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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.

510 videos

We made a real PROTOTYPE (that can CRUSH Poppy!)
41:03
DIY AnimatronicsAdvanced

We made a real PROTOTYPE (that can CRUSH Poppy!)

Wicked Makers' Jay and Jaimie build a full-scale animatronic version of The Prototype (Experiment 1006) from Poppy Playtime Chapter 5, complete with a welded steel skeleton, hand-tailored costume, and a highly detailed resin-printed face produced on a Formlabs Form 4L printer. The build features motorized head and face rotation driven by Purgatory Props' Aamon Motor Controller, as well as a pneumatically powered crushing hand. To demonstrate the prop's crushing capability, the team also fabricates a life-sized Poppy doll as a test subject. The result is a professional-grade, screen-accurate horror animatronic that blends fabrication, 3D printing, and pneumatics into a single ambitious build.

Wicked Makers· 3,792,680 views
Coffin Riser
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DIY Animatronics

Coffin Riser

This video from Poison Props showcases a coffin riser animatronic prop, demonstrating the dramatic effect of a figure or lid rising from a coffin. The clip highlights the prop's action and overall visual impact as a haunt-ready scare piece. Poison Props is known for professional-grade haunted attraction builds, suggesting this is a polished, production-quality demonstration.

POISON PROPS· 2,328 views
One Arm Attack
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DIY Animatronics

One Arm Attack

The One Arm Attack from Poison Props is a pneumatically driven animatronic prop designed to deliver a fast, startling arm-lunge scare. The prop appears built for haunted house or professional attraction use, emphasizing sudden movement to startle guests. As a product showcase from Poison Props, the video likely demonstrates the prop in action rather than providing a step-by-step build tutorial.

POISON PROPS· 2,786 views
Ring Girl Pop Up
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DIY Animatronics

Ring Girl Pop Up

This video from Poison Props showcases a Ring Girl pop-up animatronic prop, inspired by the iconic long-haired horror character. The prop appears to feature a sudden pop-up or lunge mechanism designed to startle haunt guests. Poison Props is a well-known supplier of professional-grade haunt props and animatronics.

POISON PROPS· 2,505 views
Quick Attack Zombie
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DIY Animatronics

Quick Attack Zombie

This video from Poison Props showcases a quick-attack zombie animatronic designed to deliver fast, startling scares. The prop appears to feature a rapid pneumatic or mechanical launch mechanism that thrusts the zombie figure toward guests. It is likely intended as a professional-grade or high-end haunt prop suitable for both home haunts and professional attractions.

POISON PROPS· 2,061 views
Hangman Kicker Zombie
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DIY Animatronics

Hangman Kicker Zombie

This video showcases Poison Props' Hangman Kicker Zombie, a professionally built animatronic prop featuring a hanging zombie figure with a kicker action. The prop appears designed for haunted house and professional haunt environments where a startling, sudden movement effect is desired. It highlights the build quality and scare potential typical of Poison Props' product line.

POISON PROPS· 2,055 views
Giant Rat Attack
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DIY Animatronics

Giant Rat Attack

This video from Poison Props showcases a giant rat attack animatronic prop designed for Halloween haunts and scare experiences. The build features a large-scale rat creature with animated movement intended to startle and frighten guests. Poison Props is known for professional-grade animatronic and creature fabrication, suggesting a high-quality finished piece.

POISON PROPS· 1,912 views
Falling Angel
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DIY Animatronics

Falling Angel

Poison Props showcases their Falling Angel animatronic, a ceiling-mounted drop prop designed for haunted house environments. The piece depicts an angel figure that dramatically falls or lunges downward via pneumatic or mechanical actuation to startle guests. This type of overhead scare prop adds a vertical dimension to haunt layouts, catching visitors off guard from above.

POISON PROPS· 1,864 views
Chain Drop Grabber
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DIY Animatronics

Chain Drop Grabber

Poison Props presents the Chain Drop Grabber, an animatronic scare prop designed for haunted house and professional haunt environments. The prop features a dramatic chain-drop mechanism combined with a grabbing action intended to startle guests at close range. As a Poison Props product, it reflects the company's focus on high-impact, professionally engineered haunt equipment.

