BRAINS! BLOOD! BEASTS! ALL ON THE DRIVE-IN ASYLUM DOUBLE FEATURE!

Two impossible medical nightmares, The Brain That Wouldn’t Die and Night of the Bloody Apes are playing this Saturday at 8 PM EST with our special guests Robert Freese and Paul Mcvay from the IT CAME FROM HOLLYWOOD book series. Watch on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages.

Up first — The Brain That Wouldn’t Die which is on Tubi.

Each show, we discuss the movies, look at their ad campaigns and have a drink that goes with the film. Here’s the first recipe:

The Drink That Didn’t Make Sense

  • 1.5 oz. peanut butter whiskey
  • .75 oz. tequila
  • .5 oz. sour mix
  • 2 oz. pineapple juice
  • Pieces of pineapple
  • Lime slices
  1. Shake up the first four ingredients with ice in a shaker.
  2. Pour into a glass and add fruit. Pretend your head is inside a metal pan.

The second movie is Night of the Bloody Apes which is on YouTube.

This is the recipe.

Drunken Bloody Ape

  • 3 oz. pineapple juice
  • 3 oz. orange juice
  • 3 oz. Malibu
  • 1 oz. Kraken
  • 4 dashes bitters
  • Nutmeg
  • Maraschino cherries
  • Lime slices
  • Pineapple pieces
  1. Shake the juices, rums and bitters in a shaker filled with ice.
  2. Pour maraschino cherry juice in the bottom of a glass, then top with shaken mix. Top with nutmeg, lime and pineapple.

See you Saturday night!

STAY UP LATE WITH MANOS AND THE DRIVE-IN ASYLUM LATE NIGHT MOVIE!

This Saturday at 11 PM EST, join Bill and me on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages for Manos the Hands of Fate which is available on YouTube and Tubi.

We’ll share our thoughts on the movie, show ads for it and even share a mixed drink. Here’s the recipe:

Peppymona

  • 2 oz. pink grapefruit juice
  • 1 oz. lime juice
  • 1 oz. tequila
  • .5 oz. maple syrup
  • 2 oz. grapefruit soda or club soda
  1. Place juices, tequila and maple in a shaker, then have Torgo shake it for you.
  2. Pour into a glass and top with soda.

We can’t wait to see you Satuday!

GET SEDUCED THIS SATURDAY AT THE DRIVE-IN ASYLUM DOUBLE FEATURE!

This Saturday at 8 PM EST, join Bill and me on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages for two movies that just want to take your pants off.

Up first — Invasion of the Bee Girls which you can watch on Tubi.

Every week, we watch two movies, discuss them, look at the ads for each film and have a cocktail that matches each movie. Here’s the first drink.

Invasion of the Bee’s Knees

  • 2 oz. gin
  • .75 oz. lemon juice
  • .75 oz. honey syrup
  • 1 oz. egg white
  • Dash of honey
  1. Place all ingredients in a shaker, then shake vigorously.
  2. Pour into a glass and enjoy.

To make honey syrup, cook 2 oz. of honey to 1 oz. of water over the lowest of heat until the mixture begins to thicken.

Our second movie is Vampyres and oh man, put the kids to bed. It’s on Tubi.

Here’s the second recipe.

Spanish Vampyre

  • 1.5 oz. vodka
  • .5 oz. Campari
  • .5 oz. whiskey
  • .5 oz. honey syrup
  1. Add all ingredients to a glass over ice.
  2. Stir and enjoy.

See you Saturday!

 

DRIVE-IN ASYLUM GETS DEEP AND SWAMPY TWICE THIS SATURDAY!

This Saturday at 8 PM EST, Bill and I are joined by the Neon Brainiacs on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages for two movies that aren’t afraid to get all wet and messy.

The first movie is Hunter’s Blood which you can watch on YouTube.

Each week, we watch two movies, have a live chat that you can be part of and show the ad campaigns for each film. We also make a drink that goes with each film. Here’s the first recipe:

Maniac Deer Slayer

  • 1 oz. vodka
  • 5 oz. chilled root beer
  • 2 oz. Jägermeister
  • 1 tsp. lemon juice
  1. Pour vodka and Jägermeister over ice.
  2. Add root beer and then finish it off with some lemon juice.

