Video Tag
Every video tagged “monster making” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
63 videos
This behind-the-scenes video from Distortions Unlimited follows sculptor Tom Cassidy as he completes a Mutant Baby clay sculpture, after which Ed Edmunds prepares the piece for a two-piece mold build. Viewers get an authentic look at the professional prop-making pipeline inside one of the industry's most established Halloween prop studios. The video also captures day-to-day studio life, including ongoing production of various props and animatronics.
Stiltbeast Studios walks through airbrushing techniques specifically applied to fur for masks and costumes, with a focus on achieving realistic creature effects. The tutorial demonstrates how strategic color application can bring depth and life to werewolf-style masks and wearable props. This is a practical, skill-focused session from an experienced haunted attraction builder.
This behind-the-scenes clip from Distortions Unlimited follows sculptors Tom Cassidy and Ed Edmunds as they work on the Vampire Legend, one of the studio's 2021 Halloween prop releases. Tom puts finishing touches on the facial sculpt while Ed joins him to assess the piece and assist in carefully moving it to a new table for body work. The video offers a rare glimpse into the professional prop-making process at one of the Halloween industry's longest-running manufacturers. Distortions Unlimited has been crafting animatronics, masks, and props in the USA for over four decades.
This livestream takes viewers inside the Distortions Unlimited workshop for a behind-the-scenes look at how their monsters and props are made. The tour stops by various stations, watching team members work through paint, welding, seaming, and pouring. It's a casual, real-time peek at a professional haunt-prop manufacturer's process rather than a step-by-step build guide.
This behind-the-scenes video takes viewers inside Distortions Unlimited's professional monster-making studio as sculptors Tom Cassidy and Jordu Schell work on three new 2025 Halloween props: the Wolf Spider, Goblin, and Demon Legend. Company founders Ed and Marsha review the sculptures in progress and discuss the design direction for each piece. Jordu shares insight into WED clay, the material of choice for these prop sculptures, including his personal history with it. It's a rare look at how a major Halloween prop company brings original creatures from concept to physical form.
This short channel trailer offers a peek inside Distortions Unlimited, a professional studio that designs and manufactures monsters, masks, animatronics, and Halloween props for haunts and horror applications. The clip showcases the breadth of their product line, including pieces like a bound corpse and a creature called the Xenovore. It serves primarily as a brand introduction and storefront promotion rather than a step-by-step tutorial.
In this recorded presentation from Greeley, Colorado's Do Tell series, Ed Edmunds of Distortions Unlimited reflects on a career spent making masks, monsters, and animatronics that scare people. He traces the story of the company he co-founded with his wife Marsha in 1978, which has supplied props and costumes to haunted houses and themed events nationwide. The talk centers on lessons learned and the craft of the haunt industry rather than a hands-on build.
This Distortions Unlimited livestream offers a candid behind-the-scenes tour of their production facility during the busy 2021 Halloween season. Viewers get to watch veteran artist Ed Edmunds share painting tips, observe mold-making as the new Monster Day mascot is poured, and check in with various team members across departments including welding and office operations. It's an engaging look at the full workflow of a professional Halloween prop company gearing up for the season.
Distortions Unlimited opens the doors to their Colorado studio for a behind-the-scenes look at how their Ghost Revenant Halloween animatronic is designed, sculpted, and built for the 2026 season. The video showcases the studio's hand-crafted approach to professional prop and animatronic fabrication, highlighting a creative process refined over more than four decades. Viewers follow the Ghost Revenant from early design concepts through physical construction, offering a rare glimpse into professional-grade Halloween production.
This behind-the-scenes tour follows the Distortions Unlimited team as they prepare new creations for the 2026 Transworld Halloween Show. Viewers watch the crew inspect, sculpt, build armatures for, and paint a lineup of monsters and animatronic props, including pieces named Grumpy Grandpa, the Kong Armature, FrankenCats, Savage Shock, and Corpse Legend. It offers a look at the studio's prop-making process rather than a step-by-step build.
