Video Tag
Every video tagged “home haunt” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
586 videos
This tutorial walks through transforming a brand-new lantern into a convincingly aged, rusty antique using accessible materials and straightforward finishing techniques. The process covers creating a faux rust effect, aging the glass with glue, and layering finishes to achieve an overall worn, antique appearance. It is designed to be approachable for beginners with no specialized tools required. The techniques shown can be applied beyond lanterns to virtually any prop or surface.
Distortions Unlimited showcases Grim Death, a nearly 11-foot-tall animatronic grim reaper prop designed for haunted houses, home haunts, and Halloween events. The figure dramatically leans toward guests and delivers a startling blast of air or water from its mouth. Built-in fog and lighting effects amplify the scare, and the prop reflects the company's four-decade legacy of USA-made monster fabrication.
Distortions Unlimited showcases their new-for-2021 Pumpkin Stalker, a towering 8-foot evil pumpkin-head prop built from a foam-filled latex skin over a metal armature. The figure features glowing, flickering eyes and mouth and posable arms, making it highly customizable for display. It's designed to anchor large-scale scenes such as a haunted pumpkin patch or corn maze, though it's equally suited to yard haunts and home haunts. The video is a brief product reveal from a company with over four decades of Halloween prop manufacturing experience.
Haunt Former counts down his personal top 10 non-animatronic props available from Spirit Halloween's 2015 season lineup. The video highlights smaller decorative pieces suited for dressing up haunted house scenes or spooky home displays. Viewers are encouraged to weigh in with their own rankings, making it a fun community-engagement piece alongside the review content.
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.
Distortions Unlimited showcases their Jack Is Back prop, a towering over-6-foot evil jack o lantern character released for the 2022 Halloween season. The prop features a pumpkin slime and seeds aesthetic with a menacing presence reminiscent of classic Halloween horror. The video highlights its versatility as a centerpiece for home porches, yard haunts, haunted houses, and professional events. Placement ideas such as a pumpkin patch scene, haunted corn maze, or dimly lit corner are suggested to maximize its scare impact.
Distortions Unlimited showcases their classic 'Lullaby' animated Halloween prop — a skeletal nanny figure that rocks and sings a ghostly lullaby. The fully electric animatronic is part of their Frightronic line and is described as one of the brand's most popular offerings. It is designed to suit a range of spooky Halloween themes for both home haunts and professional haunt environments. Distortions Unlimited highlights their four-decade track record of manufacturing durable, quality monster props.
Thornhill Woods is a long-running Canadian home haunt that has transformed a residential front yard into an elaborate Halloween cemetery display every October since 2004. The showcase highlights an impressive collection of Distortions Unlimited and Frightronics animated props, including fan favorites and newer releases. The video serves as both a yard haunt inspiration piece and a showcase for Distortions Unlimited's product lineup in a real-world home display context.
Grizzly Gourd is an animated jack-o-lantern prop from Distortions Unlimited that rocks, twists, and glows with an internal LED flickering flame to simulate a living, snarling pumpkin. The all-electric frightronic requires only a standard AC outlet, making setup straightforward for home haunters and professional attractions alike. Built in the USA by a manufacturer with over four decades of Halloween prop experience, it is designed for durability in high-traffic environments like pumpkin patches and haunted corn mazes.
VanOaksProps walks through the construction of a cemetery monument prop featuring a bust with a classic 'following eyes' optical illusion — the face appears to track viewers as they move past it. The build relies primarily on XPS foam, a cardboard tube column, and a bust sourced from a third-party supplier, finished with textured coatings and earth-tone paints to mimic aged stone. Weathering techniques including dry brushing and wash layers give the piece convincing graveyard patina. The result is a striking, customizable centerpiece suited for yard haunts, home haunts, and cemetery scenes.
FrightProps transforms a standard Santa Claus prop into a grotesque undead version, blending Christmas kitsch with Halloween horror. The short clip showcases the finished animatronic result of hacking and reworking a commercial Santa figure. It's a fun crossover piece that works equally well in a holiday haunt or year-round Halloween display.
Ed Edmunds of Distortions Unlimited walks through unboxing and setting up the Mutant, a towering sci-fi horror animatronic, covering how to connect its air, fog, lighting, and audio systems. The prop runs an ambient program with cycling lights and fog bursts until a push-button trigger unleashes fast motion, sound, and water or air sprays. It's framed as a premium, movie-quality prop for elevating haunts and themed attractions.