The second movie is the long-awaited Eaten Alive which you can watch on Tubi.

Get ready for the second recipe.

Starlight Slaughter Swamp Water

  • 2 oz. tequilla
  • 3 oz. Midori
  • .25 oz. blue curacao
  • 3 oz. sour apple pucker
  • 2 oz. sweet and sour mix
  • 3 oz. lemon-lime soda
  1. Add tequila, Midori, sour apple pucker and sweet and sour mix to a shaker filled with ice. Shake it up, then pour into a glass.
  2. Pour in lemon-lime soda and top with the blur curacao.

We can’t wait for Saturday!

DOUBLE CANNON HORROR DRIVE-IN ASYLUM DOUBLE FEATURE

Join Bill and me Saturday night at 8 PM EST on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages for a movie that Cannon distributed and another they produced that are both really strange and wonderful, as we demand.

Up first — the underrated vampire freakout Last Rites! You can watch it on this Google Drive link that we’ve set up just for the movie.

Each week, we watch two movies but more than that — we discuss why they’re important to us, share the ad campaign for each movie and also have a drink that goes with each one.

Vampiro Paloma

  • 2 oz. tequila
  • 1 oz. Chambord
  • 1 oz. grapefruit juice
  • 1 oz. lime juice
  • Grapefruit soda, like Squirt
  1. Add tequila, Chambord, grapefruit juice, lime juice and ice to a shaker, then shake it all about.
  2. Pour into a glass and top with soda.

Our second movie is X-Ray AKA Hospital Massacre. You can watch it on Tubi, YouTube or get the Vinegar Syndrome blu ray.

Here’s the second drink.

Be My Valentine Or Else (from this recipe)

  • 1.5 oz. Svedka mango pineapple vodka
  • .5 oz. vanilla vodka
  • .5 oz. lime juice
  • .5 oz. simple syrup
  • Mint leaves
  • 3-4 dashes angostua bitters
  1. Layer mint leaves, simple syrup, and fresh lime juice in a glass.
  2. Add vodkas and crushed ice, then a layer of bitters. Enjoy.

Here’s to movies all night!

DEMONS AND ALIEN VAMPIRES ON THE DRIVE-IN ASYLUM DOUBLE FEATURE

Join Bill, Mike Justice and me Saturday night at 8 PM EST on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages for two wild movies — as always — but perhaps consult your priest before viewing.

Up first — Evils of the Night which you can watch on Tubi.

Every week, we make drinks, we look at ads and we talk. Here’s the first recipe:

Evil Blood Sucker

  • 1.5 oz. vodka
  • .5 oz. Cointreau
  • 2 oz. pineapple juice
  • 1 tbsp. grenadine
  1. Mix all ingredients — other than the grenadine — with ice in a shaker.
  2. Drip bloody bits of sugary sweetness — I mean grenadine — into your drink.

Our second movie is Demonoid, which is also on Tubi.

The Devil’s Hand

  • 1.5 oz. tequila
  • .5 oz. triple sec
  • 2 oz. pineapple juice
  • .5 oz. simple syrup
  • .5 oz. lime juice
  • .25 oz. egg white
  • 1 tsp. ginger
  1. Shake everything up with ice in your shaker.
  2. Contemplate a boxing priest as you pour over ice.

See you on Saturday.

TELL US YOUR DREAM NAME ON THE DRIVE-IN ASYLUM DOUBLE FEATURE

We finally did it. We’re showing Exorcist II: The Heretic. Join us and the hosts of the amazing New Castle After Dark Saturday night at 8 PM EST on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages.

Each week, we host two movies — that you watch via the links we share — and discuss the films, their ad campaigns and share cocktail recipes.

Up first — Pazuzu returns! You can watch Exorcist II: The Heretic on Tubi.

Here’s the drink recipe! Pazuzu!

Your Mother Drinks Mountain Dew In Hell

  • 2 oz. pineapple juice
  • 1.5 oz. vodka
  • 1 oz. sour apple schnapps
  • .25 oz. lime juice
  • 4 oz. Mountain Dew
  1. Mix all ingredients — other than the Mountain Dew — with ice in a shaker.
  2. Pour into a glass, top with Mountain Dew and put on a metal headband to communicate with Regan.

