This Saturday at 8 PM EDT, we’re going deep into the swamps of Florida for two obscure yet wonderful movies. Brad Carter, author of several movie adaptations, will join us, including adaptions of Mardi Gras Massacre, Cruel Jaws, Night of the Demon, Rats Night of Terror and Hell of the Living Dead.

Join us on the Groovy Doom Facebook or YouTube channels.

Up first — The Nest of the Cuckoo Birds, a 1965 freak-out about liquor control board agents, swamps, showgirls, the Cuckoo Bird Inn, the Chapel of the Dead and so much more. You can find it at the Internet Archive.

Every show, we watch movies, discuss them, look at their ad campaigns, and also have two themed cocktails. Here’s the first recipe:

Cuckoo Birds

• 2 oz. whiskey
• 1 oz. cream de coconut
• 3 oz. almond milk
• 3 oz. pear juice
• 1.5 tsp. turmeric powder

1. Shake with ice in a cocktail shaker.
2. Strain into a glass and enjoy.

Our second film may be even stranger. Maybe! It’s Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things, which you can find on Tubi. If you like it enough, you can buy it from AGFA!

Here’s the second recipe.

Orange Swamp Water

• 2 oz. tequila
• 2 oz. spiced rum
• 1 oz. triple sec
• 1 oz. Bailey’s Irish Cream
• 4 oz. orange juice

1. Build drink over ice in a large glass.
2. Stir and get weird.

Here’s what’s playing for the rest of the month.

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This Saturday at 8 PM EST on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube channels, Re-Gor from Fright Lounge will join Bill and me to show two awesome movies!

Up first, it’s 1980’s Incubo sulla città contaminate AKA City of the Walking Dead AKA Nightmare City AKA Invasion by the Atomic Zombies! It’s a movie where Umberto Lenzi, Mel Ferrer and Hugo Stiglitz ask, “How bad do you want to see the infected fuck up a jazzercise class?” You can watch it on YouTube.

Every show, we watch movies, discuss them, look at the ad campaigns and have a cocktail to go with each movie. Here’s this show’s first drink:

Infected

• 1 oz. Malibu coconut rum
• 1 oz. Watermelon Pucker
• 3 oz. pineapple juice
• 3 oz. watermelon juice

1. Put all the ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker.
2. Shake it like you’re Anna falling off a rollercoaster. Ignore the spoiler and drink it.

Our second movie has many titles as well. Virus – L’inferno dei morti viventi AKA Hell of the Living Dead AKA Night of the Zombies! You can watch it on Pluto.

Here’s the second drink.

Hope Center

• 1.5 oz. vanilla vodka
• 1.5 oz. Triple Sec
• 3 oz. pineapple juice
• .75 oz. Orgeat or almond syrup
• .75 oz. lime juice

1. Shake it up in a cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Imagine you are Bruno Mattei, making your zombie movie with music taken from a zombie movie, then shake the cocktail.

See you Saturday!

This Saturday, March 8, we’re setting sail for the great beyond where we will meet the spirit of George Kennedy and drink many Schaefer beers. You can join us at 8 PM EDT on the Groovy Doom Facebook or YouTube channels.

First: Get ready to board Death Ship. It’s on Tubi.

Every show, we watch movies, talk about them, show the ads and have a cocktail. Here’s what we’re serving on this pleasure cruise.

George Kennedy Goes Surfing

• 2 oz. Jägermeister
• 2 oz. Malibu
• 2 oz. pineapple juice

1. Shake it all up with ice in a cocktail shaker like you’re Captain Ed Hocken beating up a suspect.
2. Pour in a glass and enjoy.

Ahoy! Now we find a mutant cat and more George Kennedy in Uninvited, which is also on Tubi.

George Kennedy Fights a Cat

• 1 cup watermelon juice
• 2 oz. vodka
• .25 oz. lime juice
• .25 oz. honey

1. Imagine that a cat is inside the cocktail shaker. Now, replace that with the ingredients. Be nice to cats! Shake it up with ice.
2. Serve over ice.

