Video Tag
Every video tagged “dark ride” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
279 videos
The BT410 Butcher Table is a fully choreographed two-character pneumatic animatronic from Poison Props featuring a Butcher and a victim on a table. The sequence begins with the Butcher leaning over the victim, who then suddenly sits up screaming, while the Butcher swings a cleaver and ultimately turns to lunge toward the audience. The unit ships as a complete plug-and-play package including both figures, the table, pneumatics, powered speakers, digital sound, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor.
The Poison Props DCL402 Decap Curtain Lunger is a professional-grade pneumatic animatronic designed for haunted attractions, dark rides, and walk-through environments. The character hides behind a curtain until triggered, then the curtains fly open and the figure lunges forward roughly five feet while raising an arm to brandish a decapitated head. The unit ships as a complete plug-and-play package including the character, curtain rig, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, motion sensor, digital audio player, powered speaker, and a scream sound effect. Character heads are interchangeable across Poison Props mechanisms, offering customization flexibility.
This video from the Haunted Attraction Network offers a preview of a Haunted Hotel dark ride created by Sally Dark Rides, set to premiere at Funtown Splashtown. The coverage appears tied to IAAPA, the major amusement industry trade expo where new attractions are often unveiled. Sally Dark Rides is a well-known manufacturer of themed dark ride experiences for amusement parks and attractions worldwide.
The GC1027 Ghost Crate from Poison Props is a professional-grade pneumatic animatronic that conceals a ghost character inside a crate until triggered, launching it approximately 28 inches upward while the head moves in multiple directions for a powerful startle effect. The unit arrives as a complete plug-and-play package including the well, 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 scare. Characters are interchangeable, allowing operators to swap themes without replacing the core mechanism.
Poison Props showcases their BDT1043 Bat Drop & Twitch animatronic, a large bat with a nearly four-foot wingspan that lurks overhead and then plunges downward at an angle to confront guests at eye level while shaking side to side. The unit is a fully integrated plug-and-play system, arriving with pneumatics, a programmed controller, a motion sensor, and a complete audio package. Installation is designed to be quick, mounting across maze walls with a compact rig footprint and requiring only AC power and compressed air to operate.
The HA813 Hallway Attack from Poison Props is a fully self-contained, plug-and-play animatronic hallway prop featuring rotted wall panels and ghoul characters that thrust their arms and heads through holes to attack guests from both sides simultaneously. Eight channels of pneumatic movement are managed by a pre-programmed controller triggered by a motion sensor, making it ready to run with minimal setup. An included audio package with digital player, powered speaker, and scream effects adds an extra layer of immersion. The interchangeable character heads allow haunt operators to customize the look to match their theme.
The Poison Props SZT832 Sewer Zombie Twitcher is a commercial-grade pneumatic animatronic designed for haunted houses and dark rides. The character portrays a slime-covered toxic ghoul that bends forward, then rapidly rises, swings side to side, and lifts its arms while emitting a scream. The unit ships as a complete turnkey package including pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, motion sensors, a digital audio player, powered speaker, and a scream audio effect. Its compact footprint makes it suitable for tight spaces, and heads are interchangeable across other Poison Props mechanisms.
Poison Props showcases their Vampire Coffin Jumper, a pneumatic animatronic prop in which a vampire figure rises dramatically from a coffin and lunges upward roughly five feet with opening arms and multi-directional head movement. The unit ships as a ready-to-run package that includes a digital audio player, powered speaker, and a scream sound effect. It is built for professional haunt and dark-ride environments, requiring both AC power and a 100 PSI compressed-air supply. The short demo clip highlights the prop's aggressive jump-scare action and overall production quality.
The Poison Props DTF910 is a commercial-grade pneumatic drop torso animatronic designed for haunted houses and dark rides. The 'Freak' character conceals itself overhead before dramatically dropping into view with a head that sweeps side to side and wildly flailing arms. The unit arrives as a plug-and-play system complete with pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor, with an optional digital sound package available. Its compact mounting bracket slides over a standard maze wall top, keeping the installation footprint minimal.
This short video from the Haunted Attraction Network showcases the iconic Dragon animatronic at Efteling, the legendary fantasy theme park in Kaatsheuvel, the Netherlands. The clip highlights the large-scale creature figure as an example of professional-grade animatronic artistry found in world-class attractions. It serves as an inspirational look at high-end character fabrication and theme park storytelling.
The CBS1033 Corpse Back Slider from Poison Props is a ready-to-run pneumatic animatronic featuring a corpse figure that shoots out approximately 25 inches on its back from beneath a table while its head and torso convulse and the head turns side to side. The unit ships as a complete plug-and-play package including the character, rig, pneumatics, pre-programmed controller, motion sensor, digital audio player, powered speaker, and a scream audio effect. The overall footprint is compact enough for tight haunt spaces, though it requires both AC power and a 100 PSI air supply. Tables and victim figures are not included.
The Poison Props ATF101 Autopsy Table Flailer is a professional-grade pneumatic animatronic featuring a tortured victim character strapped to an autopsy table whose legs and torso violently flail up and down for a deeply unsettling effect. The unit arrives as a turnkey package complete with character, chains, pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An included audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and a scream effect to heighten the scare. Character heads are interchangeable, allowing haunters to customize the look to fit different themes.
