HAPPY HOLIDAYS! IT’S THE LAST DIA OF THE YEAR!

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.

LADIES IN TROUBLE ON THE DIA DOUBLE FEATURE!

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.

THE DIA DOUBLE FEATURE HAS A WEIRD MIX!

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.

GRAB SOME J&B, DIA GOES GIALLO!

This weekend, Bill and I are joined by Stephanie Sack to show two Italian voyages into the psycosexual mind. Giallo, you know? You can join us at 8 PM EDT on the Groovy Doom Facebook or YouTube channels.

First, Sergio Martino introduces us to All the Colors of the Dark, which you can find on Daily Motion.

Every week, we watch movies, discuss them with our super intelligent chat room, look at the ad campaigns and make a cocktail that goes with each movie.

Here’s the first recipe.

They’re Coming to Get You

  • 1.5 oz. J&B
  • .5 oz. lemon juice
  • .5 oz. simple syrup
  • 1 egg white
  • 3 dashes Angostura bitters
  1. Shake all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
  2. Strain into a glass and enjoy.

Then, we have a second Edwige Fenech movie as we watch The Case of the Bloody Iris. You can watch along on Tubi.

Here’s the next drink.

The Iris

  • 1.5 oz. vodka
  • .75 oz. triple sec
  • .5 oz. lemon juice
  • .5 oz. lime juice
  • 3 dashes Angostura orange bitters
  • 3 dashes Angostura bitters
  1. Mix it all up in a cocktail shaker with ice.
  2. Strain into a glass and enjoy.

We can’t wait until Saturday.

SET SEA WITH THE DIA LATE MOVIE!

Get ready to head out to Scotland, where Nessie waits. Or Spain. We’re not sure. Join Bill and Sam at 11 PM EDT for The Sea Serpent. You can watch this movie on YouTube.

When you watch the show, you get to hear us discuss the movie, look at the ad campaign and even have a cocktail. Here’s this week’s recipe!

The Loch Ness Monster

  • 1/2 oz. Midori
  • 1/2 oz. Bailey’s Irish Cream
  • 1/2 oz. Jägermeister
  1. Chill all ingredients for at least half an hour.
  2. Layer in a shot glass in this order: Midori, Bailey’s, Jäger.

See you Saturday!

REGIONAL MADNESS ON THE DIA DOUBLE FEATURE!

Join us at 8 PM EDT on the Groovy Doom Facebook or YouTube channels for two grimy journeys into the heart of darkness that lies within regional horror films!

First, we’ll take a trip to Charlotte, North Carolina for a 67-minute video nasty once known as Lisa, Lisa and renamed Axe by Harry Novak. You can watch it on YouTube.

Every week, we discuss the movies we love with our hyper-knowledgeable chat room, show ad campaigns and make a drink that goes with each movie. Here’s this week’s first recipe:

Lisa, Lisa

  • 1 oz. vodka
  • 1 oz. peach schnapps
  • 4 oz. sweet tea
  • .5 oz. lime juice
  • .25 oz. honey
  1. Pour all ingredients into a glass filled with ice.
  2. Stir, sit back and enjoy.

Our second movie brings us to Florida, where Old Hollywood royalty Veronica Lake would make her last film surrounded by flesh-eating maggots in Flesh Feast. You can watch it on YouTube.

Here’s the second recipe:

Maggots 

  • 1/2 oz. vodka
  • 1/2 oz. peach schnapps
  • 1/2 oz. Bailey’s Irish Cream
  • 1/2 oz. Kaluha
  1. Pour all of the ingredients in the order they are listed. Don’t mix them.
  2. Slightly shake the glass to have maggots appear.

See you Saturday.

GET YOUR PRESCRIPTION ON THE DIA LATE MOVIE

This Saturday at 11 PM Eastern, Bill and I will be watching Doctor X, a pre-code horror film that will destroy your mind. Halloween doesn’t have to end just yet! Join us on the Groovy Doom Facebook or YouTube channels. You can find the movie at the Internet Archive.

Every week when we watch a movie, we talk about it before and after with our intelligent chat room of film fans. You can be part of it!

We also show the ad galleries for the movie and have a cocktail that goes with it.

Here’s this week’s recipe.

The Moon Killer

  • 2 oz. bourbon
  • 4 oz. cider
  • .5 oz. maple syrup
  • 4 dashes angostura bitters
  • Dash cinnamon
  • Dash nutmeg
  1. Mix all liquid ingredients in a glass with ice.
  2. Accent with cinnamon and nutmeg to taste.

See you Saturday.

THE DIA HALLOWEEN SPECIAL!

This Thursday night at the most frightening hour of 9 PM EDT, Bill and I will be appearing live and streaming on the Groovy Doom Facebook or YouTube channels to show Track of the Moon Beast, our special Halloween event.

You can watch the movie on Plex and YouTube. And if you’re not brave, you can watch it with Mystery Science Theater 3000 riffs.

Here’s a special drink for an even more important evening!

Moon Lizard

  • 1 oz. vodka
  • 1 oz. Watermelon Pucker
  • 1 oz. lemon juice
  • 1 oz. lime juice
  • .5 oz. simple syrup
  1. Put everything in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake it up.
  2. Pour in a glass and howl — or crawl on a rock — at the moon.

See you on Halloween!

GET NUTS ON THE DIA DOUBLE FEATURE!

It’s our first double feature in some time as Bill and I go online at 8 PM EDT on the Groovy Doom Facebook or YouTube channels.

Want to see a list of all the movies we’ve shown? Here it is. There’s also a list of all the mixed drinks we’ve made for each film.

Up first, regional freakout Help Me I’m Possessed! You can watch it on YouTube.

Every week, we watch movies, discuss their ad campaigns, talk with our incredible chat room and have a drink for each movie. Here’s the first cocktail.

Spaghetti Monster (based on the drink from Strawbs Bar in Leeds, England)

  • 1 oz. vodka
  • 1 oz. gin
  • 1 oz. rum
  • 1 oz. tequila
  • 4 oz. orange juice
  • .5 oz. grenadine
  1. Shake up everything with ice in a cocktail shaker other than the grenadine.
  2. Pour in a glass and top with grenadine.

The second movie is the Italian bondage masterpiece Bloody Pit of Horror which is on Tubi.

Here’s the second drink.

Crimson Executioner (based on the Medieval Times drink)

  • 1.5 oz. whiskey
  • 1.5 oz. amaretto
  • 6 oz. cranberry juice
  1. Pour all the alcohol over ice.
  2. Top with cranberry juice and stir while screaming “The Crimson Executioner invented the torture of icy water for creatures like you!”

See you on Saturday.

HEAD INTO THE SWAMPS WITH THE DIA LATE MOVIE!

We’re back with a late movie this Saturday at 11 p.m. EDT on the Groovy Doom Facebook or YouTube channels as we talk about — and watch — Crypt of Dark Secrets.

You can watch the movie on Tubi.

Every week, we watch films with our chat room, discuss them in our live segments, look at ad campaigns and have a themed cocktail. Here’s the cocktail for this week.

Swamp Water

  • 2 oz. rum
  • 1 oz. vodka
  • .5 oz. Midori
  • .5 oz. blue curacao
  • 4 oz. pineapple juice
  • 2 oz. orange juice
  • .25 oz. Coco Real
  1. Shake everything in a cocktail shaker with ice up like you’re dancing in the swamps naked on a grave.
  2. Pour in a glass and drink it down like quicksand.

See you Saturday.