Video Tag
Every video tagged “dark ride” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
279 videos
This video takes viewers inside the Poison Props booth at the 2018 Transworld Halloween & Attractions Show, one of the haunted house industry's premier trade events. The footage showcases the company's lineup of professional-grade animatronics and haunt props on display in the Dark Zone section of the show floor. It offers a firsthand look at the scale and style of creatures and characters Poison Props was bringing to market that year.
This video takes viewers on a walkthrough of the Transworld 2017 Halloween & Attractions trade show, one of the haunted house industry's premier annual events. Poison Props marks their 10th consecutive year exhibiting at the show, and the footage captures the breadth of the vendor floor including animatronics, pneumatic props, set design elements, costumes, masks, and makeup. It offers a broad snapshot of where the professional haunt industry stood in 2017.
Poison Props created this virtual booth tour as a replacement for their cancelled Transworld 2020 trade show appearance, showcasing their full lineup of new and existing professional-grade animatronic props. The video walks through over 30 distinct products across a wide range of horror themes, from evil clowns and werewolves to religious horror and graveyard scenes. Each segment gives a brief demo of the prop in action, offering haunted attraction buyers a strong sense of movement style, character design, and potential placement. The video closes with a blooper reel, adding a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the team.
Poison Props showcases the TNT1309 Clown Crate, a large-scale pneumatic animatronic in which an evil clown atop a TNT box triggers an air blast at guests before launching itself up to five feet into the air with thrashing head and arm movements. The plug-and-play package includes two character figures, TNT box enclosures, pneumatics, a programmed controller, a motion sensor, and a fog machine. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect for a fully integrated scare experience. The prop is designed as a high-impact startle scare centerpiece for professional haunted attractions and dark rides.
Poison Props showcases their Exorcist 2.0 animatronic, a commercial-grade possessed-woman-in-bed prop that launches the character upward and outward while her arms and head animate dramatically. The rig is fully self-contained within the bed frame, arriving as a plug-and-play unit with pneumatics and a programmed controller included. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect for a complete scare package. The prop is designed to appear static before triggering, maximizing startle impact on haunt guests.
The GPD1122 from Poison Props is a 7-foot pneumatic giant puppet animatronic designed for haunted attractions and dark rides. Starting in a limp, seated position on a wooden box, it activates via motion sensor to stand, wave its arms, shuffle its legs, and move its head in a creepy sideshow performance. The unit arrives as a plug-and-play system with pneumatics, a programmed controller, and an optional audio package. Interchangeable characters allow operators to adapt the mechanism to different themes.
Poison Props showcases the PL1120 Pennywise Lunger, a commercial-grade pneumatic animatronic that begins with head down before lifting, twitching, and launching forward up to eight feet on a scissor-throw mechanism while screaming at patrons. The sequence includes articulated head, arm, elbow, and shoulder movements designed to deliver a powerful startle scare. Shorter throw distances are available as selectable options, and the unit ships as a plug-and-play package complete with pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect.
The P1214 Puppetized is a professional-grade pneumatic animatronic from Poison Props featuring a chained, slumped figure that suddenly lunges forward with full torso, arm, and head movement. Designed as a sideshow-style startle scare, it ships as a plug-and-play unit complete with chains, pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect. The prop requires only AC power and a 100 PSI air supply to operate.
This short showcase video features the JB101 Clown in the Box, a commercial-grade pneumatic animatronic prop from Poison Props. The unit operates as a giant jack-in-the-box: a top lid bangs open and a large clown character wielding an axe lunges outward and upward, reaching up to eight feet high over unsuspecting guests. The self-contained package includes the box enclosure, character, pneumatics, a programmed controller, fog machine, strobe light, motion sensor, and an audio scream package — requiring only AC power and a compressed air supply to operate.
This short product showcase from Poison Props highlights their CCW1131 Clown Circus Wheel, a professional-grade pneumatic animatronic featuring a clown character strapped to a large spinning wheel. When triggered, the clown launches outward via a scissor-throw mechanism while her arms reach forward, elbows bend, and her head moves in multiple directions. The unit ships plug-and-play with a programmed controller and motion sensor, and an optional audio package adds a scream effect with powered speaker. Throw distance is configurable in several lengths to suit different haunt layouts.
The Poison Props KCH1225 is a four-clown pneumatic animatronic ensemble that conceals itself behind a curtain before lunging forward up to five feet toward guests. Each clown features independent articulated movements — including head turns and weapon lifts — and the unit ships as a plug-and-play package complete with pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional audio package and plastic curtain rig are available as add-ons. The prop is designed for professional haunted attractions and dark rides where maximum startle impact is the goal.
A fast-cut highlight reel showcasing Poison Props' booth in the Dark Zone section of the Transworld Halloween & Attractions trade show in 2019. The brief clip gives viewers a rapid-fire look at the company's lineup of animatronics and haunted house props, including clown, zombie, ghost, and monster characters. It serves as a promotional snapshot of what Poison Props brought to one of the industry's premier trade events.
