Halloween Wars
In this four-episode competition series, five teams are comprised of candy makers, pumpkin carvers, and cake decorators. While working together to create the ultimate Halloween themed display, the competition becomes fierce. One team is eliminated each week and the winner takes home $50,000.
Genre: Family, Game-Show, Reality-TV
Cast:Shinmin Li , Jonathan Bennett , Todd Tucker , Justin Willman , Brian Kinney , Charity George , Aarti Sequeira , Jon Neill , Eddie Jackson , Cassandra Peterson , Leigh Henderson , Don Mancini , Erin Erler , Jeff Brown , Cynthia White , Beth Townsend , Christine Leaming , Hemu Basu
S1.E1 ∙ Witches and Scary Places
Five teams create mind-blowing Halloween displays of a creepy witch and scary haunted house.
S1.E2 ∙ Scary Tales
Four teams of a pumpkin carver, cake decorator, and sugar artist go to battle, displaying a twisted version of a fairy tale. One team will be eliminated.
S1.E3 ∙ Zombies vs. Vampires
The three remaining teams create epic battle displays between Zombies and Vampires.
S1.E4 ∙ Underworld
Two teams create mind-blowing Halloween-themed displays of the Underworld. The Halloween Wars champion is chosen.
S2.E1 ∙ Evil Clowns
A pumpkin carving expert, cake artist, and candy craftsman make a clown.
S2.E2 ∙ Battle of the Vampire Killer
Four teams must capture a battle in which a vampire killer slays his prey.
S2.E3 ∙ Science Gone Wrong
The moment when a mad scientist's creation goes wrong must be captured.
S2.E4 ∙ Zombie Wedding
Teams must evoke the scene of a romantic, yet horrific, zombie wedding out of pumpkins, cake and candy, in the Season 2 finale.
S3.E1 ∙ Zombie Prom
Five teams battle to create mind-blowing Zombie Prom-themed party displays. Danielle Harris is the guest judge.
S3.E2 ∙ Twisted Nursery Rhymes
Four remaining teams create mind-blowing twisted displays of a classic fairytale from childhood. Candyman (1992) star Tony Todd is the guest judge.
S3.E3 ∙ Swamp Creatures Attack
The three remaining teams compete and create displays with a swamp creature attack theme. Charlaine Harris, author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels, is the guest judge.
S3.E4 ∙ Nightmares
The last two teams compete to create displays, capturing the terror of our nightmares. Guest judge Derek Mears helps decide the grand winner of $50,000 in the third-season finale.
S4.E1 ∙ The Haunted Farm
Season 4 begins when five teams are presented with the challenge of creating a terrifying haunted farm.
S4.E2 ∙ Don't Go Into the Forest
The four remaining teams are given the challenge of creating a foreboding forest. Film producer Adi Shankar is the guest judge.
S4.E3 ∙ Mummies vs. Werewolves
The three remaining teams must depict an epic battle between mummies and werewolves, in a challenge featuring guest judge Francia Raisa.
S4.E4 ∙ Haunted Carnival
Season 4 comes to a close as the final two teams compete to create terrifying Halloween-themed displays that capture the twisted, demonic world of a haunted carnival.
S5.E1 ∙ Infestation
Season 5 begins with five teams (made up of an expert pumpkin carver, cake decorator, and sugar artist) creating Halloween-themed displays that capture a terrifying infestation.
S5.E2 ∙ Hybrid Horror
Four teams remain for the challenge of creating a mutated and terrifying hybrid horror.
S5.E3 ∙ Grave Robber
Grave robbery is depicted in Halloween displays, created by the three remaining teams. Actress Bex Taylor-Klaus helps judge the competition.
S5.E4 ∙ Undead Dinner Party
Season 5 ends with the final two teams creating terrifying displays with an undead dinner party theme. Cassandra Peterson (aka Elvira) joins the judging panel to help determine the winner of the $50,000 grand prize.
S6.E1 ∙ Witches vs. Warlocks
In the Season 6 premiere, Cassandra Peterson (aka Elvira) is the guest judge, when six teams made up of an expert pumpkin carver, cake decorator and sugar artist are challenged with creating displays that capture an epic and terrifying clash between witches and warlocks.
S6.E2 ∙ Haunted Motel
Five teams remain for the challenge of creating a scary haunted roadside motel. Sid Haig is the special guest judge.
