Video Tag
Every video tagged “home haunt” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
586 videos
Distortions Unlimited visits the legendary home haunt of Dick Van Dyke to showcase a giant animatronic head prop for Halloween 2021. Dick Van Dyke reportedly recorded a Thriller-style voice track for the animatronic, adding a personalized audio element to the display. The legendary entertainer has been decorating his yard for Halloween for over five decades, making his haunt a beloved annual tradition. This short video serves as a seasonal greeting and teaser for more footage from his 2021 setup.
FrightProps showcases their ready-to-use Axworthy Ghost Kit, designed to take the guesswork out of building a classic flying ghost effect. The kit packages industrial-grade components together, eliminating the need to cobble together makeshift parts. It's pitched as a reliable, high-quality solution for home haunters and yard haunt enthusiasts who want a polished flying ghost without the DIY headache.
VanOaksProps walks through how to turn a standard 2x4 into a convincingly aged, sun-bleached wooden cross grave marker suited for ghost town or wild west themed haunts. The build relies on a wire wheel, torch, and craft paint to achieve a weathered, distressed look without expensive materials. The result is a low-cost prop that reads well in cemetery or frontier-style display settings.
This short Hauntcast video showcases a coffin pop-up prop built largely from reclaimed pallet wood, housing a store-bought skeleton that launches upright to startle guests. The pop-up mechanism draws from a published prop-building reference, and the whole system is tied together with a commercial prop controller and a break beam sensor for hands-free triggering. It's a tidy blend of low-cost materials and off-the-shelf electronics that delivers a reliable interactive scare.
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.
FrightProps walks through assembling their Universal Animated Motorized Hanging Skeleton Mech, a plug-and-play solution for creating a moving crucified skeleton prop. The tutorial pairs the pre-built mech with a standard plastic skeleton and a cross or wooden beam to produce a compelling animated effect. The process is approachable for home haunters of any experience level, requiring only basic tools and hardware.
This video showcases Distortions Unlimited's Scarecrow Wrath, a towering static Halloween prop depicting a broken-free scarecrow who has befriended the crows he once scared, accompanied by Corvus the crow. The roughly 7.5-foot figure is handcrafted in the USA from latex and foam over an armature, ships in four pieces, and features poseable arms and fingers plus lighted eyes. It's positioned as a centerpiece for home haunts, haunted attractions, corn mazes, and theme park scenes.
Monster Tutorials offers a walkthrough tour of his 2019 home Halloween graveyard display, giving viewers an up-close look at how the full cemetery scene came together for the season. The video is framed as a personal showcase for the creator's fan community, known as the PropMob. It serves as both seasonal inspiration and a peek at the scale and style of a dedicated home haunter's outdoor setup.
Distortions Unlimited showcases their Deadly Doll, an animatronic frightronic prop designed to deliver unsettling, doll-based scares. The piece fits naturally into toy room scenes, home haunts, and professional dark attractions alike. At just one minute, the video serves as a quick product showcase highlighting the prop's creepy character and thematic versatility.
A short showcase of a homemade Sam prop inspired by the cult-classic film Trick r Treat, originally created for a 2010 home haunt called Village Mire. The creator later upgraded the prop in 2016 with custom-made orange footie pajamas to more accurately capture the iconic character's look. The video gives a brief glimpse of the finished prop in a Halloween display context.
This short clip captures live scare reactions at a residential yard haunt powered by Distortions Unlimited's Shocktronic Scream Generator prop. The Shocktronic is a hybrid device that combines animatronic elements with a live actor to deliver high-impact scares, complemented by integrated lighting and sound. The result is a fun compilation of startled guests and genuine screams. Distortions Unlimited, a long-established Halloween animatronics manufacturer, is highlighted as the source of the featured prop.
In this second installment of VanOaksProps' family crypt build series, the focus shifts to constructing wall flats — the foundational structural panels used to create convincing haunt environments. The tutorial walks through the process of framing and assembling flat wall sections using a pneumatic stapler, wood glue, and a palm router with a flush trim bit. This is a practical, repeatable technique drawn from theatrical set construction and adapted for home haunt use.
