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Reprogramming chair screamer Controller.
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Arduino & ControllersIntermediate

Reprogramming chair screamer Controller.

This short walkthrough from Poison Props demonstrates how to disable the safety lock on a chair screamer controller and re-record the channel responsible for launching the witch figure out of the chair. The video focuses specifically on Channel 1 reprogramming, making it a quick but practical reference for anyone needing to update or reset their prop's trigger behavior. Despite its brief runtime, it covers the essential steps to get the animatronic back on a fresh, custom recording.

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TDN1145 Torso Drop Nun PoisonProps.com
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Prop Reviews

TDN1145 Torso Drop Nun PoisonProps.com

This video showcases the TDN1145 Torso Drop Nun, a professional pneumatic animatronic prop from Poison Props. The evil nun figure conceals itself above a maze wall, then violently drops down with wildly flailing arms to startle passing patrons. The unit ships as a complete plug-and-play system including the character, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect for a fully immersive scare.

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CDCF1144 Ceiling Dweller Clown Flyer PoisonProps.com
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Prop Reviews

CDCF1144 Ceiling Dweller Clown Flyer PoisonProps.com

Poison Props showcases their Ceiling Dweller Clown Flyer, a commercial-grade pneumatic animatronic designed for haunted attractions and dark rides. When triggered, the clown drops from its ceiling-mounted position and travels outward roughly 50 inches along a 10-foot track while performing multi-directional head movements. The system ships as a plug-and-play package including the character, pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor, with an optional audio bundle available. Installation involves bolting the sliding rig to the ceiling using four quick-link clips.

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ACC1143 Alien Chained Ceiling PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

ACC1143 Alien Chained Ceiling PoisonProps.com

The ACC1143 from Poison Props is a professional-grade pneumatic animatronic alien suspended from chains overhead. When triggered by its included motion sensor, the figure lunges forward with reaching arms, a bending torso, and a head that sweeps side to side for a high-impact startle scare. The plug-and-play system ships with pneumatics and a pre-programmed controller, and an optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect. Four quick-link clips and mounting brackets are included for straightforward ceiling installation.

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AMT1142 Alien Medical Table PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

AMT1142 Alien Medical Table PoisonProps.com

Poison Props showcases their AMT1142 Alien Medical Table, a fully pneumatic animatronic prop featuring a bloody alien figure that appears motionless before launching into a multi-axis scare sequence. The prop includes a tilting or flipping table, lunging torso, articulated arms, and a moving head, all driven by included pneumatics and a pre-programmed controller with motion sensor. It ships as a complete plug-and-play package, with an optional add-on audio system for enhanced effect. Two table configurations are available to suit different haunt layouts.

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Dropping Pirate Hangman Thrasher PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

Dropping Pirate Hangman Thrasher PoisonProps.com

PoisonProps showcases their Dropping Pirate Hangman Thrasher, a large-scale pneumatic animatronic designed for professional haunted attractions and dark rides. The figure hangs concealed with only its legs visible, then dramatically drops several feet while its head rises, legs kick, and arms reach outward in a startle-scare sequence. The prop ships as a plug-and-play package including the character, drop rig, pneumatics, programmed controller, and motion sensor, with an optional audio package available. It requires a compressed air supply and standard AC power to operate.

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PHT1141 Pirate Hangman Thrasher PoisonProps.com
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Prop Reviews

PHT1141 Pirate Hangman Thrasher PoisonProps.com

Poison Props showcases their PHT1141 Pirate Hangman Thrasher, a roughly 7-foot pneumatic animatronic corpse that plays dead before launching into a dramatic thrashing sequence — head rising, arms grabbing, and legs kicking as if fighting the noose. The unit ships as a complete plug-and-play package including the character, pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional gallows and metal base are available separately, as is an audio package with a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect. Power and a compressed air supply are the only on-site requirements.

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PWJ1137 Pirate Window Jumper PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

PWJ1137 Pirate Window Jumper PoisonProps.com

The Poison Props PWJ1137 Pirate Window Jumper is a plug-and-play pneumatic animatronic that conceals a pirate figure below a faux broken window, then launches it upward with multiple head movements for a dramatic jump scare. The complete package includes the character, mounting panel, plexiglass broken-window facade, pneumatic rig, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect. The unit footprint is approximately 40″ wide by 32″ deep by 90″ tall and requires only AC power and a 100 PSI air supply to operate.

