Category: 2018 Halloween

Slimer Halloween Prop Review

I thought I had seen every single Halloween prop Spirit Halloween had this year. After all, I have a Halloween blog about props and other cool stuff that pertains to the holiday. I was wrong. Walking through my local Spirit Halloween I saw all the cool props I had seen online. Double Trouble…

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Spirit Halloween Selling Out Of Top Online Props

We told you this was coming and and now it’s here. Spirit Halloween is starting to sell out of their top new animatronics and it’s not even October yet. Last year Spirit Halloween ran out of Grimli, the 7 foot tall Evil Clown in mid-September after “It” came out in theaters. This year…

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Sweet Dreams Out Of Stock At Spirit Halloween, Still Available at Halloween Express

We told you this was coming and now it is here. Spirit Halloween has sold out of their allotment of the new animatronic clown, Sweet Dreams. Last year the same thing happened when Grimli, the 7 foot tall evil clown came out. As soon as stores opened they ran out within a few…

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Hugz the Clown Review

I finally got a look at Hugz The Clown at a local Spirit Halloween. I’ve been enamored with him ever since I first saw him a few weeks ago in a Youtube video Spirit Halloween put out to hype the release of the clown. Here is Hugz in all his creepy glory. 6…

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2018 Lowe’s Werewolf Greeter Animatronic Review

Halloween is almost here and we are starting to see new Halloween props hit the shelves at select retailers around the country. Yesterday I was wandering around Lowes and noticed they had gotten rid of most of their summer stuff and had gone all in on Halloween. One of the first things I…

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New For 2018: Zultan The Fortune Teller From Lowes

Everybody loves the movie “Big” where Tom Hanks visits an animatronic fortune teller named Zoltar and has his wish granted to become big. Now you can have your very own fortune teller for your Halloween party this year with Zultan from Lowes. Here’s a video of the prop in action. When activated a…

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New For 2018: Crouching Werewolf From Home Depot

Just when you think Spirit Halloween has rolled out all of their Halloween props for 2018 and stolen the show Home Depot rolls in and unveils the coolest werewolf prop I’ve seen all year. Who doesn’t love a cool animatronic werewolf? I think we all know the answer. Check out the video below….

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Ranking the Top Ten 2018 Spirit Halloween Props

October is only two months away and we are starting to see Halloween merchandise trickle into stores. Spirit Halloween has slowly been unveiling their lineup for 2018 and it looks to be even bigger and better than 2017. From killer clowns to memorable movie characters Spirit Halloween has something for everyone. We decided…

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New For 2018: Man’s Possessed Friend From Spirit Halloween

Everyone loves dogs right? They are man’s best friend. Well, leave it to Spirit Halloween to go and twist that all around and make a new Halloween prop featuring Bubba, the not so friendly dog. Here is Spirit Halloween’s latest creation for 2018, Man’s Possessed Friend. Check out the video below. 2.8 Ft…

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New For 2018: Ghostly Tricycle From Spirit Halloween

Just when you thought Spirit Halloween had released all their 2018 Halloween props they just keep them coming. Today Spirit Halloween unveiled their latest creation, the Ghostly Tricycle. I’ll be honest, when I first saw the Ghostly Tricycle I rolled my eyes. I wasn’t impressed. Then I took a few seconds to watch…

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New For 2018: Burlap Horror Scarecrow

We told you it was coming a few days ago, and now it’s here. Welcome to the 2018 Spirit Halloween collection the Burlap Horror Scarecrow. He will fit right in with the Spirit Halloween creepy farm theme they are doing this year in stores. Check him out below. 6 Ft Burlap Horror Scarecrow…

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New For 2018: Crawling Dead From Spirit Halloween

Spirit Halloween has been churning out Halloween props left and right for the month of July. From scarecrows to Michael Myers we’ve seen it all, except zombies. Well, Spirit Halloween has corrected that and now they’ve unleashed The Crawling Dead animatronic on us. Check out the video below. 3 Ft Crawling Dead Animatronics…

