Video Tag
Every video tagged “Shocktronics” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
13 videos
Distortions Unlimited showcases their full 2019 product lineup in this catalog-style video, covering animated props, static pieces, Shocktronics, and costumes. Highlights include named pieces such as Mr. Bubblebarf, Electric Chair Revenge, Chained Fury, and Giant Skull. The company, with over 40 years of experience, manufactures all products in the USA and has been featured on the Travel Channel series Making Monsters. This is a broad overview rather than a build tutorial, making it ideal for haunters scouting new season purchases.
This video compiles five years of Distortions Unlimited's presence at the Transworld Halloween and Attractions Show from 2015 to 2019, offering a sweeping look at the company's booth across that span. Viewers get an up-close look at signature creations including the Electric Chair Animatronic, Zombie Shock, Demon Shock, Shocktronics, and the Shock and Awe beheaded illusion. The Transworld show itself serves as the backdrop — a major industry trade event drawing haunted attraction operators, Halloween retailers, theme parks, and dark attraction professionals. Filmed and edited by Adam Taub of Distortions Unlimited, the video doubles as both a product showcase and a historical record of the company's evolving catalog.
Distortions Unlimited showcases a lineup of professional-grade Halloween props and animatronics designed for haunted houses, horror attractions, and large-scale scary events. Featured pieces include the beheading illusion prop Shock and Awe, Spill Your Guts, an electric chair animatronic, and the Wretched character. With over four decades in the Halloween manufacturing industry, Distortions Unlimited produces props that are deployed worldwide across home haunts, theme parks, corn mazes, and museums.
This compilation from Distortions Unlimited celebrates the creativity of home and yard haunters across North America, showcasing several standout displays that incorporate Distortions props and animatronics. Featured haunts include Thornhill Woods, Dunnett's Dark Lair, and a yard haunt from a decorator with over four decades of Halloween experience. The video wraps with a collage of builds from a wide community of haunters, highlighting both large and small-scale displays. It serves as an inspirational showcase of what dedicated home haunters can achieve using professional-grade animatronic props.
This short-form clip captures live crowd reactions to the Distortions Unlimited Demon Shock Shocktronic prop at the Transworld Halloween and Attractions Show in St. Louis. The Demon Shock is a hybrid scare device that combines animatronic elements with actor-driven operation to deliver startling jump scares. Attendees are caught off guard as the prop lunges to life, producing screams and laughter in equal measure. The footage serves as an entertaining real-world demonstration of the prop's scare effectiveness in a trade show environment.
This highlight reel draws from standout moments across Distortions Unlimited's 'Making Monsters' reality series, which aired on the Travel Channel. Viewers get a behind-the-scenes look at the professional monster-making studio, featuring key team members including Ed Edmunds, Jordu Schell, and guest Alice Cooper. The clip showcases the breadth of Distortions Unlimited's work, spanning animatronics, masks, costumes, and large-scale Halloween props. It serves as an energetic introduction to the company's craft and the personalities who bring their creatures to life.
Distortions Unlimited showcases their Shocktronic line at the Transworld Halloween and Attractions Trade Show in St. Louis, capturing unsuspecting attendee reactions on a scare cam. Shocktronics are a hybrid product that pair an animatronic with a costumed actor to deliver an especially intense jump scare effect. The highlight reel features several distinct Shocktronic models — including Demon Shock, Butcher Barrel Shock, Zombie Shock, Zombie Outbreak, Gargoyle Shock, and the Scream Generator — each producing memorable, often hilarious reactions. Distortions Unlimited, a U.S.-based Halloween manufacturer with over 40 years in the industry, positions Shocktronics as a premium scare solution for professional dark attractions.
This short promotional video showcases the artistry and craftsmanship behind Distortions Unlimited, a US-based Halloween prop and animatronic manufacturer with over four decades of experience. Set to classical cello music, the piece highlights the skilled team at work — sculpting, welding, painting, and finishing professional-grade creatures. Featured products span both 2020 releases and longtime classics, spanning demons, wolves, and monster characters. It positions the company's output as suitable for home haunters, professional haunted attractions, and theme parks alike.
This crew profile video introduces Mike Glover, known as 'The Mechanic' at Distortions Unlimited, a veteran prop and animatronic builder with over two decades at the company. Mike's background in farming and construction informs his hands-on approach to welding, mechanical design, and fabrication of the company's Halloween creations. The video is part of a series spotlighting the skilled individuals behind Distortions Unlimited, a US-based manufacturer featured on the Travel Channel's Making Monsters. It offers an inside look at the craftsmanship and expertise that go into professional-grade Halloween animatronics and props.
This video offers a compiled walkthrough of the Distortions Unlimited booth at the HAA Transworld Halloween and Attractions Trade Show in St. Louis, drawing footage from four consecutive years (2016–2019). Viewers get an inside look at the company's range of professional-grade haunted house products, including animatronics, Shocktronics, masks, SFX pieces, and large-scale displays. Distortions Unlimited, a veteran Halloween manufacturer operating since 1978, is well-regarded in the haunt industry for handcrafted, durable creations. The video serves as both a brand showcase and an industry snapshot for haunt professionals and enthusiasts alike.
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.
Monster Tales is a Distortions Unlimited series exploring the stories behind iconic Halloween props, and this episode spotlights the company's classic alligator animatronic. Ed Edmunds shares the origin of the gator — including its apparently memorable odor — backed by rare archival photos and footage from the early 1990s when the mold was first created. It offers a nostalgic window into the early days of professional Halloween prop manufacturing at one of the industry's most recognized studios.