See you Saturday…

This Saturday, February 22, AC Nicholas joins us for two movies that have the special effects of your nightmares. We don’t mean that as a good thing. You can join us at 8 PM EDT on the Groovy Doom Facebook or YouTube channels.

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Up first, we kind of go to Blood Island for The Twilight People. You can watch it on Tubi.

Every show, we watch movies, talk about them with our well-informed chat room, look at the ads for each of our picks and have a cocktail tied to each film.

Here’s the first recipe:

The Island Next to Blood Island (and Dr. Moreau’s)

• 1.5 oz. tequila
• 3 oz. pineapple juice
• 1.5 oz. half and half
• .5 oz. Coco Real
• .75 oz. lime juice
• .75 oz. simple syrup

1. Put all ingredients into a shaker with ice. Shake it.
2. Strain into a glass and drink up!

Our second movie is The Mighty Gorga and, really, get ready. You can watch it on Tubi.

Here’s the second cocktail.

Plastic Kong

• 3 oz. Skrewball whiskey
• .1 oz. 99 Bananas
• 1 oz. half and half

1. Build all ingredients over ice, then stir.
2. Meditate on the dinosaur in this movie as you pour into a glass.

See you Saturday!

This Saturday, February 15, Jenn Upton joins us for two movies that’ll remind you of the love that can be in your heart. Or tear your heart out of your chest. Either way, right? You can join us at 8 PM EDT on the Groovy Doom Facebook or YouTube channels.

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Up first is My Bloody Valentine, which you can watch on Pluto or the Internet Archive.

Every week or two, we watch movies, look at their ad campaigns and make a drink that goes with them. Here’s the recipe for the first cocktail.

When You Sleep

• 3 oz. cranberry juice
• 1.5 oz. tequila
• 1 oz. Cointreau or triple sec
• .5 oz. lime juice
• .5 oz. simple syrup

1. Put all the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and shake until cold.
2. Strain into a glass and don’t go to the dance.

Our second movie is the slasher classic Just Before Dawn. You can watch it on Plex and the Internet Archive.

Here’s the second drink.

The Nightmare Hunter

• 1 oz. raspberry vodka
• 1 oz. orange vodka
• 2 oz. pineapple juice
• 2 oz. cranberry juice

1. Pour liquor into a glass filled with ice.
2. Top with juice and stay out of the woods, OK?

See you Saturday!

This Saturday, February 2 at 8 PM EDT, we’re back on the Groovy Doom Facebook or YouTube channels with two tough ladies ready to take on the world.

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Up first, we have Coffy, which you can watch on Tubi.

Every show, we watch movies, discuss them with our online chat room, look at each film’s ad campaign, and have a themed mixed drink. Here’s the first one.

Flower Child Coffin

• 2 oz. Kraken rum
• 1 oz. Malibu
• 1 oz. Kaluha
• 3 oz. iced coffee
• 1 oz. half and half

1. Mix all ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker.
2. Shake it up, toss it back!

The second movie is a film that is ready to destroy you. Malibu High is here! You can watch it on Tubi.

The second drink? Let’s do this.

Screw Annette

• 1 oz. Malibu
• 2 oz. cranberry juice
• 2 oz. pineapple juice

1. Pour all ingredients into a glass filled with ice.
2. Seduce your teachers, kill some dudes, drink it up.

That’s it! See you Saturday!

We’re back! After a holiday break, Bill and I will return this Saturday, January 20, at 8 PM EDT.

You can watch the show on the Groovy Doom Facebook or YouTube channels.

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We’ll start the show with Blood Stalkers, a 1976 regional horror film where two couples make the wrong vacation plans and end up stalked by backwoods maniacs. You can watch it on YouTube and Tubi.

