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Dr. Seuss Baking Challenge – Official Trailer | Prime Video
A "deliciously gory" competition baking show is coming to Prime Video. The two-part Killer Cakes premieres exclusively on the platform in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide on Thursday, October 8. The streamer also released a series of first-look photos (see above and below) from the special, which come courtesy of Blumhouse Television and Cake Boss creators High Noon Entertainment.
Hosted by horror veteran Matthew Lillard (Scream, Five Nights at Freddy's) and featuring judges Danielle Harris (Halloween franchise) and experimental food artist and cookbook author Nikk Alcaraz (Peculiar Baking), Killer Cakes "is a one-of-a-kind competition show in which bakers with terrifying skills attempt to win some of the most terrifying challenges ever produced for television," according to the official description. "Contestants will work with Hollywood's top horror special effects artists to unleash their twisted imaginations and create cakes so disgusting, so disturbing and so realistic, they're the stuff of nightmares."
Participants include Amanda Yother, Rathdrum, ID; Dillon Barlow, Houston, TX; Dziedra "Z" Brusberg, Marysville, WA; Deadra "Dee" Compean, Beaumont, TX; Eszter Summerlin, Gulf Breeze, FL; Jesse Lesser, Dallas, TX; Mark Lie, Chicago, IL; Shanelle Long, Pensacola, FL.