Category: Restoration
September 04, 2026
Our restoration of a Gremlins puppet head from Joe Dante’s 1984 film. While a large number of puppets from the sequel film are in private collections, movie props from the...
September 02, 2026
Our conservation and updated display for a screen used Alien facehugger prop used in the 1979 film. An incredibly rare original piece of Hollywood history, this original animatronic facehugger prop...
August 31, 2026
Restoration and a custom inspired base for a vampire puppet and his coffin prop from The Nightmare Before Christmas We are all really big Tim Burton fans here at the...
August 26, 2026
Restoration of a screen used Equinox Demon Stop Motion puppet for Dennis Muren This Demon puppet from the 1970 supernatural horror film Equinox was brought to us by legendary FX...
August 21, 2026
Conservation & Display for Original Makeup Appliances from They Live! Some film prop conservation projects are a mix of our restorative work and our display work. Support is one of...
August 12, 2026
Conservation and display of a Luke Skywalker Force-Jump Puppet from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back It’s no secret that the TSD team is full of massive Star Wars fans!...
July 29, 2026
Conservation & Display for Original Art the Clown Makeup Appliances from Terrifier 2! This original, screen-used David Howard Thornton Art the Clown makeup prosthetics pieces was used in Damien Leone’s...
July 26, 2026
Restoration and custom display base of a special effects puppet from Stephen King’s The Dark Half The Dark Half, George A. Romero’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel tells the story...
June 24, 2026
Land of the Dead Zombie Special FX Puppet Restoration This original Land of the Dead Zombie was used in George A. Romero’s 2005 film. The original prop for this female...
June 15, 2026
A once in a lifetime opportunity to help prepare the legendary Ruby Slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz for auction Per Heritage Auctions, this was one...
June 10, 2026
Restoration of a Screen Used Subspecies 3 Bloodlust Stop Motion Puppet This original puppet was used in the 1994 horror film Subspecies 3 Bloodlust. Over time, this foam latex film...
May 13, 2026
Restoring Tom Savini’s classic “Butch” Mask Prop from Tales from the Dark Side! Tom Savini’s special makeup effects books in the 80’s made him the “first makeup teacher” of so...
April 14, 2026
A unique display for a collection of prototype and production Gremlins 2 Mogwai parts. A client brought to us various pieces from the production, including a Gizmo face, an all...
March 18, 2026
He’s the baby; gotta love him! Restoration of a Baby Sinclair puppet head from the Dinosaurs Tv Show Dinosaurs was a one of a kind take on a typical 1990’s...
October 27, 2025
BRRRAAAAAINNNNSSSS! A wild custom themed display for a barrel zombie prop from The Return of the Living Dead! One of the most memorable zombies from the 1985’s cult classic horror...
October 13, 2025
Conservation and custom display for a screen used foam latex mask from “The Haunted Mask.” When Hunter from Meat Canyon contacted us to help preserve the titular mask used in...
October 06, 2025
Conservation and Display of a set of Robert Englund’s Freddy Krueger makeup appliances This project could easily sit in our Displays section too! The before and after photos of these...
September 29, 2024
Restoration of the original Werewolf prop puppet from Joe Dante’s 1981 horror film The Howling Before this life-sized original Werewolf prop from 1981’s The Howling was restored, it took its...
October 25, 2023
Conserving the screen used Trick ‘r Treat Vampire Kid mask from the 2007 movie! This slip rubber latex movie-prop mask was featured in 2007’s anthology chiller – Trick ‘r Treat!...
October 23, 2023
Restoring an original Jojo the Klownzilla mask from the sci-fi horror cult classic, Killer Klowns from Outer Space Killer Klowns from Outer Space was the brain child of the Chiodo...
October 19, 2023
Restoration and a custom Halloweentown inspired base for a production-made vampire maquette from The Nightmare Before Christmas During the production of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas several maquettes were...
July 15, 2023
Restoration of an original Binx puppet animatronic skin from Disney’s Halloween classic, Hocus Pocus Hocus Pocus is the story of a trio of crazy witches played by Bette Midler, Kathy...
July 11, 2023
Restoration and custom display of one of the iconic Beetlejuice sculpture puppets used in the film! This stop motion puppet is one of the Beetlejuice sculpture pieces “created” by Catherine...
November 23, 2022
Custom Display for Jen the Gelfling’s Costume from Jim Henson’s Classic, The Dark Crystal We were contacted by our old friend Brandon Alinger from the leading source for original film...
November 17, 2022
Conservation of an original movie prop Crite puppet from the 1986 film Critters This original bald Crite foam latex puppet from the 1986 film Critters, arrived to our studio in...
October 01, 2022
Conservation of an original 1975 Shatner Captain Kirk Mask made by Don Post It may surprise some (though not our fans, for sure!) to find out that one of the...
September 23, 2022
Restoration of a vintage 1975 Captain Kirk mask which had previously been converted into a Michael Myers Halloween movie mask Michael Myers is one of the most popular horror movie...
August 10, 2022
Consider a custom mannequin to display your screen used costumes and wardrobe We’ve heard it many times before “Why get a custom body form? Can’t I just use a clothing...
July 12, 2022
Restoration of a Gremlins puppet for the family of the late actor, Dick Miller This Gremlins 2 puppet was a special restoration as it belong to the late Dick Miller...
July 05, 2022
To RESTORE or CONSERVE, that is the question! We often get collectors, auction houses or curators looking to preserve their valuable movie props and costumes. The two main avenues for...