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New For 2018: Animated Giant Possessed Nun From Party City

Ever since The Conjuring came out a few years ago everyone has been terrified of Valak, the scary nun in the film. I’m surprised that no one jumped on that sooner and made a nun prop last year. We’re in luck this year because Halloween is all over it and has one that…

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New For 2018: Double Trouble From Spirit Halloween

We told you they were coming earlier this week and now they are here. Spirit Halloween has officially unveiled Double Trouble, a creepy twin animatronic for Halloween 2018. Check out the video below. 4.5 Ft Double Trouble Animatronics – Decor… Experience twice the fright on Halloween night with these terrifying twins. Believe it…

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New Spirit Halloween Leaked: Scarecrow Butcher

We have seen a lot of really cool Halloween props over the last few weeks from Spirit Halloween. But there are more coming. AnimatronicHalloween.com has learned of a new prop that is scheduled to drop sometime this weekend. The name of the prop isnt known but it looks like a scarecrow butcher. So…

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New For 2018: Animated Sewer Pennywise From Party City

Party City has really upped their game for Halloween 2018. Just when you thought Spirit Halloween had all the cool props this year Party City jumped in. With a license to carry “It” and Pennywise props this year Party City is going to print money this October. Today they revealed a new animated…

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New For 2018: Towering Reaper From Spirit Halloween

Once again Spirit Halloween continues to churn out new props for Halloween 2018. Today they introduced their newest prop, The Towering Reaper. As you can see he’s pretty tall and very imposing. Check out the video below. 10 Ft Towering Reaper Animatronics – Decor… – Spirit Halloween [More] Price: $249.99 Sale: $249.99 Buy…

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New For 2018: Pennywise Animated Prop From Party City

You knew it was coming. Someone was going to make an officially licensed Pennywise prop from “It”. I just didn’t think that the prop was going to come from Party City. But it is. Behold, Pennywise The Dancing Clown… I’m not sure what to think about Pennywise. I’ve been waiting for someone to…

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New Spirit Halloween Prop Leaked Featuring Creepy Twins

Spirit Halloween has been on a roll the past few weeks releasing new props every few days. With Halloween right around the corner we’ve seen the Cocooned Corpse, Nightmare Harvester and several other brand new props that have the internet buzzing. Earlier today AnimatronicHalloween.com learned of a brand new prop that will likely…

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New For 2018: Animated Creepy Slim Man From Party City

Halloween is right around the corner and so is the Slender Man movie. Slender Man will hit the silver screen in August so you know when October rolls around Slender Man will be a hot commodity. Last year when It debuted in theaters in September Spirit Halloween sold out of their 7′ Evil…

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New For 2018: Michael Myers Animatronic From Party City

With Halloween coming back to the box office this fall its really no surprise to see Spirit Halloween bring back their animated Michael Myers to stores this year. What surprised me was to see that Party City was also rolling a Michael Myers isn’t as well. Yesterday Party City introduced a new Michael…

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New For 2018: Lost Her Way Headless Animatronic From Spirit Halloween

Spirit Halloween is starting to show their cards as to what their 2018 lineup for animatronics will be. A few weeks ago they started rolling out older props like Michael Myers and then started to introduce new ones like the Pumpkin Prowler and Nighmare Harvester. Today Spirit introduced a new one called Lost…

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New For 2018: Remote Control Spider From Spirit Halloween

We’ve seen a lot of new stuff from Spirit Halloween so far for 2018. A scarecrow, clown and a Pumpkin Prowler are just a few of the things we will see this fall. Now we can add a remote control spider to the list. Pretty creepy, huh? 1.9 Ft Roaming Spider Animatronics with…

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New For 2018: Jason Voorhees From Party City

Just when you think Spirit Halloween has all the great Halloween props Party City had to jump in with their brand new Jason Voorhees animated prop. Everyone loves Friday the 13th and now you can have Jason make an appearance at your Halloween party this year. Party City unveiled the prop on, well…