POISON PROPS· 1,728 views
Ceiling Dweller
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DIY Animatronics

Ceiling Dweller

The Ceiling Dweller is a Poison Props animatronic designed to mount overhead and deliver scares from above. The prop features creature-like aesthetics built for haunted house or home haunt environments where unexpected overhead movement creates high-impact reactions. Its ceiling-based positioning makes it a unique addition to any haunt scene looking to exploit vertical space.

POISON PROPS· 1,739 views
Barrell Popper
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DIY AnimatronicsIntermediate

Barrell Popper

Poison Props showcases a barrel popper animatronic — a pneumatically driven jump-scare prop designed to startle haunt guests. The mechanism launches or pops a figure or lid out of a barrel using compressed air for a sudden, high-impact scare. It is aimed at haunted attraction builders looking for reliable, repeatable pneumatic scares.

POISON PROPS· 2,093 views
Rotating Zombie
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DIY Animatronics

Rotating Zombie

Poison Props showcases a rotating zombie animatronic designed for haunted house or Halloween display use. The prop features a zombie figure with a mechanical rotation effect, likely driven by a pneumatic or motor-based system. As a product or build highlight from a professional prop-making company, it demonstrates the quality and movement style typical of commercial-grade Halloween attractions.

POISON PROPS· 1,376 views
Pneumatic Pecking Crow Prop
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Pneumatics

Pneumatic Pecking Crow Prop

FrightProps showcases their ready-to-run pneumatic pecking crow prop, designed to add realistic bird-attack motion to cornfield or scarecrow displays. The prop arrives as a complete package including the crow, mounting plate, programmed controller, motion sensor, and audio with speaker. It requires a compressed air supply and standard 110V AC power to operate — no additional programming or assembly needed.

FrightProps· 1,783 views
Frankensteins Experiment Halloween Animatronic
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Prop Reviews

Frankensteins Experiment Halloween Animatronic

Distortions Unlimited showcases their Frankenstein's Experiment animatronic, a towering seven-foot creature prop inspired by Mary Shelley's classic novel. The figure convulses and shakes before lunging forward in a dramatic thrust scare, enhanced by onboard fog and lighting for a cinematic effect. The unit ships as an all-in-one package with a pneumatic cylinder, controls, audio, fog, and lights already integrated.

DistortionsUnlimited· 8,796 views
How to Operate Your Pneumatic Animatronic Mutant
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PneumaticsBeginner

How to Operate Your Pneumatic Animatronic Mutant

Ed Edmunds of Distortions Unlimited walks viewers through unboxing and setting up the Mutant, a 7-foot pneumatic animatronic with a sci-fi horror aesthetic. The video covers all key connections including air, fog, lights, and audio, as well as how the prop's ambient idle mode and push-button trigger work together. When activated, the Mutant delivers rapid pneumatic movement, flashing color lights, fog bursts, sound, and a mouth spray of water or air for a fully immersive scare.

DistortionsUnlimited· 6,908 views
Real YARNABY Animatronic! 🧶😱 #poppyplaytime
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DIY AnimatronicsAdvanced

Real YARNABY Animatronic! 🧶😱 #poppyplaytime

Wicked Makers' Jay and Jaimie construct a full animatronic version of Yarnaby from the horror game Poppy Playtime, built from steel and driven by pneumatics. The build goes beyond aesthetics — the team stress-tests the animatronic's jaw mechanism using a ballistic gel arm to see whether it could realistically bite through a limb. The video blends behind-the-scenes fabrication footage with chaotic prop-testing in classic Wicked Makers style. It sits alongside their broader catalog of mascot-horror animatronics inspired by FNAF, Poppy Playtime, and similar franchises.

