Literal “Scream” king Matthew Lillard is joining forces once again with Blumhouse for an unexpectedly terrifying — and potentially delicious — two-part series, Amazon Prime Video’s “Killer Cakes.” The one-of-a-kind baking competition is hosted by Lillard, who starred in Blumhouse’s “Five Nights at Freddy’s.” For “Killer Cakes,” Lillard, who will also executive produce the miniseries, is joined a pair of judges: “Halloween” actress Danielle Harris and experimental food artist and cookbook author Nikk Alcaraz.
The series centers on bakers attempting to win “some of the most frightening challenges ever produced for television,” per the logline. The contestants will work with the best horror special-effects artists in Hollywood to create cakes purposefully disgusting and disturbing. Because that’s what everybody wants: disgusting cake.
“Killer Cakes” hails from the “Cake Boss” production team, with Ruth Amsel serving as showrunner. Jason Blum and Gretchen Palek executive produce for Blumhouse Television ; Scott Feely will executive produce for High Noon Entertainment. The series is produced by Blumhouse Television, ITV America’s High Noon Entertainment, and Amazon MGM Studios.
“Killer Cakes” premieres October 8 on Prime Video. Blumhouse Television and Amazon MGM have more spooky culinary-centric projects in the works — just from the scripted side. The two companies are behind Prime Video film “House of Spoils” which stars Ac.