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(Justin) RIGHT NOW, RIGHT HERE, THE BATTLE IS ON,
AND THE STAKES HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER ON "HALLOWEEN WARS."
YOU GUYS GOT TO STEP IT UP.
IN THE LAST BATTLE,
SOMETHING WICKED BECAME THE SECOND CASUALTY.
SOMETHING WICKED, YOU'RE DONE IN THE HALLOWEEN WAR.
LEAVING ONLY THREE TEAMS LEFT STANDING--
TEAM BOO! SKULLS OF THE ABYSS, AND THE BLING BATS.
GO BIG OR GO HOME.
(Ray) THEY'RE NOT UNDEFEATABLE,
AND I PLAN ON FIGURING OUT THEIR WEAK POINT
AND BEATING THEM.
ON EACH TEAM, A PUMPKIN CARVING EXPERT,
A CANDY CRAFTSMAN, AND A CAKE ARTIST
ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO GIVE US HALLOWEEN-THEMED CREATIONS
THAT WILL BLOW OUR MINDS.
CHOCOLATE'S BREAKING OFF THE PUMPKIN.
IT'S CRACKING, THIS IS CRACKING.
OKAY, OKAY.
THERE'S JUST TWO MORE ROUNDS OF HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPETITION
ON OUR WAY TO THE ULTIMATE CHAMPIONSHIP
WHERE THE WINNER WALKS AWAY WITH $50,000.
IT WAS SUCH AN UNPLEASANT EATING EXPERIENCE.
THIS IS INSANE.
GET READY FOR A SPOOK-FILLED FOOD FEST.
THIS IS "HALLOWEEN WARS."
(woman screams)
(laughs evilly)
HEY, I'M JUSTIN WILLMAN, AND SO FAR,
THE BATTLE HAS BEEN BRUTAL.
TONIGHT, THE REMAINING TEAMS ARE GONNA ATTEMPT
TO SEND CHILLS UP YOUR SPINE
WITH SPOOKY AND DELECTABLE CREATIONS.
JUDGING THEM WILL BE SHINMIN LI,
AWARD-WINNING CAKE ARTIST
AND FOUNDER OF SAN FRANCISCO'S FAMOUS I DREAM OF CAKE,
AND MILES TEVES,
HOLLYWOOD ARTIST AND CONCEPT DESIGNER
BEHIND SUCH FILMS AS THE "PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN."
THE BATTLE IS ON,
AND OUR CONTESTANTS ARE ON THEIR WAY
INTO THE "HALLOWEEN WARS" KITCHEN RIGHT NOW.
(Karen) I THINK TEAM BOO! AND SKULLS OF THE ABYSS
ARE FORCES TO BE RECKONED WITH.
I KNOW EVERYBODY'S GONNA STEP UP THEIR GAME AT THIS POINT.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE IN THE FINAL BATTLE.
IT'S DOWN TO THREE TEAMS, AND IT'S DOWN TO THE WIRE.
OUR BIGGEST COMPETITION HAS BEEN
AND CONTINUES TO BE THE BLING BATS.
THE WINNER-- TEAM BLING BATS.
YAY.
(laughs)
I'M GONNA TRY TO BEAT THEM AT THEIR OWN GAME.
I'VE GOT MY GLOVES ON. I'M READY TO GO.
THE LAST CHALLENGE WAS DISASTER.
JUST CALM DOWN.
I CAN'T, THEY DON'T LISTEN.
I SAID GET THE CAMERA OUT OF MY FACE, AND NOW THEIR COMING MORE.
I SWEAR, I WILL LEAVE! I WILL LEAVE!
IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULD DO AT HOME?
NO, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE DO WITHIN FIVE HOURS.
WITH ANDREA'S INABILITY TO GET OVER THE PRESSURES
OF THESE CONDITIONS, SHE DECIDED TO QUIT.
"HALLOWEEN WARS" IS-- IT'S A ROLLER COASTER.
LUCKILY FOR US, WE HAVE A NEW TEAMMATE,
BECKY FROM TEAM SOMETHING WICKED.
WE GOT TO DO THIS THING.
BECKY'S A GOOD ADDITION TO THE TEAM.
SEEMS TO BE A VERY HARD WORKER AND DRIVEN TO SUCCEED.
WE NEED TO GO OVER THE TOP.
STAKES ARE HIGHER, COMPETITION'S MORE STIFF.
IT'S ONLY GONNA GET HARDER FROM HERE ON OUT.
TEAMS, JOIN ME.
WELCOME BACK FOR THE THIRD BATTLE OF "HALLOWEEN WARS."
THREE TEAMS REMAIN. TWO BATTLES LEFT TO FIGHT.
WHOEVER COMES OUT ON TOP IN THE END
WALKS AWAY WITH $50,000.
THERE WILL BE TWO ROUNDS TODAY-- A SMALL SCARE CHALLENGE,
THE WINNER OF WHICH WILL GET AN ADVANTAGE IN THE SECOND ROUND,
THE SPINE CHILLER CHALLENGE.
YOU ALREADY KNOW OUR JUDGES SHINMIN LI AND MILES TEVES.
LET'S MEET OUR GUEST JUDGE,
LEGENDARY MUSICIAN AND FILM DIRECTOR ROB ZOMBIE.
(laughter)
IT'S WINDY BACK THERE. (chuckles)
HOW YOU DOING? HELLO.
HOW ARE YOU?
NO WAY.
I MAY HAVE FREAKED OUT A LITTLE BIT WHEN ROB ZOMBIE WALKED OUT.
I MAY HAVE. IT'S ROB ZOMBIE.
HELLO CONTESTANTS, HAPPY HALLOWEEN.
I'M HERE NOT AS A FOOD JUDGE,
BUT AS A HORROR, DRAMA, VISUAL JUDGE.
LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT.
OKAY TEAMS,
THIS BATTLE STARTS WITH A NOD
TO DíA DE LOS MUERTOS, THE DAY OF THE DEAD,
AND THE MOST ICONIC IMAGE
FROM THIS SPOOKY CELEBRATION, THE SKULL.
WE WANT YOU TO COMBINE YOUR SKILLS TO GIVE US A MENACING,
DELECTABLE, EDIBLE SKULL,
IN HONOR OF THOSE THAT HAVE PASSED ON TO THE AFTERLIFE.
THE CHALLENGE IS TO CREATE OUR VERY OWN INTERPRETATION
OF THE CLASSIC DAY OF THE DEAD SKULLS IN MEXICAN TRADITION.
I AM SO STOKED.
YOU GET 45 MINUTES, AND YOUR TIME STARTS NOW.
I WANT TO CARVE A SKULL.
WELL, ISN'T ONE OF THE KEY THINGS FROM DAY OF THE DEAD,
THEY PUT THE SKULLS ON THE POSTS?
(Ray) OUR INTENTIONS WERE TO DO
SORT OF A CLASSIC REPRESENTATION OF IT,
DRESSED UP ON THE BOTTOM WITH MORE OF A CONTEMPORARY FEEL
OF SOME SIMPLE GRAVESTONES AND WHITE SUGAR.
MAYBE SOME FONDANT SKULLS AND SOME COLORFUL FLOWERS
OUT OF FONDANT MODELING CHOCOLATE?
THAT'D BE GREAT.
EVERYTHING HAS TO BE INTEGRATED.
WE HAVEN'T WON A SINGLE SMALL SCARE CHALLENGE,
AND WE'VE GOT TO TAKE THE BLING BATS DOWN.
WE GOT TO NAIL THIS.
WE WANT TO TRY TO COMBINE OUR WORK
THE WAY THAT THEY DO INTO ONE SEAMLESS PIECE.
