Video Tag
Every video tagged “graveyard” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
108 videos
Wicked Makers hosts Jay and Jaimie transform a standard store-bought plastic skeleton into a dramatic gravecrawler prop complete with a sculpted dirt mound. The key innovation is that the mound is fully portable and collapsible for easy off-season storage. The build relies on accessible materials like spray foam, spray paint, and hot glue, making it approachable for Halloween decorators of most skill levels. The finished prop is designed to integrate seamlessly into a yard graveyard or cemetery display.
Makeup artist Madeyewlook delivers a highly requested Weeping Angel transformation inspired by the Doctor Who villain, using Mehron palettes to replicate the look of aged stone sculpture. The tutorial focuses on blending cool grey and dark earth tones across the face to create convincing texture and depth. The creator is upfront about not being a Doctor Who fan, working entirely from visual reference to approximate the iconic creature's appearance.
Wicked Makers hosts Jay and Jaimie walk through the process of building DIY Halloween tombstones for graveyard-style yard displays. The video is a short-form overview covering the essentials of crafting spooky cemetery props at home. It appears aimed at Halloween decorators looking to elevate their seasonal yard setup with homemade tombstones.
Wicked Makers hosts Jaimie and Jay walk through a quick and budget-friendly upgrade of store-bought foam tombstones into realistic, personalized Halloween gravestones. The process involves removing unwanted surface details, adding custom lettering via carving or adhesive 3D letters, and finishing with a Drylok base coat followed by layered acrylic paint for a weathered stone look. The result is a highly customizable yard prop that far outperforms its plain out-of-the-box appearance. Printable tombstone epitaph templates are available through their Patreon for added convenience.
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.
This tutorial from Monster Tutorials shows how to transform inexpensive dollar store foam tombstones into convincingly spooky graveyard props using a handful of additional materials and craft techniques. The focus is on budget-friendly methods that deliver a dramatic visual upgrade without requiring specialized skills or tools. It's a great approach for haunters looking to build out a graveyard scene on a tight budget.
This tutorial walks viewers through building a DIY special effects scrim designed to produce spooky lighting and sound atmospherics for Halloween displays. The technique is applicable to a range of settings including front porches, yard haunts, and indoor haunted house scenes. A sound-activated device from FrightProps (the 'Perfect Storm') is referenced as a compatible controller for driving thunder and lightning effects alongside the scrim.
VanOaks Props walks through a complete process for building ultra-realistic foam tombstones that convincingly mimic aged stone. The tutorial covers shaping, carving fine details, texturing with caulk, and a multi-step painting workflow using acrylic washes and a masonry sealer to achieve an authentic weathered-granite look. Techniques like flame treatment and dry brushing add depth and surface realism that elevate these props well beyond typical foam graveyard pieces.
VanOaksProps compiles ten of his favorite detail-oriented prop projects specifically chosen to elevate a DIY Halloween cemetery display. The compilation spans a wide range of builds — from PVC fencing and weathered tombstones to faux cast-iron locks, distressed signage, and atmospheric cobwebs — with each segment linking back to a full standalone tutorial. The focus throughout is on affordable, achievable techniques that add realism and cinematic atmosphere to a yard graveyard scene.
This step-by-step tutorial walks viewers through building a motorized animatronic zombie arms prop suitable for home haunts, haunted houses, or front yard cemetery displays. The build uses a fixed-speed AC motor (sourced from FrightProps) to animate the arms, giving the finished prop a professional-quality look. The channel focuses on accessible DIY techniques designed to help hobbyist haunters achieve impressive results without a commercial budget.
Distortions Unlimited showcases a fully dressed Halloween cemetery scene populated with multiple Frightronics electric animatronic props, including zombie figures, a Moving Monument, Tipping Tombstone, Gargoyle, and Cracking Crypt, among others. The short showcase demonstrates how these pieces work together to create an immersive graveyard atmosphere. All featured props are part of the brand's 2020 product lineup and are marketed toward home haunters, yard haunts, and professional attractions alike.
This video walks through the construction of a Halloween mausoleum prop built primarily from foam materials and basic lumber framing. The builder uses Foamular rigid foam, pipe insulation, and Great Stuff expanding foam to achieve realistic stone-like architectural details. It is a solid example of how common construction materials can be repurposed to create impressive graveyard set pieces for home haunts or professional attractions.
