This Saturday at 8 PM east coast time at the Groovy Doom Facebook page, we’ve really gone, well, insane with two films set inside the walls of mental hospitals. First up, we return to SF Brownrigg’s unique brand of weirdness with…

Don’t Look in the Basement is available on Tubi to watch! You know what would taste great with that movie? A shot! So here we go!

Sam’s Popsicle 

• 1 oz. amaretto
• 1 oz. orange juice
• 1 1/2 oz. heavy cream or half and half

1. Put everything in a shaker and do your thing until fully mixed.
2. Pour over crushed ice in a cocktail glass. Enjoy!

Silent Night, Bloody Night is also on Tubi. What if we made a holiday-themed drink to celebrate?

Christmas Eve 1935

• 1 1/2 oz. melon liqueur
• 1 1/2 oz. Chambord

1. Pour melon in first over ice, then top with Chambord by layering it (pour over a spoon, if it helps).
2. Drink it!

Remember! We’ll see you Saturday at 8 PM east coast time at the Groovy Doom Facebook page!

This week, we’re doing it up right with two movies that have mineshafts and little henchmen in them. That’s right — Phantasm and The Boogens! Get ready to be with us this Saturday at 8 PM east coast time at the Groovy Doom Facebook page!

You think you go to heaven when you die? No — you get to drink this drink while you watch this movie with us!

Tall Tiki Man

• 1 oz. blue curacao
• 1 oz. Kraken rum
• 3/4 oz. coconut rum
• 1 1/2 oz. pineapple juice
• Splash of orange juice
• Splash of lime juice

1. Line a rocks glass with ice and blue curacao.
2. Shake pineapple juice and rums in a shaker, boyyyyyyy.
3. Pour together, then float orange and lime juice.

While you’re running from some Boogens, mix this up!

Kreepin’ It Boogen (based on a recipe from 1,000 Drinks by Paul Knorr)

• 1/2 oz. Amaretto
• 1/2 oz. Chambord
• 1/2 oz. coconut rum
• 1/2 oz. Southern Comfort
• 1/2 oz. grenadine
• 1/2 oz. lime juice
• 1/2 oz. orange juice

1. Shake ’em all up together with ice.
2. Pour, blow up the mine and enjoy.

Here’s where to watch:

Phantasm: Tubi

The Boogens: YouTube

Of course not! Get ready to be with us this Saturday at 8 PM at the Groovy Doom Facebook page!

We’re starting things off with a reptilian rave-up, 1980’s Alligator!

I’m not saying you need a drink to go with this movie. It’s actually pretty good. But you know how much we love our cocktails around here.

Fuck, It’s An Alligator (based on this recipe)

• 1.5 oz. pineapple juice
• 1.5 oz. melon liqueur (like Midori)
• 1.5 oz. coconut rum
• 1.5 oz. raspberry liqueur (like Chambord)
• 1.5 oz. Jagermeister

1. Mix pineapple juice, melon liqueur and coconut rum in a shaker filled with ice. Shake it up.
2. Pour the mix in a glass, then pour in raspberry liqueur, which should sink to the bottom.
3. Then, float the Jager on top like an oil slick.
4. Break out of the sewer and drink it all.

The animal attacks will only increase in ferocity with 1977’s Day of the Animals, this one will send your liver to a zoo filled with killer beasts and eat it alive.

Tentacle Painkiller

• 2 oz. Kraken spiced rum
• 4 oz. pineapple juice
• 1 oz. orange juice
• 1 oz. cream of coconut
• Dash of nutmeg
• Pinch of salt

1. Pour rum, pineapple juice, orange juice and cream of coconut into cocktail shaker with ice. Mix it up.
2. Pour into a glass filled with ice. Drop in salt to give it the taste of the ocean and then top with nutmeg.

Here’s where you can watch these movies:

Alligator: YouTube

Day of the Animals: Shudder, Amazon Prime, Tubi

This week, we’re back with Lemora and Mortuary!

Our first movie is a Prohibition-era tale of the supernatural and the religious, so a prohibition cocktail seemed like the right idea.

Astaroth Lady (from this site)

• 2 oz. gin
• 1/2 oz. triple sec
• 1/2 oz. lemon juice
• 1 egg white

1. Add all ingredients into a shaker and vigorously with no ice.
2. Add ice and shake again until chilled.
3. Strain into a glass.

