I don’t think this counts as a “hack” yet…it’s really just carpentry! If he included a system to make the head react to people walking by, or jitter the motor speed like that spider from a week ago, then we’d be talking ;)

I like that you’re getting into the Halloween spirit, but this is kinda…unimpressive.

@Christopher Mitchell — hey now, I didn’t say it was *nice* carpentry. Those are some ugly-ass joints. It’s just not a “hack” in the spirit of this site is all.

Though it does get you thinking about how you could improve it to make it fit better here. How about putting a webcam in the eyes and hooking it up to a laptop running openCV, so that the head spins around and around until it sees a person then locks onto them and follows them around the room?

Really, there’s just so much more that could be done here…

Good job on the project and all that to Nollie. It might not live up to some peoples expectations, but if he is happy with it, more power to him.

On the other hand, the spinning head has, in my opinion, always been the lamest “scary” effect. I thought Exorcist was going along really well, until the head spin. An impossibly gaping jaw would be scarier. Like a snake dislocating its jaws or something. I dunno, but spinning heads just doesn’t cut it for me.

A drill…. And a switch….