Video Tag
Every video tagged “garage haunt” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
13 videos
Ed and Marsha Edmunds of Distortions Unlimited go behind the scenes at Dick Van Dyke's legendary home haunt, helping set up professional-grade props and animatronics for his annual neighborhood Halloween event. The 2018 celebration featured an elaborate live show directed and performed by Dick's wife Arlene Silver, blending song, dance, drama, and marionette puppetry with themed characters from Hocus Pocus and The Little Mermaid. Special guests including James Cameron in Frankenstein SFX makeup added to the spectacle. The video offers a rare peek at how a celebrity-scale home haunt combines professional prop manufacturing with live theatrical performance.
This is part three of a multi-part series documenting the build of a life-sized animatronic Velociraptor inspired by the Jurassic World raptor containment scenes. The episode focuses specifically on adding servo motors and a controller board to bring the dinosaur to life with realistic movement. The creator walks through integrating 3D-printed components and laser-cut parts into the animatronic rig. It sits within a broader home haunt project built in a garage setting.
Creative Geekery transformed their garage into a fully immersive Back to the Future Halloween experience, complete with a working flux capacitor light build, a DIY motorized moving floor, synced LED lighting, fog, projection effects, and a real DeLorean parked outside. The video walks through the creative and technical process behind pulling off this cinematic, crowd-facing haunt. Hundreds of guests attended opening night, and the creator rounds out the video with honest reflection on what worked and what they'd improve next year.
A short Halloween night showcase of SpookYouLaterz's 2023 yard display, featuring what appears to be an animatronic-laden outdoor setup centered around a decorated garage. The clip captures the finished scene in festive, trick-or-treat-ready form rather than walking through any build process. At just one minute, it serves as a celebratory reveal of the season's completed display.
A Halloween night walkthrough of a 2023 home garage haunt built around a circus theme, starring the Spirit Halloween Dagger Mike animatronic as its centerpiece. The creator captures real reactions from trick-or-treaters as Dagger Mike does the scaring. The video showcases how a single statement animatronic can anchor an entire themed haunt environment.
This opening episode of the HORROR Haunted House 2016 build series introduces the creator's ambitious garage haunt concept built around a fictional haunted movie theater called the Thurston Theater. The lore establishes that the venue opened in 1920, burned down on Halloween 1952, and is now haunted by characters from classic and modern horror films. The video walks viewers through the planned layout and the themed rooms that will make up the haunt, drawing inspiration from a wide range of well-known horror franchises. It sets the creative foundation for the full build series to follow.
This is part two of Haunt Former's 2015 build series for Urban Legends, a themed haunted attraction based in Thurston Groves, Florida. The video walks viewers through the physical floor plan and room layout of the garage-based haunt, which draws its scare scenarios from urban legends and myths spanning the globe. It offers an inside look at how a home haunter translates a thematic concept into a mapped-out walk-through experience.
A short-form video showcasing a home haunter's garage transformed into a spooky graveyard scene. The creator shares their Halloween setup in a quick, visually driven clip highlighting the overall atmosphere and décor. Given the brief runtime and hashtag-heavy description, specific build details are not covered.
The creator tests several new fog machines sourced from Amazon after losing all four of their previous foggers during the 2020 Halloween season. Two units are compared side by side, with a yellow remote-controlled model emerging as the clear favorite for output and convenience. The garage is filled with animatronics from throughout the house, turning the fog test into an atmospheric mini-haunt showcase. The creator plans to purchase additional units of the winning fogger for their 2021 home haunt build.
Part 4 of the Insomnia Haunted House 2019 build series documents the haunt taking shape as walls go up and the space transforms from cluttered garage to an emerging haunted attraction. The video captures the satisfying progression from organized chaos to a recognizable haunt environment. It offers a behind-the-scenes look at the physical build process and the creative vision coming to life.
This is Part 3 of the Insomnia Haunted House 2019 build series from Haunt Former, documenting progress as Halloween rapidly approaches. The video focuses on the conversion of a garage space into a haunt environment, with particular attention given to a nightmare-themed bedroom scene that is nearly complete. It offers viewers an inside look at the late-stage construction and decorating push that many home haunters will recognize.
This opening episode of a 2014 home haunt build series introduces the creator's garage-based attraction themed around phobias. The video walks viewers through the planned layout for the space and touches on a potential static prop the builder is considering creating. As a series kickoff, it focuses on concept and planning rather than hands-on construction.
A short walk-through tour of a 2022 home Halloween display centered in and around the creator's garage. The setup features a mix of creepy and lighthearted characters, with the decorator planning to swap and escalate the display weekly throughout October. Viewers are encouraged to watch to the end for a scare payoff.