S6.E3 ∙ Two-Faced
The four remaining teams are given the task of capturing the horror of a two-faced monster. Helping decide the winner of this season's penultimate battle is Scream: The TV Series (2015) actress Carlson Young.
S6.E4 ∙ Mausoleum Mayhem
The final three teams must capture the horror that unfolds inside a crypt after dark. Director Gregory Plotkin (Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015)) serves as special guest judge.
S6.E5 ∙ Demonic Wedding
Two teams are left, and the team that can create the scariest and most demonic wedding will be crowned champion and win a grand prize of $50,000; actress Elizabeth Tulloch (Grimm (2011)) is the guest judge.
S6.E20 ∙ Most Monstrous Scares
A look back at past episodes of Halloween Wars (2011): the most monstrous scares, greatest Halloween heartbreaks, trickiest treats and most amazing designs of all time.
S7.E1 ∙ The Hitchhiker's Worst Nightmare
In the Season 7 premiere, six teams create Halloween-themed displays that depict what happens when hitchhikers find themselves driving toward disaster, after accepting a ride from a terrifying stranger.
S7.E2 ∙ Secret Creature Reveal
Five remaining teams create Halloween-themed displays that show the horrific, hideous monsters that disguise themselves with normal, human faces.
S7.E3 ∙ Monster Party
Four remaining teams, made up of an expert pumpkin carver, a cake artist, and a sugar artist, to into battle to create Halloween-themed displays that capture what happens when all of the most macabre monsters throw their own ghastly Halloween party.
S7.E4 ∙ Zombie Cooking Show
The final three teams create Halloween-themed displays that imagine what happens when a horrifying undead ghoul hosts their own zombie cooking show.
S7.E5 ∙ Beware
It's the spine-tingling finale of Halloween Wars; the final two teams, made up of an expert pumpkin carver, a cake artist and a sugar artist, have slaughtered their competition and must face off in one last epic showdown.
S8.E1 ∙ The Boogeyman's Nightmare
Six teams create mind-blowing Halloween-themed displays that depict a monstrous creature so scary that it's the Boogeyman's nightmare. Actor Sean Gunn of the Guardians of the Galaxy movie franchise joins the judging panel.
S8.E2 ∙ Clowns vs. Zombies
Five teams craft displays that depict an epic face-off between clowns and zombies. The special guest judge is John Kassir, the actor behind the unforgettable voice of the Crypt Keeper on the TV series Tales from the Crypt.
S8.E3 ∙ Witch Gets a New Ride
Four teams create astonishing displays that show what happens when a witch trades in her tired old broom for a brand new ride. Writer, director and producer Mick Garris of the iconic film Hocus Pocus joins the judges.
S8.E4 ∙ Halloween Time Travel
The remaining teams create displays that bend time and space to show their vision of Halloween time travel. Actor Gaten Matarazzo of Stranger Things serves as special guest judge.
S8.E5 ∙ Outbreak!
The final two team face off in one last epic showdown. LeeAnna Vamp, actress, model and horror culture icon, serves as guest judge.
S9.E1 ∙ Trapped in a Nightmare
Six teams create mind-blowing and yummy Halloween-themed displays that depict the horror of being trapped in a nightmare and unable to wake up. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, serves as guest judge.
S9.E2 ∙ Zombie Dating Show
Five teams made up of an expert pumpkin carver, a cake artist and a sugar master create amazing and tasty Halloween-themed displays in a depiction of a zombie dating show. The special guest judge is Fear the Walking Dead's Colman Domingo.
S9.E3 ∙ The Swarm
Four teams go into battle to imagine their most terrifyingly tasty displays yet: an attack by a swarm. The special guest judge is horror-comedy actress Harley Quinn Smith from the films Tusk and Yoga Hosers.
S9.E4 ∙ Other Holiday Mascots Go Trick-or-Treating
The three teams create stunning Halloween-themed displays that show how well-known holiday mascots like Santa and the Easter Bunny go trick-or-treating. Actor Jackson Rathbone from the Twilight saga movies serves as guest judge.
S9.E5 ∙ Scary Tales II
The final two teams face off. The team that can best turn a classic fairy tale into a terrifying scary tale is crowned Halloween Wars Champion and takes home $50,000. Actor Caleb McLaughlin from Stranger Things as guest judge.
