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#haunted house props

Every video tagged “haunted house props” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.

125 videos

Hot Wire Foam Factory Industrial Hot Knife - Unboxing and Review
15:23
Product Reviews

Hot Wire Foam Factory Industrial Hot Knife - Unboxing and Review

This video from Monster Tutorials unboxes and reviews the Industrial Hot Knife Kit from Hot Wire Foam Factory, a tool designed for carving and sculpting foam props. The host walks viewers through the kit's contents and demonstrates how to use it, effectively doubling as an instructional guide alongside the review. It's a solid reference for haunters and prop builders considering adding a dedicated hot knife to their workshop. The presenter notes they personally use the products they recommend, lending a practical, hands-on perspective to the evaluation.

Monster Tutorials· 10,661 views
Midnight Studios FX Halloween Costumes & Haunt Props!
2:42
Professional Haunted Attractions

Midnight Studios FX Halloween Costumes & Haunt Props!

This short video offers a floor walkthrough of the Midnight Studios FX booth at the 2021 Transworld Halloween & Attractions Show in St. Louis, showcasing their lineup of professional-grade haunt props, animated figures, horror costumes, and masks. The pieces on display are aimed at high-end haunted attractions, theme park events, and year-round Halloween venues. The presenter shares genuine enthusiasm for the craftsmanship on display, noting the props would shine even more under proper haunt lighting and sound. It serves as a quick but visually compelling introduction to what Midnight Studios FX brings to the professional haunt market.

SpookYouLaterz· 10,443 views
Witch Doctor Designs: Animatronics | Halloween Haunt Props!
3:49
Prop Reviews

Witch Doctor Designs: Animatronics | Halloween Haunt Props!

A walkthrough of the Witch Doctor Designs booth and surrounding vendor floor at the 2021 Transworld Halloween & Haunt Attraction Show, showcasing a range of professional-grade animatronic props and effects. Highlights include a caged monkey gag, an original meat-grinder machine, and a zombie head aquarium, among other standout pieces from the show floor. The video gives viewers a broad look at what professional haunt vendors were offering for the 2021 season. Pricing is mentioned as reasonably accessible for the professional haunt market.

SpookYouLaterz· 9,927 views
Make your own Sculpting tools
17:25
DIY PropsBeginnerUnder $20 for 20+ tools

Make your own Sculpting tools

Allen Hopps of Stiltbeast Studios demonstrates how to fabricate a large set of professional-quality sculpting loop tools and rakes using everyday inexpensive materials. By repurposing wire whisk tines and coping saw blades bonded with steel epoxy putty, builders can produce more than twenty tools for a fraction of the cost of buying them individually. The resulting tools are suitable for both clay and paper mache sculpting in prop and mask making contexts.

StiltbeastStudios· 9,520 views
2025 Halloween Props & Animatronics Catalog | Distortions Unlimited
11:06
Prop Reviews

2025 Halloween Props & Animatronics Catalog | Distortions Unlimited

Distortions Unlimited previews their 2025 Halloween lineup in this product catalog video, showcasing a range of high-impact animatronics and props including the Goblin Legend, Xenovore, Mummy Legend, Demon Legend, Wolf Spider, Banshee Legend, T-Rex Escape, Alien Incubator, and Electric Zombie. The company, with over 45 years of experience crafting monsters, masks, and costumes, manufactures all products in the USA. Their offerings serve a wide audience from home haunters to professional haunted attractions and themed entertainment venues.

DistortionsUnlimited· 9,480 views
Halloween and Party Expo / HAuNTcon 2018 | Part 4 (Bad Jack, Pumpkin Pulp, Demented, Fear Father)
6:15
Professional Haunted Attractions

Halloween and Party Expo / HAuNTcon 2018 | Part 4 (Bad Jack, Pumpkin Pulp, Demented, Fear Father)

This segment from HAuNTcon and the Halloween and Party Expo 2018 focuses on four vendors — Bad Jack, Pumpkin Pulp, Demented Design Studios, and The Fear Father — each showcasing professional-quality masks and props aimed at the haunted attraction industry. The video offers a floor-level look at what these companies bring to the convention marketplace. It serves as a useful vendor discovery resource for haunters scouting high-end prop and mask suppliers.

Haunt Former· 9,474 views
Would YOU Scream? Distortions Unlimited Scare Compilation
6:04
Prop Reviews

Would YOU Scream? Distortions Unlimited Scare Compilation

Distortions Unlimited showcases a highlight reel of real-world scare reactions triggered by their lineup of professional animatronics, Shocktronics, and costumes. Featured products include the Mutant, Alien Parasite, Zombie Shock, Butcher Barrel, Demon Shock, Scream Generator, Gargoyle Shock, and Zombie Break Out. Footage was captured across multiple venues including the Transworld Halloween and Attractions Show, Monster World, Dick Van Dyke's home haunt, and the Distortions Unlimited facility itself. The compilation serves as both entertainment and a real-world effectiveness demo for their product line.