This archival short from Distortions Unlimited offers a rare glimpse into the studio's legendary prop-making operations, featuring founders Ed and Marsha Edmunds alongside long-time crew members. Footage captured by Adam Taub documents hands-on work including the refinement of the Giant Skull and a production run of corpse props. The clip underscores the studio's more than four decades of professional monster fabrication. It functions as both a historical document and a celebration of the craft behind one of Halloween's most respected prop houses.
Industry veteran Ed Edmunds of Distortions Unlimited walks through the process of removing clay from a finished mask mold and properly cleaning it for the next stage of production. The video is part of a broader Monster Lab tutorial series covering the full mask-making pipeline from sculpting through painting. Even at just three minutes, it focuses on a critical step that can affect the quality of the final pulled mask.
This behind-the-scenes look at Distortions Unlimited reveals how the veteran prop manufacturer builds Halloween animatronics and scenic props at a production scale. The video showcases two featured products: the Creep Show animatronic clown and a Haunted Tree prop from their 2023 lineup. Viewers get a rare glimpse into the paint and assembly workflows of a company with over four decades of monster-making experience.
Distortions Unlimited offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world of professional Halloween prop making, featuring the husband-and-wife duo Ed and Marsha. The pair collaborate to create masks, animatronics, and horror props. This short video serves as a channel introduction, highlighting the team and their creative partnership.
This behind-the-scenes feature takes viewers into the Distortions Unlimited paint room, showing three sped-up sequences of animatronics and props being painted from start to finish, all set to music. Featured pieces include Colossus, Scare Wolf, Mutant, Alien Parasite, and Zombie Podium among others. Rather than a step-by-step tutorial, it's a stylized montage highlighting the finishing process at a professional Halloween prop company.
This short behind-the-scenes tour takes viewers inside Distortions Unlimited, where owners Ed (in a house-made gorilla costume) and Marsha guide you through their facility. You get a glimpse of how their Halloween animatronics, props, and masks come together, along with introductions to some of the crew. It highlights a company that has been crafting monsters for haunts, horror, and themed attractions for over four decades.
This short brand showcase from Distortions Unlimited highlights the company's decades-long legacy crafting professional-grade monster props and characters in the USA. The video emphasizes their commitment to variety, quality, and high visual impact across their product lineup. At just one minute, it serves as a punchy introduction to what the studio stands for in the haunt industry.
This behind-the-scenes clip from Distortions Unlimited heads into the paint room to show their Dirty Rat prop being painted and finished. The footage is sped up and set to music, offering a quick overview of the steps that bring the latex creature to life rather than a step-by-step tutorial. It's a glimpse at the professional finishing process behind their commercial Halloween animatronics.
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.
The Distortions Unlimited production team walks viewers through a real-time timed paint run on their Pumpkin Witch prop, one of their standout releases from 2023. The video reveals the layered steps professional painters use to bring a commercial Halloween prop to life. As a studio with over four decades of monster-making experience, Distortions offers a rare behind-the-scenes look at factory-level prop finishing.
This behind-the-scenes look at Distortions Unlimited showcases the multi-step process involved in crafting professional-grade Halloween monsters and animatronic props. Viewers get a glimpse into key production areas including the sculpting room, paint room, and pouring station. The video highlights the hands-on, artisan nature of the company's fabrication workflow. It serves as both a brand showcase and an inspiring peek into high-end Halloween prop manufacturing.
This video from the Haunted Attraction Network takes viewers behind the scenes at Fear Factory to showcase the monster-making process powering one of Halloween's professional haunted attractions. The focus appears to be on special effects makeup and character creation used to bring monsters to life for the haunt. With no runtime or description available, specifics are limited, but the title strongly suggests a behind-the-scenes look at SPFX artistry at a recognized professional venue.
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.
Stiltbeast Studios offers a class-style look at the process of constructing a full head monster piece as part of their Monster Camp 9 series. The short video highlights the craft and skill involved in building wearable creature heads suitable for haunted attractions and Halloween performances. Viewers are invited to support the channel through Patreon to access more in-depth content.