VanOaksProps walks viewers through the art of designing compelling, realistic tombstone epitaphs for DIY Halloween cemetery displays. The tutorial covers choosing carve-friendly fonts, balancing text layout, and incorporating decorative symbols to give each stone a story-driven, authentic feel. Free font resources are shared to help haunters get started quickly. The result is a polished, atmospheric graveyard prop that stands out in any home haunt or yard display.
Monster Tutorials shares a walkthrough of their evolving Halloween yard display for 2020, highlighting how the setup has grown incrementally each year. The centerpiece this season is a funeral hearse, complemented by custom LED lighting. The creator also teases an upcoming dedicated lighting tutorial for the LED work featured in the display.
Distortions Unlimited showcases Rotten Rover, their zombie dog animatronic prop from their 2019 Halloween lineup. The fully electric frightronics figure is designed to anchor a pet cemetery scene and suits yard haunts, home haunters, and professional haunted attractions alike. Note that the audio heard in the video may differ from the audio package bundled with the actual prop.
This short-form video follows the process of moving and placing props into an asylum-themed haunt space. The content appears to document the setup and staging phase of a home or hobbyist haunt build, referencing Transworld-style prop sourcing. Viewers get a behind-the-scenes look at how a horror scene comes together through deliberate prop arrangement.
In this short tutorial, Josh Holder of Colorado's long-running Frightmare Compound demonstrates how to create a fake quicksand effect for a home haunt. The quick build is pitched as an easy, fun illusion meant to surprise and entertain guests. It's framed as a simple upgrade that adds a memorable interactive moment to a DIY haunt.
This video spotlights the Distortions Unlimited Colossus, a towering giant animatronic, as featured at the award-winning Lehman Manor Haunt for 2023. Miles McCabe (Brick Thunder) shares how his haunt deploys Colossus and offers tips for using the figure effectively. It also includes behind-the-scenes glimpses of how the animatronic was built before heading to the haunt.
A short-form video showcasing a friend's enormous Halloween yard display featuring well over 100 animated props sourced from major Halloween retailers. The collection draws from Spirit Halloween, Home Depot, Party City, Lowe's, and Morris Costumes, among others. The clip captures the excitement and anticipation that dedicated Halloween enthusiasts feel as the season approaches.
Die Ann is an all-electric animated zombie prop from Distortions Unlimited's Frightronic line. She rocks back and forth and ships with an audio CD to enhance the scare experience. The prop is designed to fit seamlessly into home haunts, professional haunted attractions, and Halloween events alike.
Distortions Unlimited showcases their 2023 flagship animatronic, Grim Death — a towering grim reaper prop standing approximately 11 feet tall and wielding a latex-and-foam scythe with a metal armature. The animatronic leans menacingly toward guests and delivers a startling air blast from its mouth, enhanced by built-in fog and lighting effects. Crafted in the USA by a manufacturer with over four decades of experience, it is positioned as a premium centerpiece for haunted houses, home haunts, or large Halloween events.
Distortions Unlimited showcases its Wicked Witch Legend, a life-size static Halloween prop depicting a classic green, gnarled witch. The figure is described as professional-grade, featuring a detailed hand-painted latex sculpt with a foam-filled armature, poseable arms, and a custom-sewn robe and removable hat. It stands roughly six feet tall, is flat-backed for display, and ships with a metal stand for haunt or scene setups.
This is the second episode in Monster Tutorials' 2022 Halloween display build series, captured with just two weeks until Halloween. The creator wraps up fencing work and heads out on a prop shopping run to stock up for the season. The central creative concept pits a pumpkin character against an army of skeletons, setting the stage for an ambitious yard display. It's a candid, in-progress look at how a dedicated home haunter races the calendar to bring a themed scene to life.
This is a showcase of Distortions Unlimited's 'Die Zombie Die' prop, an electric shaking zombie figure that activates simply by plugging it in. The clip positions the prop as a versatile scare for home haunts, haunted attractions, and even retail displays. It's presented as a ready-to-use commercial prop rather than a build or tutorial.
