Spirit Halloween keeps rolling out the hits for Halloween 2020. Today, the Halloween company announced that the Flesh Eating Zombie animated prop will return this fall. The zombie prop made his debut in 2011 and quickly became a fan favorite. This year they have updated the popular animatronic and made him available for…
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Spirit Halloween Confirms that Bloodthirsty Betty Will Return For 2020
After announcing some new props over the weekend Spirit Halloween is going back to the well for an old favorite they will bring back this year. Bloodthirsty Betty, who made her debut last year is coming back for an encore this fall! In case you forgot, here is a refresher on Betty. When…
New For 2020: 21 Inch Red and Black Jumping Spider From Spirit Halloween
Halloween is drawing near and today we take one giant leap forward as Spirit Halloween officially unveiled their first new animatronic prop for 2020. We’ve seen some sneak peaks as well as an old favorite that is returning but today with the unveiling of the Red and Black Jumping Spider we are kicking…
Spirit Halloween Announces Uncle Charlie Will Return For 2020
Just when you think the news couldn’t get any better! Not only will Spirit Halloween begin opening stores in August they will also announced their first new (old) animatronic for Halloween 2020! Uncle Charlie will be making his way to your Halloween parties this year, as long as you pick him up at…
Spirit Halloween Announces That Stores Will Open In August 2020
There were lots of rumors flying around that Spirit Halloween would not be opening up stores this year due to the Coronavirus pandemic. After a week of rumor and innuendo, the Halloween retailer made an announcement today via their social media platforms. Beginning in August Spirit Halloween will begin to open stores nationwide….
New For 2020: Clown Toe Tapper From Spirit Halloween
Behold! The first official new Halloween prop from Spirit Halloween for 2020, the Clown Toe Tapper. The Clown Toe Tapper appears to be an animated clown shoe prop that tap dances and makes noise as it scoots along the floor. We’ve seen similar props in the past, like the creepy hands that vibrate…
Spirit Halloween Confirms Graveyard Ghoul Will Return For Halloween 2020
Did you hear that? That’s the sound of the slow drip of Spirit Halloween releasing their lineup for the 2020 Halloween season. Today the company confirmed that the Graveyard Ghoul will be coming back this year. In case you have forgotten what the Graveyard Ghoul is all about, here is a refresher. When…
New For 2020: Grim Reaper Prop From Home Accents
We all know Home Depot has really put they floor on the gas the past few years and has really picked things up when it comes to Halloween. This year they are rolling out some old favorites with a fresh coat of pain. We’ve seen the Grim Reaper done to death (pardon the…
New For 2020: Animated Standing Surprise Scarecrow
Tired of werewolf and zombie animatronic Halloween props? Well, we got you covered. This year we have a new spin on an old favorite, the Animated Standing Surprise Scarecrow. It looks like a lazy old scarecrow that time has forgotten. That is, until you get up close and he whips his head up…
New For 2020: Dancing Alien Greeter From Home Accents
Home Depot has been stepping up their Halloween game the past few years. And 2020 doesn’t appear to be any different. Recently they have started to show their cards and what exactly will be in the store this fall. One of the most unique props Home Depot will be featuring this October is…
New For 2020: Animated Smiling Jack Greeter
It might be getting hot outside but Halloween prop manufacturers are starting to roll out their latest offerings for the 2020 season. Today we have the Animated Smiling Jack Greeter that will be hitting stores in the coming months. The Animated Smiling Jack Greeter is quite simple, it’s a pumpkin man wearing overalls…
New For 2020: 6 Foot Jack In The Box Prop From Home Depot
Home Depot has really started stepping up their game each October. For the past few years, Home Depot has arguably some of the best Halloween props outside of the big box Halloween stores. Werewolves, witches clowns and other large animatronic props have been featured as part of the hardware retailer’s October lineup recently….
Introducing Southern Ghost Stories: Haunted Hotels
Who doesn’t love a good ghost story? And what’s better than staying at a haunted hotel while you are on vacation? Southern Ghost Stories: Haunted Hotels takes you to nine of the most haunted hotels in the southeast. From the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky to the Magnolia Mansion in New Orleans, Louisiana…
New For 2020: Chomper Flower From Sun Star
Finally! Someone heard my please for a Little Shop of Horrors Halloween prop! Sun Star has produced a new prop called “Chomper Flower” that looks to be pretty cool. I have to want you, the mouth moves and tries to bite you! How awesome is that! The Animated Plant Chomper features a black…
Get Sitting Scarecrow for only $79.99!