YOU KNOW WHAT? INSTEAD OF YOU CARVING IT,
MAYBE WE CAN DIP IT IN CHOCOLATE?
SO OUR CONCEPT IS TO DIP THE PUMPKIN IN WHITE CHOCOLATE
AND MAKE IT A 3-D SKULL
USING THE PUMPKIN AS THE BACK OF THE HEAD.
THIS WAY, IT'S ONE UNIT.
LET'S MAKE AN ALTAR.
WE IMMEDIATELY WANT TO MAKE IT AN HOMAGE TO SOMEBODY
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THESE SKULLS TRADITIONALLY ARE.
WHO'S IT GONNA BE FOR?
WE SHOULD DO, YOU KNOW, A DEAD MUSICIAN.
HERE'S WHAT WE DO, YOU DO THE FLAMES.
OKAY.
RING OF FIRE AROUND THE PUMPKIN--JOHNNY CASH.
OH, WOW, THAT'S GREAT.
(Karen) WE ALL AGREED IMMEDIATELY
AS SOON AS JOHNNY CASH CAME UP,
SO WE RAN WITH THAT IDEA.
AND THIS IS ALL OF US.
YEAH.
INCORPORATES EVERYBODY.
I GOT THE PUMPKIN.
(Becky) ALL RIGHT, GREAT.
KAREN, I'M GONNA GET THE FONDANT ON THE CAKE
AND I'M GONNA PASS IT TO YOU, OKAY?
OKAY.
GOT THE CHOCOLATE MELTED? OH, MY GOSH, IT'S SO PERFECT.
(Cory) SO LOUISE AND I ARE DIPPING THE PUMPKIN
IN THE WHITE CHOCOLATE
AND IT HAS TO SET UP IN THE REFRIGERATOR.
CHRIS IS WAITING FOR US AT THIS POINT.
I CAN'T EVEN TOUCH THIS PUMPKIN UNTIL IT'S ALL DRY.
I KNOW, I KNOW. IT'S A RISK.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IN THE TIME FRAME
IF IT'S EVEN GONNA WORK.
FOUR MINUTES.
I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING THE FRONT OF THE SKULL
OUT OF MODELING CHOCOLATE.
HOW MANY CANDLES ARE WE GONNA HAVE?
I DON'T KNOW, TWO OR THREE.
CHRIS IS GONNA CARVE A VERY INTRICATE DESIGN
INTO THE CHOCOLATE.
(Louise) FLOWERS ARE GONNA TAKE A WHILE TO DO.
LOUISE IS GOING TO DECORATE THE SKULL BY MAKING TWO FLOWERS
AS A REPRESENTATION OF DíA DE LOS MUERTOS.
I THINK THAT THE FLOWERS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE FLAMES
RIGHT AT THIS POINT.
TEAMS, SHOW US YOUR SKILLS. GIVE US SOME SKULLS.
30 MINUTES!
ALL RIGHT, WE GOT TO MOVE, GUYS.
ALL RIGHT, KAREN, I'M REALLY COUNTING ON YOU
TO DO A REALLY AWESOME SKULL FOR THIS ONE
'CAUSE IT'S REALLY GONNA BE THE FOCAL POINT OF THIS.
THE PUMPKIN ELEMENT FOR THIS PIECE IS THE ALTAR.
THE SKULL IS ACTUALLY GOING TO SIT INSIDE THE PUMPKIN.
THE CANDY ELEMENT ON THIS PIECE WILL BE THE RING OF FIRE
AND THAT'S ALL GONNA BE PULLED SUGAR
AND THEN THE CANDLES ON THE TOP.
EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE DOING SKULLS THIS TIME.
OURS HAS TO STAND OUT BECAUSE IT TELLS THE BEST STORY.
(Ray) I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR CARVING THE SKULL,
WHICH WOULD THEN BE DECORATED BY BECKY WITH SOME PIPING
AND JANSEN'S GONNA BE DOING
SOME COLORFUL POURED-GLASS HEADSTONES.
I GOT TO POUR ALL THESE HOT SUGARS.
TEMPERATURE'S WAY TOO HOT.
ARE THEY GONNA SET UP IN TIME?
I HOPE SO.
CHECK ON YOUR PUMPKIN, OKAY?
'CAUSE WE NEED IT OUT SO I CAN WORK ON IT, TOO.
I MEAN, IT FEELS HARD.
BRING IT OUT, THEN.
IT'S DEFINITELY A DIFFERENT CONSISTENCY
WITH THIS CHOCOLATE ON THE SURFACE.
LOOKS GREAT. I LOVE THE WHITE.
AND THE FONDANT, YOU KNOW, THE FONDANT WORKS SO WELL.
YEAH.
ON THIS PIECE, I USED MODELING CHOCOLATE,
THEN I COVERED IT WITH A LAYER OF FONDANT
BECAUSE YOU CAN REALLY HAND-PAINT FONDANT BEAUTIFULLY.
THIS IS A BIG RISK.
IF I SLIP UP OR PAINT DRIPS,
THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO TIME TO CORRECT THAT.
(Karen) HOW'S THAT PUMPKIN COMING?
I GOT TO DO MORE DETAIL AND SOME COLOR WORK.
DOING AWESOME ON TIME, GUYS.
GUYS, THIS BABY IS FRAGILE.
MY WORRY IS THAT THE PUMPKIN'S NOT GONNA BALANCE,
AND I HAD TO LEAVE A LOT OF MEAT ON THE BACK TO COUNTERBALANCE.
I'M CONCERNED THAT IT MIGHT NOT LOOK RIGHT OR FALL OFF.
(Becky) WE GOT TO MOVE, MOVE, MOVE.
(Chris) MAKES ME SO NERVOUS.
THIS CRACKING OF THIS PUMPKIN.
CHOCOLATE'S BREAKING OFF THE PUMPKIN.
(Cory) YOU HAVE HOT HANDS. WE SHOULD HAVE FACTORED THAT IN.
SHOULD HAVE PUT MY HAND IN ICE?
(Cory) THE MINUTE HE STARTS TOUCHING THE MODELING CHOCOLATE,
IT STARTS BREAKING AND SEPARATING AND MELTING.
GUYS, COME ON.
IT'S CRACKING. THIS IS CRACKING.
OKAY, OKAY.
WE DIDN'T CONSIDER THAT HE WAS GONNA BE HOLDING THE PUMPKIN
WHILE HE WAS CARVING TO STEADY HIMSELF.
THIS MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN WORTH THE RISK.
(Cory) I FELT THAT I MADE THE WRONG CHOICE
FOR A TIME CHALLENGE BECAUSE CHRIS HAS HOT HANDS,
AND HE'S JUST DESTROYING THE DISPLAY ENTIRELY.
WE GOT TO PULL THIS TOGETHER.
A PIECE OF CHOCOLATE FELL OFF. IS THERE A WAY TO REPAIR CRACKS?
WHEN CHRIS CARVED INTO THE PUMPKIN,
THE CHOCOLATE WAS CRACKING OFF.
HE'S JUST DESTROYING THE DISPLAY ENTIRELY.
YOU DO WHAT YOU GOT TO DO. I'LL WORK AROUND YOU.
IN ORDER TO SOLVE IT, I THOUGHT, OKAY, WELL,
I BETTER PIPE SOME DESIGNS AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.
WE NEED TO GET ON THE AIRBRUSH.
GO AHEAD.
(Susan) KAREN, YOU GOOD?
GOOD.
♪♪
(Justin) YO, TEAMS.
ROB ZOMBIE'S GOT SOMETHING TO SAY.
FIVE MINUTES.
(Cory) THAT'S FINE, THAT'S FINE.
