Halloween Universe

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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.

21 videos

Gremlin Monster Sculpting DIY Tutorial | Monster Lab Shorts
0:46
DIY PropsIntermediate

Gremlin Monster Sculpting DIY Tutorial | Monster Lab Shorts

Ed Edmunds, founder of the legendary Halloween prop and animatronics company Distortions Unlimited, demonstrates gremlin monster sculpting in this short-form clip from the Monster Lab instructional series. The video offers a condensed glimpse into professional-level creature sculpting techniques developed over decades in the industry. It serves as a teaser for the full-length Monster Lab tutorials available on the channel, which cover the complete mask-making pipeline from sculpt to finished prop.

DistortionsUnlimited· 9,300 views
Wednesday Guest Sculpting Bingo
2:45:40
DIY PropsIntermediate

Wednesday Guest Sculpting Bingo

Stiltbeast Studios hosts an extended live sculpting session centered on a Wednesday-themed character, featuring a guest artist in an interactive bingo-format event. The session showcases hands-on clay sculpting techniques used in professional haunted attraction mask and prop creation. Running nearly three hours, it offers an in-depth look at the creative process behind Halloween character design from concept to sculpted form.

StiltbeastStudios· 2,352 views
Wednesday Sculpting Bingo
1:47:19
DIY PropsAdvanced

Wednesday Sculpting Bingo

Stiltbeast Studios' Allen Hopps hosts a live sculpting session in a bingo-style interactive format, crafting a Wednesday Addams-inspired character piece. The session runs nearly two hours, giving viewers an extended look at professional-level prop and mask sculpting techniques. As a Stiltbeast production, the content is geared toward haunted attraction builders and serious Halloween prop makers looking to elevate their character work.

StiltbeastStudios· 3,040 views
Wednesday Mask Sculpting Bingo!
3:20:44
DIY PropsAdvanced

Wednesday Mask Sculpting Bingo!

StiltbeastStudios hosts an extended live sculpting session centered on creating a Wednesday-inspired character mask. The session appears to follow a Bingo-style interactive format, likely allowing viewers to influence or track sculpting milestones during the stream. At over three hours long, this is a deep-dive sculpting event with haunt industry pro Allen Hopps. It offers substantial insight into professional-level mask creation for haunted attraction and Halloween prop applications.

StiltbeastStudios· 2,224 views
Wednesday Sculpting Bingo!
3:08:56
DIY PropsAdvanced

Wednesday Sculpting Bingo!

Stiltbeast Studios hosts an extended sculpting session focused on creating a Wednesday-inspired character piece, presented in a bingo challenge format. Allen Hopps guides viewers through the sculpting process in what appears to be a long-form live or recorded workshop running over three hours. The video targets haunted attraction builders and mask makers looking to develop professional-level character sculpts. The bingo format suggests an interactive or community-driven element to the creative session.

StiltbeastStudios· 13,404 views
Wednesday Sculpting bingo
3:36:53
DIY PropsAdvanced

Wednesday Sculpting bingo

Stiltbeast Studios host Allen Hopps leads an extended sculpting session focused on creating a Wednesday-inspired character mask or prop. The video runs well over three hours, suggesting a deep-dive live or recorded bingo-format sculpting event where viewers can follow along with the process from start to finish. The bingo format implies an interactive or community-driven structure, likely with sculpting milestones or challenges woven throughout. This is consistent with Stiltbeast Studios' established approach to professional-level prop and mask fabrication content.

StiltbeastStudios· 2,495 views
Cyclops speed sculpt
3:16
DIY PropsAdvanced

Cyclops speed sculpt

StiltbeastStudios presents a time-lapse-style speed sculpt of a one-eyed cyclops monster mask, paced slightly slower than a typical speed sculpt for easier viewing. The video showcases the artist's process of shaping a detailed creature face from start to finish in just a few minutes. It serves as both an entertaining watch and a teaser for potential future sculpting content from the channel.

StiltbeastStudios· 786 views
Sculpting Karen
2:04:16
DIY PropsAdvanced

Sculpting Karen

StiltbeastStudios' Allen Hopps walks viewers through a full sculpting session creating a character named Karen, intended as a haunted attraction mask or prop. The lengthy two-hour runtime suggests a deep-dive, near-complete sculpting workflow rather than a quick overview. The content sits at the intersection of wearable mask creation and haunted house prop fabrication, reflecting Allen's professional haunt-industry background.

StiltbeastStudios· 1,069 views
Wednesday New Mask Sculpt Night!
3:54:44
DIY PropsAdvanced

Wednesday New Mask Sculpt Night!

Stiltbeast Studios host Allen Hopps guides viewers through a live mask sculpting session focused on a new Wednesday-inspired character design. The session, running nearly four hours, covers the hands-on sculpting process from early concept stages through refined detail work. This is a deep-dive workshop format typical of Stiltbeast's professional-grade prop and mask content aimed at serious haunt builders and mask makers.

StiltbeastStudios· 1,064 views
Wednesday Sculpting Night!
3:24:44
DIY PropsIntermediate

Wednesday Sculpting Night!

