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Videos built around the cemetery theme — pulled together so you can study how others bring this atmosphere to life.

174 videos

Following Bust Halloween Prop - Part 2
9:59
DIY PropsIntermediate

Following Bust Halloween Prop - Part 2

Part 2 of VanOaksProps' following bust monument series focuses on the finishing stages: applying paint, faux marble effects, and a Drylok texture base coat before adding craft paint layers via airbrush. LED strip lighting and decorative faux ivy are incorporated to complete the eerie cemetery monument look. The build is sponsored by ChickenProps, whose staring statue mechanisms power the 'following' eye effect. This episode bridges the gap between raw prop construction and a polished, display-ready Halloween centerpiece.

VanOaksProps· 47,064 views
How To Setup Your Halloween Tombstones
4:06
Yard HauntsBeginnerunder $20

How To Setup Your Halloween Tombstones

VanOaksProps walks through a simple, low-profile method for keeping Halloween tombstones standing firm even in windy conditions. The technique involves drilling into foam tombstones and using stakes driven into the ground to anchor them securely. At just four minutes, this is a quick, practical tutorial suited for any outdoor graveyard display.

VanOaksProps· 40,634 views
How to Make a CHEAP Low Lying Fog Chiller-With Doctor Terror Eyes
14:04
Fog & Chiller EffectsBeginnerlow / budget-friendly

How to Make a CHEAP Low Lying Fog Chiller-With Doctor Terror Eyes

Dr. TerrorEyes from Froggy's Fog walks through a DIY fog chiller build designed to produce dense, ground-hugging fog for outdoor Halloween cemetery displays on a tight budget. The design improves on the standard ice-chest chiller by swapping out typical flat wire grating for an internal metal component with significantly greater surface area, resulting in more efficient fog cooling. The host claims the entire unit can be assembled solo in roughly an hour. The tutorial pairs naturally with Froggy's own low-lying fog juice formula.

Froggy's Fog· 38,920 views
DIY Halloween Cemetery: New Orleans-style Crypt Build
27:34
DIY PropsIntermediate

DIY Halloween Cemetery: New Orleans-style Crypt Build

VanOaksProps walks through a full large-scale crypt build inspired by the iconic above-ground tombs of New Orleans cemeteries. The project covers design through final weathered finish using accessible materials centered on XPS insulation foam. Techniques include routing decorative details, foam carving, spackling for texture, and paint weathering to achieve an authentic aged-stone look. The finished prop is designed to be lightweight and durable enough for repeated seasonal outdoor use.

VanOaksProps· 38,587 views
Spooky DIY: Floating Candelabra Halloween Prop Tutorial
10:12
DIY PropsIntermediate$30–$80

Spooky DIY: Floating Candelabra Halloween Prop Tutorial

VanOaksProps walks through the complete build of a motorized floating candelabra Halloween prop using a wiper motor, PVC, aluminum tubing, and a thrifted candelabra. The motor drive creates a convincing hovering illusion, while a PWM speed controller lets builders fine-tune the motion. LED flicker bulbs finish the effect with realistic candlelight. The project is well-suited for cemetery scenes, home haunts, or professional displays.

VanOaksProps· 37,363 views
Creepy Halloween Cemetery Scene with Zombie Animatronics & Moving Tombstone Props
2:18
Yard Haunts

Creepy Halloween Cemetery Scene with Zombie Animatronics & Moving Tombstone Props

Distortions Unlimited showcases a fully dressed Halloween cemetery scene populated with multiple Frightronics electric animatronic props, including zombie figures, a Moving Monument, Tipping Tombstone, Gargoyle, and Cracking Crypt, among others. The short showcase demonstrates how these pieces work together to create an immersive graveyard atmosphere. All featured props are part of the brand's 2020 product lineup and are marketed toward home haunters, yard haunts, and professional attractions alike.

DistortionsUnlimited· 35,061 views
DIY Animated Pumpkin Head Prop HALLOWEEN HOW-TO Video Tutorial
16:21
DIY AnimatronicsIntermediate

DIY Animated Pumpkin Head Prop HALLOWEEN HOW-TO Video Tutorial

This step-by-step tutorial walks viewers through building a motorized, animated pumpkin head prop that integrates with a fog machine for dramatic effect. The finished prop is versatile enough to serve as a scarecrow head, a haunted house centerpiece, or a creepy yard display. The channel specializes in accessible DIY animatronics and special effects projects aimed at home haunters and crafters.

HALLOWEEN DIY & HOW-TO Props & Special Effects· 31,629 views
DIY Halloween Fence Build - PVC and Wood
6:09
DIY PropsBeginnerlow (budget-friendly materials)

DIY Halloween Fence Build - PVC and Wood

Inspired by a cemetery tour in New Orleans, VanOaksProps builds a gothic-style haunt fence from PVC pipe and wood furring strips to complete a DIY family crypt display. The fence is elevated with 3D-printed finials and corner brackets, then finished with rubberized undercoating and rust-colored spray paint for an aged wrought-iron look. The build is designed to be accessible and budget-friendly while delivering a high visual impact as part of a larger graveyard scene.