DEFINITELY WANT THIS ONE TO POP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
(Ray) AWESOME. IT LOOKS GREAT.
YOU WANT TO JUST START LAYING THESE OUT?
HOW?
JUST STICK THEM.
STICK THEM HOW?
THIS IS HOT SUGAR.
SO THEY STAND UP? YEAH.
STICK ONE.
(Ray) TOWARDS THE END, WE WERE RUSHING,
EVERYONE TRYING TO WORK IN A SECTION OF SPACE
MEANT FOR MAYBE ONE PERSON.
WE HAD SIX ARMS IN AND OUT TRYING TO WORK,
SO IT WAS PRETTY DIFFICULT.
JUST TRY NOT TO BUMP THIS, OKAY?
I'D LIKE TO GO WITH A COLOR ON THIS.
YES? NO?
YEAH, ORANGE?
ALL RIGHT, ORANGE.
WE'RE GONNA TRY TO BRING THE LEVEL OF DETAIL
THAT THE BLING BATS BRING.
SO WE END UP TRYING TO CREATE DEFINITION
WITH THE AIRBRUSH.
I THINK THE JUDGES ARE GONNA LOVE IT.
(Justin) ONE MINUTE!
AH!
GOD.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS, WE GOT TO MOVE.
SUSAN, WOULD YOU HAVE TIME TO MAKE DRIPPINESS
FOR THE CANDLES?
I'M GOING TO POUR SOME DOWN, YEAH.
OKAY, COOL.
THERE'S LITERALLY SECONDS LEFT.
SO SUSAN DRIPPED SOME SUGAR DOWN
AND IT LOOKS LIKE CANDLES DRIPPING.
I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT.
I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE AN ALTAR NOW
WHERE CANDLES HAVE BEEN BURNING FOR A WHILE.
TEN, NINE, EIGHT,
SEVEN, SIX...
(indistinct conversations)
FIVE, FOUR,
THREE, TWO, ONE,
DROP THE CARVING KNIFE, YOUR TIME IS UP!
(clapping)
(laughs)
(Becky) I BET YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE WHO PIPED OUT A PUMPKIN.
I LOOK UP, AND WE'RE MISSING A FLAME.
THE THIRD ONE, HUH?
THIRD ONE.
TEAMS, NOTHING TOO BRAINY ABOUT THIS SMALL SCARE.
WE WANTED SKULLS, SKULLS, AND MORE SKULLS.
REMEMBER, THE WINNING TEAM IN THIS ROUND
GETS A VITAL ADVANTAGE GOING INTO THE SPINE CHILLER,
FIRST PICK OF THE PUMPKIN IN THE PUMPKIN PATCH,
WHICH YOU CARVERS KNOW CAN MEAN THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN SUCCESS AND TOTAL FAILURE.
LET'S GET TO THE JUDGING.
SKULLS OF THE ABYSS, TELL US ABOUT YOUR SKULL.
CHILDREN OFTEN GET SUGAR SKULLS FOR DAY OF THE DEAD,
SO WE TRIED DIPPING IT IN WHITE CHOCOLATE
AND MAKING IT AN ENTIRE SKULL
RATHER THAN ONE PART PUMPKIN AND ONE PART SCULPTURE.
(Chris) LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THE CANDLES BLEW OUT.
WE SUSPECT THAT IT MAY BE ONE OF THE LOST MEMBERS
OF OUR OPPOSING TEAMS.
(light laughter)
JUDGES,
SKULLS OF THE ABYSS CREATION, WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WHEN YOU GUYS FIRST STARTED,
I NOTICED THAT YOU WERE COVERING IT IN WHITE CHOCOLATE,
AND IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS HEADING IN A GREAT DIRECTION,
BUT IT SEEMED THAT AS YOU STARTED TO COLORIZE IT,
IT BECAME A BIT MUDDY.
(Shinmin) I AGREE WITH MILES.
I ACTUALLY REALLY LIKED IT WHITE.
STYLISTICALLY, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
LOUISE, YOUR SUGAR FLOWERS ARE GORGEOUS,
ESPECIALLY THE ROSE,
BUT THE TEXTURES DON'T REALLY WORK TOGETHER,
THE FLOWERS AND THEN THE PAINTING OF THE PUMPKIN.
(Rob) I AGREE.
THE SKULL'S KIND OF MUTED, YET THE FLOWERS REALLY POP,
WHEREAS IT SEEMS THE DESIGNS ON THE SKULL WOULD POP, TOO.
BUT I THINK IT, YOU KNOW-- I THINK IT TOTALLY WORKS.
THANK YOU, SKULLS OF THE ABYSS.
WHAT'S UP, BLING BATS? HOW'S IT GOING?
TELL US ABOUT YOUR SKULL.
SO DíA DE LOS MUERTOS IS ABOUT HONORING PEOPLE
WHO HAVE PASSED,
SO WE'VE DECIDED TO PAY HOMAGE TO JOHNNY CASH.
STARTING WITH THE PULLED SUGAR RING OF FIRE ON THE BOTTOM.
WE'VE GOT THE GUITAR ON HIS HEAD,
AND IN HIS EYES,
THEY CALLED JUNE CARTER CASH THE "WILDWOOD FLOWER,"
SO I PUT FLOWERS IN THERE, AND YOU KNOW, HIS CIGARETTE.
(Justin) MILES.
FANTASTIC DESIGN.
IT'S KEEPING IN THE DíA DE LOS MUERTOS THEME PERFECTLY.
I REALLY LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU STAINED
THE LITTLE DECORATIVE CARVING YOU'VE DONE
AROUND THE PUMPKIN RED.
THAT REALLY TIES IT TOGETHER. IT'S FANTASTIC.
ALL OF YOUR SKILLS ARE HIGHLIGHTED
IN A VERY CONSISTENT WAY AND COHESIVE WAY.
I CAN SEE THAT IT'S REALLY WELL-THOUGHT-OUT.
IT'S AMAZING. I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT.
I THINK THE MAIN THING I'D LOVE, THOUGH, IS THE PAINT JOB.
IT HAS THE DAY OF THE DEAD PAINT JOB THAT'S SO ICONIC.
THIS TOTALLY NAILS IT. I MEAN, IT'S PHENOMENAL.
THANK YOU, BLING BATS.
AND, TEAM BOO! TELL US ABOUT THE SKULL.
WE WENT FOR A CONTEMPORARY LOOK FOR DAY OF THE DEAD.
STARTED OFF WITH A CARVED SKULL PUMPKIN FOR A BASE.
ON THERE, WE DID SOME PIPING FOR THE DESIGNS, YOU KNOW,
THE CLASSIC MEXICAN DEATH MASK DESIGNS ON IT.
ON THE BOTTOM, WE TRIED TO GET SOME CONTEMPORARY FEEL
OF MEXICAN COLORS WITH SOME GRAVESTONES
TO ADD MORE COLOR TO ACCENT THE PIECE.
COMPARING IT TO THE SMALL SCARES WE HAD DONE IN THE PAST,
I'M FEELING GOOD.
I'LL START WITH YOU FIRST, RAY.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU DID THE SHADING
ON YOUR SKULL AND REALLY MADE THE FEATURES STAND OUT.
I ALSO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU CREATED
THIS REALLY THIN AND DETACHED JAWLINE HERE.
I THINK THAT IT SHOWS YOUR CONFIDENCE
IN YOUR CARVING SKILLS.
STYLISTICALLY, I'M HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE
WITH THE COLOR PALETTE.
REALLY NICE SCULPTING, RAY,
AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'VE MADE THE JUMP INTO SHADING.
NICE JOB.
THANK YOU.