A lengthy live sculpting session from Stiltbeast Studios, hosted by Allen Hopps, focused on creating a Halloween mask or creature prop. The session dives into hands-on sculpting techniques applicable to haunted attraction and home haunt prop building. At over three hours, it offers an in-depth, real-time look at the creative and technical process behind professional-quality horror mask design.

StiltbeastStudios· 1,377 views
Sculpting Session!
3:39:25
DIY PropsAdvanced

Sculpting Session!

Allen Hopps of StiltbeastStudios leads an extended sculpting session focused on creating a Halloween mask or creature prop suitable for haunted attraction use. At nearly four hours, this is a deep-dive, real-time working session that gives viewers an unfiltered look at the sculpting process from concept through execution. The content bridges prop-making and wearable character design, making it relevant to both haunters and mask artists.

StiltbeastStudios· 3,571 views
Mikey Rotella Talks Horror Movies & Thriller | Sculpting at Distortions Unlimited
3:55
Other

Mikey Rotella Talks Horror Movies & Thriller | Sculpting at Distortions Unlimited

In this short behind-the-scenes segment from Distortions Unlimited, sculptor Mikey Rotella works on a gorilla sculpt while discussing his lifelong passion for monsters and horror. He reflects on the classic films that inspired him — including Dawn of the Dead, The Exorcist, and An American Werewolf in London — as well as more recent fare and pop-culture touchstones like Michael Jackson's Thriller. Rotella, who has appeared as a guest sculptor on the TV series Making Monsters, brings both professional credibility and genuine enthusiasm to the conversation.

DistortionsUnlimited· 5,013 views
Sculpt a Wolfman Mask
9:10
Makeup TutorialsIntermediate

Sculpt a Wolfman Mask

Distortions Unlimited founder Ed Edmunds demonstrates how to sculpt a Wolfman mask from WED clay, offering a look into professional-level creature mask creation. The tutorial is drawn from the channel's Mask Maker kit series, which covers sculpting, painting, and mold-making for a range of creature designs. Viewers get hands-on insight into the shaping and detailing techniques used to bring a classic monster to life in clay.

DistortionsUnlimited· 7,729 views
Sculpt a Witch Halloween Mask
7:34
DIY PropsIntermediate

Sculpt a Witch Halloween Mask

Industry veteran Ed Edmunds of Distortions Unlimited walks viewers through sculpting a witch Halloween mask from clay. The tutorial is part of the Monster Lab series, which covers the full spectrum of professional mask-making skills including sculpting and painting. The concise runtime makes it an accessible entry point into character mask design from a respected name in the haunt industry.

DistortionsUnlimited· 8,020 views
Do You REALLY want to work at Distortions Unlimited??
1:32
Other

Do You REALLY want to work at Distortions Unlimited??

A tongue-in-cheek behind-the-scenes peek at Distortions Unlimited, one of the haunted attraction industry's most iconic prop and mask studios. Academy Award-winning sculptor Bob Short makes a playful cameo contributing to the studio's Monster of the Month series — apparently of his own free will. The short clip uses dry humor to give viewers a taste of what working at the legendary Colorado-based creature shop might actually look like.

DistortionsUnlimited· 3,815 views
How to Make a Halloween Mask "Molding" | Monster Lab
20:24
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
29:04
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
Molding a goblin half mask
1:53:11
DIY PropsIntermediate

Molding a goblin half mask

Stiltbeast Studios walks through the full process of molding a goblin half mask using hydrocal, covering the complete workflow from start to finish in just under two hours. The build uses a one-piece mold construction reinforced with burlap for added structural strength and durability. The real-time format gives viewers an accurate sense of pacing and the hands-on steps involved in professional-quality mask mold making.

StiltbeastStudios· 4,861 views
long version gorilla
25:23
DIY PropsAdvanced

long version gorilla

This extended cut from StiltbeastStudios presents a gorilla mask sculpt played at 4x speed rather than the faster 8x version previously released, giving viewers a more detailed look at the full sculpting process. The slower playback makes it easier to observe specific tool choices and technique nuances throughout the build. It serves as a companion piece to the original upload for those who want a deeper study of the workflow.

StiltbeastStudios· 2,766 views
gorilla mutant sculpt
13:05
DIY PropsAdvanced

gorilla mutant sculpt

StiltbeastStudios kicks off a multi-part series documenting the creation of a gorilla mutant character suit, starting with the sculpting phase. The video focuses on the detailed sculptwork that will form the foundation of a full wearable creature suit. Further installments are planned to cover the remaining fabrication stages from sculpture through to finished suit.

StiltbeastStudios· 2,457 views
Deranged gallery two.wmv
4:32
Prop Reviews

Deranged gallery two.wmv

Allen Hopps of Stiltbeast Studios showcases his 'Deranged' line of latex character masks in this gallery-style video. The collection spans a variety of unsettling characters, including serial killer and steampunk-influenced designs. The video is presented as creative inspiration for fellow mask makers and haunt enthusiasts rather than a step-by-step tutorial. Masks from this line are available for purchase through Stiltbeast's First Stab Club membership.

StiltbeastStudios· 3,151 views