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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

Distortions Unlimited in the Paint Room LIVE
15:50
DIY Props

Distortions Unlimited in the Paint Room LIVE

This live stream takes viewers inside the Distortions Unlimited paint room on a Friday afternoon as the team wraps up production. They show the painting and finishing stages for a batch of their Mutiny props along with a few Scare Wolf props and animatronics. It's a casual behind-the-scenes look at how a professional prop studio completes a production run rather than a step-by-step tutorial.

DistortionsUnlimited· 2,969 views
Mutant Animatronic Unboxing and Set Up | Distortions Unlimited
13:30
Prop Reviews

Mutant Animatronic Unboxing and Set Up | Distortions Unlimited

Ed Edmunds of Distortions Unlimited walks through unboxing and setting up the Mutant, a towering sci-fi horror animatronic, covering how to connect its air, fog, lighting, and audio systems. The prop runs an ambient program with cycling lights and fog bursts until a push-button trigger unleashes fast motion, sound, and water or air sprays. It's framed as a premium, movie-quality prop for elevating haunts and themed attractions.

DistortionsUnlimited· 17,952 views
Distortions Unlimited Live November 2023
26:42
Prop Reviews

Distortions Unlimited Live November 2023

This November 2023 livestream from Distortions Unlimited offers a casual tour and company updates from the well-known haunt prop manufacturer. Viewers get a behind-the-scenes look and the latest news rather than a step-by-step build or tutorial. It's an interactive session aimed at fans and customers following the brand.

DistortionsUnlimited· 3,022 views
SCARE WOLF LEGEND Prop Unboxing and Set Up by Distortions Unlimited
6:11
Prop Reviews

SCARE WOLF LEGEND Prop Unboxing and Set Up by Distortions Unlimited

This video features Distortions Unlimited unboxing and setting up their Scare Wolf Legend, a professional-grade werewolf prop standing over six feet tall. The piece is sculpted in detail, hand-painted, and built from latex over a foam-filled armature with a metal stand and poseable arms. It is flat-backed with a full head and neck, and splits into halves for easier transport and storage.

DistortionsUnlimited· 18,473 views
Distortions Unlimited Animatronic Painting | Behind the Scenes with Music
19:42
DIY Animatronics

Distortions Unlimited Animatronic Painting | Behind the Scenes with Music

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.

DistortionsUnlimited· 6,524 views
Distortions Unlimited Halloween Props at Everett Manor Yard Haunt 2023
3:07
Yard Haunts

Distortions Unlimited Halloween Props at Everett Manor Yard Haunt 2023

This short video tours Everett Manor, a home yard haunt in Des Plaines, IL, during the Halloween 2023 season. It highlights several Distortions Unlimited props featured in the display, including an Edgar Allan Poe figure, a witch animatronic, a Werewolf Legend display, and a Death prop. The focus is on showcasing the creepy staged scenes rather than building or reviewing the props in detail.

DistortionsUnlimited· 5,338 views
Mutant Animatronic Scene at the Lehman Manor Haunt
3:34
Home Haunts

Mutant Animatronic Scene at the Lehman Manor Haunt

The McCabe family tours the Mutant animatronic scene built into their Lehman Manor home haunt, showing how they framed the Distortions Unlimited prop with video, lighting, fog, and detailed set work. The walkthrough highlights how the towering Mutant is staged for maximum intensity, cycling through an ambient program before erupting into fast, savage motion when triggered. It's part showcase, part inspiration for how a professional prop can anchor a themed home-haunt scene.

DistortionsUnlimited· 6,311 views
Colossus Animatronic at Lehman Manor Haunt 2023
5:50
Prop Reviews

Colossus Animatronic at Lehman Manor Haunt 2023

This video spotlights the Distortions Unlimited Colossus, a towering giant animatronic, as featured at the award-winning Lehman Manor Haunt for 2023. Miles McCabe (Brick Thunder) shares how his haunt deploys Colossus and offers tips for using the figure effectively. It also includes behind-the-scenes glimpses of how the animatronic was built before heading to the haunt.

DistortionsUnlimited· 12,167 views
Halloween Animatronics & Props Catalog Highlights | Distortions Unlimited
23:35
Prop Reviews

Halloween Animatronics & Props Catalog Highlights | Distortions Unlimited

A multi-year highlight reel showcasing Distortions Unlimited's lineup of Halloween animatronics, props, and decorations. The catalog spans creatures and characters like the water-spraying Mutant, the charging Scare Wolf werewolf, the giant Colossus and Grim Death reaper, plus pumpkin-patch and circus-themed pieces. It serves as a promotional overview of the company's offerings for haunters and themed attractions rather than a how-to build.

