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Keeba's Ceiling Fan based Roof Ghost
This link has been visited 823 times
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Animatronic Werewolf with Glowing Red Eyes from www.themonstermaze.com
This link has been visited 467 times
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The Samhain Slasher - Animatronic w/ Arm Swinging from www.themonstermaze.com
This link has been visited 601 times
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Witch Stirring a Hanging Cauldron
This link has been visited 592 times
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Pyroach
the mother of all cockroaches
making a huge animatronic cockroach
by Papa Boo
posted on Hauntforum.com
This link has been visited 672 times
Added on 10/1/2008.
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Spider~Wiper - Making an animatronic spider from a windshield wiper motor
From Village Haunt
This link has been visited 851 times
Added on 7/14/2006.
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Stirring Cauldron, using a wiper motor
This link has been visited 726 times
Added on 5/10/2007.
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Scary Terry's Dancing Skeletons
This link has been visited 580 times
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Bubbling Brew
Record player based stirring witch from Haunt 101
This link has been visited 453 times
Added on 9/26/2006.
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Possessed Mailbox - From www.softlyspokenmagicspells.com
This link has been visited 733 times
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Haunted bookshelf from Demonware
uses an ice cream motor and cams to push books out
This link has been visited 549 times
Added on 6/1/2008.
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Animated Grave Digger
Using a pan and tilt mechanism and prop-1
From DavisGraveyard.com
This link has been visited 1307 times
Added on 2/26/2007.
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Skeleton See-Saw
This link has been visited 394 times
Added on 2/7/2006.
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Cauldron Creep
from the Devil's Chariot
spotted on HauntForum.com
This link has been visited 1429 times
Added on 8/30/2009.
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Twitchy - A half body with a twitching leg
from Gothic Nightmare
This link has been visited 1010 times
Added on 7/27/2007.
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Scanning Head
from the haunteddriveway.com
The scanning head involves a motor to move a head back and forth in a barrel or bucket
This link has been visited 576 times
Added on 5/16/2007.
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Frankenhand Table - From www.softlyspokenmagicspells.com
This link has been visited 544 times
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Peek-a-Boo Skeleton
This link has been visited 643 times
Added on 10/8/2006.
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Build an animatronic alligator head
from kabira
posted on Instructables.com
This link has been visited 493 times
Added on 6/19/2008.
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Exorcist -corpsulator-
This link has been visited 1379 times
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Head popper with a wiper motor. Prop peeks over the top of the tombstone, and back down again.
This link has been visited 217 times
Added on 1/7/2008.
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The Sherrard Prop-1 Floater
Floating prop mechanism (in this case, a floating candelabra)
From www.ghost-songs.com
This link has been visited 659 times
Added on 1/13/2007.
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Kicking legs from Demonware
This link has been visited 588 times
Added on 5/14/2008.
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Headless corpse with flailing arm - From SoftlySpokenMagicSpells.com
This link has been visited 821 times
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Harry the Hitcher
from Joseph Keller
This link has been visited 500 times
Added on 4/8/2007.
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Simple Witch with Animated Head from the GARAGE OF EVIL!!
This link has been visited 355 times
Added on 8/3/2007.
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Ground Crawler from Demonware
Loosely based off of the FCG mechanism.
This link has been visited 929 times
Added on 5/10/2008.
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Simple organist that rocks side to side, like he's playing the organ.
This link has been visited 551 times
Added on 5/9/2007.
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Talking Skeleton with tips for driving servos with audio
This link has been visited 731 times
Added on 2/13/2007.
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Grave Grabber Mk. II
An improved grave grabber from Haunt101
This link has been visited 1241 times
Added on 3/10/2008.
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Reaching hands
Making hands reach down from the ceiling
Uses oscilating fan
From punkrock101 and posted on instructables.com
This link has been visited 779 times
Added on 5/21/2008.
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http://www.my-mania.com/halloween/dragon.html
This link has been visited 324 times
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Gorey's Kicking Hangman
This link has been visited 1243 times
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Flying Witches
From Creepy Nights on Calamo (www.creepynights.org)
Two witches fly in circles around Glenda
on a center stake.
Using motor and pully assembly to make the witches turn
This link has been visited 363 times
Added on 6/28/2007.
