Matthew Lillard Was So Invested within the Heartbreak & Brutality of ‘Killer Desserts’ [Exclusive]

Matthew Lillard will not be identified for his baking abilities. He’s, nonetheless, identified for baking up some scrumptious scares as a contemporary horror icon, which is greater than sufficient qualification for him to host Blumhouse’s Killer Desserts. The 2-episode actuality competitors, which is now streaming on Prime Video, pits 4 groups of skilled cake creators in opposition to one another to deliver to life the spookiest, goriest, and tastiest confections to die for with some assist from Hollywood’s greatest results artists. Just one group will survive to the tip, declare the $20,000 prize, and obtain the coveted Golden Knife trophy. It could appear to be a wierd flip for the film star of Scream and Five Nights at Freddy’s fame to enter the truth house, however the enjoyable and frightful particular turned out to be a blast for him.

Chatting with Perri Nemiroff for Collider Forces, Lillard was requested about what misconceptions he had about internet hosting a actuality competitors coming into Killer Desserts. “I truly type of went in eyes open,” he mentioned. “I like being on digicam. I’ve enjoyable and I feel that comes throughout.” His vitality is apparent in the trailer as he delights in spooking the contestants, cheering on their baking, and reacting to their terrifying cake monstrosities. Additionally serving to him navigate the competitors had been his fellow judges, together with another scream queen in Halloween and Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead star Danielle Harris, and famend meals artist and content material creator Nikk Alcaraz.

Lillard actually started to purchase into the excessive stakes and drama of the baking battle because the competitors unfolded. For one, it was compelling to see bakers at the height of their craft creating really horrific desserts with built-in sensible results match for a Blumhouse film, however he was additionally invested within the particular person rivals and the way far they in the end got here of their quest for the grand prize. It did imply he had a front-row seat to some heartbreak and the brutal facet of filming such a present, however it ended up being far more enjoyable than he might’ve imagined when signing on for the internet hosting gig:

“I imply, doing a cooking present, the factor that they do is loopy and the period of time they do it’s bananas. It does suck that when shoot your protection of the announcement of the winners and losers, then they shoot their protection, it is actually brutal as a result of they already know that they’ve gained or that they haven’t gained. It is actually horrible. That is the one factor the place I used to be like, ‘Oh, that is heartbreaking.’ I used to be shocked at how a lot I beloved it. I used to be actually rooting for everybody. I used to be like, ‘I’m all in.’ Look, it was a factor on I did on a lark and I am glad I did it.”

Lillard’s Lack of Baking Experience Made ‘Killer Desserts’ Even Extra Enjoyable

In a way, not understanding the intricacies of baking gave Lillard some freedom to mess around along with his internet hosting duties. “No. Couldn’t care much less,” he responded when requested if he was a baker. His job was extra to entertain and do his best Gordon Ramsay impression by pushing contestants to get their desserts prepared on time. “And that’s the good factor. I used to be like a Muppet. I used to be like, ‘I do not know what I am imagined to do.’ And other people had been behind, and I’m like, ‘You guys, let’s go! Cease f—ing round! Let’s go.’ So, I used to be a cheerleader.“

Killer Desserts marks a partnership between Blumhouse and Ruth Amsel, who is not any stranger to producing baking competitions and Halloween competitions, as evidenced by her credit on Cake Wars, Ridiculous Desserts, Halloween Wars, and Outrageous Pumpkins. For Lillard, it is simply considered one of a number of thrilling tasks he is been concerned on this 12 months. On the pageant circuit, he appeared in Mike Flanagan‘s star-studded and acclaimed drama The Life of Chuck, which Neon will premiere in theaters in 2025. Subsequent month, he’ll also come back as William Afton to film Five Nights at Freddy’s 2.

Whereas we await his subsequent look on the large display screen, catch Lillard internet hosting Killer Desserts now, solely on Prime Video. You may also watch Lillard’s full episode of Collider Forces under.

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