Up next — Deadly Blessing! You can watch it on Tubi.

Here’s the recipe for the second movie.

Hittite Blessing

  • 1.5 oz. Malibu rum
  • 1.5 oz. Watermelon Pucker
  • 3 oz. pineapple juice
  • .25 oz. grenadine
  1. Mix all ingredients in a glass.
  2. Don’t use any electricity because our religion doesn’t believe in that.

See you Saturday!

DEATH IS INEVITABLE ON THIS WEEK’S DIA DOUBLE FEATURE!

This week, Sam and Bill will get together on Saturday night at 8 PM EST on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages for two movies with death right there in the title.

Up first, one of the most insane movies ever made, Death Bed: The Bed That Eats. You can download it from the Internet Archive.

Each week, we show ads for the movies, discuss the films and also make cocktails that match what we watch. Here’s the first recipe.

Death In Bed (taken from this recipe)

  • 1 oz. Fireball
  • 1 oz. butternut schnapps
  • 1 oz. orange juice
  1. Mix all ingredients and ice in a shaker.
  2. Strain into a shot glass and enjoy.

Our second movie is the third — well, kinda — Count Yorga, Deathmaster. You can watch it on YouTube (in seven parts).

Vampire Sunrise

  • 2 oz. tequila
  • 4 oz. orange juice
  • 1/4 oz. grenadine
  • Maraschino cherry
  1. Pour tequila and orange juice in a glass over ice.
  2. Inject the grenadine blood and watch it drip to the bottom of the glass.

See you on Saturday!

TWO SCOOPS OF AMERICAN GIALLO ON THIS WEEK’S DIA DOUBLE FEATURE!

Join Sam and Bill Saturday night at 8 PM EST on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages for two wild films filled with sex, murder and yes,Klaus Kinski.

Up first — The Eyes of Laura Mars which you can find on Tubi.

Every week, we share ads for each movie, discuss what it’s about and then share a cocktail recipe. Here’s this week’s first drink.

The (Green) Eyes of Laura Mars

  • 3/4 oz. Midori
  • 1 oz. rum
  • 1/2 oz. lime juice
  • 1 1/2 oz. pineapple juice
  • 1/2 oz. Malibu coconut rum
  1. Pour all ingredients over crushed ice.
  2. Stir and freak out at your next shoot.

The second freakout is Schizoid which is on YouTube.

Here’s the second drink.

Schizoid Scissors

  • 1 oz. lime juice
  • 2 oz. Jägermeister
  • Lemon lime soda.
  1. Pour lime juice and Jägermeister over ice.
  2. Top with lemon lime soda.

I missed everyone last week, so I can’t wait until Saturday.

DON’T ANSWER THE PHONE ON THE DIA DOUBLE FEATURE!

This Saturday night at 8 PM EST, Bill will be joined by Ben Sher, James Benge and Michael Ferrari to discuss two fantastic films! Watch the show live on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages.

Up first — Party Line, which you can watch on Tubi and YouTube.

Every week, we watch movies, we look at the ads, we discuss them and we also have two mixed drinks that match the movies.

Sex On the Phone

  • 1 oz. vodka
  • 1 oz. sour apple schnapps (or peach if you can’t find it)
  • 1/2 oz. Southern Comfort
  • 1/2 oz. blue curacao
  • 1 oz. Midori
  • 2 oz. orange juice
  1. Shake all ingredients with ice except for orange juice.
  2. Pour into a glass, then top with orange juice.

Our second movie is Murder by Phone AKA Bells. You can watch it on YouTube.

Here’s the next drink.

The Operator

  • 1/2 oz. vodka
  • 1 oz. Midori
  • 1/2 oz. rum
  • 4 oz. grapefruit juice
  • 2 oz. orange juice
  • 1/2 oz. lime juice
  1. Add all ingredients to a blender and mixed with ice until thick.
  2. Pour into a glass and let the phone ring.

Enjoy the show! I’ll see everyone next week.