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A curated, searchable archive of the dark craft — DIY props and animatronics, home-haunt walkthroughs, makeup, lighting, fog, and effects. Every film embedded from its creator, organized so you can actually find what you need.

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793 videos

Witchcraft Frightronic Prop with Cauldron
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Prop Reviews

Witchcraft Frightronic Prop with Cauldron

This short clip showcases "Witchcraft," an electric animated witch prop from Distortions Unlimited. The figure stirs her cauldron of brew while cackling, presenting a classic witch scene. It's framed as a ready-made prop suited for professional haunts, home displays, and Halloween parties.

DistortionsUnlimited· 11,841 views
Reaper Animated Prop w/ Sickle
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Prop Reviews

Reaper Animated Prop w/ Sickle

This is a showcase of Distortions Unlimited's animated Grim Reaper Frightronic prop, presenting the menacing reaper wielding a sickle. The fully electric figure comes paired with an included audio track to drive its themed performance. It's a commercial haunt-ready prop highlighted as part of the maker's 2017 lineup.

DistortionsUnlimited· 12,202 views
Moving Monument Cemetary Prop
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Prop Reviews

Moving Monument Cemetary Prop

This short clip showcases the "Moving Monument," an animated tombstone prop from Distortions Unlimited. The piece is designed to bring motion to a cemetery or graveyard scene, adding life and scares to a haunt's grave setup. Released around 2017, it is presented as a ready-made product rather than a build tutorial.

DistortionsUnlimited· 16,926 views
Grave Buster Bob Animated Zombie
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Prop Reviews

Grave Buster Bob Animated Zombie

This short clip showcases "Grave Buster Bob," an animated zombie prop from Distortions Unlimited. The all-electric animatronic rocks forward and back to mimic a corpse clawing its way up from the grave. It's a quick demo of the prop's motion rather than a build or tutorial.

DistortionsUnlimited· 11,501 views
"Grave Buster Barb" Zombie Haunt Frightronic
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Prop Reviews

"Grave Buster Barb" Zombie Haunt Frightronic

This short clip showcases Distortions Unlimited's "Grave Buster Barb," an animated zombie frightronic prop from 2017. Barb rocks back and forth as she appears to climb up out of her grave, delivering a creepy graveyard scare. The brief demo highlights the prop's motion and overall look for haunt operators considering it.

DistortionsUnlimited· 18,666 views
Zombie Grave Buster Tombstone Scene
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Prop Reviews

Zombie Grave Buster Tombstone Scene

This short clip showcases Distortions Unlimited's Grave Buster Frightronic graveyard scene, featuring the animated zombie characters Grave Buster Bob and Barb. The display pairs them with a Tipping Tombstone and a Moving Monument for a coordinated cemetery effect. All elements are presented as electric-driven animatronics from the company's 2017 lineup.

DistortionsUnlimited· 8,964 views
"Tipping Tombstone" Halloween Cemetary Prop
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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
Exorcism Frightronic Possessed Prop by Distortions
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Prop Reviews

Exorcism Frightronic Possessed Prop by Distortions

This short clip showcases Distortions Unlimited's "Exorcism" Frightronic, an animated prop depicting a possessed, floating girl. It serves as a brief product demonstration of the animatronic's motion and unsettling presentation rather than a build guide. The piece is geared toward haunters shopping for a commercial centerpiece scare.

DistortionsUnlimited· 21,152 views
"Winged Dragon" Animated Display
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Prop Reviews

"Winged Dragon" Animated Display

This short showcase from Distortions Unlimited highlights their Winged Dragon, a large animated display built for immersive environments. The creature features a moving head and mouth, flapping wings, red glowing eyes, an illuminated 'fire' mouth, smoke output, and included audio. It's pitched as an attention-grabbing centerpiece for haunted houses, theme parks, and fantasy-themed venues.

DistortionsUnlimited· 21,278 views
Death Rising Animatronic Zombie Prop
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Prop Reviews

Death Rising Animatronic Zombie Prop

This short clip showcases Death Rising, an all-electric zombie animatronic from Distortions Unlimited that emerges from the grave. The prop includes built-in audio and is pitched for use in professional haunts, home haunts, and yard displays. As a brief product showcase rather than a build guide, it focuses on demonstrating the prop's motion and effect.

DistortionsUnlimited· 34,047 views
How to Make a Halloween Mask "Painting" | Monster Lab
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DIY PropsIntermediate

How to Make a Halloween Mask "Painting" | Monster Lab

In this installment of Distortions Unlimited's Monster Lab series, Ed Edmunds demonstrates how to create a latex Halloween mask from start to finish. The episode walks through pouring latex and painting the finished mask, which can be worn as part of a costume or used as a display piece. It draws on Distortions' professional background in haunt props, masks, and animatronics.

DistortionsUnlimited· 348,803 views
DISTORTIONS UNLIMITED: The 1980's
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DISTORTIONS UNLIMITED: The 1980's

This retrospective takes viewers back to Distortions Unlimited during the 1980s, framed as a nostalgic time-travel trip through the company's early years. It highlights the work of founders Ed Edmunds and Marsha Taub and the masks and monster creations from that era. The video appears to be a history-focused look back rather than a build or tutorial.

DistortionsUnlimited· 10,932 views
How to Make a Halloween Mask "Molding" | Monster Lab
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DIY PropsIntermediate

How to Make a Halloween Mask "Molding" | Monster Lab

In this installment of the Monster Lab series, Ed Edmunds of Distortions Unlimited walks viewers through making a plaster mold from a sculpted Halloween mask. The tutorial covers the mold-making step in the broader process of building monster masks the Distortions way. It's part of an ongoing series that also touches on sculpting, painting, and casting.

