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793 videos

Scary Animatronic Banshee at Halloween show
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Prop Reviews

Scary Animatronic Banshee at Halloween show

This short clip from Distortions Unlimited spotlights their Banshee animatronic on display at the Transworld Halloween trade show in 2024. The video serves as a brief showcase of the company's professional-grade monster prop rather than a build tutorial. Distortions notes its decades of experience crafting monsters, props, and animatronics for the haunt industry.

DistortionsUnlimited· 4,218 views
We Made Dinosaur Animatronics
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DIY Animatronics

We Made Dinosaur Animatronics

Distortions Unlimited showcases a set of dinosaur animatronics built for a Jurassic-style raptor scene. The video points viewers toward a deeper look at how the team designs, sculpts, engineers the movement, and paints their dinosaurs. It highlights the studio's broader passion for crafting Halloween animatronics and props.

DistortionsUnlimited· 8,594 views
We Made a DINOSAUR Animatronic for a Jurassic Raptor Scene!
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DIY Animatronics

We Made a DINOSAUR Animatronic for a Jurassic Raptor Scene!

Distortions Unlimited takes viewers behind the scenes as they develop raptor dinosaur animatronics for a Jurassic-themed scene, part of their new 2024 lineup. The video traces the process from design and sculpting through mechanics, painting, and finishing. Sculpting on the raptors was led by Tom Cassidy, showcasing the studio's professional animatronic craftsmanship built over decades.

DistortionsUnlimited· 13,808 views
Distortions Unlimited Scarecrow Wrath Painting | Behind the Scenes with Music
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Prop Reviews

Distortions Unlimited Scarecrow Wrath Painting | Behind the Scenes with Music

A sped-up, music-backed behind-the-scenes look inside the Distortions Unlimited paint room as their Scarecrow Wrath prop is airbrushed and finished. The video highlights the many steps and handcrafting effort behind a professional Halloween prop, with glimpses of other monsters being painted alongside it. It's a showcase of the company's painting process rather than a step-by-step tutorial.

DistortionsUnlimited· 5,310 views
Distortions Unlimited LIVE Making Monsters in the Paint Room
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DIY Props

Distortions Unlimited LIVE Making Monsters in the Paint Room

Distortions Unlimited hosts a live behind-the-scenes session from their paint rooms, where staff members Ed and Tom each work on finishing monster props and animatronics. For the first time, both paint rooms run simultaneously, and the stream checks in on each artist's progress throughout. It offers a candid look at the studio's professional prop-making workflow rather than a step-by-step tutorial.

DistortionsUnlimited· 5,650 views
Best Halloween Spider Wins!
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DIY AnimatronicsPro

Best Halloween Spider Wins!

This behind-the-scenes look from Distortions Unlimited follows the studio as it designs and builds two new monsters for Halloween 2024: an Alien Spider prop and a Banshee animatronic. Viewers watch the full workflow from clay sculpting and armature construction through molding, trimming, and finishing, with several crew members tackling different stages. A highlight is a paint-off between two artists to decide the spider's final color, while the Banshee races to come together before the Transworld Halloween show.

DistortionsUnlimited· 60,000 views
2024 Halloween Props & Animatronics Catalog | Distortions Unlimited
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Prop Reviews

2024 Halloween Props & Animatronics Catalog | Distortions Unlimited

Distortions Unlimited presents its 2024 lineup of Halloween props and animatronics in this catalog-style showcase. The video highlights characters such as the towering Banshee, Scarecrow Wrath, Frankenstein's Experiment, Alien Spider, a Raptor dinosaur series, Invasion of the Saucermen, the interactive Dr. Quantum, Scare Wolf Legend, and the JET Alien. These USA-made pieces target home haunters, professional haunted attractions, theme parks, and collectors.

DistortionsUnlimited· 44,449 views
Transworld Halloween Show 2024 | Distortions Unlimited Animatronics and Booth
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Prop Reviews

Transworld Halloween Show 2024 | Distortions Unlimited Animatronics and Booth

This video tours the Distortions Unlimited booth at the 2024 Transworld Halloween Show, spotlighting the company's new animatronics and props for the season. Featured pieces include Banshee, Frankenstein's Experiment, Raptors, Dr. Quantum, Scare Crow Wrath, and a Giant Skull, alongside returning monsters like Alien Parasite, Scare Wolf, and Grumpy Gargoyle. With glimpses of crew, interviews, and scares, it's a showcase of a long-running manufacturer's latest commercial haunt offerings.