VanOaksProps· 30,171 views
Foam Mausoleum - Halloween Prop
5:54
DIY PropsIntermediate

Foam Mausoleum - Halloween Prop

This video walks through the construction of a Halloween mausoleum prop built primarily from foam materials and basic lumber framing. The builder uses Foamular rigid foam, pipe insulation, and Great Stuff expanding foam to achieve realistic stone-like architectural details. It is a solid example of how common construction materials can be repurposed to create impressive graveyard set pieces for home haunts or professional attractions.

Hauntcast· 28,467 views
Girl Zombie Scary Halloween Haunt Animatronic | Nightfright
0:26
Prop Reviews

Girl Zombie Scary Halloween Haunt Animatronic | Nightfright

Nightfright is a female zombie animatronic prop from Distortions Unlimited, the professional Halloween manufacturer known from the TV series Making Monsters. The prop is fully electric and falls under Distortions' Frightronic line of animated Halloween characters. It is designed to work across a range of settings including yard haunts, cemetery scenes, haunted attractions, and Halloween parties.

DistortionsUnlimited· 26,205 views
Carving Halloween Tombstones with Spray Paint?
6:11
DIY PropsBeginner

Carving Halloween Tombstones with Spray Paint?

VanOaksProps demonstrates how to carve DIY Halloween tombstones from foam and finish them using spray paint, delivering a graveyard-ready prop on a budget. The short six-minute runtime suggests a streamlined, beginner-friendly workflow. Plaid Enterprises supplied product for the video, indicating at least some painting or finishing materials are featured. The result is a convincing cemetery prop suitable for yard haunts or home haunt displays.

VanOaksProps· 25,995 views
EASIEST Spooky Halloween Fence - Set this graveyard fence up in minutes!
6:50
Yard HauntsBeginner

EASIEST Spooky Halloween Fence - Set this graveyard fence up in minutes!

This short tutorial from Monster Tutorials shows how to transform a standard garden fence into a spooky Halloween graveyard perimeter in just minutes. The approach centers on repurposing an off-the-shelf garden fence rather than building anything from scratch, making it one of the most accessible Halloween yard setups around. The video is aimed at haunters who want strong visual impact with minimal time and effort investment.

Monster Tutorials· 25,867 views
Building a Halloween Coffin - PART 2
8:46
DIY PropsIntermediate$20–$60

Building a Halloween Coffin - PART 2

Part 2 of VanOaksProps' Halloween coffin build focuses on transforming flat insulation foam into convincingly aged wooden planks using carving, texturing, and painting techniques. The creator walks through a toolkit of abrasive and heat-based tools to score, distress, and shape the foam surface before finishing it with paint to sell the weathered-wood illusion. The completed prop is destined to appear in an upcoming film by the Hollywood Graveyard channel, giving the build a professional real-world application.

VanOaksProps· 22,959 views
Zombie Animatronic Graveyard Haunted Cemetery Halloween Prop
0:34
Prop Reviews

Zombie Animatronic Graveyard Haunted Cemetery Halloween Prop

This short showcase video features the Cracking Crypt, a zombie tombstone animatronic from Distortions Unlimited's Grave Buster Frightronic series. The prop is designed for cemetery and graveyard-themed scenes and suits a variety of settings including yard haunts, professional haunts, and corn mazes. Distortions Unlimited is a manufacturer and online retailer specializing in haunt props, masks, costumes, and animatronics.

DistortionsUnlimited· 21,358 views
Thornhill Woods Yard Haunt | Distortions Unlimited Featured Halloween Props
0:59
Yard Haunts

Thornhill Woods Yard Haunt | Distortions Unlimited Featured Halloween Props

Thornhill Woods is a long-running Canadian home haunt that has transformed a residential front yard into an elaborate Halloween cemetery display every October since 2004. The showcase highlights an impressive collection of Distortions Unlimited and Frightronics animated props, including fan favorites and newer releases. The video serves as both a yard haunt inspiration piece and a showcase for Distortions Unlimited's product lineup in a real-world home display context.

DistortionsUnlimited· 20,424 views
DIY Broken Tombstone Prop for #halloween
10:14
DIY PropsIntermediate$10–$30

DIY Broken Tombstone Prop for #halloween

VanOaks Props walks through building a realistic broken tombstone prop inspired by a real-life stabilized cracked gravestone. The design features simulated metal repair bands and tabs that give the piece a uniquely aged and structurally distressed look — a standout detail for any cemetery display. XPS foam is carved, textured, coated in mortar mix, and painted to achieve a convincing weathered stone finish.

