Video Tag
Every video tagged “animatronics” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
1240 videos
This video takes viewers on a walkthrough of the Poison Props booth at the 2023 TransWorld Halloween & Attractions Show, one of the haunt industry's premier trade events. It showcases the company's latest professional-grade props and animatronics available for haunted attraction operators. The footage gives haunt professionals and enthusiasts a close-up look at new product offerings without attending the show in person.
Haunted Attraction Network takes viewers on a floor tour of Transworld's annual Halloween and Attractions trade show in St. Louis, widely regarded as the largest industry event of its kind. The video moves booth to booth across more than a dozen vendors, spotlighting animated props, scenic panels, fog equipment, payment tech, costumes, and more. Highlights include a Best Booth winner reveal and extended coverage of major names like Distortions Unlimited and Fright Props. It serves as both an industry news piece and a broad product preview for the upcoming haunt season.
A comprehensive best-and-worst roundup of 2020 Halloween décor across multiple retail categories, from large and small animatronics to linens, bathroom accessories, tableware, and mugs. The host highlights standout picks from stores like Spirit Halloween, Michaels, Dollar Tree, Lowe's, and specialty shops, noting which items are only available in-store. She also calls out categories for best bang-for-your-buck finds and most original products of the season.
FrightProps walks through their lineup of linear actuators, explaining how these electric pistons can drive motion in Halloween animatronics and props. The video serves as an overview of the product category rather than a step-by-step build tutorial. Viewers get a look at how linear actuators function as a reliable alternative to pneumatic cylinders for creating push-pull movement in haunt builds.
This video is the third installment in Haunt Former's Spirit Halloween 2020 store tour series, walking viewers through the season's latest offerings across animatronics, decorations, masks, and themed displays. The host explores the retail floor to showcase what's new and noteworthy for the 2020 Halloween season. It serves as both a shopping guide and a broad preview of current trends in mass-market Halloween merchandise.
This 4K walkthrough tours the 2024 Midwest Haunters Convention, highlighting the vendors, prop makers, and artists who gather at the event. Viewers get a look at displays of props, costumes, SFX makeup, and animatronics on the show floor. It serves as an overview of what the convention offers rather than a build or tutorial.
This marathon compilation from VanOaksProps brings together seven Disney Haunted Mansion-inspired DIY projects in a single 47-minute video, ranging from a gate sign repaint and hand-painted queue statue to a working blast-up ghost and a full-size 3D printed door built for Neil Patrick Harris. The video also breaks down how the iconic changing portrait illusion works, making it both a practical build guide and an educational deep-dive into classic dark-ride effects. Projects span a range of complexity, offering something useful for casual decorators and serious prop builders alike. The Haunted Mansion Home Office series segments add context for creators looking to theme an entire room.
This walkthrough showcases a jaw-dropping San Antonio residential Halloween yard display featuring over 100 animatronics sourced from major retail Halloween chains. The setup spans the entire property and incorporates a coordinated light show alongside the massive prop collection. The video gives viewers an extended tour of how retail animatronics can be combined at scale to create a truly spectacular neighborhood attraction.
This video counts down ten of the most disturbing Halloween animatronics in a ranking/showcase format, covering props from major retailers and brands in the Halloween industry. The host offers commentary on what makes each animatronic particularly unsettling or impressive. It appears to be a follow-up to a previous installment in the series, suggesting an established audience of Halloween prop enthusiasts.
This video counts down ten of the most unsettling Halloween animatronics available to consumers, showcasing props sourced from major retail and specialty Halloween brands. The host highlights each prop's scare factor, appearance, and overall disturbing qualities. It serves as a visual guide for Halloween enthusiasts looking to discover standout animatronic options for the season.
This short clip showcases "High Voltage," an animatronic Halloween prop produced by Distortions Unlimited. The brief runtime suggests a product spotlight or teaser rather than a detailed walkthrough or build guide. Specific features, dimensions, and pricing aren't detailed in the available metadata.
Distortions Unlimited showcases their Shocktronics product line, a series of hybrid devices that combine animatronic mechanisms with costumed actor integration to deliver extreme jumpscares in dark attractions and haunted houses. The video highlights several distinct units including the Butcher Barrel, Demon, Zombie, Zombie Breakout, and Gargoyle Shock models, each demonstrated with in-action scare footage. Distortions Unlimited is a veteran Halloween manufacturing company with over four decades in the industry, also recognized from the TV series Making Monsters. This product showcase is aimed at professional haunt operators looking to maximize scare impact on their guests.
This video dives into the surprisingly elaborate backstories and fictional lore behind Spirit Halloween's animatronic characters. The host explores the strange and often overlooked narratives that Spirit Halloween has built around its iconic prop figures. It's a deep-dive entertainment piece for Halloween enthusiasts curious about the worldbuilding behind mainstream retail props.
