Video Tag
Every video tagged “lighting” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
19 videos
Haunt Former takes viewers on a walk through Big Lots' 2021 Halloween seasonal section, highlighting what the retailer has in stock for the holiday. The video showcases animatronic offerings from Tekky, along with lights, yard decorations, candy, and other spooky seasonal items. It serves as a helpful shopping preview for haunters and decorators scoping out affordable retail options.
Monster World 2019 is a highlight reel from a professional walk-through attraction staged as part of Monster Day, an annual monster-themed festival held in Greeley, Colorado. The experience was a collaboration between Distortions Unlimited, who supplied animatronics and Halloween props, and Blazen Illuminations, who handled lighting, set decoration, and audio. Costumed performers from Terror in the Corn and City of the Dead brought the environment to life. The footage showcases the scale and production quality achievable when multiple professional haunt vendors partner for a community event.
This build tutorial walks through creating a motion-triggered Halloween projection display that fires a jump-scare video when someone walks past. The creator covers the core hardware — a mini projector, a compatible media player, and a motion sensor — and explains how to configure looping ambient footage alongside a separate trigger clip for the scare. Sound and lighting enhancements are also covered, and the video closes with live demo scares showing the finished effect in action.
This tutorial walks viewers through building a DIY special effects scrim designed to produce spooky lighting and sound atmospherics for Halloween displays. The technique is applicable to a range of settings including front porches, yard haunts, and indoor haunted house scenes. A sound-activated device from FrightProps (the 'Perfect Storm') is referenced as a compatible controller for driving thunder and lightning effects alongside the scrim.
Froggy's Fog showcases a large-scale Laser Swamp lighting installation at Zombie Trail Paintball near Jackson, TN. The system produces swirling, low-lying laser light that transforms a haunt scene into an eerie, immersive swamp environment. A key feature of the effect is its ability to conceal live actors and props within the light field, amplifying scare potential for guests walking through.
This extended highlight reel takes viewers on a sweeping tour of the 2022 Transworld Halloween and Attractions Show, one of the haunt industry's premier trade events. Distortions Unlimited's Ed Edmunds leads the coverage, visiting booths across a wide range of vendors offering animatronics, props, masks, costumes, SFX makeup, lighting, and haunt technology. Vendor interviews are woven throughout, giving behind-the-scenes insight into the products and creators shaping professional haunted attractions. The video serves as both an industry showcase and a preview of what haunters and event producers can source for their builds.
Savage Shock is a hybrid actor-animatronic prop from Distortions Unlimited's Shocktronic line, designed to deceive guests into thinking they are watching a standard animatronic before a costumed actor bursts out for a live scare. The prop features flailing animatronic arms to sell the illusion, while integrated fog, lighting, sound, and controls complete the package. It is marketed toward haunted attractions, Halloween events, and theme parks seeking high-impact, repeatable scares. This video showcases the prop in action to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Shocktronic concept.
This nearly hour-long 4K walkthrough captures the Transworld Halloween & Attractions trade show floor, one of the haunt industry's most prominent annual events. The video showcases a wide range of vendors and products including high-end animatronics, props, special effects, costumes, makeup, and lighting innovations. It serves as both an industry overview and a visual showcase of what's trending for the upcoming Halloween season. Multiple well-known haunt vendors and creators are featured throughout the tour.
VanOaksProps presents a marathon compilation of five prop builds inspired by the signage, lighting, and environmental details of Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland. Each segment breaks down a different build step-by-step, covering fabrication, painting, and weathering techniques to achieve an authentic Star Wars 'lived-in' look. The video draws on a mix of accessible materials — including EVA foam and 3D printing — to help home builders recreate the feel of an in-universe environment. Though not Halloween-specific, the set-design and prop-making skills translate directly to sci-fi haunt and themed-room builds.
This short video highlights the Halloween lighting selection available at Spirit Halloween stores for the 2016 season. The creator showcases the variety of lights and lighting products on offer, positioning them as a standout category beyond costumes and props. At just one minute, it serves as a quick promotional overview rather than an in-depth review.
SpookYouLaterz walks viewers through a mid-October rotation update of their outdoor Halloween yard haunt for 2022, showcasing a mix of creepy and lighthearted characters and props. The display is designed to evolve week by week throughout October, growing progressively scarier as Halloween night approaches. The video also shares product links for key elements like fencing, lighting, and inflatables to help viewers recreate a similar setup.
This short-form Halloween content from Horror 365 appears to touch on multiple topics suggested by its hashtags, including DIY, makeup, lighting, and haunt industry references such as Transworld. With no description or runtime provided, the exact subject matter and format remain unclear. The broad mix of tags suggests it may be a teaser, reel, or multi-topic highlight rather than a focused tutorial or walkthrough.
This build vlog from Haunt Former documents a progress session on the 'Port Chum' haunted hayride attraction, focusing on three key tasks: installing lighting across the port-themed set, hanging a mermaid display prop from its dedicated post, and constructing a small creepy billboard styled as 'Churn Canning Co.' signage. The video is part of an ongoing series chronicling the full creation of the Port Chum haunt environment. Viewers get an in-progress look at how themed signage and atmospheric lighting come together to sell a cohesive nautical horror setting.
This video is part of a series documenting the build of a home Halloween haunt, focusing specifically on props and environmental design. The creator walks through constructing a large spider prop from cardboard and black plastic, then dressing the yard with a campsite theme and additional atmospheric elements. Input from a Disney Imagineer informs the overall design philosophy, and the video includes a Spirit Halloween shopping run, lighting setup, a fake campfire build, and both daytime and nighttime walkthroughs. A retro 80s TV pre-show segment adds an extra layer of immersive storytelling to the experience.
A short-form social media clip from Horror 365 filmed at or inspired by Transworld Halloween, featuring a demon prop and posing the question of whether to add illuminated eyes. The creator invites viewer input on the lighting decision, suggesting the prop may be in progress or up for customization. Very little build or technical detail is visible given the brief runtime.
Hauntcast host Baker sits down with Brian Hunter of Pumpkin Riot Productions for an in-depth conversation covering the full spectrum of yard haunt creation. The discussion spans sculpting and monster making through to airbrushing, lighting, and audio design. As part of Hauntcast's Haunting Gurus interview series, the episode offers an insider look at one creator's craft and philosophy. Listeners come away with a broad range of practical inspiration drawn from Brian's hands-on experience.
This behind-the-scenes look at MurderCo explores how Black Market Escape Rooms crafted what is billed as the nation's first R-rated horror escape experience. The video highlights the role Gantom lighting plays in building deeply immersive, atmospheric environments. It offers a brief but intriguing peek into the design philosophy behind this boundary-pushing attraction.
Hauntcast host Baker sits down with Troy Crivellone for an in-depth interview about his acclaimed Scare Hollow home haunt based in Texas. The conversation covers a wide range of topics including haunt photography, prop building, and lighting strategies. As part of the Haunting Gurus interview series, the episode offers an insider look at the creative process and passion behind a high-caliber home haunt operation.
In this episode of Hauntcast's Something Wicked segment, Wick-Ed Gannon breaks down the scare artist's toolkit — covering how monsters and performers can leverage props, sound, light, and motion to maximize fear. The focus is on practical, deployable tactics that elevate a haunter's effectiveness whether in a home haunt or professional attraction. It's part performance coaching, part design philosophy, delivered in Hauntcast's signature podcast style.
