Video Tag
Every video tagged “dark ride” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
279 videos
The Poison Props WHB1305 Wall Head Banger is a commercial-grade pneumatic animatronic featuring an asylum-themed infected patient character who leans against a wall before violently reeling back and repeatedly slamming his head into it. The unit ships as a plug-and-play system, including the character, pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor, with an optional audio package available. Mounting hardware is included for straightforward installation, and the character can be swapped onto other Poison Props mechanisms to fit different themes.
Poison Props showcases their HI1222 Hanging Intestines animatronic, a gruesome figure suspended by its own entrails that convulses vertically while the head lifts and rotates. The prop ships as a complete plug-and-play package including the character, rigging hardware, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effects. The only on-site requirements are AC power and a 100 PSI air supply.
This video showcases the CCN1228 Chained to Ceiling Nun, a commercial-grade pneumatic animatronic from Poison Props. When triggered, the suspended nun character reaches forward with both arms, bends at the torso, and rotates her head side to side for a multi-axis scare effect. The prop ships as a plug-and-play package including the figure, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor, with an optional audio package available. It is designed for professional haunted attractions and dark rides requiring compressed air and AC power.
The Scarecrow Flyer 2.0 from Poison Props is a commercial-grade pneumatic animatronic featuring a scarecrow mounted at height and flanked by two red LED-eyed crows. On trigger, the scarecrow launches forward, bends at the elbows, and moves its head in multiple directions for a dramatic startle scare. The unit ships as a plug-and-play package including the character, pneumatics, stand, post, programmed controller, and motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect.
The IVG1212 IV Grabber from Poison Props is a commercial pneumatic animatronic designed for haunted attractions and dark rides. The figure portrays a hunched character gripping an IV stand who then rises, twitches, raises an arm, and screams — a classic still-to-life startle scare. It ships complete with the character, pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor, with an optional audio package available. Its compact footprint makes it suitable for tight corridor spaces or alcove placements.
The Werewolf Hallway Attack is a turnkey commercial animatronic rig from Poison Props featuring detailed rotted-cabin wall panels through which werewolf arms and heads lunge at guests from both sides simultaneously. Eight channels of movement drive multiple arm and head actuations, making it ideal for startling large groups at once. The system arrives ready to operate with wall panels, characters, pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor included, with an optional audio package available.
PoisonProps showcases their DPN1123 Drop Portrait Nun, a plug-and-play pneumatic animatronic where a framed nun portrait drops away to reveal a monstrous creature that lunges forward with a moving head and grasping hands. The unit ships as a complete package including the character, wall-mounted drop-portrait rig, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect. The prop runs on standard AC power and a 100 PSI air supply, making it a turnkey startle scare for haunts and dark rides.
The PoisonProps RHD820 is a fully integrated pneumatic animatronic featuring a roughly 35-inch doll mounted on a rocking horse. The figure rocks continuously while singing Ring Around the Rosie, then launches forward approximately five feet with an arm raised holding a knife that performs thrusting stab motions. The complete package ships ready to run, including pneumatics, a programmed controller, motion sensor, digital audio player, powered speaker, and a scream audio effect.
This short product showcase from Poison Props presents the ST1326 Shock Therapy animatronic, a fully pneumatic haunted attraction prop depicting a figure chained to a hospital bed convulsing under a simulated electric charge. The figure's body contorts dramatically in multiple directions while its arms pull against the chains and its head lifts and turns, all driven by an included programmed controller and triggered by a motion sensor. The complete package ships ready to run with bed, character, strobe headband, flickering overhead light, and pneumatics included. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect.
Poison Props showcases The Host (TH1119), a professionally built pneumatic animatronic featuring a tortured figure on a table whose chest plate rips away and launches upward at a 45-degree angle while the head rises and the legs kick. The unit ships as a complete plug-and-play package including the character, table, pneumatics, controller, and motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effects for a fully immersive scare experience.
The LSC1332 Laser Swamp Creature from Poison Props is a professional pneumatic animatronic designed to lurk hidden beneath a laser swamp fog effect before dramatically lunging upward approximately five feet with a rising torso and articulated head movement. The plug-and-play unit ships complete with the character, rig, pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor, making it ready for immediate installation in haunted attractions or dark rides. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect to amplify the scare. Laser swamp lighting and fog equipment are sold separately.
The WHT1327 Witch Hanging Thrasher from Poison Props is a fully pneumatic animatronic that portrays a witch suspended by a noose. Starting in a limp, lifeless pose, the figure dramatically activates — raising her head, reaching out with her arms, and kicking her legs as if desperately fighting the noose. The unit ships as a plug-and-play system, complete with pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor, with an optional audio package and gallows add-ons available separately.
Poison Props showcases the HG1313, a duo of hitchhiking ghost animatronics clearly inspired by classic dark-ride iconography. The pair perform a synchronized sequence: both lean right with pulsing arm movements, the shorter ghost turns its head, and the taller ghost raises and lowers its hat. The plug-and-play system ships complete with pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor, with an optional audio package available as an add-on.