Poison Props showcases the WBM1051, a professionally built pneumatic animatronic featuring a male figure chained to a wheelchair. The prop delivers a startle scare through torso lurching and multi-directional head movement triggered by a motion sensor. It ships as a complete plug-and-play package including the wheelchair, character, pneumatics, and a pre-programmed controller. An optional audio bundle adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect.
PoisonProps showcases a short-form product demo of their 'Kid Pencil Stabber' animatronic — a disturbing classroom-themed horror prop featuring a child figure that drives a pencil into its own eye. The piece is designed for haunted houses and dark rides where an evil or possessed schoolchild concept is needed. Despite its brief runtime, the clip delivers a punchy, viscerally unsettling reveal of the prop in action.
The Poison Props NL1114 Nun Lunger is a professional-grade pneumatic animatronic featuring a demonic nun character that stands at six feet tall at rest, then explosively extends to eight feet while delivering multiple arm and head movements paired with a scream effect. The unit ships as a complete plug-and-play system, bundling the character, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, motion sensor, digital audio player, powered speaker, and a scream audio effect. Its compact rig footprint makes it feasible for tight haunt corridors, dark rides, or walk-through attractions. Character shells can be swapped out to fit different themes, adding versatility to the investment.
The Abomination (A1221) from Poison Props is a pneumatic animatronic featuring a possessed woman who floats in a wall corner before lurching forward, convulsing, reaching out, and turning her head. Designed as a corner-mount space-saver, the prop's full extension footprint is 80 inches from the corner. It ships as a complete plug-and-play package including the character, rig, pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional audio package with a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect is also available.
Distortions Unlimited showcases Bolt, a commercial-grade Frankenstein's Monster animatronic designed to jolt to life with aggressive, thrashing movement that simulates an electric shock scene. The prop is built for high-impact startle scares and is suited for a range of venues including professional haunted houses, dark rides, theme park attractions, and ambitious home haunts. Distortions Unlimited is a long-established name in the haunt industry, lending credibility to the prop's build quality and performance. The one-minute showcase highlights the prop's dramatic motion and horror scene potential.
This product showcase video from Poison Props features the TOT1317, a commercial-grade pneumatic animatronic depicting a mob of trick-or-treater children that surges forward while a ghost rises, arms stab, and multiple heads animate simultaneously. The prop operates as a fully plug-and-play unit, bundling pneumatics, a programmed controller, motion sensor, and an audio package. Multiple throw distances are available to accommodate different haunt layouts, and characters can be swapped to fit various themes. It is designed as a high-impact startle scare centerpiece for professional haunted attractions or ambitious home haunts.
The CTH1117 Clown Thrasher from Poison Props is a plug-and-play pneumatic animatronic featuring a limp clown suspended from meat hooks that suddenly springs to life — lifting its head, reaching with its arms, and kicking its legs toward patrons. The prop ships complete with the character, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor, making it ready for immediate installation in a haunted attraction or dark ride. An optional audio package and metal stand base are available as add-ons. The demo clip showcases the fluid, organic quality of the movements designed to maximize the scare factor.
The EC706 Electric Chair from Poison Props is a fully integrated, plug-and-play animatronic prop depicting a victim strapped in an electric chair awaiting execution. Upon activation via motion sensor, overhead lighting shifts to strobe, the victim figure convulses back and forth with stomping legs, and smoke pours from the character. The complete package includes the animatronic figure, chair, pneumatics, programmed controller, fog machine, strobe, and signage — with an optional audio upgrade available.
Poison Props showcases the CWJ1319 Clown Window Jumper, a pneumatic animatronic that conceals an evil clown figure below a fake broken window before launching it upward with multi-directional head movement. The self-contained unit ships as a complete plug-and-play package including the panel, plexi broken-window facade, character, rig, pneumatics, programmed controller, and motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect for a fully immersive scare. The prop glows under blacklight, making it equally effective in UV-lit haunt environments.
Poison Props showcases the SCP1333, a pneumatic scarecrow prop that launches upward approximately 18 inches and bobs at full extension while blasting loud startle screams through an onboard speaker. The unit is motion-triggered and arrives as a complete, ready-to-run package including the character, pneumatics, controller, and sound system. It is engineered for professional haunted attractions, corn mazes, and dark rides where sudden, high-impact scares are the goal.
Poison Props showcases their TE1312 Exorcist animatronic, a commercial-grade possessed-woman prop that erupts from a still position into full chaotic motion — bed lifts and bounces while the figure contorts, pulls at restraints, and turns its head. The system ships as a complete plug-and-play package including bed, character, pneumatics, programmed controller, and motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effects. The prop is designed for professional haunted attractions and dark rides seeking high-impact startle scares.
The CCP1102 Clown Crate from Poison Props is a pneumatic pop-up animatronic that launches a creepy clown roughly 28 inches out of a crate while the character's head moves in multiple directions, delivering a powerful startle scare. The unit arrives as a complete plug-and-play package including the crate, character, rig, pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect for a fully immersive experience. The character can be swapped out to suit different haunt themes, making it a versatile centerpiece for professional attractions.
