Video Tag
Every video tagged “haunt props” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
122 videos
Distortions Unlimited showcases their full 2019 product lineup in this catalog-style video, covering animated props, static pieces, Shocktronics, and costumes. Highlights include named pieces such as Mr. Bubblebarf, Electric Chair Revenge, Chained Fury, and Giant Skull. The company, with over 40 years of experience, manufactures all products in the USA and has been featured on the Travel Channel series Making Monsters. This is a broad overview rather than a build tutorial, making it ideal for haunters scouting new season purchases.
Distortions Unlimited takes viewers on a sweeping highlight tour of the 2025 Transworld Halloween Show in St. Louis, MO — the haunt industry's premier trade event. The video showcases a wide range of vendors and exhibitors across animatronics, haunt props, SFX makeup, costumes, and more, with on-floor interviews and live scare demonstrations. It serves as a broad snapshot of current trends and innovations driving professional haunts and dark attractions. Whether you're a seasoned haunter or a curious fan, the footage captures the scale and creativity the industry has to offer.
A 4K highlight reel from the 2024 Transworld Halloween Show in St. Louis, capturing the convention floor where haunt and Halloween vendors display their latest work. The compilation showcases animatronics, haunt props, costumes, and SFX makeup, along with interviews and live scares from actors. It offers a broad overview of the creativity on display across the dark-attraction industry.
Distortions Unlimited showcases their Kreepy Kids lineup of animated Halloween props and animatronics, introduced for the 2019 season. The collection features unsettling child characters sculpted by a team of professional artists and produced in-house at Distortions. These pieces are marketed toward home yard haunts, Halloween displays, and professional dark attractions alike.
In this installment of Distortions Unlimited's Monster Lab series, Ed Edmunds demonstrates how to create a latex Halloween mask from start to finish. The episode walks through pouring latex and painting the finished mask, which can be worn as part of a costume or used as a display piece. It draws on Distortions' professional background in haunt props, masks, and animatronics.
Stiltbeast Studios demonstrates a budget-friendly method for foam-filling prop heads and latex masks intended for haunted attraction use. The technique exploits the expanding foam that Gorilla Glue generates as it cures, turning a normally unwanted side effect into a useful filling material. The result is a sturdier, haunt-ready prop head without significant material cost.
Distortions Unlimited showcases their Shocktronics product line, a series of hybrid devices that combine animatronic mechanisms with costumed actor integration to deliver extreme jumpscares in dark attractions and haunted houses. The video highlights several distinct units including the Butcher Barrel, Demon, Zombie, Zombie Breakout, and Gargoyle Shock models, each demonstrated with in-action scare footage. Distortions Unlimited is a veteran Halloween manufacturing company with over four decades in the industry, also recognized from the TV series Making Monsters. This product showcase is aimed at professional haunt operators looking to maximize scare impact on their guests.
Distortions Unlimited showcases a lineup of professional-grade Halloween props and animatronics designed for haunted houses, horror attractions, and large-scale scary events. Featured pieces include the beheading illusion prop Shock and Awe, Spill Your Guts, an electric chair animatronic, and the Wretched character. With over four decades in the Halloween manufacturing industry, Distortions Unlimited produces props that are deployed worldwide across home haunts, theme parks, corn mazes, and museums.
Distortions Unlimited showcases their 2017 Halloween and haunt product lineup in this brief catalog highlight reel. The video features a wide range of commercial-grade props and animatronics spanning horror subgenres, from a winged dragon and ancient mummy to exorcism and witchcraft-themed pieces. Flagship products like the Scream Generator and Wretched VCP are among the featured offerings alongside more novelty items. It serves as a visual shopping preview for haunted attraction operators and serious collectors.
Distortions Unlimited showcases their lineup of extreme Halloween animatronics and haunt props in this short, high-intensity sizzle reel. Featured pieces include electric chair animatronics, crazed clown figures, zombie characters, and thrashing body props. The company positions itself as a leading manufacturer in the dark attraction and Halloween industry, producing everything from masks and costumes to proprietary animatronic systems. Viewer discretion is advised due to graphic and violent prop content.
Allen Hopps of StiltbeastStudios walks through a simple, budget-friendly method for building realistic, posable snake props suitable for haunted attractions or home haunts. The snakes are constructed from common hardware and craft store materials, resulting in pieces that hold a variety of poses and produce dramatic movement when attached to even lightly animated rigs. Each snake can be customized in color and pattern to add variety throughout a scene. The technique scales well, making it easy to populate an entire room with a convincing infestation.
Distortions Unlimited presents their 2021 Halloween product line in this short catalog-style showcase video. The lineup spans animated and static props, standing figures, and wall hangings — including standouts like the Pumpkin Stalker, a life-sized Edgar Allan Poe figure, Dragon Legends Wall Hanging, and several monster and zombie-themed pieces. All products are manufactured in the USA and are marketed toward haunters, home haunts, professional haunted attractions, and theme parks. The video serves as a visual buying guide for the brand's newest releases that season.
