Video Tag
Every video tagged “Making Monsters” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
33 videos
Distortions Unlimited showcases Wicked, an all-electric animatronic witch prop from their Frightronic line. The clip highlights the prop's motion and visual presence, reflecting the studio's reputation for professional-grade haunt and theme-park-quality characters. Distortions Unlimited is known from the television series Making Monsters, lending credibility to their production standards.
In this short interview-style clip, Ed Edmunds — co-owner of Distortions Unlimited and a veteran of the Halloween manufacturing industry — reflects on his lifelong passion for monsters, shares his favorite monster, and speaks candidly about the challenges and rewards of making monsters professionally. Distortions Unlimited, based in Greeley, Colorado, produces animatronics, props, masks, and costumes for haunted attractions, theme parks, and the broader Halloween market. Ed's career spans more than four decades and includes recognition through the Travel Channel series Making Monsters. The video offers an intimate glimpse into the mindset of one of Halloween's most influential craftspeople.
This archival retrospective video from Distortions Unlimited takes viewers on a nostalgic look back at past employees and scenes from the company's history spanning over four decades of Halloween manufacturing. Founded by Ed Edmunds and Marsha Taub Edmunds, Distortions Unlimited is a well-known name in the haunt industry, recognized for animatronics, props, masks, and costumes. The clip offers a rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into the people and environment that built one of Halloween's most prominent prop and animatronics companies. Fans of the Travel Channel series Making Monsters will find this especially appealing as an insider look at the studio behind the show.
This highlight reel pulls entertaining and humorous clips from Making Monsters, the Travel Channel reality show centered on Distortions Unlimited — one of the Halloween industry's most recognized prop, animatronics, and costume manufacturers. The compilation showcases the chaotic, messy, and geeky side of professional monster making, featuring company principals Ed and Marsha Edmunds alongside guest collaborators including Jordu Schell and Alice Cooper. It offers a lighthearted, candid look at the people and personalities behind large-scale Halloween prop production.
Distortions Unlimited, the professional prop and animatronics studio behind the Travel Channel series Making Monsters, welcomes back Charlie the Horse — a life-size animatronic equine built for Arenus, an equine health company. The studio originally fabricated Charlie's realistic digestive tract and animatronic systems for use at veterinary trade shows. This short video offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the kind of high-end commercial animatronic work Distortions Unlimited produces beyond the haunted attraction industry.
Ed and Marsha Edmunds of Distortions Unlimited field written questions submitted by a school classroom, covering topics like how long it takes to build a monster, where creative ideas originate, and how they develop truly scary concepts. The conversation offers a rare, accessible look inside one of the Halloween industry's most recognized manufacturing companies. They also showcase several finished creations, including a creature built for the fan series Star Trek Continues.
Face Off Season 2 winner Rayce Bird transforms the team at Distortions Unlimited — including founders Ed and Marsha Edmunds — into zombies for a fun behind-the-scenes session. The crew sits for professional SFX makeup application before taking part in a group photo shoot. It's a lighthearted look at what happens when one of the Halloween industry's top prop manufacturers gets a taste of their own medicine. Distortions Unlimited is also recognized as a subject of the TV series Making Monsters.
This short video showcases the opening title sequence from Making Monsters, a Travel Channel series that followed Distortions Unlimited and their professional monster-making operation. Distortions Unlimited is a long-established American studio with over four decades of experience crafting Halloween props and animatronics. The clip serves as a brand introduction and teaser for the channel's broader content library.
This short profile video puts the spotlight on Janene Johnson, a long-tenured member of the Distortions Unlimited team, as she speaks with company head Ed Edmunds about her wide-ranging role at the company. Janene's responsibilities span customer service, shipping, trimming, hairing, and even conducting factory tours, giving viewers a candid look at the human side of a major Halloween prop manufacturer. The video is part of an ongoing crew-profile series designed to introduce the people behind Distortions Unlimited's US-made haunted attraction products to their customer base.