Spirit Halloween is almost giving away props! This weekend out favorite Halloween retailer announced that they are slashing the cost of Sitting Scarecrow to only $99! And guess what…. If you use promo code DCR you will get 20% off which brings it down to $79.99 before tax and shipping costs. Last year…
Spirit Halloween Confirms Crouchy Will Return For Halloween 2020
Did you hear that? That is the sound of Halloween inching ever so slightly closer. We are less than four months from October and Spirit Halloween is slowly starting to reveal their lineup for 2020. Yesterday we got confirmation that Crouchy, the animatronic clown will return after a successful rookie outing in 2019….
Spirit Halloween Confirms Jack Straw Animatronic Returning For Halloween 2020
Halloween is inching closer and closer with each passing day and Spirit Halloween is helping to pass the time by slowly returning props for 20202. Today the company confirmed that Jack Straw will be coming back this year. In case you may have forgotten exactly who Jack Straw it, here is a video…
New For 2020: Pennywise Sewer Grabber
Just when you thought it was safe to go into the sewer Pennywise strikes again. We’ve seen a lot of Pennywise props in the past few years but this year Tekky Designs has an old favorite with a new twist-the Pennywise sewer prop. Except this time he will reach out and grab you!…
New For 2020: Rising Ghost Woman From Tekky Design
We are now into June, which means that October is only four months away! And you know what that means! Lots of cool Halloween animatronics that we can put out to scare our friends and families with. One of the new props I’ve stumbled across is the Rising Ghost Woman from Tekky Designs….
Spirit Halloween Confirms Good Guys Chucky Doll Returning For Halloween 2020
Spirit Halloween is bringing back an old favorite for Halloween 2020! Earlier this week they announced that the Good Guys Chucky Doll will be returning this year. Chucky was a new prop in 2019 and due to the demand he was brought back for the 2020 lineup. In case you forgot, here is…
New For 2020: Clown Window Banger From Poison Props
If you love clowns as much as I do, you are going to love the new Clown Window Banger from Poison Props! If you haven’t seen it, here is a video to get you up to speed! The clown is hiding behind a plexiglass window and when he is activated he begins violently…
New For 2020: Crouching Gravedigger From Gemmy
Halloween is rapidly approaching and we are in a weird place where we are starting to get a slow drip of information about the new props for 2020. In July Spirit Halloween will start to unveil their lineup so we have to be patient until later this summer. But we do know of…
Returning For Halloween 2020: Sam From Trick ‘r Treat
You knew it was coming and now it’s starting to happen. Spirit Halloween has finally started to announce their lineup of animatronic halloween props for Halloween 2020. Generally Spirit Halloween will announce some of returning favorites in the late spring until they start to drop new props in July. The first confirmed animatronic…
New For 2020: Michael Myers Halloween 2 Animatronic
You can’t have Halloween without a new Michael Myers prop. Actually it is a new, old Michael Myers prop. Gemmy is rolling out a Michael Myers prop from Halloween 2 in time for Halloween 2020. Is that as confusing to read as it was to write? It appears that the Michael Myers prop…
New For 2020: Looming Ghoul
HauntCon is in the rear view mirror but we still have some things we wanted to share with you from the unofficial kickoff to Halloween. One of the props that caught my eye this year was the Looming Ghoul. If you haven’t noticed that Halloween prop manufacturers are going big this year and…
New For 2020: Underworld Clown Animatronic
When it comes to Halloween animatronic you know my motto. “The bigger, the better!” Well it looks like I’m getting my wish as half a dozen or so ten foot props will be hitting the market later this year. One of the larger Halloween props I saw at HauntCon was the Underworld Clown…
New For 2020: Peek-A-Boo Clown From Hallucinations Creations
Transworld 2020 may have been postponed but there was a lot of really cool stuff coming down the pipe at the event. Unfortunately with the Coronavirus and everyone freaking out the promoters of the event had to pull the plug on the March event. A lot of the prop manufacturers who didn’t unveil…
New For 2020: Jack Attack From Distortions Unlimited
HauntCon 2020 is in the books and we got our first look at some of the cool stuff that we will see for Halloween this year. Distortions Unlimited had a lot of really cool stuff this year and one thing that jumped out to me was the Jack Attack Frightronic that is new…
New For 2020: Catacomb Creature
Every year we see a trend when it comes to new Halloween animatronics. Two years ago we started to see large Halloween animatronic that stood at least seven feet tall. The last year we saw even more large props for Halloween 2019. For Halloween 2020 it appears that the new animatronics are going…
New For 2020: Kiddyland Teeter Totter Prop
What’s creepier than a zombie Halloween props? A zombie Halloween prop that is a child that wants to eat your face! Distortions Unlimited has a new line called Kiddyland that have introduced for Halloween 2020. From what I saw the props are very well done and look really good. If you haven’t seen…
New For 2020: Pennywise Animated Inflated Prop
After a ton of new Pennywise props for Halloween 2019 you’d think we have seen the last of them for a while. Well, you would be wrong! Morbid Enterprises has put a unique spin on the Dancing Clown we haven’t yet seen. Their new concept for Pennywise is an inflatable that rises out…
New For 2020: Wailing Phantom
We saw a lot of new animatronic at HauntCon 2020 last weekend. Some of the were great, while some of them, well, at least they tried…. One of the ones that has been getting a lot of positive reviews is the Wailing Phantom. If you have yet to see the impressive phantom please…
New For 2020: Animated Hanging Ghoul From Morbid Enterprises
Now that HauntCon 2020 is in the rear-view mirror I am doing my best to get you all of the new stuff for the upcoming Halloween season up and on the site. One of the new items I saw in the Morbid Enterprises booth was the Animated Hanging Ghoul. When activated by a…
Animated Clown Halloween Prop From Morbid Enterprises
HauntCon 2020 is in the books and we saw some really good Halloween animatronics. We also saw some, well, props that can be improved upon. The idea is there but the execution may not have been the best in the world. Typically after HauntCon I upload all the new prop videos to Youtube….