DistortionsUnlimited· 36,455 views
Halloween with Dick Van Dyke | Making Monsters and Behind the Scenes Clips
9:32
Halloween Decorating

Halloween with Dick Van Dyke | Making Monsters and Behind the Scenes Clips

This compilation pairs clips from the Travel Channel's Making Monsters with original behind-the-scenes footage shot by Distortions Unlimited as the team delivered a large animatronic to entertainer Dick Van Dyke. It highlights Van Dyke's decades-long passion for Halloween decorating, which began with building his own monsters and has grown to include professional props. Rather than a tutorial, it offers a fun look at a celebrity haunt enthusiast and the company behind the creatures.

DistortionsUnlimited· 13,976 views
HOW TO SCULPT a Baby Mutant Halloween Prop | Monster Lab
1:08:21
DIY PropsAdvanced

HOW TO SCULPT a Baby Mutant Halloween Prop | Monster Lab

In this extended director's cut of Monster Lab, Ed Edmunds and Tom Cassidy of Distortions Unlimited walk through sculpting a baby mutant creature called Mutinee, inspired by their Mutant animatronic. The tutorial covers the full clay process, from bulking out the form to blocking large anatomy, refining details, and finishing the piece. It's a hands-on look at professional creature-sculpting workflow using WED clay and a range of sculpting tools.

DistortionsUnlimited· 20,758 views
Monster Making at Distortions Unlimited Compilation
9:49
Set Design

Monster Making at Distortions Unlimited Compilation

This compilation showcases the monster-making process at Distortions Unlimited, a long-running maker of hand-crafted Halloween props and animatronics. It walks through their workflow from design and sculpting to molding, pouring, and painting, while highlighting signature creations like the Pumpkin Witch, Colossus, the Giant Skull, and Mutant. The reel offers a behind-the-scenes look at how professional-grade haunt monsters come to life rather than a step-by-step tutorial.

DistortionsUnlimited· 45,988 views
What I Learned Making Monsters For 50 Years - Ed Edmunds | Distortions Unlimited Podcast Ep. 1
13:30
Other

What I Learned Making Monsters For 50 Years - Ed Edmunds | Distortions Unlimited Podcast Ep. 1

In this debut podcast episode, Ed Edmunds of Distortions Unlimited reflects on more than five decades spent designing and building Halloween monsters, props, and animatronics. He shares the personal and professional lessons gathered across a long career in the haunt industry. The conversation leans toward inspiration and business wisdom rather than hands-on technique.

DistortionsUnlimited· 3,635 views
Scary Clowns Creep Show Animatronic #halloween
0:53
Prop Reviews

Scary Clowns Creep Show Animatronic #halloween

This short from Distortions Unlimited showcases their Creep Show scary clown animatronic, a creepy Halloween prop built for haunted attractions and home haunts alike. The quick clip highlights the unsettling clown character as part of the company's monster-making lineup. It serves as a promotional spotlight rather than a how-to build.

DistortionsUnlimited· 7,704 views
MONSTER DAY 2023 Festival in Greeley Colorado | Monsters, Costumes and Fun
17:16
Other

MONSTER DAY 2023 Festival in Greeley Colorado | Monsters, Costumes and Fun

This video rounds up highlights from Monster Day 2023, a family-friendly monster-themed festival held in Greeley, Colorado. Viewers get a look at costumed attendees, a costume contest, vendor booths, food, and the crowd of monsters on display. Distortions Unlimited is featured as a returning participant, bringing their crew and monsters while hosting a mask painting demo and giveaway.

DistortionsUnlimited· 8,232 views
Halloween Masks Convention Walk Through 4k | MASK FEST 2023
58:01
Other

Halloween Masks Convention Walk Through 4k | MASK FEST 2023

This 4K walk-through tours the Mask Fest 2023 convention, showcasing vendors, monster makers, and collectors and their latex, silicone, and resin creations spanning vintage to modern designs. Ed and Marsha Edmunds of Distortions Unlimited guide viewers through the floor and chat with exhibitors, with additional interviews featuring noted mask and effects artists. It's a survey of the show rather than a build or how-to video.