Wicked Makers· 15,878,248 views
Scare Wolf Scary Animatronic
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Prop Reviews

Scare Wolf Scary Animatronic

Distortions Unlimited showcases Scare Wolf, a professional-grade pneumatic werewolf animatronic designed to simulate a chained beast straining to break free before lunging at guests. The figure uses three pneumatic cylinders — two for side-to-side thrashing and one for a forward strike — topped off with a mouth-mounted air blaster for a shocking finish. Integrated lighting, audio, and a built-in program round out the package for a fully self-contained scare experience. The prop targets haunted house operators, theme parks, and serious home haunters looking for a high-impact centerpiece.

DistortionsUnlimited· 8,824 views
Distortions Unlimited Electric Chair RevengeDeath Row Pneumatic #Animatronic at#Transworld 2024
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DIY Animatronics

Distortions Unlimited Electric Chair RevengeDeath Row Pneumatic #Animatronic at#Transworld 2024

This video offers a look at Distortions Unlimited's Electric Chair Revenge Death Row pneumatic animatronic as showcased at Transworld 2024. The clip captures the prop in action on the trade show floor, highlighting its pneumatic movement system. Distortions Unlimited is a well-known professional haunt prop manufacturer, and Transworld is one of the haunted attraction industry's premier annual trade events.

Horror 365· 11,237 views
We made a real YARNABY Animatronic (that can eat people)
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DIY AnimatronicsAdvanced

We made a real YARNABY Animatronic (that can eat people)

Wicked Makers duo Jay and Jaimie build a full-scale animatronic version of Yarnaby from the horror video game Poppy Playtime, engineering it with steel and pneumatics to deliver a genuinely powerful bite. The build is documented from concept through construction, culminating in a dramatic ballistic gel arm test to measure whether the finished prop could realistically 'eat' a person. The project blends character-accurate prop replica work with serious mechanical engineering, resulting in a haunted-house-worthy centerpiece. It's chaotic, messy, and deeply impressive in equal measure.

Wicked Makers· 4,665,624 views
Air Powered Halloween Cannon Prop with Fog Blast
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Pneumatics

Air Powered Halloween Cannon Prop with Fog Blast

FrightProps showcases a ready-made pirate cannon prop that combines multiple scare effects into a single dramatic package. The prop fires a burst of fog through the barrel using a dedicated fog machine and blow system, while a built-in light simulates a muzzle flash. A pneumatic cylinder drives a convincing recoil action to sell the illusion of a cannon actually firing.

FrightProps· 2,123 views
Pop Over Pneumatic Halloween Prop Mechanism
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PneumaticsIntermediate

Pop Over Pneumatic Halloween Prop Mechanism

This short FrightProps video introduces a pop-over pneumatic mechanism designed for Halloween prop applications. The clip demonstrates how compressed air can drive a prop through a rapid pivoting or swinging motion, creating a sudden startle effect. It serves as a quick overview of the pop-over concept for haunters considering air-powered movement in their builds.

FrightProps· 1,429 views
Pneumatic Prop Shaker Mech
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PneumaticsIntermediate

Pneumatic Prop Shaker Mech

This short FrightProps video demonstrates a pneumatic shaker mechanism designed to add realistic, erratic motion to Halloween props and animatronics. The clip showcases how compressed air can drive rapid, convincing shaking or vibration effects suitable for haunted house applications. It serves as a quick visual reference for haunters looking to understand how a shaker mech operates before building or purchasing one.

FrightProps· 1,169 views
Pneumatic Falling Off Wall Mech
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PneumaticsIntermediate

Pneumatic Falling Off Wall Mech

This short FrightProps video demonstrates a pneumatic mechanism designed to simulate a figure or prop falling off a wall — a classic startling haunt effect. The build leverages air-powered actuation to create a rapid, dramatic drop motion. At just one minute, it serves as a quick concept showcase or teaser for the mechanism in action.

FrightProps· 1,125 views
Heavy Duty Pneumatic Pop Up Mech
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Pneumatics

Heavy Duty Pneumatic Pop Up Mech

FrightProps demonstrates their Heavy Duty Pop Up Mech in action, shown here without any character or costume attached so viewers can clearly see the raw mechanical motion. The mechanism is designed to launch a torso-style prop upward, making it ideal for coffin-based scare scenes. This short clip serves as a product showcase rather than a step-by-step build tutorial.

FrightProps· 894 views