When I got the screener invite for Killer Cakes, I was immediately in. I love a good cooking/baking competition, but you throw in the horror aspect and it felt tailor made for me.
Title: Killer Cakes
Episodes: 2 x 45 minute
Genre: Cooking/Competition
Platform: Prime Video
Release date: October 8, 2024Synopsis: From horror visionaries Blumhouse Television, and Cake Boss creators High Noon Entertainment, Killer Cakes is a one-of-a-kind competition show where bakers with terrifying skills attempt to win some of the most frightening challenges ever produced for television. Contestants will work with the best horror special effects artists in Hollywood to unleash their twisted imaginations and create cakes so disgusting, so disturbing, and so realistic, it’s the stuff of nightmares.
Host: Matthew Lillard
Judges: Danielle Harris (Halloween Franchise) and Nikk Alcaraz (Peculiar Baking)
SFX team Ashley Levy (Insidious: The Red Door, Happy Death Day) and Tom Woodruff (Smile, Aliens)
Before we get to my top 5 reasons to watch, let’s check out the trailer.
Top 5 reasons to watch Killer Cakes
- the idea — horror, but make it edible and with jump scares
- the creativity — with a general theme and a few requirements, each team designed some amazing cakes
- the host — matthew lillard was absolutely perfect for this
- the sfx team — Ashley Levy and Tom Woodruff made the special effects look easy to put together and gave the cakes that extra something
- the reactions — the judges had no idea what to expect and there were some good expressions
“I’m like please God, let that be raspberry sauce.”
Huge thanks to Prime Video for the invite. Killer Cakes is out today!
Will you be watching this? What’s your favorite flavor of cake?
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