Each week, we watch movies, discuss them with our online chat room, look at each film’s ad campaign, and have a themed mixed drink. Here’s the first one.

The Night Daniel Died

• 1.5 oz. Malibu
• 1 oz. vanilla vodka
• 2 oz. pineapple juice
• 1 oz. half and half
• 1 oz. lime juice

1. Add all of your ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake until chilled.
2. Strain into a glass and savor.

Up next, we’re welcoming Ron Ormond into our lives with The Exotic Ones, a movie that combines gore, music, and girls. You can download it from the Internet Archive.

For this movie, we’re making a tribute to its swamp thing.

Sleepy LaBeef

• 2 oz. Chambord
• 1 oz. Midori
• 1 oz. Malibu
• 2 oz. pineapple juice
• 2 oz. cranberry juice

1. Pour Chambord as the first layer over crushed ice, then layer Midori over it.
2. Mix your Malibu and juices in a shaker, then carefully pour it over the layers. Stir to create a marbled texture.

We’re so excited to get back to watching movies with you!

This Saturday at 11 PM EDT, join Bill and me on the Groovy Doom Facebook or YouTube channels for a movie that will start your Christmas season off the right way.

We’re watching René Cardona’s Santa Claus, which you can find on Tubi.

Just like every week, we’ll be watching the movie, but first we’ll discuss it, show the ads for the film and have a cocktail.

Las Posadas

• 2 oz. tequila
• .5 oz. triple sec
• .5 oz. lemon juice
• 6 oz. Jarritos Mandarin soda
• Salt

1. Rim your glass with salt. You can use lemon juice or water around the rim before placing salt on it.
2. Pour all ingredients in a glass with ice. Stir and drink up.

See you Saturday.

This Saturday at 8 PM EDT, join Bill and me on the Groovy Doom Facebook or YouTube channels for two 70s women in trouble films!

Liz Taylor is up first in Night Watch which is on Plex and can be downloaded from the Internet Archive.

Every week, we watch movies, share the ad campaigns, discuss what we watch and chat with our awesome chat room. We also have cocktails!

Liz Taylor Part II

• 2 oz. vanilla vodka
• 2 oz. Bailey’s Irish Cream
• Chocolate shavings

1. Combine liquor and shake in a cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Strain into a glass and add chocolate shavings.

The second movie is Windows which you can watch on YouTube.

Here’s the second cocktail.

Brooklyn Heights

• 1.5 oz. vodka
• 1 oz. Cointreau
• .5 oz. lime juice
• Cranberry juice (to taste)

1. Pour liquor and lime juice into a glass filled with ice.
2. Add cranberry juice to your own taste.

See you Saturday.

This Saturday at 8 PM EDT, we’re joined by John McDevitt for two movies that in no way go together. You can join us at 8 PM EDT on the Groovy Doom Facebook or YouTube channels.

Up first, it’s See No Evil, which you can watch on Tubi.

Every week, we watch movies, discuss them with our super intelligent chat room, look at the ads for each film and have a drink that goes with each film.

Here’s the first recipe.

Blind Russian

• 1 oz. Bailey’s Irish Cream
• 1 oz. Crème de Cacao
• 1 oz. Kahlua
• 1 oz. butterscotch schnapps
• 3 oz. half and half

1. Place all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Shake well, then pour into a glass.

Our second movie is Raw Force which is on Tubi.

Here’s the second drink.

Karate Zombie

• 1 oz. white rum
• 1 oz. 151 Rum
• 1 oz. Kraken rum
• .5 oz. apricot brandy
• 1 oz. passion fruit vodka
• .5 oz. 99 Bananas
• 2 oz. pineapple juice
• 2 oz. orange juice
• .5 oz. lemon juice
• .5 oz. lime juice
• .25 oz. grenadine

1. Mix all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice, except for the 151 Rum.
2. Pour into a glass with ice, then top with high proof rum.

See you Saturday.