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New For 2018: Sally From The Nightmare Before Christmas From Spirit Halloween

After the success of the Jack Skellington prop last year Spirit Halloween is going back to the well one more time. This year they are rolling out Jack’s love interest in The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sally. She is available now through Amazon.com and Spirit Halloween. 5.8 Ft Sally Animatronics Decorations – … Complete…

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New For 2018: 3 Ft Flying Vulture From Spirit Halloween

We told you last week that a new vulture prop was coming from Spirit Halloween and now it’s here. Today Spirit Halloween officially released the prop on their Youtube account. Check out the video below. 3 Ft Flying Vulture Animatronics – Decor… This scavenging bird is thirsty for blood! Let this hungry bird…

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New For 2018: Looming Strawman From Spirit Halloween

We’ve got all the latest props coming from Spirit Halloween this fall. Earlier today we broke the news about Hugz The Clown and now we’ve got another hot animatronic that hasn’t been released yet, The Looming Strawman. 6 Ft Looming Strawman Animatronics – Dec… This Looming Strawman puts the scare in scarecrow. You…

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New For 2018: Hugz The Clown From Spirit Halloween

We’ve got a secret and it hasn’t been announced yet. Spirit Halloween has an awesome new animatronic clown prop coming out this fall. His name is Hugz and as you can see from the video below, he’s happy to see you and wants to give you a hug. Get Free Shipping on Orders…

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New For 2018: Nightmare Harvester From Spirit Halloween

We told you it was coming yesterday and today Spirit Halloween made it official. Here it is, the Nightmare Harvester…. Check out the video below. 7.1 Ft Nightmare Harvester Animatronics   From another world beyond the darkness of the trees emerges the Nightmare Harvester. Ba… [More] Price: $269.99 Sale: $269.99 Buy Now When…

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New Spirit Halloween Vulture Prop Leaked

UPDATE The vulture has officially been released. Find out more here. Spirit Halloween has been extremely busy releasing new props for the 2018 Halloween season this summer. With Michael Myers, Sweet Dreams and Bump N Go Chucky on the way Halloween looks to be a lot of fun. But Spirit Halloween has even…

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New Spirit Halloween 2018 Animatronic Leaked

AnimatronicHalloween has come across a picture of a leaked Spirit Halloween prop for their upcoming 2018 season. The prop will likely be officially unveiled by the Spirit Halloween Youtube account in the next few days. The prop appears to be some kind of scarecrow boogeyman. It looks to be around 7 foot tall…

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New For 2018: Cocooned Corpse From Spirit Halloween

Spirit Halloween is showing no signs of slowing down this summer as they continue to roll out new props. Yesterday they dropped the new Rocking Horse Dolly animatronic after releasing the Pumpkin Patch Prowler over the weekend. Today they keep the hits coming as they introduced the Cocooned Corpse for Halloween 2018. Check…

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New For 2018: Rocking Horse Dolly From Spirit Halloween

Spirit Halloween is back at it. After releasing the Pumpkin Patch Prowler over the weekend they show no signs in slowing down by rolling out a teaser late Sunday night for their latest prop. Check it out below. Today Spirit Halloween made it offical and introduced Rocking Horse Dolly. The announcement was made…

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New For 2018: Pumpkin Patch Prowler

The guys at Spirit Halloween have been working overtime lately showing off what is going to be available for 2018. Earlier this week they dropped a teaser disguised as a tutorial video about how to use spider webs. Check it out. Late Friday night Spirit Halloween officially unveiled the new prop in an…

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Spirit Halloween Bringing Back Limb Ripper For 2018

If you hate summer as much as I do, the only saving grace is knowing that fall is only a few months away. Spirit Halloween knows how we feel and is starting to give us a taste of what will be available for Halloween 2018. The past few weeks they’ve revealed that Michael…

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New For 2018: Bump N Go Chucky Animatronic