DistortionsUnlimited· 19,971 views
2024 Transworld Halloween Show SETUP
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Professional Haunted Attractions

2024 Transworld Halloween Show SETUP

Distortions Unlimited shares the third day of preparing their booth for the 2024 Transworld Halloween & Attractions Show. With most of the display in place, the crew focuses on final details ahead of opening day. It's a behind-the-scenes look at exhibitor setup rather than a build tutorial.

DistortionsUnlimited· 6,084 views
Scary Banshee Animatronic Prop For Halloween and Haunts | Distortions Unlimited
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Prop Reviews

Scary Banshee Animatronic Prop For Halloween and Haunts | Distortions Unlimited

This short showcase from Distortions Unlimited spotlights the Banshee, a professional-grade animatronic built for Halloween, haunts, and theme parks. The figure runs an eerie ambient program before being triggered to rise dramatically, open a fanged mouth, and scream, with an optional air or water spray for an added startle. It ships as a complete package with controls, sound, lighting, and a fog machine, constructed from a foam-filled latex skin over a metal armature.

DistortionsUnlimited· 32,127 views
Transworld Halloween 2024 SETUP
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Professional Haunted Attractions

Transworld Halloween 2024 SETUP

This video follows Distortions Unlimited during their second day of booth setup at the Transworld Halloween Show 2024. Viewers get a behind-the-scenes look at the work that goes into staging animatronics and props before the show opens. It captures the anticipation and effort of preparing a professional haunt-industry display.

DistortionsUnlimited· 5,555 views
Raptor Dinosaur Animatronics and Props by Distortions Unlimited
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Prop Reviews

Raptor Dinosaur Animatronics and Props by Distortions Unlimited

This showcase highlights Distortions Unlimited's professional-grade velociraptor animatronics and static props, presented in three versions: Raptor, Raptor Attack, and Raptor Display. The animated models use pneumatic cylinders to drive lifelike motion in the mouth, head, limbs, tail, and hip pivot, and ship with programming, an audio amp, and a fog machine. Each piece is hand-sculpted and painted in-house and offered in orange, blue, or green color options, aimed at theme parks and large events.

DistortionsUnlimited· 23,842 views
JET Alien Prop by Distortions Unlimited Featured On Making Monsters TV Show
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Prop Reviews

JET Alien Prop by Distortions Unlimited Featured On Making Monsters TV Show

This short feature showcases JET Alien, a full-body standing alien prop sculpted by Jordu Schell at Distortions Unlimited and highlighted on the Travel Channel's Making Monsters. The roughly 4-foot prop has latex skin, a foam-filled body, and poseable arms and neck. It's presented as a finished studio-crafted piece rather than a build tutorial, fitting alien, UFO, and sci-fi display scenes.

DistortionsUnlimited· 7,641 views
Sculpting Frankensteins Experiment With Greg Dykstra | Distortions Monster Tales
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Sculpting Frankensteins Experiment With Greg Dykstra | Distortions Monster Tales

In this installment of Distortions Unlimited's Monster Tales series, Ed Edmunds sits down with sculptor and animator Greg Dykstra to discuss his career, including his time at Pixar and film work spanning titles like The Nightmare Before Christmas and Finding Nemo. The conversation centers on Dykstra's sculpting of the Frankenstein's Experiment animatronic prop for Distortions. It's an interview-driven look at the artistry and history behind a haunt prop rather than a step-by-step build.

DistortionsUnlimited· 5,912 views
Frankenstein's Experiment Animatronic Prop For Haunters | Distortions Unlimited
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Prop Reviews

Frankenstein's Experiment Animatronic Prop For Haunters | Distortions Unlimited

Distortions Unlimited showcases Frankenstein's Experiment, a roughly 7-foot professional animatronic inspired by Mary Shelley's monster. The prop convulses to life and thrusts forward for a startling scare, combining a single powerful pneumatic cylinder with built-in audio, fog, and lights. It runs an ambient loop of shifting lights and fog bursts until triggered, and was sculpted by Greg Dykstra, known for his work at Pixar.

DistortionsUnlimited· 21,637 views
Invasion of the Saucer Men Collector Display Prop and Bust by Distortions Unlimited
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Prop Reviews

Invasion of the Saucer Men Collector Display Prop and Bust by Distortions Unlimited

Distortions Unlimited showcases a collector display prop and bust based on the alien from the 1957 cult film Invasion of the Saucer Men. The piece is described as a roughly 4.5-foot standing display, hand painted with a foam-filled latex skin, offered in both orange and green color options. The video also walks through the prop's lineage, tracing the molds back to creator Paul Blaisdell's originals obtained in 1983 and passed through notable hands before returning to Distortions.

