Video Tag
Every video tagged “home haunt” in the library — a focused slice of the Halloween archive.
588 videos
Haunt Former floats a potentially game-changing concept that could reshape the way hobbyists and haunters approach holiday decorating — spanning Halloween and beyond. The video is idea-driven rather than a step-by-step tutorial, inviting viewers to weigh in on whether the concept has real-world potential. The discussion touches on props and controllers as part of the broader vision, suggesting a technology or system angle to the idea.
Hauntcast serves up a lighthearted countdown of the top tool fails familiar to haunters and makers — highlighting the gap between what tools are designed to do and what actually happens when builders use them. The short-form video leans into relatable humor for the DIY haunt community. At just four minutes, it's a quick, entertaining watch rather than a step-by-step tutorial.
This short, beginner-friendly tutorial walks through building a simple bucket-based fog chiller using a fog machine, an inline vent fan, and a dryer duct. The host explains how the chiller works to produce low-lying, ground-hugging fog and then installs the finished unit directly into a Halloween yard display. The result is a dramatic, creepy fog effect without requiring specialized tools or advanced construction skills. It's a quick, low-cost upgrade for anyone who already owns a fog machine.
This haunt vlog follows the late-stage construction of the Cotton County Crematorium home haunt, as the creator installs the centrepiece crematorium set piece — featuring Distortion's Screamin' Hot prop — alongside work on a sacrificial room. The episode also documents lighting tests as the build approaches completion. It offers an authentic behind-the-scenes look at the final push before a home haunt opens.
This short promotional video from Froggy's Fog positions their fog fluid as an essential ingredient for any Halloween celebration. The brand targets a wide audience spanning home haunters, party hosts, and professional haunted attractions. At under a minute, it functions as a brand awareness spot rather than a tutorial or product deep-dive.
Halloween Happy takes viewers through an underground monster carnival setup created with friends, showcasing a creatively themed Halloween environment. The video blends haunt walkthrough energy with personal vlog-style presentation, highlighting collaborative Halloween creativity. It captures the fun and community spirit of enthusiast-level Halloween decorating and themed party spaces.
Hauntcast unveils Gourdie, a pumpkin creep creature prop and the first completed piece for their 2025 Village Mire Yard Haunt. The short showcase clip gives viewers a look at the finished character in a real haunt setting. It serves as both a prop reveal and a teaser for the larger seasonal display to come.
The creator is seeking community input to identify compelling urban legends that could serve as the thematic foundation for their upcoming Halloween haunt. This is a collaborative planning video inviting viewers to share ideas and suggestions. The focus is on sourcing the most effective and evocative urban legend concepts before build and design work begins.
A brief sneak peek at a home haunter's 2013 yard haunt greeting display, featuring what appears to be a Skulltronix axis skull animatronic serving as the welcoming centerpiece. The short clip offers an early look at the Village Mire haunt setup ahead of Halloween season. It provides a glimpse into how dedicated home haunters use animated skull props to set the tone at their haunt entrance.
This short episode is part of an ongoing build series documenting the creation of 'The End' haunted house for Halloween 2018. The focus of this installment is painting work, specifically applying paint treatments to insect props and containment bins to sell a creepy, infestation-themed set environment. As part of the HauntTober 2018 series, it captures the behind-the-scenes progress of a dedicated home haunter in the final push before Halloween.
Haunter Chris Baker constructs a Spawn of Cthulhu creature prop for a home or yard haunt, drawing on H.P. Lovecraft's Deep Ones mythology. The build uses a Spidehill Prop Works Dual Spine Kit paired with a PVC and wire armature as its structural foundation. Sculpting materials including foam clay, Free-Form Air, and styrofoam give the creature its organic form, while Leak Seal provides a durable outer finish.
A short scare-cam clip captured from a home haunter's mud room themed as a mad scientist lab, showing reactions from an elevated corner-mounted camcorder. The footage offers a candid, unedited perspective on how visitors respond to the Village Mire yard haunt experience. At just two minutes, it serves as a fun behind-the-scenes peek at real scare reactions.