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Sulltek skull how-to
by Dr. Morbius
3 axis skull based on a Kmart glowing eyes skull
posted on GarageOfEvilNetwork.com
This link has been visited 1081 times
Added on 9/10/2009.
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Euclidboo's NoNo Ghost.
A simple animatronic built using an old fan
and some common household parts.
By Guy Wolford
This link has been visited 432 times
Added on 3/14/2010.
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Bourno's Flying Ghost System
a "free flying" alternative to the Axworthy Flying Ghost
This link has been visited 788 times
Added on 4/18/2007.
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Super simple robot hand
can be controlled manually,
or used as a starting point for servos
from tanntraad and posted on instructables.com
This link has been visited 786 times
Added on 3/5/2008.
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Head Popper prop
from Dave the Dead
Animatronic prop that has a head peeking
over the top of a tombstone
This link has been visited 1519 times
Added on 8/29/2008.
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Scary Terry's Kicking Legs
This link has been visited 812 times
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DreadNight's The Making of the Wolf
This link has been visited 909 times
Added on 9/2/2006.
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Poor Man's $25 3 axis skull movement
from Halloween Propmaster
This link has been visited 1067 times
Added on 4/11/2008.
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The Electrocution -electric chair and animated dummy-
This link has been visited 883 times
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Aerial Executioner
This link has been visited 310 times
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Crypt Keeper
This link has been visited 273 times
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Simple Blucky Animation - A very quick and easy way to add some basic animation (head left/right pan) to a blow mold skeleton using servos and the Parallax Prop-1 control board.
This link has been visited 563 times
Added on 4/21/2006.
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Keeba's motorized gnawing rats
This link has been visited 462 times
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Mr. Chicken's Madame Leota Effect
posted on Hauntforum.com
This link has been visited 953 times
Added on 3/13/2009.
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Groundbreaker zombie bases on shiatsu neck massager
from MourningCemetery.com
This link has been visited 1327 times
Added on 10/18/2008.
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Animated Crawling Skeleton
Original how-to dead, but link goes to HauntForum thread
This link has been visited 804 times
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Monster in a box useing a power drill as motor
This link has been visited 1352 times
Added on 7/21/2008.
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an easy-to-build, motorized yard ghoul that grabs at your ankles!
This link has been visited 1312 times
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Haunted Bookshelf from Chris Crypt aka Isolated Looney
A motor turns a rod with cams to shuffle books back and forth on a shelf
This link has been visited 670 times
Added on 3/2/2007.
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Buck, the Wolf
a 6'2" animated werewolf that started
as a singing Buck the Deer
from Dreadnight
This link has been visited 824 times
Added on 10/14/2009.
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Prop moves his head back and forth, looking over a tombstone, like he's watching traffic go by
From my-mania.com
This link has been visited 697 times
Added on 5/9/2007.
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Zombie Grave Escape
From SpookySam on HauntForum
A zombie ankle grabber built on a shiatsu massager
Note: link goes to forums, how-to is in PDF format
This link has been visited 1945 times
Added on 8/21/2007.
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The Creepy, Spidery, Undead Fortune Teller
from GarageofTerror.com
This link has been visited 589 times
Added on 6/24/2008.
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Samara rsing from the WELL
This link has been visited 2151 times
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Stirring witch from Hallowbean's yard
This link has been visited 531 times
Added on 3/6/2007.
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Wallbreaker Ghost
heresjohnny's entry into the HauntForum $20 prop challenge
7 different movements from one reindeer motor
This link has been visited 636 times
Added on 7/16/2010.
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Lacerated Larry -headless talking dummy-
This link has been visited 372 times
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Scary Terry's Rocking a chair with a wiper motor
This link has been visited 691 times
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Stirring Witch from Hauntsoft.com
First entry on the page
This link has been visited 721 times
Added on 5/7/2008.
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Animatronic Freddy Krueger from www.themonstermaze.com
This link has been visited 410 times
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Pirate Skeletons Fighting on a plank - Powered by wiper motor, pirate skeleton pushes another skeleton with his sword, teetering on the edge of the plank
This link has been visited 535 times
Added on 1/7/2008.
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Leer Prop version 2 - powered by wiper motor
This link has been visited 593 times
Added on 1/7/2008.
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Hacking a Gemmy Talking Bust, to use whatever audio you want
This link has been visited 548 times
Added on 9/19/2007.
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Casey is an animated prop that rocks forward and back.
