THE CURSE OF THE DIA LATE MOVIE (AND THE BLACK WIDOW)

This Saturday at 11 PM EST, join Bill and Sam on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages for a TV movie! It’s The Curse of the Black Widow which you can find on YouTube.

Every week, we watch one or two movies and discuss them, share the ads and have a drink that goes with the films. Here’s this week’s recipe.

Black Widow

  • 1.5 oz. vodka
  • .75 oz. triple sec
  • .75 oz. Kaluha
  • .5 oz. lemon juice
  1. Mix all ingredients with ice in a shaker.
  2. Shake, then strain into a glass.

We’re looking forward to Saturday!

GET SCUMMY WITH THE DIA DOUBLE FEATURE!

This Saturday at 8 PM EST, join Bill, Sam and Jenn Upton on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages for two movies that you might need a shower after.

Up first, The Centerfold Girls. You can find it on Tubi.

Every week, we watch two movies, show their ad campaigns, discuss them and have a cocktail that goes with the movie. Here’s the first recipe.

Playmate

  • 1 oz. cherry brandy
  • 1 oz. triple sec
  • 1 oz. apricot brandy
  • 2 oz. orange juice
  • .5 oz. egg whites
  • 2 dashes Angostura bitters
  1. Place all ingredients except for bitters in a shaker with ice. Shake and strain.
  2. Pour back into shaker without ice and dry shake. Pour into a glass and two dashes of bitters.

Our second movie is Playgirl Killer which you can find on YouTube.

 

Here’s the second drink.

Bikini Martini (based on this recipe)

  • 2 oz. Malibu rum
  • 1 oz. vodka
  • 2 oz. pineapple juice
  • .5 oz. grenadine
  1. Shake with ice in a cocktail shaker.
  2. Strain into a glass and shake, shake, shake.

We can’t wait for Saturday.

GET WEIRD ON THE DIA DOUBLE FEATURE

This Saturday at 8 PM EST, join Bill and Sam on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages for two movies, awesome newspaper ads and drinks.

Up first, we’ll be watching voodoo nightmare Mirrors which you can find on YouTube.

Here’s the first drink recipe.

Voodoo

  • 1 oz. curacao
  • 1 oz. 99 Bananas
  • 1 oz. Midori
  • 1.5 oz. Malibu
  • 3 oz. orange juice
  1. Mix all ingredients in a shaker with ice.
  2. Pour over crushed ice and stay out of New Orleans.

Our second movie is the giallo The Girl In Room 2A. You can watch it on Tubi.

Here’s the second drink.

The Drink In Room 2A

  • 1.5 oz. J&B
  • 6 oz. ginger ale
  • .25 oz. lime juice
  • 4 dashes Angostura Bitters
  1. Put on your black gloves, then fill a tall glass with ice.
  2. Add in this order: J&B, ginger ale, lime juice and bitters. Stir with a knife.

IS IT TOO SOON TO TALK ABOUT THE DIA LATE MOVIE?

This Saturday at 11 PM EST, join Bill and Sam on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages for a movie that they talk about almost every week: The House That Vanished. You can find it on YouTube.

Every week, we watch movies, look at the print campaigns and have a cocktail. Here’s this week’s drink.

Scream and Drink AKA The Drink That Vanished AKA Please! Don’t Spill In the Kitchen 

  • 1 oz. Midori
  • 1.5 oz. amaretto
  • 1 oz. Malibu
  • .5 oz. Triple Sec
  • 1 oz. peach schnapps
  • 2 oz. club soda
  1. Pour all liquor over ice.
  2. Stir and keep telling yourself it’s only a cocktail. Then, add club soda.

See you on Saturday.

STAY UP AND GET KILLED (MAYBE) ON THE DIA DOUBLE FEATURE

This week, join Bill and Sam for two totally doom-laden movies at 8 PM ET on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages.

Up first, it’s Doctor Death. You can watch it on YouTube.

Every week, we watch two movies, discuss their ads and have cocktails. Here’s the first recipe.

Soul Transfer

  • 1 oz. Bailey’s
  • 2 oz. Malibu rum
  • 1 oz. half and half
  • 4 oz. Coco Real (or coconut cream)
  • Dash of Kaluha
  1. Mix Bailey’s, Malibu and coconut in a glass with ice.
  2. Add the cream, then top with Kaluha.

Our second movie is Midnight which you can watch on YouTube.

