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.

CLEAN OUT YER MOLD! - Sculpt mold cleaning with Josh from CFX

CFX's Josh walks viewers through the process of cleaning clay out of a freshly made mask mold in this extended live-stream session. The video offers a rare, unedited look at the behind-the-scenes labor involved in professional-grade silicone mask production. Running nearly two hours, it provides an in-depth, real-time perspective on mold preparation techniques used by a leading mask manufacturer.

CFX MASKS· 1,453 views

1:33:19

DIY PropsIntermediate

Mold Cleaning And Mask Painting

Stiltbeast Studios walks through the process of cleaning molds and painting finished masks in this extended workshop-style session. Allen Hopps shares professional techniques used in haunted attraction prop production, covering the steps between pulling a piece from a mold and achieving a paint-ready or fully painted result. At nearly an hour and a half, the video offers an in-depth look at craft-level finishing work relevant to anyone producing wearable Halloween props.

StiltbeastStudios· 1,027 views

Mask Maker: Removing Clay from Mask Mold

2:53

DIY PropsIntermediate

Mask Maker: Removing Clay from Mask Mold

Industry veteran Ed Edmunds of Distortions Unlimited walks through the process of removing clay from a finished mask mold and properly cleaning it for the next stage of production. The video is part of a broader Monster Lab tutorial series covering the full mask-making pipeline from sculpting through painting. Even at just three minutes, it focuses on a critical step that can affect the quality of the final pulled mask.

DistortionsUnlimited· 7,337 views

17:26

DIY PropsIntermediate

Plaster plate molds 2

This follow-up tutorial from Stiltbeast Studios covers the back half of the plaster plate mold process, picking up at demolding and walking through mold cleanup, latex pulling, trimming, painting, and finishing. The focus is on producing realistic human face parts and other small latex pieces suitable for masks, haunted house props, or gore effects. The presenter demonstrates a complete workflow from raw mold to finished, paint-ready latex piece.

StiltbeastStudios· 3,926 views

9:39

DIY PropsIntermediate

molding the brain part 4.wmv

Part four of Stiltbeast Studios' brain series covers the complete mold-making workflow: cleaning the mold after pulling it from the sculpt and then pouring it up to produce a finished casting. The video is part of an ongoing multi-episode series walking viewers through professional-level creature-effects techniques. Stiltbeast Studios is known for high-quality special effects instruction aimed at aspiring prop and prosthetic makers.

StiltbeastStudios· 10,090 views