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GPF1135 Ghost Pirate Flyer PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

GPF1135 Ghost Pirate Flyer PoisonProps.com

The Ghost Pirate Flyer from Poison Props is a professional-grade pneumatic animatronic featuring a ghost pirate character that raises its arms, turns its head, and launches forward up to 8 feet on a scissor-throw mechanism to startle guests. The unit arrives as a plug-and-play system, bundled with pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor, with an optional audio package available. Throw distance is configurable in shorter increments to suit tighter spaces. It requires AC power and a 100 PSI air supply and ships via freight.

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SPU1134 Skelly Pop Up PoisonProps.com
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Prop Reviews

SPU1134 Skelly Pop Up PoisonProps.com

The SPU1134 Skelly Pop Up from Poison Props is a commercial-grade pneumatic skeleton animatronic that launches from a low hidden position to a full standing height of 7 feet, with animated head and arm movement. The prop ships complete with pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor, making it a ready-to-deploy scare unit. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect for enhanced impact. It is suited for graveyard scenes in haunted houses, dark rides, or similar professional attraction environments.

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PHP1140 Pirate Horde Panel PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

PHP1140 Pirate Horde Panel PoisonProps.com

The PHP1140 Pirate Horde Panel from Poison Props is a professional-grade pneumatic animatronic featuring three pirate prisoner figures that lunge forward through a boarded-wall drop panel. The prop delivers eight independent movements including head turns and arm lifts, paired with snarling audio effects, and arrives as a fully programmed plug-and-play unit complete with pneumatics, controller, and motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect. Character figures can be swapped out to fit alternative haunt themes.

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PBW1139 Pirate Behind Wall PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

PBW1139 Pirate Behind Wall PoisonProps.com

This Poison Props product demo showcases the PBW1139 Pirate Behind Wall animatronic, a pneumatically driven startle-scare prop in which a pirate figure concealed behind a wall panel dramatically bursts upward to roughly seven feet as the wall splits open. The prop features multi-movement head articulation and flailing arms designed to maximize guest shock. It ships as a complete, ready-to-run package including the character, split wall panel and rig, pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional audio package with speaker and scream effect is also available.

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PHA1138 Pirate Hallway Attack PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

PHA1138 Pirate Hallway Attack PoisonProps.com

Poison Props presents the PHA1138 Pirate Hallway Attack, a fully self-contained commercial-grade animatronic hallway prop stretching roughly 8 feet long and 90 inches tall. When triggered, pirate ghoul characters burst out from holes on both sides of the hallway using 8 channels of pneumatic movement, designed to startle entire groups at once. The unit ships as a plug-and-play system complete with detailed wall panels, characters, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect for a fully immersive scare experience.

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PSF1136 Pirate Sword Fight PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

PSF1136 Pirate Sword Fight PoisonProps.com

The PSF1136 Pirate Sword Fight is a two-character pneumatic animatronic from Poison Props featuring a pair of sword-wielding pirate figures stationed roughly 12 feet apart. On trigger, one pirate leaps upward while the other shoots across the room on a scissor-throw mechanism, with both characters raising swords to clash mid-air. Arm lifts, elbow bends, and head movements add realism to the scene. The unit ships as a complete plug-and-play package including characters, pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor, with an optional audio package available.

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BB609 Barrel Blaster PoisonProps.com
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Prop Reviews

BB609 Barrel Blaster PoisonProps.com

The BB609 Barrel Blaster from Poison Props is a commercial-grade pneumatic pop-up scare prop in which a ghoul character is concealed inside an ordinary-looking barrel until triggered. Upon activation, the lid launches open and the ghoul rises dramatically. The unit ships as a complete, ready-to-run package including the character, barrel housing, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, motion sensor, and a bundled audio system with a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect.

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MR1133 Monk Reacher POISONPROPS.COM
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DIY Animatronics

MR1133 Monk Reacher POISONPROPS.COM

The Poison Props MR1133 Monk Reacher is a pneumatic animatronic prop that crouches in a dormant, head-down pose before explosively launching its torso upward with arms and head thrusting forward for a powerful startle scare. The unit ships plug-and-play, bundling the character figure, pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect for a fully immersive experience. The prop requires an AC power connection and a 100 PSI air supply, and its head is interchangeable with other Poison Props mechanisms.

POISON PROPS· 7,427 views
SJG1113 Sit and Jump Ghoul POISONPROPS.COM
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Prop Reviews

SJG1113 Sit and Jump Ghoul POISONPROPS.COM

Poison Props showcases the SJG1113 Sit and Jump Ghoul, a pneumatic animatronic designed to mimic a dormant prop before launching upright with dynamic arm and head movement for a powerful startle scare. The unit ships as a complete plug-and-play package including the character, rig, pneumatics, programmed controller, and motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect. The prop requires AC power and a 100 PSI air supply, with a footprint of 40″ wide by 32″ deep by 90″ tall.

