Video Tag
Every video tagged “Mak Ralston” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
9 videos
This short trailer introduces Haunt Former, a YouTube channel hosted by horror fan and independent filmmaker Mak Ralston, covering a broad range of Halloween and horror content. The channel spans prop and mask unboxings, horror movie reviews, scary story narrations, creepypastas, real-life horror, haunt industry news, and original short films. It serves as a one-stop destination for viewers passionate about all things Halloween and horror. The trailer functions purely as a channel overview rather than a standalone tutorial or build video.
Haunt Former (Mak) kicks off the 2022 build season with the first vlog entry for the Cotton County Crematorium home haunt. The video walks viewers through the overarching theme and backstory driving the haunt's concept, then transitions into a detailed walkthrough of the floor plan and room layout blueprints. It serves as a foundational planning episode that sets the creative and structural direction for the entire build. Fans of narrative-driven home haunts will find this a compelling look at how story and layout work together from day one.
Haunt Former creator Mak Ralston returns with a channel update video covering what's been going on and what's ahead for the channel. The video touches on the broader Haunt Former brand, which spans Halloween and haunt industry content, horror book authorship, creepypasta narrations, and short horror films. It serves as a reintroduction for returning viewers and a welcome for newcomers to the community.
This is the official trailer for Port Chum, a haunted bay-ride attraction created by Mak Ralston (Haunt Former) for Fearville 2023 at DK Farms and Gardens in the Clearwater/Largo, Florida area. The concept reimagines a traditional haunted hayride as a water-themed experience set in a cursed fishing port where the dead have been cast into supposedly magic waters — with grim results. The trailer establishes a rich original mythology involving reanimated fishermen and mer-maids born from death. It marks a new creative direction for Ralston, a seasoned haunt designer with multiple prior haunted house productions to his credit.
Haunt Former creator Mak Ralston celebrates reaching 3,000 subscribers with a heartfelt thank-you to the channel's growing Halloween community. The video doubles as a personal moment, with Mak expressing gratitude for his faith alongside the channel milestone. It is a short, celebratory piece rather than a tutorial or build video.
A short holiday greeting from Mak Ralston of the Haunt Former YouTube channel, wishing the Halloween community a frighteningly festive Christmas 2020. The video is a personal, non-tutorial message aimed at the channel's fanbase rather than a build or review. It reflects the year-round Halloween passion that defines the Haunt Former brand.
This one-minute official trailer promotes 'Kamuffins,' a horror anthology book written by Mak Ralston and available on Amazon and Kindle. Produced by the Haunt Former channel, the trailer uses atmospheric horror visuals and audio to build interest in the collection of scary stories. The clip is promotional in nature rather than instructional, serving purely as a marketing piece for the title.
This short official trailer promotes Maranatha, a suspense novella by Mak Ralston of the Haunt Former channel. The clip is a cinematic teaser rather than a how-to or haunt-building video, serving purely as a promotional piece for the author's fiction work. The novella is described as containing mature themes, horrific situations, and adult language.
This is the official trailer for Grayscale, a 2024 horror novel by author Mak Ralston, published under the Haunt Former channel. The story follows a government agent who pursues an extreme and grotesque solution to racism by surgically and chemically transforming diverse subjects into a uniform gray. The trailer pitches the book as a blend of body horror, suspense, and dark social satire. It is available for purchase on Amazon and Kindle.