Halloween 2018 is almost here! And with a new Halloween season almost upon us we are starting to see new Halloween props trickle out. Spirit Halloween put out a teaser video a few days ago warning that something new was about to drop. Here is the teaser. 2 Ft Bump ‘N Go Chucky…

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Deadly Roots Returning To Spirit Halloween For 2018

Halloween is getting closer and closer and now that we are only four months away Spirit Halloween is starting to slowly roll out their 2018 collection. We’ve seen them introduce Michael Myers, Sweet Dream and a few others that are returning from previous years. This weekend Spirit sent out an email announcing the…

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Spirit Halloween Bringing Back Ghost Trio Animated Prop For 2018

Halloween is right around the corner. Summer is just getting started but Spirit Halloween is already tipping their hand showing customers what will be in stores (and online) this fall. Last week Spirit Halloween announced that they are bringing back Michael Myers and today they revealed that the Ghost Trio animatronic is also…

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Sweet Dreams 7′ Animated Clown Coming to Spirit Halloween for 2018

Spirit Halloween is going back to the well one more time for Halloween 2018. Last year they took a shot on “Grimsli”, the 7′ Evil Clown and the people turned out in droves to bring him home after “It” dominated the box office last September. This year Spirit Halloween and Halloween Express is…

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Michael Myers Animatronic is back at Spirit Halloween for 2018!

It had been rumored that Spirit Halloween was going to bring back their Michael Myers animatronic for 2018. With the new Michael Myers film in theaters this fall it made a lot of sense. Well, today Spirit Halloween made it official and announced that the prop will indeed be available this year. Here’s…

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Spirit Halloween’s Smoldering Zombie Groundbreaker Animatronic Returning For 2018

We are getting closer and closer to Halloween. As they typically do in the late spring/early summer Spirit Halloween is starting to reveal which items will be returning for 2018. Earlier today Spirit sent out an email touting the Smoldering Zombie Groundbreaker from 2016 as one of their animatronics that will be available…

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Five Scariest Props from the 2018 Midwest Haunters Convention

The Midwest Haunters Convention isn’t the biggest Halloween convention of the year but it’s always a lot of fun and you get to see some things you see at other shows/conventions in the spring. Lots of top prop and mask manufacturers bring their goods to Columbus, Ohio to show off what is going…

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Spirit Halloween Announces The Roaming Rosie Red Antique Doll Will Return For 2018

It’s not even June and Spirit Halloween is starting to tip their hand a little revealing that is going to be in stores this year. Over the weekend Spirit announced that the Roaming Rosie Red Antique Doll will be back for 2018. Rosie was rolled out in 2015 and has been a favorite…

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New For 2018: Raincoat Boat Kid (Georgie) from Creepy Collection

We knew it was coming and it was only a matter of time before Creepy Collection officially rolled out their version of Georgie from “It”. We first told you about it in March. Their prop is called the Raincoat Boat Kid instead of Georgie but we all know who the kid in the…

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New For 2018: Diesel Mask With Pocket Fogger By Shattered FX

When you go to an event like Transworld you see lots of really great Halloween masks. There are a lot of highly skilled artists and production people that come up with some really amazing things that blow you away. For all the great new stuff I saw there was one mask that left…

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Get Ready For The Iron Spider Spider-Man Infinity War Costume and Action Figures

Everyone is pumped for Avengers: Infinity War this summer. Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Hulk, Spider-Man and the gang are trying to prevent Thanos from destroying half the unviverse as he attempts to claim the Infinity Stones. This movie will be the biggest movie of the summer and Marvel is going to sell…

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New For 2018: The Sorceress From Bixby Studios

Bixby Studios may not be a household name to those outside the haunt industry but if they keep churning out high quality busts and props like the ones they debuted at Transworld in St. Louis they will be soon. Last month they unveiled their Sorceress and as you can see from the pictures…

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New For 2018: Soulless The Clown Mask from ShatteredFX