I REALLY LIKE THE SKULL, BUT THE BASE KIND OF BOTHERS ME.
I DIDN'T GET IT WAS GRAVESTONES. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
AND IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE PIECES OF STAINED GLASS IN SNOW.
THANK YOU, TEAM BOO!
JUDGES NEED TO PUT THEIR OWN HEADS TOGETHER,
DECIDE WHOSE SKULL COMES OUT ON TOP.
MEET BACK HERE IN A FEW.
TEAMS, WE ASKED FOR ALL OF YOU
TO PRESENT US WITH YOUR CREEPIEST SKULL
IN HONOR OF THE DAY OF THE DEAD.
THE JUDGES FELT SOME OF YOUR CREATIONS
WERE MUDDY, INCOHERENT,
AND WORST OF ALL, LACKING IN OVERALL TEAM BALANCE.
BUT ONE OF YOU GAVE THE JUDGES A DISPLAY
THAT WAS TRULY A UNIQUE TAKE IN THIS SMALL SCARE,
AND FOR THAT...
BLING BATS, CONGRATULATIONS,
THE THIRD TIME IS INDEED THE CHARM.
THE BLING BATS WIN THE SMALL SCARE CHALLENGE AGAIN.
(Justin) YOU HAVE EARNED THE ADVANTAGE
GOING INTO THE SPINE CHILLER CHALLENGE.
AGAIN. (sighs)
TEAMS, THE PRESSURE IN THIS KITCHEN
IS ABOUT TO REACH A BOILING POINT,
BECAUSE AFTER THIS SPINE CHILLER CHALLENGE,
WE NARROW THE FIELD DOWN TO THE FINAL TWO TEAMS
WHO WILL MOVE ON TO COMPETE FOR $50,000.
GOING INTO THIS THIRD SPINE CHILLER CHALLENGE,
IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT BLING BATS ARE GOING TO THE END.
AT THIS POINT, IT'S A QUESTION
OF WHO'S GONNA BE THERE WITH THEM,
SO THE TEAM FOR US TO BEAT RIGHT NOW
IS SKULLS OF THE ABYSS.
FOR THIS CHALLENGE, WE WANT THE ULTIMATE MONSTER BATTLE,
ZOMBIES VERSUS VAMPIRES.
NOW TO HELP YOU WITH THIS DAUNTING CHALLENGE,
EACH TEAM WILL GET AN ASSISTANT TO AID IN YOUR CREATIONS,
AND, BLING BATS, I'M SURE YOU'RE USED TO THIS BY NOW,
BUT YOU ALSO GET THE ADVANTAGE OF THE FIRST PICK
OF THE PUMPKINS.
YOU'VE GOT FIVE HOURS TO SHOW US THE BATTLE ROYALE
OF THESE TWO ROTTEN GHOULS,
AND YOUR TIME STARTS NOW.
GOING INTO THE MAIN CHALLENGE, WE KNOW THAT TEAM BOO!--
WE NEED TO STEP IT UP.
IS REALLY GUNNING FOR US.
BUT WE'RE TRYING TO BEAT THE BLING BATS.
AND WE KNOW THAT IF WE DON'T STEP UP OUR DETAILS,
WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE IT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE THEME.
SO IT'S ZOMBIES VERSUS VAMPIRES, EPIC BATTLE.
CAN'T JUST BE SOME VAMPIRE
AND SOME ZOMBIE FIGHTING EACH OTHER.
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
LIKE RETRO, LIKE SILVER?
WE CAN GO '50s-- '50s DINER WOULD BE COOL.
'50s DINER WOULD BE AWESOME.
OUR TEAM IS MAKING THE BLOOD AND BRAINS DINER.
A VAMPIRE WAITRESS ON TOP.
WE WANT TO CONTRAST THE GORE OF A VAMPIRE AND A ZOMBIE
AGAINST SOMETHING SO WHOLESOME LIKE A 1950s DINER.
THIS IS GONNA BE, LIKE, SO CAMP-LOOKING,
IT'S GONNA BE COOL.
WHAT ABOUT, LIKE, A MARIE ANTOINETTE?
THAT WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL.
YEAH.
BUT SHE'S THE VAMPIRE.
YEAH. OKAY.
LIKE, SHE'S IN THIS AMAZING COSTUME.
THE CONCEPT WE COME UP WITH
IS SORT OF A MARIE ANTOINETTE-ERA VAMPIRE
VERSUS ZOMBIE.
WE KIND OF WANT TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE AN OIL PAINTING
THAT'S COME TO LIFE.
OKAY.
BUT WE STILL HAVE TO SOLVE THE PUMPKIN.
I'M GONNA HAVE SO MUCH MASS TO WORK WITH.
MAYBE I CAN ACTUALLY DO THE FRAME OUT OF THE PUMPKINS.
BUT WE DON'T WANT JUST SCARY. WE WANT BEAUTIFUL AS WELL.
BUT THAT'S PERFECT.
YOU GUYS GOT TO STEP IT UP. IT'S GOT TO LOOK COHESIVE.
CAN YOU DO LIFE-SIZE CAKE?
YEAH.
FOR THIS PLANNING PROCESS, WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHY DON'T WE DO A FEMALE VAMPIRE ON HER KNEES,
JUST ALLOWING THE ZOMBIE TO EAT FROM HER HEAD?
WE GOT ROB ZOMBIE HERE.
I'M DOING A LIFE-SIZE ZOMBIE.
OH, WOW.
IN ORDER TO WOW THE JUDGES, OUR TEAM NEEDS TO GO LIFE-SIZE.
FULL HEAD-TO-TOE PUMPKIN.
I'M THINKING MAYBE WE CAN BUILD SOME SORT OF FRAME,
THROW SOME SLABS OF PUMPKIN.
THIS IS NOT GONNA BE OVERSHADOWED.
THIS IS THING'S GOT TO BE LIFE-SIZED.
I WANT THOSE ZOMBIES TO COME ALIVE.
I NEED THAT BIGGEST PUMPKIN RIGHT THERE.
HEY, TEAM BLING BATS!
COME PICK YOUR PUMPKIN.
WHEN SHAWN HEADS OVER TO THE PUMPKIN PATCH,
HE'S THINKING WHAT HE WANTS,
BUT HE'S ALSO THINKING WHAT RAY WANTS.
(Ray) GETTING THE RIGHT PUMPKIN
IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF PRODUCING A GOOD CARVING.
SHAWN'S DEFINITELY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT ADVANTAGE.
THIS IS THE ONE I WANT RIGHT HERE.
OH, THERE GOES THAT ONE.
I GOT TO GO PICK OUT A PUMPKIN HERE.
I'M REALLY DISAPPOINTED THAT PLAN "A"
WITH THE REALLY HUGE PUMPKIN DIDN'T WORK OUT
SO NOW I'M GOING PLAN "B."
HEY, GUYS, I NEED THIS PUMPKIN OVER THERE RIGHT AWAY.
SO I'M JUST FINDING PUMPKINS THAT ARE THICK AND HEAVY.
GETTING THIS VOLUME OF SCULPTING DONE IN FIVE HOURS
IS GONNA BE VERY DIFFICULT.
I'M GONNA GO GET SOME PUMPKINS.
OKAY.
SO CHRIS, HE'S GOING CRAZY WITH PUMPKINS.
HE GRABS ALL THESE PUMPKINS TO CREATE THIS DINER SIGN
AND A BIG WHITE PUMPKIN TO MAKE THE BASE OF OUR DINER.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW HE CAN CARVE
SO MANY PUMPKINS IN THE TIME ALLOWED.
I'M GONNA GO QUANTITY OVER VOLUME AND QUALITY ABOVE ALL.
ALL RIGHT.