DistortionsUnlimited· 3,548 views
INVASION OF THE SAUCER MEN Distortions Unlimited History
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INVASION OF THE SAUCER MEN Distortions Unlimited History

Ed Edmunds of Distortions Unlimited recounts the backstory of the alien creatures from the 1957 cult film Invasion of the Saucer Men, originally designed by Paul Blaisdell. He traces how the studio acquired Blaisdell's original brain, ear, and face molds in the early 1980s and the long journey those masters took through figures like Tom Savini and Jordu Schell. The video frames a newly rereleased collectible standing display offered in two color variants tied to the film's orange creature and the green publicity aliens.

DistortionsUnlimited· 6,135 views
Scarecrow Wrath Halloween Decoration by Distortions Unlimited
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Prop Reviews

Scarecrow Wrath Halloween Decoration by Distortions Unlimited

This video showcases Distortions Unlimited's Scarecrow Wrath, a towering static Halloween prop depicting a broken-free scarecrow who has befriended the crows he once scared, accompanied by Corvus the crow. The roughly 7.5-foot figure is handcrafted in the USA from latex and foam over an armature, ships in four pieces, and features poseable arms and fingers plus lighted eyes. It's positioned as a centerpiece for home haunts, haunted attractions, corn mazes, and theme park scenes.

DistortionsUnlimited· 13,876 views
Distortions Unlimited Live Monster Mini Golf
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DIY Animatronics

Distortions Unlimited Live Monster Mini Golf

Ed from Distortions Unlimited heads into the paint room to program animatronic creatures for a Monster Mini Golf order. The figures, including a T-Rex and a winged dragon among others, are destined for a soon-to-open Monster Mini Golf location in Katy, Texas. The video offers a behind-the-scenes look at preparing themed creatures for a commercial attraction.

DistortionsUnlimited· 5,913 views
Distortions Unlimited Ss Live Making Monsters
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Professional Haunted Attractions

Distortions Unlimited Ss Live Making Monsters

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.

DistortionsUnlimited· 9,026 views
Alien Spider Halloween Prop Unboxing by Distortions Unlimited
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Prop Reviews

Alien Spider Halloween Prop Unboxing by Distortions Unlimited

Distortions Unlimited unboxes their Alien Spider, a large sci-fi-themed Halloween prop designed for yard haunts, porches, and haunted attractions. The creature features a brain-like thorax, a menacing multi-jawed face, and long bendable legs for custom posing, plus a single red LED that adds an eerie glow. Built from latex and foam over a metal armature, it's presented as a durable, hand-crafted display piece.

DistortionsUnlimited· 9,898 views
Halloween Company Makes Christmas Animatronics | Distortions Unlimited Christmas Special
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DIY Animatronics

Halloween Company Makes Christmas Animatronics | Distortions Unlimited Christmas Special

This Distortions Unlimited Christmas special takes viewers behind the scenes as the well-known Halloween prop and animatronic company pivots to building a holiday line. Filmed across 2010 and 2011, it follows the crew through designing, sculpting, molding, painting, and unveiling Santa and elf animatronics. The documentary-style piece highlights the challenges and triumphs of adapting a haunt-focused studio to Christmas decor.

DistortionsUnlimited· 12,514 views
Wicked Witch Legend Halloween Decoration | Distortions Unlimited 2024
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Prop Reviews

Wicked Witch Legend Halloween Decoration | Distortions Unlimited 2024

Distortions Unlimited showcases its Wicked Witch Legend, a life-size static Halloween prop depicting a classic green, gnarled witch. The figure is described as professional-grade, featuring a detailed hand-painted latex sculpt with a foam-filled armature, poseable arms, and a custom-sewn robe and removable hat. It stands roughly six feet tall, is flat-backed for display, and ships with a metal stand for haunt or scene setups.

DistortionsUnlimited· 11,014 views
How To Paint Latex Halloween Decorations | Monster Lab DIY Tutorial Mashup
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DIY PropsIntermediate

How To Paint Latex Halloween Decorations | Monster Lab DIY Tutorial Mashup

This Monster Lab mashup from Distortions Unlimited follows Ed Edmunds as he paints two latex Halloween props, the bat Fang and the Greeley Gremlin. The footage is sped up to walk viewers through the overall painting steps and approach. It serves as a quick, inspirational look at how finished color brings a cast latex creature to life.

DistortionsUnlimited· 2,397 views