In order to create the illusion that one of two corpses was leaving its grave I rigged one with a simple piston-type drive to physically lift the torso roughly 12 inches off the “grave site”, and return it, and so on. The most difficult task of this effect was getting the piston/motor set-up to move smoothly on the side glides.

Full Instructions for this Halloween Geek Project
By: Mannie Liscum