Kathryn Long ‘Carly Beth’ is reunited with her original screen-used Haunted Mask from Goosebumps!

“On display at the museum are: Kathryn Long’s personal production script. The original screen-used Haunted Mask worn by Kathryn Long & The Kate Caldwell bust.

“All part of The Kathryn Long Collection, on display at the Pasadena Convention Center through Sunday, May 31. These incredible pieces will be heading to Propstore’s Summer Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction this August.”

Later career

Kathryn, who is from Toronto, acted in several other productions as a child, including an episode of Are You Afraid Of The Dark? and the TV movie Crossing the Line. Her last credited appearance was in 2005.

According to her IMDb, Kathryn is now a dance teacher and has choreographed, coached and adjudicated in a variety of schools in Ontario and British Columbia.

She also worked as a soloist with the Vancouver Goh Ballet Ensemble for four years and performed with the Colorado Ballet Company and American Ballet Theatre before retiring from ballet in 2005.

Goosebumps ran for four seasons, premiering in 1995 and ending in 1998. A reboot series premiered in 2023 but was cancelled after two seasons.