She holds her mother's decapitated head in her arms,
and a bloody butcher knife in her hand
from Just Whisper
Posted on HauntForum.com
This link has been visited 847 times
Added on 10/4/2009.
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Leer
from SpyderWood
The skeleton's torso turns from side to side
to leer at the ToTers
Mechanism hidden in tombstone base
This link has been visited 383 times
Added on 8/9/2010.
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Shiatsu based grave grabber
from Herman's Halloween Pages
This link has been visited 566 times
Added on 8/3/2010.
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Animated Werewolf using an oscillating floor fan. Motion activated, eyes light up, whole torso moves with sound.
This link has been visited 1593 times
Added on 11/29/2007.
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Using a motor to open and close a coffin lid
From haunteddriveway.com
This link has been visited 803 times
Added on 6/10/2007.
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Our take on a windshield wiper motor powered Monster In A Box with a Prop 1 Controller for the brains.
This link has been visited 1192 times
Added on 3/8/2006.
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Skeleton Captain- Skeleton with moving wheel, powered by Xmas deer style motor.
This link has been visited 439 times
Added on 1/7/2008.
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Sickie Ickie's Cheap 'N' Easy Talking Skull
This link has been visited 639 times
Added on 1/12/2007.
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Swaying Gypsy Fortune Teller and tent
Uses windshield wiper motors
A video How-to from Nathan Bartos
This link has been visited 373 times
Added on 2/12/2007.
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Fanimatronic Ghoul
Modifying an oscilating fan to turn a prop head,
without burning out the fan motor. From Raymond's Halloween Site
This link has been visited 1315 times
Added on 9/14/2006.
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Super Easy Monster in a Box
From Mark Butler
MIB made from a power drill and a cardboard box.
It doesn't get any easier than this!
This link has been visited 1456 times
Added on 6/19/2007.
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Animated Anubis, using talking deer head
This link has been visited 361 times
Added on 5/9/2007.
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Feeding Frenzy -animated rats scene-
This link has been visited 382 times
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Using a wiper motor in your Halloween Projects - by Scarry Terry
This link has been visited 2002 times
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Build a Talking Animatronic Skull and Pumpkin
using a Parallax USB servo controller,
VSA, and Audacity
From Mik3 and posted on instructables.com
This link has been visited 365 times
Added on 3/3/2008.
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Super cheap rotisserie motor torture rack
From Toktorill
Posted on HauntForum.com
This link has been visited 512 times
Added on 9/17/2007.
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How to Make a Giant Animatronic Skin Eating Spider out of a Chicken Dancing Elmo by Sickie Ickie
This link has been visited 833 times
Added on 4/20/2009.
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Animated Monster from a Dancing Santa
This link has been visited 407 times
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An Animated Rocking Chair Powered by a Wiper Motor
This link has been visited 985 times
Added on 10/13/2009.
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Edye's Witch Stirring a Cauldron
This link has been visited 542 times
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Witch Stirring Steaming Cauldron and Turns Head
Uses a windshield wiper motor
a video how-to by Nathan Bartos
This link has been visited 420 times
Added on 2/12/2007.
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Modular Animated Halloween Props with Grid Beam
This link has been visited 902 times
Added on 10/24/2009.
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Falling Chandelier from www.softlyspokenmagicspells.com
This link has been visited 490 times
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Yet another collection of animated rats gnawing on human flesh.
This link has been visited 494 times
Added on 1/12/2006.
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Death Lord Dummy -posable body form-
This link has been visited 492 times
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RMJ Ghost Tree. This is a tall 8' tree with ghost flying around it. It comes apart and stores very easily.
This link has been visited 1047 times
Added on 10/9/2009.
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Animated Groundbreaker using a Wiper Motor from the GARAGE OF EVIL!!
This link has been visited 897 times
Added on 8/3/2007.
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Haunted Bookshelves
from Time2Dive
This link has been visited 598 times
Added on 6/30/2009.
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3D Televisions
Make a TV with a face pushing through the screen
from Fright Werks
This link has been visited 875 times
Added on 4/20/2007.
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Motorized WHEEL OF DEATH
From HauntedDriveway.com
These guys put the Whee! in Wheel of death!
This link has been visited 495 times
Added on 9/1/2006.
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Rocking Gravestone
This link has been visited 594 times
Added on 10/24/2009.
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