Part 2 of VanOaksProps' Halloween coffin build focuses on transforming flat insulation foam into convincingly aged wooden planks using carving, texturing, and painting techniques. The creator walks through a toolkit of abrasive and heat-based tools to score, distress, and shape the foam surface before finishing it with paint to sell the weathered-wood illusion. The completed prop is destined to appear in an upcoming film by the Hollywood Graveyard channel, giving the build a professional real-world application.
This short showcase video features the Cracking Crypt, a zombie tombstone animatronic from Distortions Unlimited's Grave Buster Frightronic series. The prop is designed for cemetery and graveyard-themed scenes and suits a variety of settings including yard haunts, professional haunts, and corn mazes. Distortions Unlimited is a manufacturer and online retailer specializing in haunt props, masks, costumes, and animatronics.
This short build video demonstrates how to construct a Halloween coffin prop using reclaimed pallet wood, making it one of the most budget-friendly graveyard pieces a haunter can add to their display. The pallet-sourced lumber keeps material costs extremely low or near zero. Despite its brevity, the video delivers a practical look at turning scrap wood into a convincing seasonal prop.
This short trailer introduces the Halloween DIY & How-To channel, giving prospective viewers a quick overview of what the channel offers — step-by-step guides for building Halloween props, animatronics, and special effects. It targets home crafters and haunters looking to create professional-looking decorations for yard haunts, spook houses, and Halloween parties. The trailer previews a range of featured projects, from floating candle props to animated graves and ghostly statues. It serves as a welcoming entry point for anyone exploring the channel for the first time.
VanOaks Props walks through building a realistic broken tombstone prop inspired by a real-life stabilized cracked gravestone. The design features simulated metal repair bands and tabs that give the piece a uniquely aged and structurally distressed look — a standout detail for any cemetery display. XPS foam is carved, textured, coated in mortar mix, and painted to achieve a convincing weathered stone finish.
VanOaks Props walks through the construction of a hyper-realistic fake cemetery gate that has repeatedly fooled viewers into mistaking it for the real thing. The build combines plywood structure, foam detailing, decorative moldings, and skilled faux painting to achieve a convincing stone-and-metal appearance. Recovered build photos help guide the tutorial, and companion column-building videos are referenced for additional context.
Poison Props showcases the SF1227 Statue Fall, a large-scale pneumatic animatronic designed to perch atop an 8-foot graveyard tomb. On trigger, the statue's arms spread wide, a ghoul figure lurches forward with a bending torso, and the head sweeps side to side for maximum startling effect. The unit ships as a complete plug-and-play package including the character, rig, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor, with an optional audio bundle available. Its substantial footprint makes it best suited for professional haunted attractions or ambitious large-scale home haunts.
A short showcase of the Tipping Tombstone, an animated cemetery prop from Distortions Unlimited. The prop is described as an all-electric ('frightronic') unit designed to bring motion to graveyard, grave, or zombie-themed scenes. This brief clip highlights the prop in action rather than offering a build or assembly walkthrough.
The Poison Props MTL1220 Mourner Turn & Lunge is a commercial-grade pneumatic animatronic featuring a kneeling mourner figure that dramatically turns 180 degrees, lunges forward, and opens its arms while the head sweeps side to side. The unit ships as a complete plug-and-play package including the 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 rig has a defined footprint and requires compressed air and AC power to operate.
VanOaksProps walks through the complete construction of a final Halloween tombstone, combining insulation foam and MDF to achieve a convincing stone-and-weathered-metal look. The build covers shaping and carving foam details, creating a custom faux metal plaque, and applying a multi-step paint finish that includes a masonry sealer base, hammered copper spray, patina effects, and aging washes. The result is a professional-quality graveyard prop suitable for yard haunts or haunted house displays. A thorough materials list with affiliate links accompanies the tutorial for easy replication.
The GBG1302 Ground Breaker Grabber from Poison Props is a plug-and-play pneumatic animatronic designed to simulate a zombie rising from the grave and snatching at guests' ankles. The figure starts slumped, then rises, reaches out, and turns its head side to side when triggered by a built-in motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect for a fully immersive scare. Characters are interchangeable across mechanisms, allowing the prop to be adapted to different haunt themes.
This short build video walks through the construction of decorative cemetery columns for the Village Mire Yard Haunt in South Yarmouth, MA. The columns are built using a simple wood frame of 2x3s, skinned with luan, and detailed with Foamular foam for a convincing stone-column look. The result is a sturdy, weather-suitable outdoor prop well suited for graveyard-themed yard displays.