New For 2019: Pennywise Creature Reacher From Rubies
Everyone loves Pennywise and scary clowns. Ever since “It” came out a few years ago clowns have been en vogue every October. Even though we have seen the last of Pennywise on the silver screen I don’t see the demand for “The Dancing Clown” waning anytime soon. At HauntCon I stumbled across a…
New For 2020: Kiddyland Maypole Animated Prop From Distortions Unlimited
Distortions Unlimited always has some of the best and most innovative Halloween props each year. This year is no different as they unveiled their line of animatronics for 2020 at HauntCon in New Orleans, Louisiana over the weekend. One of the things that jumped out at me was the new Kiddyland line Distortions…
New For 2020: Animated Winged Vampiress
Just when I think I’ve seen every possible animatronic I seem to always find something new at HauntCon in New Orleans. This year one thing that jumped out at me was the Animated Winged Vampiress from Morbid Enterprises. I’ve seen plenty of vampire animatronics over the years but now we have a female…
New For 2020: Animated Inflated Bloated Zombie
What do you get when you cross a zombie who has been stuck underwater with an inflatable? The Animated Inflatable Bloated Zombie from Morbid Enterprises, of course! Typically inflatable Halloween props aren’t necessarily my thing but this guy caught my attention. In fact, he caught a lot of people’s attention. I saw numerous…
New For 2020: Animated Monkey Prop
When it comes to Halloween props sometimes bigger isn’t better. I saw several really cool large Halloween props that stood seven to ten feet tall. But one I saw really jumped out at me and it was one of the smallest I saw all day at HauntCon 2020. Everybody loves monkeys, right. That…
New For 2020: Candy Creeper Animatronic
Of all the Halloween animatronics I saw at HauntCon 2020 Candy Creeper was my favorite. There’s just something about a creepy old man with bushy eyebrows that is a little scary as it is. Then you add in the way he’s trying to draw you in with a lollipop in order to bash…
New For 2020: Mr Happy Halloween Animatronic
Don’t you just love clowns? I know I do. And when I saw the new clown animatronic from Morris Costumes at HauntCon I was blown away. This guy isn’t just a clown. He’s an old grouchy clown who doesn’t even wear makeup. Oh, and he kidnaps and eats children. That’s always a plus….
New For 2020: Pale Rider Animatronic
If you enjoyed the Headless Horseman Halloween prop last year chances are you are going to love the new Pale Rider animatronic from Morris Costumes. I know I say it a lot but Morris Costumes consistently delivers some of the best props we see each year. Check out the video below and see…
New For 2020: Looming Clown Animatronic
HauntCon 2020 is upon us and from what I saw today we are going to have a lot of fun this fall! Morris Costumes, also known as Seasonal Visions, has one of the best booths each year. And this year was no different! One of the first things I saw when I walked…
New For 2020: Demon Rising From Distortions Unlimited
You’ve got to hand it to Distortions Unlimited. While most other prop companies are still trying to figure out what they are doing for 2020 Distortions Unlimited is rolling out new props before New Year’s Eve! Last week we saw their latest prop-a take on Nosferatu that is pretty darn cool. This weekend…
New For 2020: Nosferatu By Distortions Unlimited
We are a few weeks away from 2020 and I’m proud to tell you about the first Halloween prop for the upcoming year. I have to commend Distortions Unlimited for not only coming out with the first Halloween prop, but it might just be the best. Let me introduce you to Nosferatu! According…
Ten Halloween Props We Want To See In 2020
Halloween 2019 is in the books and I’m sure it was a record year for those who make props that you find at Halloween Express, Spirit Halloween and other retail stores. Now we can start thinking about Halloween 2020 and all the fun stuff that is around the corner. Last year we put…
SpiritHalloween.com Sold Out Of Pennywise Animatronics For Halloween 2019
We told you it was coming and now it is here. Towns are burning and riots in the street are taking place now that Spirit Halloween has officially sold out of Pennywise animatronics. We confirmed the news with Spirit Halloween, and they will not be getting any more Pennywise animatronics in time for…
October Sale From Spirit Halloween!