POISON PROPS· 7,940 views
ALA1132 Asylum Lean Attack PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

ALA1132 Asylum Lean Attack PoisonProps.com

The ALA1132 Asylum Lean Attack from Poison Props is a dual-character pneumatic animatronic designed for haunted houses and dark rides. Two asylum escapee ghouls wait concealed behind a wall, then execute a coordinated multi-axis attack sequence — the lower ghoul launches upward, the upper ghoul twists and turns its head, and both figures deploy grabbing arm movements. The unit ships as a complete plug-and-play package including characters, rig, pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor, with an optional audio package available. Wall panel is not included and must be sourced separately.

POISON PROPS· 15,260 views
Transworld 2018 Poison Props Booth PoisonProps.com
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Professional Haunted Attractions

Transworld 2018 Poison Props Booth PoisonProps.com

This video takes viewers inside the Poison Props booth at the 2018 Transworld Halloween & Attractions Show, one of the haunted house industry's premier trade events. The footage showcases the company's lineup of professional-grade animatronics and haunt props on display in the Dark Zone section of the show floor. It offers a firsthand look at the scale and style of creatures and characters Poison Props was bringing to market that year.

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GPD1122 Giant Puppet Dancer with strings PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

GPD1122 Giant Puppet Dancer with strings PoisonProps.com

This short product showcase from Poison Props features their GPD1122 Giant Puppet Dancer, a 7-foot pneumatic animatronic that slumps lifelessly on a wooden box before rising to full height with flailing arms, shuffling legs, and multi-directional head movement. The unit is a complete plug-and-play system including the character, pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effects. The interchangeable character design allows haunt operators to swap in different characters to match any theme.

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F1007A Frankenstein Half tilt PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

F1007A Frankenstein Half tilt PoisonProps.com

Poison Props showcases their F1007A Frankenstein Half Tilt animatronic scene, a complete plug-and-play attraction piece in which Frankenstein rests on a tilting table before a thrown knife switch triggers sparks, the table lurches forward, and the monster lunges toward guests with reaching arms and head turns. The full package includes the Frankenstein and Doctor figures, the tilt table, an overhead light bar with stands, knife switch, pneumatics, a pre-programmed controller, motion sensor, sound effects, and powered speakers. Individual components can be purchased separately upon request. The large rig footprint and freight shipping requirements position this as a serious investment for professional or semi-professional haunted attractions.

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CCW1131 Clown Circus Wheel PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

CCW1131 Clown Circus Wheel PoisonProps.com

This short product showcase from Poison Props highlights their CCW1131 Clown Circus Wheel, a professional-grade pneumatic animatronic featuring a clown character strapped to a large spinning wheel. When triggered, the clown launches outward via a scissor-throw mechanism while her arms reach forward, elbows bend, and her head moves in multiple directions. The unit ships plug-and-play with a programmed controller and motion sensor, and an optional audio package adds a scream effect with powered speaker. Throw distance is configurable in several lengths to suit different haunt layouts.

POISON PROPS· 42,330 views
WFL1130 Wicked Farmer Lunger PoisonProps.com
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Prop Reviews

WFL1130 Wicked Farmer Lunger PoisonProps.com

The Poison Props WFL1130 Wicked Farmer Lunger is a professional-grade pneumatic animatronic that conceals a farmer ghoul character behind a pair of trees, then launches him upward to roughly 8 feet tall with moving arms and a side-to-side turning head for a realistic, organic scare effect. The unit ships as a complete plug-and-play package including the trees, character, rig, pneumatics, and a pre-programmed controller with a motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream effect for a fully immersive experience. It requires a standard AC power supply and a compressed air source at 100 psi to operate.

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SD1129 Snakes Drop PoisonProps.com
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DIY Animatronics

SD1129 Snakes Drop PoisonProps.com

Poison Props showcases the SD1129 Snakes Drop, a professional-grade pneumatic animatronic featuring five snakes that hide overhead and suddenly plunge down on a bar, shaking and writhing face-to-face with haunt patrons. The rig drops from roughly ten feet to seven feet, putting the snakes at eye level for maximum scare impact. Designed for easy top-of-maze-wall mounting, the unit ships as a complete plug-and-play package including snakes, drop rig, pneumatics, a programmed controller, and a motion sensor. An optional audio package adds a digital player, powered speaker, and scream sound effect.

POISON PROPS· 8,483 views