CAN YOU LOOK OVER HERE REAL QUICK?
WHAT?
SO MUCH LEFT TO DO.
NICE.
YOU FEELING IT?
YEAH, IT LOOKS GREAT.
(Karen) IN THIS PIECE, I'LL BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR MAKING THE FACES FOR THE TWO MAIN CHARACTERS.
KAREN, THIS'LL WORK WELL FOR THE FRAME.
IT'S BIG.
SHAWN'S WORKING ON THE FRAME
AND SUSAN IS GOING TO BE DOING THE DECORATIVE ELEMENTS.
SHE WANTS TO DO THE HAIR IN SPUN SUGAR.
SHE WANTS TO DO LITTLE ROSEBUDS, RIBBONS, AND CURLS.
YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THINGS I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE ARE POSSIBLE.
THIS IS A BIGGER PUMPKIN, SO I'LL MAKE THIS
FOR OUR FRONT PIECE, I'LL PUT SOME WINDOWS IN IT.
ARE WE GONNA HAVE ENOUGH ROOM ON OUR BASE?
I'LL MAKE ROOM FOR IT.
CHRIS IS GONNA MAKE THE PUMPKINS A TOWER
THAT SAYS "DINER," AND HE'S GONNA MAKE THE BASE.
LOUISE IS GOING TO HELP DECORATE THE DINER ITSELF
BY CREATING CHECKERED FLOOR
AND STOOLS AND TABLES INSIDE THE DINER
WHILE I WORK ON THE VAMPIRES AND ZOMBIE FIGURES.
I'M WONDERING WHAT TEAM BOO! HAS GOT GOING ON.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY GOT SOMETHING INTERESTING
BUT THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH IT.
(Ray) I HATE TO PUSH THIS.
(Jansen) THAT'S RIGHT, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
(Ray) GETTING THIS VOLUME OF SCULPTING DONE
IS GONNA BE VERY DIFFICULT.
IN ORDER TO PULL OF LIFE-SIZE, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF WORK.
I'M VERY NERVOUS.
I'M THINKING THIS ZOMBIE, THRESHOLD OF WEIGHT ON IT
IS AT ITS LIMIT.
THIS IS WHAT I'M GONNA DO,
I'M GONNA TAKE A PUMPKIN, I'M GONNA TAKE SLABS OF THEM.
THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT SMALL. I'M GONNA USE A LOT OF PUMPKINS.
I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE GONNA ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS.
THIS IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
THIS ONE, I'M ALL PUMPKIN,
AND I'M GONNA BE ON PUMPKIN FOR THE ENTIRE FIVE HOURS.
BECKY IS GONNA BE DOING THE VAMPIRE WOMAN
AND JANSEN'S GONNA BE DOING ALL OF THE BACKGROUND
AS WELL AS BEING THE KIND OF HELPER TO BECKY OR I.
THAT CAKE, IT'S GONNA BE DONE UP THERE.
YOU'RE JUST CARRYING IT HERE, RIGHT?
I CAN PUT PART OF IT ON UP HERE
BUT I GOT TO PUT THE REST OF IT ON DOWN THERE.
TEAMS, FOUR HOURS LEFT.
ACTUALLY, 3 HOURS, 59 MINUTES, 14 SECONDS.
BUT WE JUST SPENT AN HOUR ALREADY.
TO BE EXACT.
MOVE IT.
♪♪
(singsongy) OH, TEAMS!
(normal voice) IT'S TIME TO THROW A TWIST
INTO YOUR BEASTLY BATTLE.
WE ALREADY KNOW IT'S GONNA BE EPIC,
NOW WE WANT IT MESSY.
WE WANT YOU TO GIVE US A GOOD DOSE OF GOOEY,
DRIPPY OOZE.
IT CAN BE ANYWHERE ON THE DISPLAY.
IT JUST HAS TO BE DISGUSTING TO LOOK AT AND DELICIOUS TO TASTE.
ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT DO WE DO?
MAKE IT GRUESOME.
YEAH, LOUISE, YOU GOTTA TAKE CARE OF THAT.
MAKE IT GRUESOME.
OH, MY GOD, ANOTHER TWIST. THIS IS TOO MUCH TO HANDLE.
UH, LET'S SEE.
(Cory) WE'RE ALREADY OVER OUR HEAD.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN HANDLE ANOTHER THING.
WE WANT YOU TO GIVE US A GOOD DOSE OF GOOEY,
DRIPPY OOZE.
WHENEVER I SEE JUSTIN, I KNOW IT'S BAD NEWS.
NOW WE HAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER ELEMENT.
THAT'S DEFINITELY GONNA HURT US.
THIS IS INCREDIBLY CHALLENGING AND EXHAUSTING,
BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING INSIDE OF ME STILL WANTS TO, LIKE,
YOU KNOW, KEEP FIGHTING.
OKAY.
(Chris) MAKE IT GRUESOME.
ALL RIGHT, UH... WE'RE DOING ZOMBIES.
BUT WHAT CAN I DO WITH BRAINS? HOW ABOUT TAFFY?
I CAN MAKE TAFFY LOOK LIKE BRAINS.
THE BRAIN HAS LIKE OOZE COMING OUT OF IT,
THE RASPBERRY, CRANBERRY,
YOU KNOW, OOZE THAT'S COMING OUT OF IT.
NASTY, I LOVE IT.
SO LOUISE WANTS TO INJECT OUR TAFFY BRAINS
WITH CRANBERRY OOZE.
I WAS LIKE, "THANK YOU."
WE WERE ALL REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS IDEA.
LET'S GET IT DONE.
WE CAN'T AFFORD TO GO SMALL TODAY.
I CAN MAKE SOME GROSS-LOOKING TAPIOCA PUDDING.
WHAT IF WE PUT IT IN HER HEAD?
IN THE HEAD.
PERFECT. CAN YOU MAKE THAT HAPPEN WITH THE HEAD?
DO MY BEST.
OUR WHOLE DESIGN HAS THIS VAMPIRE KNEELING,
OFFERING HER BRAINS TO THE ZOMBIE.
SO WE DECIDE INSTEAD OF SCULPTING THE BRAINS
OUT OF MATERIALS AND FONDANT,
WE DECIDE TO MAKE THE BRAINS EDIBLE.
I'M GONNA ACTUALLY START THE TAPIOCA PUDDING RELATIVELY SOON.
IT TAKES A WHILE TO COOK, AND THEN WE GOT TO COOL IT DOWN.
CAN YOU START THAT NOW? WILL IT HAVE ENOUGH TIME?
I HOPE SO. I'M GONNA START IT PRETTY SOON.
INCORPORATING THIS TWIST IS GONNA BE A REAL CHALLENGE.
GET THEM DONE.
HOW ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S DRIPPY AND FRUITY?
SUSAN DECIDED THAT SHE WANTED TO DO SOME KIND OF OOZING BLOOD.
SO WHY DON'T I MAKE IT EDIBLE?
I CAN DO IT WITH FRUIT INSTEAD, LIKE RASPBERRY PURéE MAYBE?
LIKE A PATé de FRUIT BUT NOT BIND IT.
OKAY.
SO IT'LL TASTE GOOD BUT IT'LL DRIP.
SHE DECIDES TO MAKE, LIKE, A RASPBERRY PATé de FRUIT,
WHICH IS A LITTLE JELLY WE'RE GONNA PUT AT THE BOTTOM
SO THAT IT'S LIKE COAGULATED BLOOD.
WE WANT DISPLAYS THAT WILL RAISE THE DEAD!
IN THREE HOURS.
WE GOT TO MOVE FASTER.
YEAH, WE GOT TO MOVE, GOT TO MOVE, GOT TO MOVE.