The Poison Props CSM1330 Chair Screamer is a professional-grade pneumatic animatronic featuring a seated figure that lunges upward to roughly 81 inches via a scissor-extension mechanism. The plug-and-play package includes the character, chair, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor, with an optional audio package for a complete scare experience. Multiple throw-distance options are available, making it adaptable to different haunt layouts and space constraints.
Poison Props showcases the GPS1223 Giant Pumpkin Stand, a massive commercial-grade pneumatic animatronic that rises to nearly nine feet tall with an eight-foot wingspan before lunging forward with wildly animated arms and head. The figure executes a rich sequence of movements including torso bending, shoulder lifts, elbow bends, and side-to-side head motion, all driven by a pre-programmed controller with an included motion sensor for a true plug-and-play setup. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect for a complete scare package. Character heads are interchangeable across the manufacturer's mechanism lineup, offering flexibility for themed customization.
The CBD1024 is a commercial-grade pneumatic clown animatronic from Poison Props designed to perch atop maze walls up to 8 feet tall. On trigger, the clown lunges forward with a bending torso, grabbing arms, and a side-to-side head turn for a dramatic scare effect. The unit ships fully assembled and plug-and-play ready, including a programmed controller, motion sensor, and a complete audio package with speaker and scream effect. It requires only an AC power supply and a compressed air source at 100 PSI to operate.
Poison Props showcases a classroom-themed haunted house animatronic featuring a grotesque possessed child appearing to cut off his own hand with a paper cutter. The piece is designed to fit a school or classroom horror set design context. It demonstrates the studio's signature character-driven, scene-specific prop work aimed at professional haunt and dark ride installations.
PoisonProps.com showcases the VUH1328 Victim Under House, a fully pneumatic animatronic prop featuring a trapped character who slides out nearly three feet from beneath a house facade, flailing arms, a rising torso, and a turning head before being yanked back under. The unit ships as a complete plug-and-play system, including the character, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effects for a fully immersive scare sequence.
Poison Props showcases their SA1316 Shark Attack animatronic, a large pneumatically driven creature that lurks behind a wall before launching forward with side-to-side motion and snapping jaws. The unit ships as a complete plug-and-play package including the shark, a coffin housing, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effects. The rig requires only AC power and a 100 PSI air supply to operate.
The CS622 Clown Slinger is a commercial-grade pneumatic animatronic from Poison Props in which an evil clown hides behind a wall and launches out 90 degrees on a roughly 48-inch swing arm, shaking side to side while its arms move up and down. The unit ships as a complete plug-and-play package including the character, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, motion sensor, digital audio player, powered speaker, and a scream sound effect. Its rig footprint is designed to sit fully concealed behind a wall with only a notch cut for the swing arm, making installation relatively straightforward for professional haunt environments. Characters are interchangeable, allowing operators to adapt the mechanism to different themes.
The Toxic Twitcher is a professional-grade pneumatic animatronic from Poison Props featuring an infected character in a cracked gas mask that lunges forward and thrashes side to side while its arms flail and grab. The unit arrives as a complete plug-and-play system, bundling the character, pneumatics, a programmed controller, a motion sensor, a digital audio player, a powered speaker, and a scream sound effect. Its compact footprint makes it practical for tight haunt corridors, dark rides, or themed attraction spaces. The character shell can also be swapped out to fit different haunt themes.
Toilet Tom is a fully pneumatic, plug-and-play animatronic prop from Poison Props featuring a character seated on a toilet who rises, lifts his arms, and "pees" on guests while waving toilet paper — all triggered by a motion sensor. The unit ships complete with the figure, toilet, toilet paper, pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a full audio package including digital player, powered speaker, and sound effects. Designed as a comedic sideshow gag, it suits haunted houses, dark rides, and any haunt looking to balance scares with gross-out laughs. Only AC power and a 100 PSI air supply are needed to get it running.
The CHB1304 Ceiling Headbanger from Poison Props is a pneumatic animatronic designed to mount overhead, depicting a crazed figure repeatedly slamming its head against the ceiling for a deeply unsettling effect. The unit ships ready to operate, bundled with the character, pneumatic components, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effects for a fully immersive scare. Interchangeable character options allow operators to adapt the mechanism to different haunt themes.
The Poison Props DLG1213 is a full-size creepy doll animatronic that stands motionless until triggered, then executes a dramatic lunge forward, head lift and turn, and reaching grab motion. The scissor-throw mechanism extends approximately 17 inches by default, with multiple throw-length options available to suit different space configurations. The unit ships as a complete plug-and-play system including pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor, with an optional audio package for added effect. Its compact rig footprint and ability to be hidden in cutouts or tight spaces make it a versatile startle-scare solution for haunted attractions and dark rides.