S10.E1 ∙ Monster Road Trip
Six teams consisting of a cake artist, a sugar master and an expert pumpkin carver are challenged to make spooky displays of Halloween monsters on a road trip.
S10.E2 ∙ Blind Date from Hell
The five remaining teams are challenged to depict a terrifying blind date.
S10.E3 ∙ Monster Support Group
The four remaining teams are challenged to create astonishing and delectable Halloween-themed displays showing that even the scariest monsters need friends too. Actress Katie Sarife joins the judges to pick the winning team.
S10.E4 ∙ Trapped with a Monster
The three teams are tasked with creating Halloween themed displays showing the claustrophobic terror that results when someone is trapped with a monster. Actress Jocelin Donahue joins the judges to choose the final two teams.
S10.E5 ∙ Look Out!
In the final challenge, the team that best captures the terror and fun of the ultimate horror movie "jump scare" moment and impresses the judges, including actress Marisol Nichols, will be crowned Halloween Wars Champion and win $50, 000!
S11.E1 ∙ Possessed Toys
What happens when toys come alive and seek revenge? Inspired by a possessed doll at Zak Bagans' The Haunted Museum, four teams of cake and sugar artists create spooky and delicious cakes to impress the judges.
S11.E2 ∙ Addams Family Dream Vacation
The beloved Addams family enjoys a dream vacation with the scariest monsters in the world. Four teams compete to impress the judges with their creepy and kooky cakes inspired by the new animated film.
S11.E3 ∙ Frightening Folklore
Nightmares come to life as six teams sculpt cakes based on legendary stories of ghosts and ghouls. Inspired by Zak Bagans' Dybbuk Box, one of the most-haunted items in the world, the cake and sugar artists face their toughest test yet.
S11.E4 ∙ Spine-Chilling Circus
Zak Bagans taunts the five remaining teams with one of the creepiest exhibits at his museum: the Circus Room. For this challenge, the cake and sugar artists must show the true terror of the traveling circus to impress the judges.
S11.E5 ∙ Don't Go in the Basement!
There's a mysterious noise in the basement, and everyone is too afraid to peek - until now. Zak Bagans challenges the four teams to imagine what lurks in the dark corners of the basement and bring their visions to life in creepy cakes.
S11.E6 ∙ A Vampire's Vanity
Inspired by a haunted mirror that Zak Bagans acquired from an actor famous for playing Count Dracula, the three teams are challenged to depict in cake form what hobbies a vampire might have picked up after hundreds of years of immortality.
S11.E7 ∙ Dueling Monsters
It's the spine-tingling finale of Halloween Wars. The final two teams go head-to-head for the $25,000 prize as they craft cakes that show what happens when two monsters square off in a duel.
S12.E1 ∙ That Voodoo That You Do
In the first of three qualifying rounds, Eddie Jackson introduces three teams to the haunted city of New Orleans, where they must cast a sweet spell with the voodoo queen, Marie Laveau, to impress the judges.
S12.E2 ∙ Monsters of London
Eddie Jackson shares the haunted Hellfire Caves in London and the monsters that haunt them; the three teams create Halloween-themed displays, and the judges send two more teams to the next round.
S12.E3 ∙ Escape From Alcatraz
Eddie Jackson asks three teams to imagine a monster prison escape inspired by Alcatraz, and the judges decide which teams will escape to the next round.
S12.E4 ∙ A Coven of Confections
Six teams face off for the first time in the main competition, hoping to impress the judges; Eddie introduces them to the haunted city of Salem, Mass., and a coven of witches that is looking for revenge.
S12.E5 ∙ All Dolled Up
Eddie introduces the five remaining teams to The Island of the Dolls in Mexico City and the competitors tackle another challenge.
S12.E6 ∙ Boos and Booze
Eddie challenges the four remaining teams to conjure up a ghostly rave party inspired by the haunted Shanghai Tunnels of Portland, Ore.
S12.E7 ∙ Killer Waves
Three teams battle it out in the rough waters of the semifinals as Eddie asks them to dive into their deepest fears, inspired by the dark and haunted sea that surrounds Cape Disappointment in Washington.
S12.E8 ∙ Dresses to Kill
The final teams face off in an epic showdown as Zak Bagans takes them to the haunted catacombs in Paris; host Eddie Jackson and fellow judges Shinmin Li and Aarti Sequeira crown a winner to claim the title of Halloween Wars champions.