(Chris) HEY, GUYS, I'M PUTTING THIS DINER SIGN UP HERE.
♪♪
OKAY, I NEED TO GET ANOTHER.
SHAWN.
PULLING TAFFY'S HARD.
THAT HOLE THAT I CREATED FOR THE TAPIOCA
IS MAKING THIS A LITTLE BIT WEAKER.
THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO TO IT. I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW.
CAN I TOUCH THIS REAL QUICK?
YEAH.
(Ray) I FEEL LIKE I'M COURTING A LITTLE BIT OF A PREDICAMENT.
THE JUDGES HAVE MADE COMMENTS WHERE THEY FELT
THAT MY PUMPKIN OVERSHADOWED EVERYTHING.
ARE HER CHEEKBONES, OKAY?
IN THIS THING, IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT MY TEAM STEP UP,
AND THIS VAMPIRE LADY HAS TO HOLD HER OWN.
IF IT'S NOT DONE RIGHT, WE'RE GOING HOME.
IT WAS DRIVING YOU CRAZY FROM OVER THERE, WASN'T IT?
IT WAS LOOKING WITCHY.
CHRIS' PLAN WAS TO CREATE THE ENTRANCE OF THE DINER
CARVED IN A PUMPKIN.
IN ONE DOOR WAS GOING TO BE A FACE OF A ZOMBIE
AND THE OTHER DOOR THE FACE OF THE VAMPIRE.
CHRIS IS USING A TECHNIQUE CALLED ETCHING
THAT REQUIRES THE SKIN OF THE PUMPKIN
TO BE DARKER THAN THE MEAT OF THE PUMPKIN,
BUT IT'S VERY COMPLICATED AND TIME-CONSUMING,
AND WE DON'T HAVE TIME.
TEAMS, TWO HOURS!
TWO HOURS, YOU GUYS.
TWO HOURS.
SHAWN, HOW YOU DOING?
I MEAN, I'VE GOT A BUNCH OF THE BASIC PIECES CUT OUT...
YEAH.
BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE TO DO.
TEAM BOO'S! ZOMBIE, OF COURSE, IS GORGEOUS.
I'M LOOKING OUT OF THE CORNER OF MY EYE THE WHOLE TIME
AND I'M JUST NOT BELIEVING WHAT I'M SEEING.
I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT SHAWN'S PUMPKIN WORK
AND RAY'S PUMPKIN WORK, THEY'LL BE COMPARED.
SO THAT'S THE HARD PART, MAKING SURE THEY ALL--
YEAH, I MEAN, GETTING ALL THIS DONE IN THE FIVE HOURS,
MAKING SURE THEY'RE ALL GONNA FIT RIGHT.
AND THEN DETAILS.
YEAH, MAKING IT LOOK GOOD.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT IT JUST SLAPPED ON THERE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME ON "HALLOWEEN WARS," I AM NERVOUS.
THERE'S ONLY TWO WHERE YOU ACTUALLY SEE THE STEMS.
OKAY.
AND THEN ON THE FOUR CORNERS, THESE BITS,
IT'S GONNA BE LIKE A SORT OF FLOURISH.
STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN, PLEASE.
JUST GO DOWN MORE SLOWLY, GO DOWN.
OH, NO, NO, NO, NO!
OKAY.
(Ray) IN THIS PARTICULAR DESIGN,
I'M REALLY STRUGGLING WITH CARVING IT
WITH THE VOLUME OF PUMPKIN NEEDED TO BE CARVED
AS WELL AS CROSSING MY FINGERS THAT IT DOESN'T FALL DOWN.
HOW YOU FEELING ABOUT THE WEIGHT?
IT'S HOLDING. I THINK WE MIGHT GO ONE ARM.
I'M FEELING LIKE THIS FRAME IS GONNA CRACK.
HOLD THESE SHOULDER PIECES. I'M GONNA PUSH HIS HEAD DOWN.
I'M VERY NERVOUS BECAUSE IF THE ZOMBIE FALLS ON THE CAKE,
WE'RE DONE.
LIFT IT UP.
KEEP IT CENTERED.
CHRIS IS FINALLY DONE CARVING THE PUMPKIN.
THIS WAS OUR BIG MOMENT
TO COMBINE ALL OF OUR DESIGNS TOGETHER,
AND WE TRIED TO PUT THE BASE ON THE STRUCTURE.
THE PUMPKIN'S TALLER THAN THE SPACE IN THE STRUCTURE.
CORY, THERE'S NOT A PIECE THAT DIPS DOWN, IS THERE?
YEAH.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CUT THAT OFF.
(Cory) IT'S TOO BIG.
WE'RE MAKING AN ENTIRE SCENE WITH THIS '50s DINER,
AND THE PUMPKIN IS THE ENTRANCE,
AND HE HAS TO CARVE THE TOP OF THE WHOLE DESIGN OFF
JUST TO GET IT INTO OUR STRUCTURE.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
(Cory) WE'RE MAKING AN ENTIRE SCENE
WITH THIS '50s DINER,
AND THE PUMPKIN, IT'S TOO BIG.
AND HE HAS TO CARVE THE TOP OF THE WHOLE DESIGN OFF
JUST TO GET IT INTO OUR STRUCTURE.
CHRIS HAS TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER GAME PLAN.
I'M GONNA TRY TO DO THE SAME THING BUT SCULPTURAL
WITH THE PUMPKIN THAT I STILL HAVE LEFT HERE.
WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO START OVER.
I GOT TO DO SOMETHING.
HE SKINS THE WHOLE THING OFF, CUTS A HUGE OPENING,
AND STARTS CARVING ANOTHER PUMPKIN,
WHICH IS GONNA BE CARVED INTO A FACE OF A ZOMBIE.
WHEN I LOOKED OVER AT CHRIS, MY HEART IS JUST BREAKING.
I MEAN, HE'S JUST-- HE'S DESTROYED.
OKAY, CHRIS, JUST DO WHAT YOU CAN DO, YOU KNOW?
YOU'VE DONE GREAT.
I'M TRYING TO TRANSFORM THIS THING.
IT'S A FIGHT TO THE FINISH.
ONE HOUR LEFT.
♪♪
LET'S START ADDING BANDS OR BOWS OR ANYTHING HERE.
I'M JUST LOSING FEELING IN MY HAND.
CARPEL PUMPKIN SYNDROME. FEELING REALLY BEHIND RIGHT NOW.
TRYING TO GET MY SECOND WIND.
(Karen) WE GOT TO MOVE ALONG. EVERYBODY, ALL HANDS ON DECK.
WE'RE DOWN TO THE LAST FEW MINUTES
AND SHAWN STARTS PUTTING THE FRAME ON.
WHEN HE FINALLY WRAPS IT UP
AND HE GETS ALL THE LAST DETAILS,
THE FRAME LOOKS GREAT.
LIFT IT UP JUST A BIT. THAT'S IT.
YOU GOT IT?
CHRIS IS STRUGGLING WITH THE PUMPKINS.
I DON'T THINK IT'S COMING OUT THE WAY HE WANTS IT TO.
I WAS PRETTY CONCERNED THAT WE WEREN'T GONNA RECOVER.
(Ray) WHOO!
ALL RIGHT, GUYS, WE GOT TO MOVE.
DRIPPIES.
OH!
GETTING DOWN TO THE END, AND I'M VERY NERVOUS.
I WAS WORRIED THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE TIME TO FINISH IT.
(chuckles)
THE PLAN TO GET THE OOZE TO RUN ON THIS PIECE
IS TO USE GRAVITY.
