Ariana DeBose Cooks Up Moldy Meals in ‘House of Spoils’ Trailer

Ariana DeBose stars as a gourmet chef with a haunting, food spoilage problem in the trailer for House of Spoils. As DeBose opens up her first restaurant as head chef, she gathers fresh herbs and other plants, despite a neighbor’s warnings to not eat anything from the previous owner’s garden. Soon, mold coats her meals, and a creepy-crawly escapes from a dining guest’s dish. The horror-thriller premieres on Oct. 3 via Prime Video.

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“It was hot,” DeBose says, after swatting a bug from a guest’s plate.

House of Spoils , a Blumhouse film, follows a chef who “battles kitchen chaos, a dubious investor, and self doubt,” a synopsis reads, all while the previous owner of the estate where the restaurant is located threatens to sabotage her eatery. Directors Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy told Elle that the film chronicles the “torment and growth of becoming a leader and trying to find your voice.” Cole added that DeBose didn’t hesitate to get into character.

“This was a challenging shoot,” Cole added. “It was like she’s in every scene. It’s dirty, it’s nasty. Some of these sets, we literally had her crawling in dirt over and over again one night and there was a lot we asked of her.”

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Other cast members include Marton Csokas ( The Equalizer ), Barbie Ferreira ( Nope ), Amara Karan ( The Darjeeling Limited ), and Arian Moayed ( Succession ).

Earlier this year, DeBose hosted the Tony Awards, which she’s helmed for the past three years . In 2023, she hosted an unscripted, off-the-cuff show amid the writers’ strike, which included a wordless, acrobatic, dance number. DeBose is also known for her acting roles in West Side Story , Hamilton, Wish, and Argylle .

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