Poison Props showcases the DM937 Dead Meat, a plug-and-play pneumatic animatronic featuring a zombie torso suspended from meat hooks. The figure's head lifts and rocks side to side via pneumatic actuation triggered by an included motion sensor. An optional sound package adds custom audio through a digital player and powered speaker. The unit ships complete with chains, pneumatics, and a pre-programmed controller, requiring only an AC power source and compressed air at 100 psi.
The FT806 Fortune Teller from Poison Props is a fully self-contained pneumatic animatronic prop designed for haunted houses, dark rides, and professional attractions. The figure lures guests with a calm fortune-reading routine before launching a dramatic jump scare with arm raises, multiple head movements, and a scream. The complete package ships ready to operate, including the character, decorated booth, strobe, crystal ball, curtains, rope lights, pneumatics, programmed controller, motion sensor, and a digital audio system. Only a compressed air supply and AC power are needed to run it.
Poison Props showcases their SV923 Spider Victim animatronic, a pneumatically driven figure coated in spiders that lurks hidden before launching upward roughly 32 inches with thrashing arms and a shaking head. The unit ships as a turnkey package including the character, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional sound package with a digital player and powered speaker is also available. The compact rig footprint makes it suitable for tight haunt corridors or dark ride vehicles.
The SC928 Sloth Chair from Poison Props is a large-scale pneumatic animatronic featuring a heavyset character who appears to be seated at rest before suddenly rising to approximately 8 feet tall, flailing its arms and moving its head. The prop is designed as a classic 'static-to-scare' startle piece ideal for haunted attractions and dark rides. It ships as a complete plug-and-play package including the chair, character, pneumatic system, programmed controller, motion sensor, and a full audio setup. Only a compressed air supply and standard AC power are needed to operate it.
Poison Props showcases the DD829 Dr. Disembowelment, a professional-grade pneumatic animatronic designed for haunted attractions and dark rides. The character performs a misdirection gag — appearing to work on a patient before suddenly turning and lunging toward guests while raising its arms and shaking intestines. The unit is fully self-contained and plug-and-play, arriving with the character figure, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional sound package with a digital player and powered speaker is also available.
Poison Props showcases the DBC834 Demon Baby Crib, a ready-to-run commercial animatronic prop in which a motionless baby suddenly launches up and slams into a plexiglass barrier while screaming. The self-contained package includes the crib, baby figure, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, motion sensor, and a full audio system. It is designed to anchor a children's nursery-themed scene in haunted attractions or dark rides.
Poison Props showcases the WB931, a commercial-grade animatronic featuring a female figure chained to a wheelchair. The prop delivers a torso lunge forward and back combined with multiple head movements to create an unsettling torture-victim effect. It arrives as a complete plug-and-play package including pneumatics, a programmed controller, motion sensor, digital audio player, powered speaker, and a scream effect. Only a compressed air supply and AC power outlet are needed to put it into operation.
The HP823 Hair Puller from Poison Props is a commercial-grade pneumatic animatronic featuring a distressed woman who rocks in a chair before violently tearing at her own scalp. The prop ships as a complete plug-and-play package including the character, chair, pneumatics, programmed controller, motion sensor, digital audio player, powered speaker, and a scream audio effect. Character heads are interchangeable with other Poison Props mechanisms, adding versatility across different haunt themes. It is designed for professional haunted attractions and dark rides requiring freight delivery.
Poison Props showcases their PU101 Raincoat Zombie, a pneumatic pop-up animatronic that dramatically extends from a compact hidden position to over six feet tall in seconds while the head sweeps side to side. The unit arrives as a turnkey package including the character, pneumatic hardware, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An audio bundle with a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect is also included, requiring only a compressed air supply and AC power to operate.
Poison Props showcases their BET304 Burn Electrocution Twitcher, a fully integrated pneumatic animatronic featuring a victim character that rapidly stands and thrashes side to side with twitching arms — complete with a sparks-and-screams narrative. The unit ships as a complete plug-and-play package including the character, pneumatics, overhead light and stand, strobe, fog machine, motion sensor, controller, and a digital audio system with scream effects. It requires only an AC power connection and a compressed air supply at 100 psi to operate. Interchangeable character heads allow buyers to customize the look to fit their haunt's theme.
The CB711 Chainsaw Butcher Pig is a fully self-contained pneumatic animatronic from Poison Props featuring a pig-themed butcher character that hides behind a curtain before lunging forward with a chainsaw. The figure moves laterally left to right while raising and lowering the chainsaw, triggered automatically by a motion sensor. The package ships ready to operate, bundling the character, pneumatics, a programmed controller, a digital audio player, powered speaker, and a scream audio effect. It requires only an AC power source and a compressed air supply at 100 psi to run.
Poison Props showcases the SF705 Spider Food, a ready-to-run pneumatic animatronic featuring a chained victim who struggles and kicks when triggered while an oversized spider descends and lunges at guests. The unit ships complete with characters, pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor, making it a true plug-and-play solution for haunts and dark rides. An optional sound package adds custom audio, a digital player, and a powered speaker. Character heads are interchangeable across Poison Props mechanisms for added customization.
