Video Tag
Every video tagged “home haunt” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
586 videos
Distortions Unlimited showcases their Gothic Gravestone, a fully electric moving Halloween prop designed for home haunts and professional haunted attractions. The company, known from the TV series Making Monsters, specializes in animatronics, props, and elaborate Halloween creations. This short showcase highlights the gravestone in motion, giving buyers and haunters a quick look at its animated effect.
SpookYouLaterz Manor opens its gates for Halloween 2021 with a full yard haunt display captured across both daytime and nighttime footage. The video doubles as a trick-or-treat experience, showing real visitors interacting with the decorated yard and its scares. It offers a satisfying end-of-season showcase of the creator's complete outdoor Halloween setup. Spirit Halloween animatronics appear to be featured among the display elements.
This is the first episode of Monster Tutorials' 2022 Halloween display series, focusing on establishing the overall theme and beginning the physical setup. The creator kicks things off by positioning twelve skeletons alongside other large foundational props. It serves as an early-season behind-the-scenes look at how a seasoned home haunter approaches planning and scale before the details come together.
VanOaks Cemetery takes its final bow after 15 years as a beloved yard haunt, with creator VanOaksProps capturing one last look at the display before retiring this version of the haunt. The video is less a tutorial and more a heartfelt tribute — a reflection on how a small yard display grew into a deeply personal and community-supported Halloween tradition. The creator frames the ending as inspiration rather than closure, and confirms a new haunt is already in the works and will be documented on the channel.
Distortions Unlimited unboxes their Alien Spider, a large sci-fi-themed Halloween prop designed for yard haunts, porches, and haunted attractions. The creature features a brain-like thorax, a menacing multi-jawed face, and long bendable legs for custom posing, plus a single red LED that adds an eerie glow. Built from latex and foam over a metal armature, it's presented as a durable, hand-crafted display piece.
Distortions Unlimited showcases their Gravestone Geezer, a zombie-themed tombstone animatronic from their Frightronics product line. The prop is designed to fit naturally into cemetery, graveyard, yard haunt, and corn maze settings. Distortions Unlimited is a US-based manufacturer with over 40 years of experience producing Halloween masks, costumes, and animated props.
In this quick tutorial, Josh Holder of Colorado's Frightmare Compound demonstrates a simple live wire effect using electric firecracker props to create a reliable jump scare. It's pitched as an easy, high-impact addition for an electric-themed room in a home haunt. The short runtime keeps the focus on the basic concept rather than a detailed step-by-step build.
Distortions Unlimited showcases their Demon Rising animatronic prop, part of their 2020 Frightronic Halloween lineup. The piece is fully electric and features an up-and-down rising movement paired with detailed, durable construction. It is marketed as a versatile scare prop suitable for home haunts, yard displays, corn mazes, and similar seasonal attractions.
This video showcases a fully loaded residential yard haunt built around Distortions Unlimited props and animatronics on Halloween night 2022 at the home of Dick Van Dyke. Highlights include the Mutant animatronic — which shakes and sprays guests — alongside a Zombie Outbreak display, an Electric Chair, a Nosferatu figure, a creepy graveyard, and an evil pumpkin patch. Distortions Unlimited founder Ed Edmunds appears in costume, personally scaring trick-or-treaters and passersby. The result is an impressive, high-production yard haunt that doubles as a real-world showcase for the brand's product lineup.
A first-time yard haunt creator from Monster Tutorials takes viewers on a vlog-style walkthrough of his completed Halloween graveyard display for 2018. The setup features handmade tombstones, a chain-and-skull fence, latex masks, and atmospheric lighting — all assembled under a tight time constraint. The video doubles as a showcase of the creator's own DIY tutorial projects, linking out to dedicated build guides for the key elements on screen. Despite being a debut haunt, the overall scene demonstrates solid compositional instincts and a cohesive cemetery aesthetic.
This episode focuses on building realistic dinosaur skin for a life-sized DIY Velociraptor animatronic, part of an ongoing home haunt series inspired by Jurassic World. The creator walks through combining latex and foam clay to achieve a convincing scaly texture over an existing foam armature. Painting techniques are also covered to bring the skin to a finished, realistic appearance. This is episode four in a multi-part build series.
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.