DistortionsUnlimited· 435,869 views
How to Make a Halloween Mask "Sculpting" | Monster Lab
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DIY PropsIntermediate

How to Make a Halloween Mask "Sculpting" | Monster Lab

In this installment of Distortions Unlimited's Monster Lab series, Ed Edmunds walks through the first stage of building a custom Halloween mask: sculpting the design in clay. He covers tool selection, clay choices, and core sculpting techniques used to shape a monster face before molding. This is Part 1 of a multi-part mask-making process focused on the foundational sculpt.

DistortionsUnlimited· 1,910,380 views
Sculpting Tools Tutorial w/ Mikey Rotella | Monster Lab
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DIY PropsIntermediate

Sculpting Tools Tutorial w/ Mikey Rotella | Monster Lab

In this entry of Distortions Unlimited's Monster Lab series, sculptor Mikey Rotella walks through choosing and using sculpting tools for creature and mask work. Filmed in the studio, the roughly 8-minute tutorial focuses on the basics of working in water-based clay and which tools suit different stages of a sculpt. It's a foundational look at the craft behind professional Halloween creatures and masks.

DistortionsUnlimited· 39,367 views
Sculpting Scales in Clay Tutorial | Monster Lab
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DIY PropsIntermediate

Sculpting Scales in Clay Tutorial | Monster Lab

In this installment of Distortions Unlimited's Monster Lab series, sculptor Tom Cassidy demonstrates how to build up convincing scales in clay. He frames the techniques as broadly applicable to dragons, lizards, snakes, alligators, dinosaurs, and other creatures, working through them on a Pterosaur mask sculpt destined for a museum. The focus is on transferable sculpting principles rather than a single finished piece.

DistortionsUnlimited· 75,761 views
Mask Making Factory Air Compressor Room Tour | Monster Lab
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Mask Making Factory Air Compressor Room Tour | Monster Lab

Ed Edmunds of Distortions Unlimited offers a brief walkthrough of the air compressor room behind their mask-making studio. He explains how compressed air powers their airbrushes, latex pumps, and several animatronic props. It's a short behind-the-scenes glimpse rather than a step-by-step build.

DistortionsUnlimited· 19,512 views
Rub Out Paint Tutorial on Gremlin Mask Pt. 2 | Monster Lab
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DIY PropsIntermediate

Rub Out Paint Tutorial on Gremlin Mask Pt. 2 | Monster Lab

In this second part of the Monster Lab paint series, Ed Edmunds of Distortions Unlimited completes the paint job on a latex Gremlin mask. The episode focuses on the rub out painting technique used to bring depth and dimension to the creature's surface. It continues the studio's ongoing mask making and haunt prop tutorials.

DistortionsUnlimited· 27,919 views
Rub Out Paint Tutorial on Gremlin Mask Pt.1 | Monster Lab
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DIY PropsIntermediate

Rub Out Paint Tutorial on Gremlin Mask Pt.1 | Monster Lab

In this installment of Monster Lab, Ed Edmunds of Distortions Unlimited walks through a "rub out" paint technique used to finish a latex gremlin mask. The method is a staple approach at the studio for building depth and realism on cast masks. As part one of the lesson, it focuses on the foundational steps of the paint job for aspiring mask makers.

DistortionsUnlimited· 34,205 views
Sculpting Teeth in Clay | Monster Lab
11:09
DIY PropsIntermediate

Sculpting Teeth in Clay | Monster Lab

In this Monster Lab installment, Mikey Rotella demonstrates how to sculpt realistic teeth in water-based clay while working on a character at Distortions Unlimited. The walkthrough focuses on technique that carries over to masks, props, puppets, and SFX builds. It's a studio-based look at the foundational sculpting skills behind professional creature work.

DistortionsUnlimited· 81,790 views
The Keymaster Animatronic Prop
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Prop Reviews

The Keymaster Animatronic Prop

This short clip showcases The Keymaster, an animatronic prop from Distortions Unlimited built for escape rooms and haunted attractions. It serves as a product spotlight rather than a build tutorial, highlighting the prop's role as an interactive themed character. Viewers get a brief look at the design intended for professional haunt and escape-room settings.

DistortionsUnlimited· 3,507 views
Latex Mask Painting Tutorial at Distortions | Monster Lab
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DIY PropsBeginner

Latex Mask Painting Tutorial at Distortions | Monster Lab

In this short Monster Lab segment, Ed Edmunds of Distortions Unlimited demonstrates a quick, effective approach to base painting latex Halloween masks and props. The focus is on building dimension by laying in highlights and shadows so a flat mask reads with depth and realism. It's a bite-sized look at the studio's mask-finishing process and part of an ongoing episode series.

DistortionsUnlimited· 21,119 views
How to Mix Base Paint for Latex Masks | Monster Lab
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DIY PropsIntermediate

How to Mix Base Paint for Latex Masks | Monster Lab

Ed Edmunds of Distortions Unlimited walks through how to mix the base paint used for finishing latex masks and haunt props in this first Monster Lab segment. He explains the prep step before color and detail work, noting the mixed paint can be laid down with either a quart sprayer or an airbrush. It's a short, foundational tutorial aimed at painting masks and props consistently.

DistortionsUnlimited· 38,485 views
Travel Channel "Making Monsters" Plea
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Travel Channel "Making Monsters" Plea

In this short clip from Distortions Unlimited, sculptor Jordu Schell delivers a humorous, mock-tearful appeal urging the Travel Channel to revive the show "Making Monsters." It's rounded out with a montage of Ed Edmunds' favorite moments from the series. The piece is promotional and lighthearted rather than instructional.

DistortionsUnlimited· 5,484 views