Ghouls on Film

There’s nothing I like better than a movie that combines my love of gore with my love of food.

“Ice Cream Man’s” creamy concoctions, The Stuff, the pudding dessert in “Brain Dead,” cotton candy served by Killer Clowns, that pig in “Dead Heat.” You all have a place in my heart and stomach.

I’ve also been thoroughly enjoying the new tide of horror-fired recipes I’ve seen popping up on various sites around the internets. My favorite is Slash & Dine on Brutal as Hell.

The extended trailer for “Bitter Feast” just came out; it’s being shown at the LA Film Festival in a few days. Finally food bloggers will get their comeuppance! (With the exception of the two who are fans of this site, who are both very lovely people.) Joe Maggio and Larry Fessenden’s cautionary tale about a disgruntled cook who takes revenge on a food writer who wrongs him, with killer culinary results, boasts a large foodie cameo.

Mario Batali makes an appearance in the film as – you guessed it – a restaurateur who gives the unhappy cook the heave-ho. You know who he is, he’s the former Iron Chef who looks like St. Nick’s younger hippy brother.

Anyway, watch the trailer below. I wonder if that’s a little bit of Mario on the plate? He does look sort of succulent in real-life. Get those thoughts out of your head. I am talking pure fat to meat ratio here. Tenderness. Slow cooking. I am just saying you could eat worse. Anthony Bourdain, for example, would be all bones and Gordon Ramsay, super bitter.

What do you think? Will it serve up the scares?