Video Tag
Every video tagged “home haunter” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
19 videos
This tutorial walks home haunters through a budget-friendly skull corpsing technique using toilet paper, glue, and paint sourced entirely from the dollar store. The finished result is a convincingly mummified skull prop at minimal cost. It is the second entry in a multi-part corpsing series from Monster Tutorials, with a companion post available on their website.
Dr. TerrorEyes from Froggy's Fog walks through a DIY fog chiller build designed to produce dense, ground-hugging fog for outdoor Halloween cemetery displays on a tight budget. The design improves on the standard ice-chest chiller by swapping out typical flat wire grating for an internal metal component with significantly greater surface area, resulting in more efficient fog cooling. The host claims the entire unit can be assembled solo in roughly an hour. The tutorial pairs naturally with Froggy's own low-lying fog juice formula.
Rancid is an all-electric animatronic haunt prop from Distortions Unlimited, presented as part of their Frightronic product line. The character takes the form of a creepy girl and is designed to work in both professional haunt and home haunter settings. Distortions Unlimited is a well-known Halloween industry manufacturer, recognized from the TV series Making Monsters, producing masks, props, and animatronics.
Froggy's Fog showcases their Laser Swamp product, which combines haze or fog output with laser lighting to create immersive atmospheric effects. The short demo highlights the visual impact this unit can deliver in haunted house and home haunt settings. It appears to be one of the brand's featured offerings for the Halloween season.
This video showcases Twitch, an animatronic half-corpse zombie prop from Distortions Unlimited's Frightronics line. The prop is designed to twitch and move, adding lifelike, unsettling motion to a haunt or display. It's a manufacturer showcase of a ready-made haunted decoration rather than a build tutorial.
Brain Damage is a ready-to-use electric animatronic Halloween prop from Distortions Unlimited, featuring a shaking motion effect powered entirely by an electric drive system. The prop is part of the company's Frightronic line, designed for haunted house and home haunt environments. It showcases Distortions Unlimited's signature creature craftsmanship aimed at professional-quality scares.
GMHaunts covers Spirit Halloween's 2023 animatronic lineup alongside the official Spirit Hallows animatronic trailer reveal. The video walks viewers through what's new and notable in this year's drop for home haunters and prop enthusiasts. It serves as an early-season guide to help fans decide which pieces are worth picking up before they sell out.
This tutorial walks home haunters through creating realistic-looking fake gums using affordable, easy-to-source materials. The finished pieces work well as standalone props, inside specimen jars, or as part of a serial killer or butcher-themed scene. The video is part of a broader series that includes complementary teeth-making tutorials. A companion blog post with a full materials list is referenced for those who want step-by-step written guidance.
Quaking Cody is an all-electric zombie animatronic haunt prop from Distortions Unlimited, designed to deliver a shaking, undead scare effect. Built under the brand's 'frightronics' line, the prop is ready-to-use straight out of the box with no pneumatics or complex setup required. It suits a wide range of Halloween applications, from home haunts to professional haunted attractions.
Distortions Unlimited unveils their Corpse Legend prop, a new addition to their 2026 Halloween lineup. The roughly six-foot-tall, life-size corpse figure is constructed from latex over a foam-filled armature and features hand-painted detailing. Designed for durability, it suits both home haunters and professional haunt operators across cemetery, zombie, and horror-themed scenes. The video walks viewers through the reveal and basic setup of the prop.
Distortions Unlimited showcases their 'Dead Weight Tomb' animatronic prop, a zombie figure that rises and pushes a gravestone off itself to simulate escaping from the grave. The product is part of the brand's 2019 Halloween lineup, which includes a wide range of creatures, masks, costumes, and animated horror props. This short promotional clip gives home haunters a quick look at the prop in action, making it easy to visualize in a cemetery-themed yard display.
A quick short-form teaser announcing the start of a creator's 2022 Halloween yard haunt setup. The video offers a brief early look at the display as it begins to take shape, with a mix of store-bought props from retailers like Home Depot and Spirit Halloween. It's a casual, community-style update rather than a step-by-step tutorial.
This video showcases Miss Fortune, a bloody half-zombie prop from Distortions Unlimited's Frightronic line. She is a fully electronic, animated Halloween figure featuring a quivering, gory motion designed to unsettle viewers. The clip highlights the prop's look and animation as a ready-made scare for haunts and displays.
Distortions Unlimited pays a visit to superfan Jamie Lee's impressive personal collection of their animatronics and props, captured the day after Halloween 2025 while everything was still set up from a party event. The video serves as an enthusiastic showcase of what a dedicated collector can assemble from one of the industry's most recognizable Halloween prop brands. It offers viewers a rare, real-world look at multiple Distortions Unlimited pieces displayed together in a home haunt context.
A brief celebratory shout-out from the Haunted Attraction Network to home haunters who keep their large-scale skeleton displays up and visible. The clip is a quick, community-spirited moment of Halloween camaraderie centered on oversized skeleton props. No tutorial or technical instruction is included.
GMHaunts sits down with Johnathon of Psychotic Circus of Savannah — a YouTube haunter known for an elaborate annual clown-themed home haunt — for a wide-ranging interview covering how he got started, his creative design process, and what it's like attending Transworld. The conversation also digs into a notable incident involving Morris Costumes and broader questions about whether Halloween companies should leak upcoming product information. It's a candid, community-focused chat that offers an inside look at what drives a passionate home haunter.
Hauntcast presents a lighthearted top-10 list to help viewers determine whether they qualify as a true home haunter or simply a Halloween enthusiast. The video pokes fun at the obsessive dedication that separates serious haunters from casual decorators. It's a quick, fun piece aimed at fostering community identity among the home-haunt crowd.
Hauntcast host Baker sits down with emerging home haunter Nic Smith to discuss his haunt, Tales from the West Side. The conversation explores Nic's approach to home haunting, his creative vision, and his journey in the haunt community. This podcast-format episode offers an inside look at what goes into building and running a personal home haunt.
Transworld LIVE takes its Season 3 coverage on the road for a special home haunt edition, sending host Kris to visit Jim Slanker of the Chicago Haunt Builders for an up-close tour of his personal home haunt. The episode offers viewers a rare field visit format rather than a studio discussion, giving an inside look at a dedicated home haunter's setup. As with every Transworld LIVE episode, live audience Q&A is a central part of the show.