OUR PLAN IS TO USE AN OOZE BAG WITH A TUBE THAT RUNS THROUGH
AND COMES RIGHT OUT BEHIND THE VAMPIRE'S TOOTH
AND RIGHT OUT OF THAT TUBE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE LITTLE DROPLETS
OF THIS DELICIOUS RASPBERRY OOZE THAT SUSAN HAS MADE.
DID YOU RELEASE THE FANG? YOU WANT TO TRY IT?
BUT IT ISN'T WORKING.
SO WE'RE A LITTLE SKETCHY ABOUT HOW SUCCESSFUL
THAT'S GONNA BE. THE PRESSURE IS ON.
ONE MINUTE.
ONE MINUTE!
ONE MINUTE.
ARE WE COVERING EVERYTHING?
ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT ARE YOU GUYS--
WHAT IS THAT?
IT WON'T STICK.
OH, HOLD ON, I'M GONNA TRY THE BIG ONES.
YOU READY FOR THE EYEBALL?
LET'S TAKE IT HOME.
DO IT!
THERE'S NO WAY SHE CAN HAVE HER HEAD OPEN WITHOUT ANY BLOOD.
I NEED A PIECE OF PINK.
WE GOT TO COVER THAT UP.
HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS WORSE? THERE'S NO TIME LEFT.
I'M HOPING THAT THE LITTLE, TINY DETAILS
WILL PULL US THROUGH THE CHALLENGE.
TEN, NINE, EIGHT...
WHERE AM I GOING?
SEVEN, SIX, FIVE, FOUR,
THREE, TWO, ONE,
TIME IS UP.
WE GOT IT DONE.
OH, MY GOD. WE ACTUALLY DID IT.
TEAMS, WE ASKED FOR THE BIGGEST BATTLE
YOU COULD IMAGINE BETWEEN ZOMBIES AND VAMPIRES,
COMPLETE WITH TONS OF GORY OOZE.
LET'S SEE WHAT THE JUDGES THINK OF YOUR CLASHING DISPLAYS.
WHAT'S UP, TEAM BOO!?
HI.
TELL US ABOUT THE BATTLE.
(Ray) I WAS NERVOUS GOING IN FRONT OF THE JUDGES
BECAUSE I KNEW THERE WERE LOTS OF ELEMENTS
THAT THEY ARE CONTINUOUSLY GIVING US TO IMPROVE ON,
AND WE HADN'T ADDRESSED ALL OF THOSE IN THIS PIECE.
IT'S NO CONTEST.
OUR VAMPIRESS IS KNEELING BEFORE THE ZOMBIE
AND HE'S JUST EATING HER BRAINS OUT.
WE WENT FOR BIG.
WE WANTED IT TO FEEL LIKE YOU WEREN'T LOOKING
AT A REPRESENTATION OF IT, BUT YOU WERE LOOKING AT IT.
LIFE-SIZE. TELL US ABOUT YOUR OOZE.
OUR WHOLE DESIGN HAS THIS VAMPIRE
OFFERING HER BRAINS TO THE ZOMBIE.
IT'S COCONUT TAPIOCA PUDDING FOR BRAINS.
I DON'T REALLY TASTE THE COCONUT, ACTUALLY,
BUT THE TEXTURE MAKES UP FOR IT.
BRAINS ASIDE, JUDGES, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS
ON THE DISPLAY AS A WHOLE?
THE WHOLE VISUAL LANGUAGE OF IT IS JUST BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S GOT ATTITUDE. IT'S GOT DETAIL.
YOU BUILT IT AND YOU HAVEN'T GOT TO THE PAINTING PART YET,
WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE IT REALLY WOULD
HAVE JUST MADE IT SING.
I THINK THE ZOMBIE SCULPTURE IS SPECTACULAR,
ALMOST TOO SPECTACULAR,
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THE REST OF IT HOLDS UP
TO THE LEVEL OF THE ZOMBIE.
JUDGES, LET'S MOVE ON.
SKULLS OF THE ABYSS, TELL US ABOUT THE DINER.
THIS IS THE BLOOD AND BRAINS DINER.
WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING WHERE WE COULD CONTRAST THE GORE
WITH AMERICANA.
(Chris) WHEN WE WERE DEBATING ON WHO WOULD WIN
THIS VAMPIRE-ZOMBIE BATTLE,
VAMPIRES WOULDN'T BE SUCKING ON ZOMBIE BLOOD,
AND THE ZOMBIES WOULDN'T BE EATING VAMPIRE BRAINS.
THEY WOULD BE, LIKE, FIGHTING FOR HUMAN FOOD.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR OOZE.
(Louise) SO THE BRAINS ARE MADE OUT OF A VANILLA TAFFY,
SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO TRY THE VANILLA TAFFY WITH THE OOZE
OR JUST HAVE THE OOZE BY ITSELF.
OH, MY GOD.
(crunching)
OH, MY GOD.
SHINMIN, CHEWY BRAIN, YOU DIG IT?
I THINK THERE'S AN OBVIOUS PROBLEM HERE.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO CHEW THROUGH.
THE FLAVOR IS ACTUALLY QUITE GOOD.
I JUST WISH THAT IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE
OF AN ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE IN TERMS OF CHEWING.
JUDGES, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE DINER BRAWL SCENE?
I LIKE THE CONCEPT. I THINK IT'S COOL.
I WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT OF IT.
YOU GOT SOME GREAT STUFF GOING ON THERE IN THE DINER PART
WITH PORCELAIN TILES ON THE FLOOR AND THE STOOLS.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE PUMPKIN FACE THERE.
MY PROBLEM IS I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE REALLY ALLOCATED YOUR TIME
TO THIS PUMPKIN HERE
BECAUSE THIS ACTUALLY, I DON'T FIND IT NECESSARY.
YOU COULD HAVE JUST TOLD US IT'S A BLOOD DINER.
OVERALL, THE EXECUTION IS LACKING A LITTLE.
THANK YOU, SKULLS OF THE ABYSS.
THANK YOU.
JUDGES, LET'S MOVE ON.
BLING BATS, HOW'S IT GOING?
HEY.
TELL US.
WE WANTED TO DO A VAMPIRE-ZOMBIE THING FROM ANOTHER ERA
BECAUSE VAMPIRES AND ZOMBIES LIVE FOREVER.
THE CONCEPT WE'VE COME UP WITH FOR THIS ONE
IS SORT OF A MARIE ANTOINETTE-ERA VAMPIRE
VERSUS ZOMBIE.
WE HAVE MODELING CHOCOLATE FACES,
SPUN SUGAR HAIR, PULLED SUGAR RIBBONS.
THERE'S CAKE IN HER DRESS,
AND THEN OUR FRAME IS ALL MADE FROM A DECONSTRUCTED PUMPKIN.
OUR OOZE IS A RASPBERRY AND RASPBERRY LIQUEUR
AND WE'VE ALSO GOT COAGULATED HERE
WHICH IS A KIND OF RASPBERRY
AND RASPBERRY LIQUEUR PATé de FRUIT.
WHERE'S THE OOZE SUPPOSED TO BE COMING FROM?
WELL, SUPPOSED TO BE COMING FROM RIGHT HERE,
BUT WE HAD SOME TECHNICAL ISSUE.
I LOVE THE TANG IN THIS PATé de FRUIT
AND I LOVE YOUR CREATIVE SPOON HERE.
A SPOONFUL OF SUGAR WILL ALWAYS HELP THE OOZE GO DOWN.
DAMN GOOD OOZE.
SO, SHINMIN, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DISPLAY.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS, SUPER ARTISTIC.
AGAIN, YOU GUYS HAVE IT DOWN WITH THE COLORS AND THE SHADING.