I absolutely love this movie and am so excited to share it with all of you.

Here’s a drink!

Suburban Swimming Pool

• 1 1/3 oz. coconut rum
• 2/3 oz. vodka
• 1/3 oz. Blue Curaçao
• 2/3 oz. cream of coconut
• 1/3 oz. half and half
• 1 1/3 oz. pineapple juice

1. Pour all ingredients into a shaker except for the Blue Curacao. Then add enough crushed ice to show above the surface of the liquid.
2. Shake for twenty seconds to ensure that everything is mixed well, then pour into a glass filled with crushed ice.
3. Then, gently float the Blue Curaçao into the mix. Enjoy.

You can watch the movies right here:

Lemora

Mortuary: Tubi

This Saturday at 11 PM, we’re celebrating Halloween on the Groovy Doom Facebook page with one of our favorite movies of all time, Tales from the Crypt!

Get fancy and make a drink with us.

Joan Collins (from this site) 

• 1/2 lime, sliced
• 2 slices cucumber
• 2 mint leaves
• 2 oz. vodka
• Club soda
• 3/4 oz. honey-hibiscus syrup

Pre-drink prep: Bring 1/2 cup of honey and 1/2 cup of water to simmer and stir. Remove from heat and add a teabag of hibiscus herbal tea. Let cool, then remove tea bag and store in fridge.

1. In a cocktail shaker, muddle the lime, cucumber and mint.
2. Add the syrup and vodka with plenty of ice, and shake until well-chilled.
3. Strain over ice into a glass and top with soda water (after using it to wash your husband’s blood out of the thick white shag carpet). Garnish with a cucumber wheel, if you feel particularly cool.

You can watch this on Tubi and YouTube.

We’re back this Saturday at 8 PM on the Groovy Doom Facebook page with two films about why you should probably avoid parks at all costs.

Up first, the absolutely insane Memorial Valley Massacre, which can watch this on Amazon Prime and YouTube or order the Vinegar Syndrome reissue.

Memorial Valley Dew (inspired by this drink)

• 2 oz. melon liquor
• 1 oz. triple sec
• 3 oz. pineapple juice
• 3 oz. mountain dew
• Lime
• Maraschino cherries

1. Slice up lime and fill a glass with them, along with crushed ice and cherries.
2. Mix other ingredients in a shaker and shake them up.
3. Pour over ice and serve.

Up next, an even stranger movie, if that’s possible.

Don’t Go Near the Park is everything I love about movies. Basically, it makes no sense and is filled with gore. That’s basically all I want out of life. You can watch this on YouTube.

Wooly Mammoth (taken from this site)

• 1 oz. tequila
• 1 oz. peach schnapps
• 1 oz. coconut rum
• 1 oz. rum
• 1 oz. lime juice
• 1 oz. lemon juice

1. Toss all ingredients into a shaker with ice.
2. Pour over ice and enjoy.

We can’t wait to see you on Saturday!

Before we get started, here’s our schedule for October!

This Saturday, October 3, we’ll be live at 8 PM on the Groovy Doom Facebook page with two films — which we’ll get to in a bit.

We’re off the next week.

Then, we’re back Saturday, October 17 at 8 PM with two more movies to be named later.

Then off the next week.

And finally, we’ll be doing one movie on Halloween night at a different time, 11 PM! That’s also a surprise!

We don’t want to burn anyone out (and real life — like weddings, new houses, getting Drive-In Asylum the zine to print and so much more are happening), but we love the show and will be trying to stick to two shows a month.

Thanks for listening. Now let’s talk about this week! Two of Mario Bava’s films — Baron Blood and A Bay of Blood — and two of our favorite films!

What can you drink during this one? Good question.

Seeing Red (taken from the official Kraken site)

• 2 oz. Kraken rum
• 1/2 oz. lime juice
• 3 oz. pineapple juice
• Splash of grenadine

1. Fill a glass with crushed ice.
2. Add ingredients to glass except grenadine and stir.
3. Add a splash of grenadine on top. Serve.

You can watch this on Shudder and Tubi.

You can sip on this during the movie.

Bay of Breeze (AKA Thirst of the Death Nerve)

• 2 oz. cranberry juice
• 2 oz. pineapple juice
• 1 1/2 oz. vodka
• 1/2 oz. lime juice

1. Combine ingredients over ice. Stir and serve.

You can watch this on Shudder and YouTube.