DistortionsUnlimited· 9,467 views
Worlds easiest organ props
0:51
DIY PropsBeginner

Worlds easiest organ props

Stiltbeast Studios presents a quick one-minute tutorial on creating organ props with minimal effort. The short runtime suggests a fast, accessible technique that even beginners can replicate. It appears to be an on-the-fly mobile upload, so production detail is limited, but the core promise is a simple path to convincing body-part props.

StiltbeastStudios· 9,443 views
Monster World 2018 Tour | Animated Haunted House Props | Greeley, Colorado
3:47
Professional Haunted Attractions

Monster World 2018 Tour | Animated Haunted House Props | Greeley, Colorado

This video offers a walkthrough tour of Monster World 2018, an annual animatronic showcase held as part of the Monster Day festival in Greeley, Colorado. The event is produced by Distortions Unlimited, one of the industry's well-known animatronic prop manufacturers, with lighting, audio, and set decoration handled by Blazen Illuminations. Viewers get an up-close look at a wide variety of animated monsters, scare props, shocktronics, and photo opportunities. It serves both as an entertaining attraction tour and an effective showcase of Distortions Unlimited's product lineup in a real-world haunt setting.

DistortionsUnlimited· 9,011 views
Howling Werewolf VS Haunted Chained Ghost | Which Prop Is Better?
0:43
Prop Reviews

Howling Werewolf VS Haunted Chained Ghost | Which Prop Is Better?

This short video from Haunt Former pits two Halloween props against each other — a Howling Werewolf and a Haunted Chained Ghost — in a viewer-vote showdown. Part of the channel's ongoing 'Which Prop Is Better?' series, it invites the Halloween community to weigh in via comments. The format is quick and engagement-driven rather than a detailed technical review.

Haunt Former· 8,930 views
Demon Claws - Sparking Gloves
0:29
Prop Reviews

Demon Claws - Sparking Gloves

The Demon Claws Sparking Gloves are a wearable haunted attraction prop that generates real sparks when the wearer touches their fingertips together or drags their hands across a conductive surface. The gloves feature built-in claws for a demonic aesthetic and come with a battery pack for cordless use. FrightProps showcases this as a striking performer effect for scare actors and haunted house environments.

FrightProps· 8,685 views
The Newest UNRELEASED & SECRET Animatronics | Spirit Halloween's Canceled Animatronic Plans
16:53
Prop Reviews

The Newest UNRELEASED & SECRET Animatronics | Spirit Halloween's Canceled Animatronic Plans

This video explores a collection of unreleased and canceled Spirit Halloween animatronics, drawing on information from the Spirit Halloween Wiki. The creator highlights concepts that were scrapped anywhere from a single season ago to nearly seven years back, showcasing ideas that never made it to retail shelves. It offers a fascinating look at the development process behind one of Halloween's biggest seasonal retailers and the creative directions they ultimately abandoned.

GMHaunts· 8,242 views
Lowes Halloween 2015
1:49
Product Reviews

Lowes Halloween 2015

This short walkthrough tours Lowe's Halloween 2015 seasonal product selection, highlighting both indoor and outdoor decorations available at the home improvement chain. The video showcases animated props, inflatables, light-up pieces, and other spooky décor items on store shelves. It serves as a quick buying guide for haunters and decorators scouting retail options beyond the usual Halloween specialty stores.

Haunt Former· 8,200 views
Talking Skulls from FrightProps
0:37
Prop Reviews

Talking Skulls from FrightProps

FrightProps showcases their lineup of five-axis talking skulls at the 2018 TransWorld Halloween & Attractions Show, demonstrating realistic jaw and head movement capabilities. The display highlights both bare animatronic skull mechanisms and finished characters dressed with custom silicone skins. The footage offers a close-up look at the quality and range of expressions these props can achieve in a professional trade-show setting.

FrightProps· 8,193 views
Midnight Mayhem Apparel Halloween Clown Masks, Suits & Props!
1:28
Prop Reviews

Midnight Mayhem Apparel Halloween Clown Masks, Suits & Props!

A short showcase filmed at the Midnight Mayhem Apparel booth during the 2021 Transworld Halloween & Attractions Show, highlighting their lineup of professional-grade scary clown masks, costumes, and props. The products appear aimed at professional haunted attractions, theme parks, and year-round Halloween venues. If clowns unsettle you, consider yourself warned — this booth leans hard into coulrophobia territory.

SpookYouLaterz· 8,135 views
Home Depot 2022 ANIMATRONIC RELEASE DATE REVEALED | JULY 15TH Online Drop -HOME DEPOT HALLOWEEN 2022
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Product Reviews

Home Depot 2022 ANIMATRONIC RELEASE DATE REVEALED | JULY 15TH Online Drop -HOME DEPOT HALLOWEEN 2022

This video covers the revealed online release date for Home Depot's 2022 Halloween animatronic lineup, with a confirmed drop time sourced from a preview event attendee. The creator also shares firsthand in-person photos of upcoming animatronics from Home Depot's 2022 collection. It serves as a news-style update for Halloween enthusiasts eager to snag props before they sell out.

