Comments on: Food Network Challenge: Horror Cakes for Halloween!

By: Destiny M. Elkins

Destiny M. Elkins — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 01:02:23 +0000

I was SO angry when The Massacre at Eddie’s Bake Shop didn’t win. It was amazing! The idea was great. Sure the motorcycle was good, but I don’t think it was better than The Massacre. I just wanted to shake the judges and say, “Don’t tell me if you came into a bakery and saw that you wouldn’t poo in your pants and cry like a baby.”

By: Rosemary

Rosemary — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:07:14 +0000

I agree that the winner should have been Marianne. Her entry was like Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Trouble With Harry” — finding horror in non-cliche, innocent settings. Or like the scene in North By Northwest where Cary Grant gets buzzed by a crop dusting plane in the bucolic Midwest rather than knifed in a dark alley.

I’m afraid she was aiming a bit above the judges’ heads, or rather, their knowledge of cinematic horror. That’s okay; not every judge is perfect.

The personal vitriol behind the comment about the dictionary said a lot, though, and it said more about the judge herself than it did about Marianne. (Some jealousy somewhere, maybe? Or just someone having a bad day?)

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:43:45 +0000

Seriously, look at the judges, Gunnar Hansen should have been a clue of what they were looking for. Marianne’s cake was very cute, very disney channel halloween movie. You don’t show a after school halloween movie cake to Leatherface. It was not about creativity but about artistic talent. You can make cute things look tearifing look at Child’s Play and Village of the Damed. Eventough Jorg’s cake was a little cliche, it was creepy and was the right choice for the win. Although, if it weren’ t for the fact that Michelle’s cake was lopsided and the front looked childish her cake would have rocked it.

By: Paul K.

Paul K. — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:37:05 +0000

All of the judges were a bunch of dolts. They wouldn’t know originality if it bit them in the ass. The grim reaper is over used, why didn’t they comment on that? Oh, that’s right! Because they already knew who was going to win the competition before it started. See all that sucking up to Jorg at the beginning? This episode was nothing more than a popularity contest.

The real winner should have been Marianne. “The Massacre at Eddie’s Bake Shop” was by far the most original, most creative, and most interesting of all the cakes. The cupcakes scurrying around and eating the bloody maimed hand was just great! The comment that it was too cutesy and too bright is absolute bull. The bloodshot eyes, sharp teeth, blood and gore is not very cutesy. It also wouldn’t make sense for the cakes, cupcakes, donuts, and pies to be dark colored because the fictional baker had no idea the flour was cursed.

Kerry is the one who needs to crack open that dictionary. She obviously has no idea what originality, creativity, and consistency mean.

By: Sara Welsh

Sara Welsh — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:39:20 +0000

That evil wedding cake was absolutely amazing. The detail was so intense! My hubby said he could understand why they ruled that way and they should have used darker colors, but I can’t think of many people who make black and gray colored cupcakes. She should have one. It’s good to know I wasn’t the only one who thought so!

By: Jay C.

Jay C. — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:05:47 +0000

Amen! My wife and I felt that Marianne’s design was the best too! The judges’ comments that it was too cute and not horrific enough were simply wrong. The idea of something cute and pastel like a cupcake coming to life and eating a person is phenomenal, and the evil wedding cake was great!