October is here! You know what that means don’t you? It’s finally time to start decorating for Halloween. Spirit Halloween has slashed prices on some of their most popular animatronics so now you don’t have any more excuses about not buying those props you’ve been thinking about for the past few weeks. And…
Spirit Halloween’s Tortured Torso Review
Halloween is almost here. You know what that means, right? Zombie, zombies and more zombies! This year Spirit Halloween has a new zombie prop out and it’s not like other zombie animatronics they’ve done in previous years. If you haven’t yet seen Tortured Torso, here he is in all his glory. 5.8 Ft…
New For 2019: Floating Pennywise
Just when I thought I had seen every Pennywise Halloween prop there was Morbid Enterprises comes along and sucker punches me with their brand new Floating Pennywise prop. In case you have been living under a rock Pennywise is literally killing “It” at the box office (double pun). Everyone wants to get their…
Headless Help Review
October is almost upon us and if you are as excited about all the new Halloween props over at SpiritHalloween.com as I am you can hardly wait. One of my favorite new props for 2019 is an animatronic called Headless Help. If you aren’t quite familiar with the creepy butler who lost his…
New For 2019: Headless Horseman From Home Depot
Home Depot has gotten pretty ambitious with the Halloween props. It seems like every year they raise their game and this might be their best year yet. The centerpiece of the 2019 collection is the Headless Horseman prop made by Home Accents. If you haven’t seen their latest monstrous animatronic check out the…
Abandoned Annie Review
Spirit Halloween quietly dropped a new prop called Abandoned Annie earlier this year without much fanfare. After seeing large props such as Tug of War Clowns and Crouchy Abandoned Annie sort of got lost in the shuffle. When I visited my local Spirit Halloween I was pleased to see that they had Annie…
New For 2019: Home Accents Witch From Home Depot
If you were looking for a new witch prop, you are in luck. This year Home Depot is bringing in a new witch for their Halloween 2019 lineup. The new prop consists of a witch and a raven that banter back and forth when activated. Check out the video below. When the prop…
New For 2019: White Werewolf From Home Depot
Home Depot has quietly put together a string of Halloween’s where they have really raised their game. Last year’s Crouching Werewolf was really impressive and unlike most werewolf props you see in October. This year they have put a spin on the werewolf and have something unlike any I have seen in recent…
New For 2019: Haunted Living Witch From Lowes
Lowes is finally beginning to set out their Halloween merchandise for 2019 and once again, they are bringing back an animated witch. The Haunted Living Witch is this year’s offering for people want to add a little Wicca to their Halloween. When activated the animatronic witch says one of the following five phrases….
Waving Wally Review
When it comes to clown animatronics I’m usually the first in line telling Spirit Halloween to take my money. I have probably a dozen clown props in my collection that will produce get displayed during my Halloween party every year. When I first saw Waving Wally a month ago I was intrigued but…
New For 2019: Holiday Living Werewolf From Lowes
What’s old is new again! Lowes is bringing back their werewolf animatronic from last year with one small change. He’s wearing a different plaid shirt. Last year the werewolf was wearing a blue shirt. This year he is wearing a red shirt. So if you really hated the blue shirt and were hoping…
Cagey The Clown Review
Clowns are going to be very popular this Halloween. With the sequel to “It” coming out in September I imagine there will be a run on clowns just like there was in 2017 when Halloween stores ran out of the large clown animatronics two months before Halloween. One of the best clowns I’ve…
New For 2019: Mr Toots From Spirit Halloween
Spirit Halloween just quietly rolled out a Halloween prop that has the greatest name in the history of Halloween props, Mr Toots! Come on, say it out loud and try not to smile. It’s impossible. Check out this video of Mr Toots in action. 2 Ft Bump ‘N Go Mr. Toots Animatronic –…