See you on Saturday!

This Saturday, we’re back to the digital drive-in after a week off and we’re bringing two incredibly odd movies with us on Saturday at 8 PM on the Groovy Doom Facebook page.

Up first — Invasion of the Blood Farmers!

Here’s a drink to enjoy while you watch!

Frozen Farmer Dew (taken from this recipe)

• 2 oz. melon liqueur
• 1 oz. triple sec
• Mountain Dew
• Pineapple juice

1. Make ice cubes from one part Mountain Dew to two parts pineapple juice. Freeze.
2. Blend ice cubes with melon liqueur and triple sec. Blend and serve.

You can watch this movie on Tubi or grab it from Severin.

Up next, it’s time for Malatesta’s Carnival of Blood!

That needs a drink too!

Bobo’s Carnival (taken from the Carnival Cruise Lines Twilight Zone)

• 1 oz. rum
• 1/2 oz. melon liqueur
• 1 1/2 oz. cream of coconut
• Blue curacao

1. Blend all ingredients except for the blue curacao with ice until smooth.
2. Float blue caracao on top of drink and enjoy.

You can watch this on Tubi and Shudder.

We’re unleashing two astounding Argento films on you this Saturday at 8 PM on the Groovy Doom Facebook page.

Up first, Argento’s freakout devoted to orangutans, bug loving teenagers, women with deformed children and, as always, heads getting cut clean off. We could only be talking about Phenomena.

Inga and Jennifer

• 1/2 oz. 99 Bananas
• 3 oz. half and half
• 1/2 oz. coconut rum
• 1 1/2 oz. orange juice
• 1/2 tsp. grenadine

1. Pour all of the ingredients in a shaker and do your thing.
2. Pour into a glass and enjoy.

We’re following this up with the most perfect of all Argento’s films, Suspiria!

Mother of Sighs

• Jolly Ranchers (blue or red, come on, we are using the Argento color palette here)
• Bottle of vodka
• Sprite

Prep: 

1. Take 12 Jolly Ranchers and place them in an airtight container like a Mason jar.
2. Pour in 2 cups of vodka and let sit overnight.
3. As if by magic — “Susie, do you know anything about… witches?” — they will have dissolved by morning.

Drink recipe:

1. Use 2 oz. of your Jolly Rancher vodka to 6 oz. of soda (you can also use sparkling water, club soda or ginger ale).
2. Place in shaker with ice and shake it up.
3. Serve and enjoy.

I’ve taken some photos of the process to make the infused vodka, which takes just a day. I’m really excited to try this one out.

Here’s where you can watch along!

Suspiria – Tubi

Phenomena – Tubi, Shudder, Amazon Prime

Saturday, September 5 we’re showing two movies back at our normal time! Get ready for a double blast of demonic goodness, including one of the biggest Xerox versions of a film of all time and a movie that predates the slasher era.

See you on the Groovy Doom Facebook page!

Up first…Beyond the Door!

1974 was about a lot of things, but for us, it’s all about this beyond bonkers remix of another movie that you may have seen before that rhymes with The Exorcist. You can watch it on Tubi and Shudder (or grab the Arrow release, which is getting hard to find!).

Here’s something to drink during the movie!

Beyond the Door 4: The Cocktail (based on this recipe)

• 1 1/2 oz. tequila
• 3/4 oz. blue curaçao
• 3/4 oz. lime juice

1. Pour ingredients in a shaker with ice.
2. Strain into a cocktail glass.

Our next movie is the absolutely insane The Redeemer: Son of Satan!

“From out of the darkness the hand of the Redeemer shall appear to punish those who have lived in sin… and return to the watery depths of Hell.” A movie that was made before slashers but is totally a slasher with a two-thumbed possessed priest and…look, this movie makes no sense. That’s why I love it. You can watch this on Amazon Prime and Tubi.

Here’s the cocktail that will help you make sense of it.

The Grim Reaper (which I got from here)

• 1 oz. Kahlua (I have homemade stuff, but feel free to buy some)
• 1 oz. rum
• 1/2 oz. grenadine

1. Pour the Kahula and rum together with some ice.
2. Drip the grenadine in to make a blood effect.

See you Saturday at 8 PM on the Groovy Doom Facebook page!