GMHaunts· 8,036 views
How I Program Professional Halloween Props!
26:38
Arduino & ControllersAdvanced

How I Program Professional Halloween Props!

FrightProps host Scott provides an in-depth walkthrough of how professional Halloween animatronic props are programmed from start to finish. Using a BooBox Flex 2 controller paired with a Scare Master programming module, he demonstrates the full workflow on a Poison Props animatronic. The tutorial covers tuning pneumatic cylinder flow and speed, then sequencing prop movements to align precisely with audio cues — the same process used by professional haunt builders.

FrightProps· 7,711 views
Make fake books
6:02
DIY PropsBeginner

Make fake books

Stiltbeast Studios walks through a quick method for constructing convincing fake books suitable for haunted house or home haunt set dressing. The short runtime suggests a straightforward, accessible build focused on creating atmospheric library-style props. Fake books are a cost-effective way to fill shelves and reinforce gothic or mansion-themed environments without sourcing large quantities of real books.

StiltbeastStudios· 7,591 views
Grim Death Reaper #animatronics #distortionsunlimited #reaper
0:24
Prop Reviews

Grim Death Reaper #animatronics #distortionsunlimited #reaper

This short-form video showcases the Grim Death Reaper, a large animatronic prop by Distortions Unlimited, spotted at a Killer Klowns From Outer Space event held at a mall. The clip gives viewers a close-up look at the animatronic in an active event setting. It serves as a quick but impressive showcase of one of Distortions Unlimited's more imposing Halloween offerings.

SpookYouLaterz· 7,371 views
Big Lots Halloween 2018
5:33
Product Reviews

Big Lots Halloween 2018

This video takes viewers through Big Lots' 2018 Halloween merchandise selection, highlighting standout props and decorations available that season. The creator offers informal commentary on what caught their eye, including a large dragon prop they found particularly impressive. While the overall inventory is described as somewhat limited, several noteworthy pieces are featured. It serves as a quick shopping guide for haunters scouting retail options.

Monster Tutorials· 7,175 views
VAMPIRE Props by Distortions Unlimited
3:44
Prop Reviews

VAMPIRE Props by Distortions Unlimited

Distortions Unlimited showcases four premium vampire props in this product highlight reel. Featured pieces include a roughly 5'6" latex-and-foam Hanging Vampire, a ~6'3" Nosferatu figure sculpted by Jordu Schell and inspired by the 1922 film, a new-for-2021 Vampire Legend standing display at approximately 6.5 feet tall, and Blood Thirsty — a female vampire frightronic animatronic that shakes when staked through the heart. All props are positioned for horror collectors, haunted attractions, and serious Halloween enthusiasts.

DistortionsUnlimited· 7,006 views
LIVE Easy DIY Resin Eyeballs Demo
1:45:16
DIY PropsIntermediate

LIVE Easy DIY Resin Eyeballs Demo

This live-stream tutorial from Monster Tutorials walks viewers through crafting highly realistic resin eyeballs for Halloween props and creatures — no Hollywood experience required. The session covers making reusable rubber molds so creators can produce large quantities of eyes efficiently, and even explore selling them. The instructor also addresses when investing in fine eye detail pays off and when simpler approaches are the smarter choice, helping builders avoid wasted effort.

Monster Tutorials· 5,993 views
Distortions Unlimited Halloween Animatronics In Cinematic Slow Motion
2:37
Prop Reviews

Distortions Unlimited Halloween Animatronics In Cinematic Slow Motion

Distortions Unlimited showcases a lineup of their professional-grade animatronics and props filmed in dramatic slow motion at the Transworld Halloween and Attractions Show. Featured pieces include Scare Wolf, Mutant, Creep Show, The Electric Chair, Yeti, Krazy Kristen, and Alien Parasite, all set to a cinematic score. The video serves as a high-impact visual showcase of the manufacturer's range, highlighting the movement and detail of each piece. Distortions Unlimited brings over four decades of monster-making experience to haunted attractions, theme parks, and home haunters alike.

DistortionsUnlimited· 5,834 views
Making Monsters Reality Show Funny Clips | Distortions Shows Monsters are Messy!
6:08
Professional Haunted Attractions

Making Monsters Reality Show Funny Clips | Distortions Shows Monsters are Messy!

This highlight reel pulls entertaining and humorous clips from Making Monsters, the Travel Channel reality show centered on Distortions Unlimited — one of the Halloween industry's most recognized prop, animatronics, and costume manufacturers. The compilation showcases the chaotic, messy, and geeky side of professional monster making, featuring company principals Ed and Marsha Edmunds alongside guest collaborators including Jordu Schell and Alice Cooper. It offers a lighthearted, candid look at the people and personalities behind large-scale Halloween prop production.

DistortionsUnlimited· 5,733 views