The Screening Room

The Halloween Video Library

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.

FrightProps Corpsing Tutorial!

FrightProps walks through their preferred corpsing method, using cheesecloth and latex as the foundation for creating convincing zombified skin on Halloween props. The real differentiator in this technique is the use of FrightProps' own Dura-Grime and Dura-Blood products, which give the finished latex cloth an authentic decayed appearance. At roughly 15 minutes, the tutorial is accessible to beginners looking to upgrade the realism of existing props.

FrightProps· 771 views

4:28

Makeup TutorialsAdvanced

Evil Skull Heart Makeup Tutorial

Madeyewlook creator Alexys Fleming delivers a striking evil skull and anatomical heart body-paint makeup look in this short tutorial. The design blends classic skull makeup with gore-style detailing using a combination of professional-grade water-activated and alcohol-activated paints. Multiple product lines are used to build depth through layered shadows, vivid reds, and stark whites and blacks. Despite the brief runtime, the look achieves an impressively dramatic horror aesthetic.

Madeyewlook· 305,081 views

9:39

DIY PropsBeginnerlow / budget-friendly

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Allen Hopps of Stiltbeast Studios walks through a budget-conscious method for crafting realistic-looking prop intestines suitable for haunted house and horror set applications. The tutorial focuses on achieving convincing gore effects without a large financial investment. It sits squarely in the indie FX tradition of making professional-looking results accessible to home haunters and small productions.

StiltbeastStudios· 18,500 views