This short compilation showcases real-world yard and home haunts decorated with Distortions Unlimited props and animatronics from Halloween 2019, assembled from fan-submitted photos and videos. It serves as an inspiring lookbook of how hobbyists and enthusiasts deploy professional-quality manufactured pieces in outdoor settings. Distortions Unlimited is a Colorado-based Halloween manufacturer with over four decades of industry experience, known from the Travel Channel series Making Monsters.
Distortions Unlimited showcases Twitch, a rotted corpse half-zombie animatronic from their Frightronic series. The short demo highlights the prop's movement and ghoulish aesthetic, positioning it for use in yard haunts, haunted cemetery displays, and professional haunt attractions. Distortions Unlimited is a US-based manufacturer with over 40 years of experience producing Halloween props, masks, and animatronics.
GMHaunts unboxes, sets up, and reviews the Spirit Halloween 2026 Alien Xenomorph animatronic in this 17-minute walkthrough. The video covers the out-of-box experience, assembly process, and an on-camera evaluation of the prop's features and overall quality. As a licensed Alien franchise piece, the Xenomorph animatronic is positioned as a standout addition to Spirit Halloween's 2026 lineup. Viewers get a firsthand look at what to expect before purchasing.
This short video from Hauntcast demonstrates how to use Loctite spray foam as an additive sculpting material for building DIY Halloween props. The clip focuses on molding and shaping the foam to add texture and form to yard haunt and home haunt creations. It serves as a quick, practical tip for haunters looking to expand their prop-building toolkit.
Miles McCabe of the Brick Thunder YouTube channel showcases the Distortions Unlimited Colossus animatronic in action at the Lehman Manor haunt during Halloween 2023. Colossus is a massive figure that sits at roughly 8 feet and rises to around 12 feet tall, featuring animated eyes and mouth, a stand-up-and-sit motion, integrated fog, sound, and a built-in soundtrack. Lehman Manor, the haunt featuring this prop, went on to win The Great Halloween Fright Fight on ABC that same season. The video offers a real-world look at how a large-scale commercial animatronic performs in an actual haunt environment.
This short tutorial from Hauntcast covers five practical methods for securing foam tombstones firmly in the ground for a Halloween yard display. Host Baker walks through each approach, helping haunters avoid the common frustration of props tipping or shifting outdoors. The video is concise and focused, making it easy to pick the right method for your setup.
Village Mire is an elaborately themed residential yard haunt built and operated entirely by one person in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. The 2014 final-cut showcase highlights the full scope of the display — from prop creation and thematic lighting to audio design and special effects. Photography and a custom music score elevate the presentation beyond a typical home haunt video. The result is a cinematic look at an impressive Cape Cod solo haunting effort.
This beginner-friendly tutorial from VanOaksProps walks through transforming plain foam columns into weathered, moss-covered cemetery props using simple paint techniques. The creator demonstrates surface preparation, layered paint washes, and sponge blending to achieve a convincing aged-stone appearance. Artificial ferns are attached at the end to sell the overgrown, haunted graveyard aesthetic. The entire process is accessible with inexpensive craft supplies.
This short review from Haunt Former takes a close look at a commercially available High-Voltage Electric Box animatronic prop sold through Home Depot. The prop features animated moving wires, built-in lighting, and sound effects designed to add an electrifying atmosphere to any Halloween display. The reviewer notes that the box also projects light onto the surrounding wall when mounted, enhancing its environmental effect. Despite the wires being partially out of frame during filming, the reviewer conveys enthusiasm for the prop's overall impact.
Distortions Unlimited showcases their Kreepy Kids Kiddyland Teeter-Totter, an animated Halloween prop designed to add unsettling child-themed horror to haunted attractions, yard haunts, or Halloween events. The short demo highlights the prop's movement and eerie aesthetic. Distortions Unlimited is a US-based manufacturer known for high-quality animatronics and props, with past recognition on the Travel Channel's Making Monsters.
This is part three of a multi-part series documenting the build of a life-sized animatronic Velociraptor inspired by the Jurassic World raptor containment scenes. The episode focuses specifically on adding servo motors and a controller board to bring the dinosaur to life with realistic movement. The creator walks through integrating 3D-printed components and laser-cut parts into the animatronic rig. It sits within a broader home haunt project built in a garage setting.
GMHaunts unboxes and sets up the Spirit Halloween 2024 Ringmaster animatronic in this detailed first-look video. The creator walks viewers through the out-of-box experience and assembly process for this seasonal release. It serves as a practical reference for anyone considering the prop for their home haunt or display.