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN A ROW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PRESENTED US
SOMETHING WITH THIS PAINTED BACKBOARD, SO I WOULD LOVE IT
IF YOU GUYS WOULD JUST CHANGE IT UP A LITTLE.
I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED.
I LOVE THE WHOLE SHADOW BOX PRESENTATION.
THE PUMPKINS YOU'VE WORKED INTO YOUR PUMPKIN FRAME
ARE JUST FANTASTIC, GREAT DESIGN ELEMENTS.
(Rob) THE MAIN THING I LIKE ABOUT IT
IS THAT IT LOOKS OF ONE PERSON MADE IT,
TOTALLY ORIGINAL.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING,
AND IT TASTES GOOD, TOO.
THANK YOU, BLING BATS.
ALL RIGHT, OUR JUDGES NEED TO LET THE DUST CLEAR
ON THIS MONSTROUS BATTLEFIELD.
WE'LL MEET BACK HERE IN A FEW WITH OUR FINAL DECISION.
(Justin) WELL, GANG, YOU GUYS HAVE A HARD DECISION.
LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. TEAM BOO!
(Miles) BRILLIANT SCULPTURE, ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
I CONCUR.
ALTHOUGH THEY HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE OTHER TWO ARTISTS
DRAGGING DOWN RAY'S SCULPTURE,
AT LEAST THIS TIME, WE CAN SEE IT MORE.
HIS TALENT IS BEING HIGHLIGHTED MORE HERE.
YEAH, HE HAD A CHANCE TO SHINE.
WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK OF SKULLS OF THE ABYS''
IMMORTAL DINER?
I LIKE THAT THEY WENT IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT DIRECTION
AND CREATED THIS CAMPY '50s DINER,
BUT THIS CREATION IS REALLY AN EXAMPLE
OF POOR TIME MANAGEMENT.
AGAIN, DON'T SEEM TO WORK AS A TEAM, I DON'T THINK.
YOU KNOW, ONE SIDE'S DOING ONE LOOK,
THE OTHER SIDE'S DOING THE OTHER LOOK
IN THIS SORT OF '50s THING
THEN THERE'S JUST A BIG BLOODY PUMPKIN.
MM-HMM.
TEAM BLING BATS.
THEY HAVE A VISION, AND THEY EXECUTE IT PERFECTLY.
THEY HAD FANTASTIC TEXTURE AND WRINKLES AND DETAIL.
THEY HAVE A VERY SOPHISTICATED STYLE LEVEL.
ALTHOUGH BLING BATS ARE DEFINITELY
GETTING A LITTLE BIT PREDICTABLE,
THEY ARE PRESENTING US SOMETHING IN A FLAT FORM
AND THEN A PAINTED BACKDROP.
THEY PLAN SOMETHING THEY KNOW THEY CAN DO IN THE TIME GIVEN,
AND THEY FINISH IT RIGHT ON THE DOT.
I THINK IT'S SMARTER TO DO SOMETHING
WHERE THEY KNOW THEY CAN MAKE IT PERFECT
THAN LIKE, "LET'S TAKE THIS CRAZY CHANCE AND WING IT,"
AND THEN HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, BE A DISASTER.
NOW WHAT ABOUT THE GOO?
I WISH THAT THEY FOUND A DIFFERENT WAY
TO INCORPORATE THE OOZE AFTER THE TECHNICAL MALFUNCTION.
PERHAPS THEY COULD CREATE A POOL OF BLOOD
THAT WE CAN DIP THE PATé de FRUIT IN?
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD IDEA, YEAH.
WELL, GUYS, HAVE WE MADE OUR DECISION ABOUT WHO'S GOING HOME?
YES.
YES.
LET'S BRING THEM BACK.
(Cory) STANDING IN FRONT OF THE JUDGES,
WE'RE FEELING REALLY GOOD.
I THINK TEAM BOO! IS GOING HOME.
TEAMS, WE WERE LOOKING FOR ZOMBIES AND VAMPIRES
LOCKED IN A VICIOUS FIGHT TO THE UNDEATH.
WE HAVE SEEN SOME VERY DIFFERENT TAKES TODAY.
ONE OF YOU USED SPOOKY ELEGANCE...
YOU KNOW HOW TO DO THINGS I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE ARE POSSIBLE.
ANOTHER FUSED GORE WITH CAMPY HUMOR,
AND THE THIRD RELIED ON IMPRESSIVE LIFE-SIZE SCALE.
WE CAN'T AFFORD TO GO SMALL TODAY.
BUT ONE OF YOU STOOD OUT ABOVE ALL THE REST.
TEAM BLING BATS, YOUR STYLIZED YET SPOOKY
OIL DISPLAY BLEW THE JUDGES AWAY,
MAKING YOU TODAY'S WINNER.
TEAM BOO! YOUR LIFE-SIZED PUMPKIN ZOMBIE WOWED THE JUDGES,
BUT IT WAS OVERWHELMED
BY YOUR SUBPAR VAMPIRE MADE FROM CAKE.
SKULLS OF THE ABYSS, YOUR CAMP-FILLED '50s DINER
SEEMED TO GET LOST IN A STORY QUAGMIRE.
ONE OF YOU IS SAFE.
THE OTHER IS GOING HOME.
TEAM BOO! YOUR CARVING SKILLS EARNED YOU A PLACE
IN THE FINAL BATTLE OF "HALLOWEEN WARS."
SKULLS OF THE ABYSS, YOU'RE DONE.
THANK YOU.
THIS WAS AN EXHAUSTING EXPERIENCE,
AND I THINK I GREW A LOT.
I'M PRETTY SAD TO GO HOME.
I REALLY WOULD HAVE LIKED TO MAKE IT TO THE LAST ROUND.
AND THEN THERE WERE TWO.
YOU GUYS THOUGHT THIS BATTLE WAS HIGH STAKES.
YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE WHAT'S COMING
ON THE CHAMPIONSHIP FINALE OF "HALLOWEEN WARS."
(Karen) WE ARE ENTERING THE FINAL BATTLE
OF "HALLOWEEN WARS."
THIS IS THE CHANCE OF A LIFETIME.
WE ARE READY FOR BATTLE.
(Ray) PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ADVANTAGE BLING BATS HAD,
THEY JUST HAVE A WELL-OILED MACHINE,
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE NOT HAD,
BUT I'M FINALLY FEELING THAT MY TEAM'S COMING TOGETHER,
AND I THINK WE'RE AT THE LEVEL FINALLY
WHERE WE COULD BEAT THEM.
NEXT TIME ON "HALLOWEEN WARS."
ALL RIGHT, FREAKING OUT!
TEAMS, THIS IS IT,
THE FINAL BATTLE OF "HALLOWEEN WARS."
GIVE ME SOME MODELING CHOCOLATE, I'LL GO TOE TO TOE WITH THEM.
RAY GOT RIGHT UP INTO MY HEAD.
HE'S COMING AFTER ME WITH MODELING CHOCOLATE.
WE'RE GONNA THROW DOWN AND DO THIS.
THE GUY'S AN ANIMAL.
TEAM BOO! HAS IMPROVED SO MUCH.
THIS IS THE TOUGHEST ONE YET.
SHOOT, MY AIRBRUSH JAMMED.
OH.
WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
YOU TAKE THIS TOOL, START SCRAPING AWAY.
WHAT DOES IT NEED?
WHAT DO YOU NEED ME TO DO?
MY ARM IS FREAKING KILLING ME.
IT'S TOO HEAVY.
I'M NERVOUS THIS WHOLE PUMPKIN IS JUST GONNA COLLAPSE.
THE "HALLOWEEN WARS" CHAMPIONSHIP
AND $50,000 GOES TO...
TEAM...
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