Halloween Wars

After a while, the pumpkin/cake/sugar work all looks the same, all of which would be barely edible - so maybe one or two episodes at a time just in the spirit of Halloween. Like most Food Network shows, they try to amp up drama before commercials. I.e., a piece falls off - "We're done we're screwed we're going HOME!" - then after the commercial, someone puts the piece back on. Whew!! Another hugely annoying Food Network "thing" is recycling contestants. Each additional outing, they get more into being a STAR and more obnoxious in their interviews. Then of course, everyone is a sore loser at the end, vowing revenge. American reality TV in action.

Halloween Wars WAS a wonderful show. They completely ruined it. One of the most interesting parts was seeing how a cake artist, a pumpkin carver, and a sugar artist could meld their skills. Well, that part has been entirely done away with. This is purely cake and sugar, they've done away with the pumpkin carver, which was always one of the most interesting parts.

I'm not surprised they destroyed this after bringing in a fraud like Zak Bagans. His own show is comprised of the fake and contrived, a spirit which he seems to have brought to Halloween Wars.

In one competition the judges or at least, Shinmin Lee the judge who is a cake artist, will criticize the creation saying she "can't even tell what is pumpkin" and then in a later episode she will say it's a good creation because "everything is merged so well you can't tell what is pumpkin and cake and sugar it's all looks like one piece" to the same team. She has does this many times, in the beginning of the season she wants the pumpkin to be clearly pumpkin and towards the end of the season she doesn't want the pumpkin to be clearly pumpkin but to blend with everything else. There are seasons where a judge will say they don't like a creation because it has a cartoon quality and it is unrealistic and not scary because it has a cartoon quality. In that same season the same judge will say they like a creation because it is unreal and has a cartoon quality to it. There are different types of cartoon and some can get creepy but some that they say is good look like it's from a comic strip next to Garfield in the newspaper. There are some creations which have very round heads, nondescript facial features looking like a character from South Park or Family Guy and they make no comment about it have a cartoon quality and pick it as the best of the episode. I wish the returning judges had consistency in what they are looking for and what they want because now it just looks like favoritism: this team lost because of a cartoon aspect and then this other group won because of a cartoon aspect.

What the heck is going on with this show? No Pumpkins! How can you have a Halloween wars competition without Pumpkin carving... I just don't get it. Also Zack is pathetic he hides in another studio and shows up in a tv screen only it's cheap and tacky and no one associates him with Halloween or at least I don't Aaron is the only reason people watch Ghost Adventures let's be serious. I am not going to watch the remaining episodes as they are terrible this far... so sad you ruined my families favourite Halloween Competition so very sad indeed.

Halloween Wars has been my favorite Halloween show I look forward to every year. I will tell you though, the last 2 seasons with Zak Bagans was bad, real bad. I couldn't even finish last season. They literally took everything away that made it great. The small scare and big scare are everything. The pumpkin carvings are a must! Don't remove that. Jonathan Bennett is the best host they've ever had and I was so sad they replaced him with the cringe Zac Bagans. Kudos for Halloween Wars to listening to all the reviews here and bringing back the old style of the show. You have made a bunch of viewers very happy. I'm looking forward to the rest of the season.