A quick short-form look at the Halloween 2023 seasonal display inside a Lowe's store, spotlighting an Addams Family-themed animatronic prop setup. The video gives viewers an early peek at what the retailer is stocking for the spooky season. It's a brief but fun first look at one of the more recognizable licensed Halloween offerings available at a major home-improvement chain.
This short educational video from FrightProps breaks down the most common types of pneumatic cylinders used in Halloween prop making and animatronics. Key terminology — stroke, bore, mounting styles, and actuator types — is clearly defined to help builders make informed purchasing decisions. The video covers double-acting, single-acting, and reverse-acting cylinders, explaining how each uses air pressure and internal springs differently. It serves as a practical primer for anyone new to air-powered props.
Haunt Former spotlights a curated selection of older Spirit Halloween animatronics making a comeback for the 2015 season, celebrating the enduring appeal of tried-and-true spooky props. The video arrives alongside early sneak peeks of the season's new offerings, giving fans a look at what returning favorites they can expect to find in stores. It serves as a quick, enthusiastic guide for collectors and haunters who keep an eye on Spirit Halloween's annual lineup.
Jade takes viewers on a retail shopping tour across multiple stores — including Lowe's, Menards, Ross, and HomeGoods — to scout the best Halloween 2024 merchandise. The video heavily features large-format animatronics from brands like Haunted Living and Haunted Hill Farm, including sea-themed characters, a headless maiden, a Disney Haunted Mansion figure, and an oversized mummy. It's a relaxed, cozy 'grab a snack and watch' style haul that gives Halloween enthusiasts an early look at what's hitting shelves this season. Viewers get a broad overview of available price points and styles before committing to a purchase.
This behind-the-scenes video takes viewers inside Distortions Unlimited during a single September 2022 workday as the team races to finish Halloween props, animatronics, and costumes before the season deadline. The episode centers on completing the Shock Clown costume alongside other pieces destined for shipment. It offers a rare, unfiltered look at the professional workflow and production pressure of a major Halloween prop manufacturer. Fans of monster making and industrial-scale Halloween fabrication will find it genuinely compelling.
This video takes viewers on a guided walkthrough of Spirit Halloween's 2020 product lineup, spotlighting new animatronics, decorations, masks, and costumes available that season. The creator tours the store and highlights standout items across multiple categories, giving Halloween enthusiasts a broad look at what was on offer. It serves as both a shopping guide and a preview of seasonal trends for home haunters and collectors alike.
Haunt Former takes viewers on a walkthrough of The Home Depot's 2021 Halloween merchandise lineup, showcasing the season's animatronics, inflatables, and decorations available at retail. The video highlights themed characters including an angel, reaper, and jester, along with Nightmare Before Christmas-licensed pieces. It serves as a helpful pre-shopping preview for Halloween enthusiasts looking to see what's on shelves before heading to the store.
This video chronicles the history of jumpscare animatronic props sold at Spirit Halloween from 2007 through 2020, tracking how these popular retail scare items evolved over more than a decade. The host appears to catalog and review each prop across the years, offering a retrospective look at the chain's animatronic lineup. It serves as both a nostalgic journey for Halloween enthusiasts and a reference guide for collectors and prop fans familiar with the Spirit Halloween brand.
Distortions Unlimited documents their 2021 Halloween visit to Dick Van Dyke and Arlene Silver's home, where the legendary entertainer has been running a yard haunt for over five decades. The crew delivered and set up a range of Distortions animatronics and props — including a giant singing animatronic head performing Thriller with Van Dyke's own voice — and suited up in costumes to help scare and entertain guests. The evening also featured a live Halloween show with a ventriloquist, a puppeteer, and Dick and Arlene themselves dancing and singing. Behind-the-scenes footage of the crew meeting and having lunch with Van Dyke adds a personal, celebratory touch to the video.
Haunt Former takes viewers on a Halloween 2023 shopping expedition across three retail stores — Spirit Halloween, Party City, and At Home — surveying the season's animatronics, props, and decorations. The bulk of the video is devoted to a newly opened Spirit Halloween location in Clearwater, FL, with shorter stops at the other two retailers. It serves as an early-season preview of what's hitting shelves for Halloween 2023.
This video takes viewers on a tour of the Midwest Haunters Convention 2023, with a spotlight on the Distortions Unlimited booth alongside highlights from other vendors across the show floor. The convention brings together a wide cross-section of the haunt world — professional attraction operators, home haunters, scare actors, collectors, and Halloween enthusiasts. Coverage includes Halloween props, animatronics, costumes, SFX makeup, and original artwork from a diverse range of exhibitors. It serves as both a showcase of Distortions Unlimited's offerings and a broader snapshot of the current haunt industry landscape.