This footage from a 2010 home haunt called Village Mire captures a scare camera trained on a mud room area, documenting guest reactions to startles throughout the event. The clip offers a candid, unedited look at how well-placed scares land in a home or yard haunt setting. It serves as both an entertaining watch and a useful reference for haunt operators evaluating actor positioning and scare effectiveness.
Part 6 of Haunt Former's 2017 abandoned haunted house build series focuses on establishing a dark, foreboding atmosphere through strategic lighting tests. After installing additional props and wall sections, the creator evaluates how this season's lighting choices contribute to the overall creep factor. The episode underscores how critical darkness and controlled lighting are to selling a convincing haunted house environment.
Village Mire is a themed outdoor yard haunt created by Chris Baker and presented in collaboration with Hauntcast. This second video installment from the 2012 season showcases the haunt through professional photography by Julia Cumes. The result is an atmospheric look at a fully realized home haunt environment with a dark village or swamp-inspired aesthetic.
This is the second installment in a 2014 Halloween village build series, focusing on the construction and setup of a themed vignette called Dead Man's Cabin. The video also covers spotlight placement to illuminate the display. It offers a look at how a home haunter approaches staged outdoor Halloween scenes with atmospheric lighting.
This short-form clip offers a brief preview of a home haunt based in Santa Ana, shared in connection with the Midsummer Scream Halloween convention community. The video appears to highlight DIY decoration work as a teaser for the full haunt experience. Given its one-minute runtime and short-form format, it functions primarily as a promotional glimpse rather than an instructional build video.
Episode 20 of Haunt Former's ongoing 2014 home haunt build series, focused on the PHOBIAS-themed attraction. This installment showcases custom signage created to reinforce the haunt's phobias concept and overall branding. The signs appear to be a key visual element tying the themed rooms or zones together.
This Hauntcast tutorial walks builders through creating a menacing carnivorous plant prop — think Audrey 2 — suitable for home haunts or yard displays. A wire armature forms the structural backbone of the plant, which is then fleshed out with foam clay, styrofoam, and expanding foam before being detailed with faux foliage and perma blood for a gory, lifelike finish. The roughly 12-minute video covers materials, tools, and the full build sequence in an approachable format. The result is a striking botanical horror centerpiece that works equally well indoors or outdoors.
Hauntcast is a YouTube channel and podcast dedicated to the global haunting community, covering haunt news, horror reviews, prop tutorials, and interviews with fellow haunters. This short channel trailer introduces viewers to the brand's mix of educational and entertainment content spanning home haunts, yard haunts, and professional attractions. It serves as a hub for Halloween and horror enthusiasts looking to connect with like-minded creators and builders.
This short-form video documents the construction of a DIY vortex tunnel — a classic spinning optical illusion corridor popular in home haunts and haunted attractions. The build is presented by the Horror 365 channel as part of their Halloween project content. At just six minutes, it offers a compact look at the process without deep technical instruction.
This short showcase video reveals the construction of a second Lovecraft-inspired Deep One character for the creator's Village Mire 2024 yard haunt. The full-body prop is built on a Spiderhill Props double spine armature, fleshed out with pool noodles and foam, then detailed with an airbrushed Stiltbeast Studios mask, perma blood, and faux seaweed. Off-the-shelf rain gear and a scratch-built PVC harpoon complete the fisherman character. The result is a convincing, highly themed creature prop achievable with readily available materials.
This slideshow showcases the Village Mire yard haunt, a home Halloween display created in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts for the 2009 season. The presentation offers a visual tour of the outdoor setup, highlighting the themed atmosphere and scope of this New England home haunt. It serves as an inspirational look at what dedicated home haunters can achieve in a residential yard setting.
This short clip showcases a recently restored Vine Creature yard haunt prop built using a combination of common and specialty materials. The build uses a PVC and chicken wire armature as its skeleton, layered with bubble wrap, shrink wrap, and expanding foam to achieve organic, vine-like texture. Free-form air and a wig head round out the creature's final form, demonstrating how inexpensive materials can produce a striking monster prop.