DistortionsUnlimited· 205,408 views
Mask Fest 2023 | Halloween Masks Collector Convention
26:36
Other

Mask Fest 2023 | Halloween Masks Collector Convention

Ed and Marsha Edmunds of Distortions Unlimited tour Mask Fest 2023, a convention dedicated to Halloween and monster masks for collectors, artists, and fans. The walkthrough features conversations with notable mask makers and vendors and showcases masks crafted from latex, silicone, resin, and other materials. It's a behind-the-scenes look at the mask-collecting community rather than a tutorial or build.

DistortionsUnlimited· 28,695 views
Monster Day 2023 Mask Painting Demo and Giveaway by Distortions Unlimited
19:20
Other

Monster Day 2023 Mask Painting Demo and Giveaway by Distortions Unlimited

Distortions Unlimited brings their live stage energy to Monster Day 2023 in Greeley, Colorado, where Ed Edmunds and the crew speed paint a batch of latex monster masks. The finished masks are tossed into the crowd as giveaways, with live monster guitar from Tom Cassidy and plenty of crowd reaction throughout. It's an entertainment-focused festival recap rather than a step-by-step tutorial, though painting fans can watch the crew's techniques in action.

DistortionsUnlimited· 5,336 views
Making Mutant Baby Props for Monster Day 2023 | Distortions Unlimited Behind the Scenes
7:40
DIY Props

Making Mutant Baby Props for Monster Day 2023 | Distortions Unlimited Behind the Scenes

This behind-the-scenes tour follows the Distortions Unlimited crew as they finish a batch of mutant baby props dubbed 'Mutinee' for Monster Day 2023. Alongside painting the latex creatures, the team is shown trimming, welding, completing electric chair props, and shipping out mutant animatronics. It offers a glimpse into how a long-running American prop studio brings its monsters to life.

DistortionsUnlimited· 10,256 views
Halloween Animatronics and Pros in Slow Motion by Distortions Unlimited
0:39
Prop Reviews

Halloween Animatronics and Pros in Slow Motion by Distortions Unlimited

This short reel showcases a handful of Distortions Unlimited animatronics and props captured in slow motion to emphasize their movement and scare effects. Featured creatures reportedly include the Mutant, Creep Show, and Yeti. It functions as a quick visual highlight of the company's commercial haunt offerings rather than a tutorial or detailed review.

DistortionsUnlimited· 10,855 views
How Halloween Masks & Monsters Are Made | Distortions Unlimited On Channel 7 News Vintage Late 90's
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Professional Haunted Attractions

How Halloween Masks & Monsters Are Made | Distortions Unlimited On Channel 7 News Vintage Late 90's

This vintage late-1990s Colorado Channel 7 news segment, reported by Anne Trujillo, takes viewers inside Distortions Unlimited to see how their Halloween masks and monster props are produced. The short feature highlights animatronics such as the Electric Chair, an alien, and an alligator, alongside masks and scenes from the company's Brutal Planet haunted house. It serves as a nostalgic behind-the-scenes look at a well-known haunt prop manufacturer.

DistortionsUnlimited· 4,292 views
What I Learned Scaring People For 50 Years | Ed Edmunds of Distortions Unlimited Greeley Talk
20:27
Other

What I Learned Scaring People For 50 Years | Ed Edmunds of Distortions Unlimited Greeley Talk

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.

DistortionsUnlimited· 8,823 views
Transworld Halloween Show DISTORTIONS UNLIMITED Booth Highlights 2015 - 2023
30:38
Prop Reviews

Transworld Halloween Show DISTORTIONS UNLIMITED Booth Highlights 2015 - 2023

This 31-minute reel compiles highlights from the Distortions Unlimited booth at the Transworld Halloween Show across 2015 through 2023. It showcases the company's professional-grade animatronics, monsters, props, and costumes on display for the haunt industry, including named creations like Colossus, Mutant, Scare Wolf, Zombie Shock, and Pumpkin Witch. It functions as a showcase reel rather than a build tutorial, giving viewers a look at commercial haunt gear seen at the convention.

DistortionsUnlimited· 24,585 views
Monster Day 2023 City of Greeley Meeting and Teaser
9:34
Other

Monster Day 2023 City of Greeley Meeting and Teaser

Distortions Unlimited sits down with the City of Greeley to organize Monster Day 2023, a monster-themed community festival set for August 12th in downtown Greeley, Colorado. The video doubles as a teaser, previewing planned attractions like costumes, painting demonstrations, vendors, food, giveaways, and prizes. It's a behind-the-scenes look at event coordination rather than a haunt build or tutorial.

DistortionsUnlimited· 4,409 views