Ever since “It” dominated the box office last September everywhere you look someone putting their spin on Pennywise and other clowns and selling them online. We’ve seen masks, props and costumes of “The Dancing Clown” popping up on every Halloween site. With so many clown options at your fingertips a lot of them…

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New For 2018: Giant Puppet Dancer From Poison Props

I never really thought puppets were scary, that was until I saw the Giant Puppet Dancer from Poison Props. That big puppet is making question my position. The animatronic marionette made it’s debut at Transworld in the Poison Props booth last month and is one of their newest creations for Halloween 2018. Check…

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New For 2018: Georgie from Haunt Creations

What’s more terrifying than Pennywise The Dancing Clown? A miniature version of Pennywise The Dancing Clown dressed like his old pal Georgie in a yellow raincoat, of course. Ever since “It” hit theaters last September we’ve seen an influx of Pennywise props on the market but Haunt Creations has put their distinct spin…

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New For 2018: Zombie Shock From Distortions Unlimited

Suspension of disbelief is a big part of walking through a haunted house. You are there to have a good time and have things jump out at you. You know nothing is really going to hurt you and it’s all a show. The scariest things are the things you don’t see coming and…

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New For 2018: Zombie Brain Smash Carnival Game From The Scare Factory

When it comes to Halloween, zombies have been red hot for several years. And from what I saw this year at Transworld in St. Louis the living dead are showing no signs of slowing down anytime soon. With so many zombie props on the market how do you capitalize on the popularity of…

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New For 2018: Frankenstein From Bixby Studios

Transworld 2018 is in the books and everyone is starting to get excited for Halloween later this year. We saw a lot of new and innovative things and one of my favorite was Bixby Studios’ Frankenstein. Frankenstein is a classic Halloween character that has been around for decades but Bixby Studios has managed…

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New For 2018: Caged Zombie From Hallucinations Creations

I love it when I see a Halloween prop that has been redone with a twist. Ever since “The Walking Dead” became one of the top shows on TV we see lots of zombies every Halloween. With so many zombie props on the market I want to see something different, so I asked…

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Trick Or Treat Studios To Launch A Kickstarter Campaign For Good Guys Chucky Doll

UPDATE: The Kickstarter for the Good Guys Chucky is live! This is the link. Fans of Chucky and the Child’s Play movie franchise were thrilled when Trick or Treat Studios unveiled their new Good Guys Chucky prop in January at Haunt Con in New Orleans. Their new prop will be a one to…

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Everyone Is Talking About Unit 70’s Pennywise Animatronic From TransWorld

The haunt world has descended upon St. Louis for the TransWorld’s Halloween & Attraction Show this week to see the latest and greatest in Halloween apparel, props, masks and anything else that is creepy. We all got a sneak peek in January at HauntCon in New Orleans but Transworld is always where everyone…

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New For 2018: Toddler Terror From Scare Products

Everybody loves toddlers at Halloween. They are so cute dressed up in their little Halloween costumes running around eating candy. How can you not love them? After seeing Scare Products latest creation I no longer feel that way. This creepy toddler with a yellow stain running down his leg will pee on you…

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New For 2018: The Dancing Clown Mask From Cellar Door FX

I’ve seen a lot of creepy clown masks over the years. Last year when “It” dominated the box office it seemed like every reputable Halloween store was carrying something new in the clown department. I’d thought I had seen everything until last weekend when I stumbled across one of the nastiest clown masks…

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Rubies Confirms They Will Be Making Solo: A Star Wars Story Costumes

Last month we broke down the popularity of two new Star Wars characters that will be debuting in Solo: A Star Wars Story this May. Enfys Nest and Qi’Ra look to be two of the most popular characters in the film. Both are certainly receiving a lot of buzz online and on social…

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New For 2018: Clown Circus Wheel

PoisonProps has been busy the past few months. They’ve really been churning out new props for 2018 here lately and this weekend they quietly rolled out the Clown Cirus Wheel animated prop. Clowns are still red hot after “It” dominated the box office last September. Like 2017 I believe we will see a…

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