A short progress update on a residential yard haunt build for Halloween 2022, showing the display transitioning from a lighter aesthetic into a darker, scarier setup. The creator hints at final-stage preparations following some storm-related cleanup. Digital projections and cemetery fencing appear to be among the featured elements. The clip offers a quick, energetic peek at the haunt coming together.
In this Facebook Live segment with Denver's 9 News, Frightmare Compound owner Josh Holder demonstrates how to build a simple DIY fog chiller box to produce ground-hugging low-lying fog. The short tutorial focuses on an affordable, easy method for adding a cinematic atmospheric effect to a home haunt. It aims to help hobbyists elevate their Halloween setups with a professional-looking fog effect.
Part 1 of a multi-episode series documenting the garage build of a life-sized animatronic Velociraptor for a home haunt, inspired by Jurassic World's raptor containment scenes and Universal's VelociCoaster. The creator walks through the early design phase — sketching, scaling reference drawings, and foam carving the raptor's basic form using a hot wire tool and rotary tool. The episode closes by teasing the animatronic electronics integration planned for future parts.
VanOaksProps walks through five accessible methods for adding realistic texture to Halloween props and set pieces, using everyday household and hardware-store materials. Each technique produces a different texture level, making the tutorial adaptable for a wide range of projects. The video is a quick, practical primer ideal for prop builders who want to add grit, grime, or surface detail without specialized equipment.
Distortions Unlimited — the professional animatronic and prop manufacturer featured on the Travel Channel series Making Monsters — visits Dick Van Dyke's home to install a large monster prop in his yard ahead of Halloween. The setup is put to the test scaring unsuspecting neighborhood kids, with the legendary entertainer clearly delighting in the festivities. The video offers a fun peek at what a professionally built yard haunt looks like when deployed in a real residential setting.
Distortions Unlimited unveils their Ghost Revenant, a new all-electric animatronic prop debuting for Halloween 2026. Standing approximately 8.5 feet tall, the piece features a latex and foam construction over a metal armature, driven by a heavy-duty motor and illuminated by an LED flame bulb in the eyes and mouth. The video walks viewers through the reveal and setup process, showcasing the prop's scale and visual impact. It is handcrafted and hand-painted at Distortions Unlimited's Colorado studio.
The creator transforms their home's exterior into a living, animated Halloween display using projection mapping techniques learned from an online course by Projection Mapping Academy. The video documents the real-world result of applying those skills to a residential facade. It serves as both an inspiring showcase and a soft introduction to projection mapping for home haunters. A sponsored coupon code for the referenced course is included in the description.
Distortions Unlimited reveals Goblin Legend, a professional-grade, life-size standing goblin prop from their Legend series. The piece is described as hand-sculpted and hand-painted, made of foam-filled latex over an armature, standing over four feet tall with poseable arms and fingers and an included metal stand. This short reveal showcases the prop as a decorating option for home haunts, haunted attractions, and fantasy or horror scenes.
Distortions Unlimited showcases a lineup of their Halloween props arranged in atmospheric scene setups, including Roswell-style alien figures, animated zombie props, graveyard tombstone arrangements, and their signature Kreepy Kids and Monster Kids characters. The video serves as a visual catalog and inspiration reel rather than a tutorial, highlighting the variety and quality of scenes achievable with their product range. With over four decades of American manufacturing behind them, Distortions Unlimited positions these props as suitable for everything from backyard haunts to professional haunted attractions.
This video follows a first-person narrative set inside a Freddy Fazbear's Pizza-themed haunt environment, drawing on the horror universe of Five Nights at Freddy's. The creator plays the role of a new employee, building unease through the premise that something sinister lurks beneath the surface of the seemingly friendly workplace. It appears to be the first installment in a multi-part series, suggesting an ongoing story-driven haunt experience.
This short showcase video highlights Haunt Former's 2016 home haunt, themed around the fictional Thurston Theater — a 1920s cinema supposedly destroyed by fire on Halloween 1952 and still haunted by characters from classic horror films. The creator reports a record-breaking turnout and calls it one of the best layouts to date. The video blends atmospheric narration with the haunt's walkthrough footage to deliver an immersive horror-cinema experience. Sponsors including Spirit Halloween and Morbid Enterprises are credited alongside several royalty-free music artists.
Blood Thirsty is an animated female vampire prop from Distortions Unlimited, part of their Frightronic animatronic line. The short showcase video highlights the prop's movement and detail, positioning it as a versatile scare piece suited for both home haunters and professional haunted attractions. Its vampiress design and dramatic presentation make it a striking centerpiece for gothic or classic horror setups.