VanOaksProps· 20,336 views
FRIGHT FEST 2021 | Six Flags Fiesta Texas | Fright Fest is BACK!
39:38
Theme Park Halloween Events

FRIGHT FEST 2021 | Six Flags Fiesta Texas | Fright Fest is BACK!

This video covers opening night of Fright Fest 2021 at Six Flags Fiesta Texas, offering a guided walkthrough of the park's Halloween offerings. The creator tours multiple scare zones including Soul Harvest and Hell Valley Cemetery, checks out Fright Fest merchandise, and provides an update on Dr. Diabolical construction progress. Scare actors roam the park as the night progresses, delivering scares throughout the grounds.

SpookYouLaterz· 20,105 views
How We Built Our Hyper-Realistic Cemetery Gate
4:24
DIY PropsIntermediate

How We Built Our Hyper-Realistic Cemetery Gate

VanOaks Props walks through the construction of a hyper-realistic fake cemetery gate that has repeatedly fooled viewers into mistaking it for the real thing. The build combines plywood structure, foam detailing, decorative moldings, and skilled faux painting to achieve a convincing stone-and-metal appearance. Recovered build photos help guide the tutorial, and companion column-building videos are referenced for additional context.

VanOaksProps· 19,804 views
Gargoyle Stone Master Huge Animated Prop by Distortions
1:54
Prop Reviews

Gargoyle Stone Master Huge Animated Prop by Distortions

Distortions Unlimited showcases their Stone Master Gargoyle, a massive professional-grade Halloween animatronic with a 13-foot wingspan and standing nearly 9 feet tall with wings raised. The creature features moving wings, integrated fog, and synchronized sound, all driven by compressed air and AC power. Built from latex and foam over a metal armature, it reflects the studio's reputation for high-quality, durable dark attraction pieces. It would be a commanding centerpiece for gothic, castle, cemetery, or haunted attraction environments.

DistortionsUnlimited· 19,407 views
Denhaunt's Foam Casket - Halloween Prop
0:48
DIY Props

Denhaunt's Foam Casket - Halloween Prop

This short showcase video reveals a highly realistic foam casket prop built for haunted attractions or home haunts. Constructed from EPS polystyrene, the build achieves a convincing, full-size coffin appearance at a fraction of the weight of traditional materials. A companion audio how-to guide is available in the Prop Shop segment of Hauntcast episode 32 for those wanting full build instructions.

Hauntcast· 19,318 views
This Halloween Bust Follows You With Its Eyes! (DIY Monument Prop)
19:11
DIY PropsIntermediate$30–$80

This Halloween Bust Follows You With Its Eyes! (DIY Monument Prop)

VanOaksProps walks through the construction of a cemetery monument prop featuring a bust with a classic 'following eyes' optical illusion — the face appears to track viewers as they move past it. The build relies primarily on XPS foam, a cardboard tube column, and a bust sourced from a third-party supplier, finished with textured coatings and earth-tone paints to mimic aged stone. Weathering techniques including dry brushing and wash layers give the piece convincing graveyard patina. The result is a striking, customizable centerpiece suited for yard haunts, home haunts, and cemetery scenes.

VanOaksProps· 18,845 views
Making a Metal Plaque using Tissue Paper!
6:49
DIY PropsBeginner$10–$25

Making a Metal Plaque using Tissue Paper!

VanOaksProps demonstrates how to transform basic craft-store materials into a convincing faux-metal tomb plaque suitable for coffins, mausoleums, or haunt set dressing. The core technique uses tissue paper and Mod Podge to build an organic surface texture that mimics cast metal, followed by layered acrylic paints to achieve a realistic bronze patina. The creator emphasizes that small, believable details like this elevate a haunt from amateur to near-professional quality. A downloadable 3D model for the plaque design is also provided.

VanOaksProps· 18,712 views
"Tipping Tombstone" Halloween Cemetary Prop
0:41
Prop Reviews

"Tipping Tombstone" Halloween Cemetary Prop

A short showcase of the Tipping Tombstone, an animated cemetery prop from Distortions Unlimited. The prop is described as an all-electric ('frightronic') unit designed to bring motion to graveyard, grave, or zombie-themed scenes. This brief clip highlights the prop in action rather than offering a build or assembly walkthrough.

DistortionsUnlimited· 18,172 views
Six Flags Fiesta Texas Fright Fest Opening Night 2023 #sixflags
42:16
Theme Park Halloween Events

Six Flags Fiesta Texas Fright Fest Opening Night 2023 #sixflags

This video captures opening night of Six Flags Fiesta Texas Fright Fest 2023, providing a firsthand look at the event's launch festivities. Highlights include the returning fan-favorite 'The Arrival' monsters unleashed ceremony, a walkthrough of Fear Acres, active scare zones, and the Hells Gate Cemetery haunt. The coverage spans roughly 42 minutes and gives viewers a broad tour of the park's Halloween offerings across multiple zones.

SpookYouLaterz· 17,752 views