Hauntcast presents a top-10 countdown of creative ways haunters can use expanding foam to build Halloween props on a budget. The video covers a wide range of applications — from crafting gory innards and body forms to constructing toxic barrels, rope vines, and skulls. It serves as a practical inspiration guide for home haunters and attraction builders looking to get maximum versatility from a single, readily available material.
A walkthrough of the Transworld Halloween & Haunt Attraction Show 2021, showcasing professional-grade animatronics, props, and special effects from a variety of haunt industry vendors. Featured exhibitors include Demski Creations, Morbid Monstrosities, Creepy Creator, and Skeletons and More, among others. The footage offers a broad look at the kinds of high-end products used in professional haunted attractions, theme parks, and year-round haunt venues.
Haunt Former ranks all 25 of Spirit Halloween's 2020 animatronic lineup in a single countdown-style video, offering opinionated commentary on each entry. The video covers the full breadth of that year's retail animatronic offerings, highlighting standouts and low points alike — with Johnny Punk earning particular notoriety. It serves as a quick buyer's guide and entertainment piece for Halloween prop enthusiasts heading into the 2020 season.
Ed Edmunds of Distortions Unlimited walks through how to mix the base paint used for finishing latex masks and haunt props in this first Monster Lab segment. He explains the prep step before color and detail work, noting the mixed paint can be laid down with either a quart sprayer or an airbrush. It's a short, foundational tutorial aimed at painting masks and props consistently.
This tutorial demonstrates how to transform Funkin foam pumpkins into gruesome, decayed Halloween props using the corpsing technique with latex and cotton balls. The process involves layering latex and cotton to simulate rotting, deteriorating flesh on the pumpkin surface. It's a budget-friendly and accessible method that dramatically elevates the horror aesthetic of an otherwise ordinary foam pumpkin.
Distortions Unlimited offers a behind-the-scenes look at how its oversized animatronics, the Sleeping Giant and Colossus, come together. The short clip highlights early production stages including foaming, building, and spraying the latex skin. It's positioned as the first in a series, with painting and finishing promised in future installments.
StiltbeastStudios walks through the process of creating realistic-looking faux vines for use in haunted attraction environments. The tutorial covers how to craft and apply these organic prop elements to enhance overgrown or nature-horror themed sets. Allen Hopps shares his professional haunt-building expertise to help creators achieve a convincing, immersive look on a DIY level.
Distortions Unlimited previews their 2020 product lineup at the Halloween and Party Expo and Hauntcon, showcased within the Morris Costumes trade show booth. The short walkthrough highlights a wide range of animatronics and props, including Nosferatu, Jack Attack, Monster Kids, Kreepy Kids, Giant Blazing Pumpkin, and several graveyard-themed pieces. Distortions is a long-established American manufacturer known for durable, high-quality Halloween products suited to home haunts, professional attractions, and theme parks alike. Prices visible in the video reflect show wholesale rates and are not indicative of current retail pricing.
Stiltbeast Studios walks through the process of constructing realistic-looking barrel props out of foam, a staple set-dressing piece for haunts, escape rooms, and Halloween displays. The video covers shaping and detailing foam to convincingly replicate the look of wooden barrels. At roughly 20 minutes, it offers a thorough look at the fabrication workflow from start to finish.
Distortions Unlimited presents a showcase of their Halloween prop and animatronic lineup spanning 2023–2025, highlighting a wide range of creatures and characters suited for home haunts, professional haunted attractions, retail displays, and theme park events. The video features iconic offerings such as the Goblin Legend, Mummy Legend, Xenovore, Banshee, Mutant Legend, Haunted Tree, Pumpkin Witch, and Raptors, among others. Founded by industry veterans Ed Edmunds and Marsha Taub Edmunds, Distortions Unlimited is a well-regarded name in the professional haunt prop space. This catalog-style video serves as a visual reference for buyers and enthusiasts looking to explore what the company currently offers.
Distortions Unlimited showcases highlights from their 2018 Halloween and haunt product lineup in this short catalog reel. The video spotlights a range of animated and static props, including the Zombie Shock, Alien Autopsy, Gothic Gravestone, Scare Bear, Dandy Andy, and more. It gives haunters and Halloween enthusiasts a quick visual overview of what the company's Frightronics line and broader decoration catalog have to offer for the season.
Distortions Unlimited showcases their Squish-O-Matic, a professional haunted attraction illusion that creates the convincing appearance of a person being crushed by giant metal spikes. Company founder Ed Edmunds demonstrates the effect using a live actor, highlighting how the illusion can double as an interactive scare when the actor charges the audience after the 'smash.' Distortions Unlimited is a longtime Halloween industry manufacturer with over 40 years of experience producing animatronics, props, masks, and costumes.
