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Oct

Displaying a Trioxin zombie prop from The Return of the Living Dead

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 film, The Return of the Living Dead, is the zombie corpse that ...

21

Oct

Scream Sidney Prescott Costume Display Form

October 21, 2025

Do you like scary movies? A custom mannequin for a Neve Campbell costume jacket from Wes Craven’s Scream Although Wes Craven’s slasher film has the trappings of a satire, Scream is now considered one of the most iconic horror film franchises of a...

13

Oct

Goosebumps “The Haunted Mask” Conservation

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 the very first episode of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps TV series, we insta...

8

Oct

Foam Prop Tombstones for Halloween Roundup Part Two

October 8, 2025

Foam Prop Tombstones for Halloween Display Roundup – Part Two Everyone probably guessed that are huge Halloween fans. Today’s post is Part Two – another roundup of some of our foam tombstone prop creations! Over the last several yea...

7

Oct

Giant Spooky Tree Foam Prop for Halloween Display

October 7, 2025

Wild and Giant Spooky Tree Foam Prop Decoration for a Crazy Halloween Display Sometimes, you have to go big! Whether it’s our Statue of Liberty foam prop or giant time portal prop, we love carving up big foam pieces into one-of-a-kind creations...

7

Oct

Conservation and Display of Freddy Krueger Makeup Appliances

October 7, 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 Freddy Krueger makeup appliances show what a big difference a cus...

3

Oct

Midnight Mass Custom Mannequins

October 3, 2025

A pair of custom mannequins to display original costumes from the Netflix Original series Midnight Mass Our client had a pair of screen used costumes from Mike Flanagan’s Netflix series, Midnight Mass, and was looking for a unique way to showcase t...

3

Oct

Custom Displays – Two Headless Horseman Costumes

October 3, 2025

Heads Will Roll! A pair of themed displays for two screen used Headless Horseman costumes from Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow Our client brought us TWO original, screen-worn Headless Horseman costumes from the Tim Burton film. We were commissioned to c...

2

Oct

Foam Tombstone Props for Halloween Roundup Part One

October 2, 2025

Foam Tombstone Props for Halloween Display Roundup – Part One Here at Tom Spina Designs, it is probably not a surprise that we are huge Halloween fans. This post is a roundup of some recent foam tombstone prop creations! Over the last couple of...

2

Oct

Custom mannequin – Lady Van Tassel costume from Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow

October 2, 2025

“The Horseman comes, and tonight he comes for you!” A custom mannequin for a screen used Lady Van Tassel costume from Tim Burton’s Sleepy Hollow This Lady Van Tassel costume, originally worn by Miranda Richardson in the 1999 Sleepy Hollow film,...

25

Sep

Giant Foam Pumpkin Props for Halloween Display

September 25, 2025

Custom Giant Foam Pumpkin Props for a Massive Halloween Display When it comes to foam props, one of the best things is you can GO BIG! Whether it’s our massive spooky tree prop or giant time portal prop, we love carving up big pieces of EPS foa...

29

Sep

The Howling – Life-sized Werewolf Prop Restoration

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 own unique journey and was discovered in an unusual loc...

5

May

Custom Mannequin for an original Gus Grissom NASA Spacesuit

May 5, 2024

Custom display mannequin for an original Gemini NASA Spacesuit worn by astronaut Gus Grissom This vintage, original NASA spacesuit was used during training in the 1960’s by the late astronaut Virgil “Gus” Grissom. In the early 1960�...

25

Dec

Mannequin for Will Ferrell’s Original Elf Movie Costume

December 25, 2023

Son of a Nutcracker! A custom display created for a screen used Elf movie costume worn by Will Ferrell in this modern holiday classic! Often here at Tom Spina Designs, when we create custom costume displays there is a lot of blood or distressing invo...

20

Nov

Custom Display for Doctor Who Library Space Helmet

November 20, 2023

Custom Display (and SKULL!) for Doctor Who Library Space Helmet “Hey! Who turned out the lights?” We’re all fans of the BBC television series Doctor Who, so when a client brought us this space helmet from the David Tennant era, we w...

26

Oct

Trick ‘r Treat Vampire Kid Mask Conservation

October 26, 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! Known as the Trick ‘r Treat Vampire Ki...

23

Oct

Restoration of Killer Klowns Klownzilla Mask

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 Brothers. This original movie-used Jojo the Klownzilla mask was create...

19

Oct

Nightmare Before Christmas Vampire Maquette Restoration and Display

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 mocked up using different pa...

17

Oct

Realistic Custom Tombstone Decorations for Halloween Display

October 17, 2023

Highly Realistic Custom Tombstone Decorations for a One-of-a-kind Halloween Display Here at Tom Spina Designs, it is probably not a surprise that we are huge Halloween fans, and we always love the chance to help a client bring their fiendish dreams t...

15

Oct

Custom Time Portal Halloween Prop

October 15, 2023

Custom Time Portal Halloween Prop for a Large-than-life Display! It’s probably no surprise that here at Tom Spina Designs, we wait all year for Halloween and live for projects like this! For the last few years we have had the pleasure of helping ...

12

Oct

Themed Display for Saw VI prop

October 12, 2023

A themed wall display for a screen used Saw VI prop One of our clients reached out to us looking for a themed display for this original Saw VI prop head trap. When discussing display options with each client not only do we consider the type of displa...

2

Aug

Terminator 1984 Arnold Schwarzenegger Jacket Mannequin

August 2, 2023

A custom mannequin torso for an original Terminator 1984 Arnold Schwarzenegger Jacket Before the iconic biker jacket of T2, Judgement Day, the 1984 original film made its own mark with its truly unique “punk” jacket worn throughout the fi...

15

Jul

Hocus Pocus Binx Puppet Restoration

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 Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker. 300 years ago they turned Thack...

11

Jul

Beetlejuice Sculpture Stop Motion Restoration

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 O’Hara’s character Delia Deetz, which are brought to...

8

Jul

Theme Park Bronze Statue – Alfie the Adventureland Long Island Mascot

July 8, 2023

Honoring a theme park anniversary with a custom sculpted bronze style statue! “Adventureland Long Island has always held a special place in my heart. Growing up my family would visit our local theme park several times a year. My dad loved it an...

23

Nov

Gelfling Display – The Dark Crystal costume

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 props and costumes, Propstore, who was looking for a custom di...

18

Nov

Texas Chainsaw Massacre Leatherface Costume Display

November 18, 2022

Custom giant sized mannequin and themed base for an original Leatherface costume from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning We were contacted by one of our clients who had an original Leatherface costume from the 2006 prequel, The Texas Chainsaw...

17

Nov

Original Critters Movie Prop Conservation

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 fairly good condition. But just because a prop isn’t in dire need o...

15

Nov

Harry Potter Props – Custom Themed Display

November 15, 2022

The Chamber of Secrets has opened… A custom themed display for a pair of Harry Potter props used in the film! We were contacted by a client who had a pair of Harry Potter props, from the second film in the series, Harry Potter and the Chamber o...

10

Nov

Captain Boomerang Movie Prop Display From The Suicide Squad

November 10, 2022

A custom themed display for Captain Boomerang’s Boomerang Prop from The Suicide Squad The Suicide Squad boasted a huge cast of characters and stars, most of which (spoiler alert) last less than 15 minutes. Unfortunately for him, Captain Boomerang i...

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