Midnight

  • 1.5 oz. apricot brandy
  • .75 oz. triple sec
  • .75 oz. lemon juice
  1. Shake it all up together in a cocktail shaker with ice.
  2. Pour into a cocktail glass and kill on command.

See you Saturday…

AC NICHOLAS COMES BACK TO THE DIA DOUBLE FEATURE!

This week, A.C. Nicholas joins Bill and Sam for two movies meant to be together.Join us at 8 PM ET on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages.

Up first is Night of the Witches which you can watch on BitChute.

Every week, we watch movies, discuss the ads and then have a drink to go with it. Here’s the first recipe.

Island of Witches

  • 2 oz. Malibu
  • 1 oz. amaretto
  • 6 oz. orange juice
  • 2 oz. pineapple juice
  • 1 oz. grenadine
  1. Mix everything other than the grenadine in a cocktail shaker.
  2. Pour in a glass, curse someone and then top with grenadine.

Our second movie is Dr. Frankenstein On Campus which you can watch on YouTube.

Frankenstein Freshman

  • 4 oz pineapple juice
  • 2 oz. 99 Apples
  • 2 oz. Midori
  1. Shake all the ingredients in a shaker with ice.
  2. Finish your essay and imbibe.

I can’t wait for Saturday!

HALLUCINATE WITH JUSTIN BURNING ON THE DIA LATE MOVIE!

This Saturday at 11 PM ET, join Bill, Sam and Justin Burning, author of Hand-Held Hell, is a 376-page, full-color look at 44 outrageous works of underground cinematic horror which you can get from Graveface Publishing and  Terror Vision.

We’re watching Hallucinations which you can watch on Tubi.

Every week, we discuss movies, show ads and make a drink that goes with it. Here’s this week’s cocktail.

Hallucination 

  • 1 oz. vodka
  • 1 oz. gin
  • 1 oz rum
  • 1 oz. triple sec
  • Coca Cola
  1. Build all ingredients over ice.
  2. Top with Coke and go nuts.

See you Saturday!

SNAKE AND CRABS! THE DIA DOUBLE FEATURE!

This week, Bill and Sam are joined by Jennifer Upton for two animal attack movies. Join us at 8 PM ET (that’s 1 AM for Jenn in London) on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages.

The first movie is Spasms which is filled with monsters of the animal and human varieties. You can watch it on YouTube.

Every show, we watch two movies, discuss their ad campaign and have themed cocktails. Here’s the first:

Snake Eyes

  • 1.5 oz. Proper 12 whiskey
  • 4 oz. coconut water
  • .25 oz. lime juice
  • .5 oz. simple syrup
  • .25 oz. 99 Bananas
  1. Shake all ingredients in a shaker with ice.
  2. Tattoo your balls like Oliver Reed and pour into a large glass.

Our second movie is Island Claws which you can watch on YouTube.

Here’s the drink.

Island Crab Claws

  • 1 oz. vodka
  • 1 oz. Malibu rum
  • 1 oz. tequila
  • 1 oz. grenadine
  • 3 oz. orange juice
  • 3 oz. pineapple juice
  1. Build ingredients over ice.
  2. Stir with your claw or a cocktail stirrer.

Saturday is coming soon.

DARE YOU ENTER THE MILL OF THE STONE WOMEN ON THE DIA LATE MOVIE?

This Saturday at 11 PM ET, join Bill and me on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages. We’ll be watching the 1960 Italian gothic masterwork, Mill of the Stone Women. You can watch it on YouTube or get the great Arrow Video blu ray from MVD or Diabolik DVD.

Every week, we talk movies with our awesome chat group, show the ad campaign and have a drink that goes with each movie. Here’s this week’s film. Apologies to Sean Mitus, who gave me a bottle of Cacique and it took me this long to make a drink with it.

Elfie

  • 1 oz. Malibu rum
  • 1 oz. Cacique
  • 1 oz. tequila
  • .5 oz. amaretto
  • 2 oz. Coco Real
  • 6 oz. coconut water
  • 1.5 oz. lime juice
  • Lime slices
  1. Blend all ingredients except the amaretto and lime slices with ice in a blender for a few seconds.
  2. Pour into a glass. top with amaretto and garnish with lime slices.

See you Saturday!

IF YOU’RE GONNA SCREAM, SCREAM WITH THE DIA DOUBLE FEATURE

This Saturday at 8 PM EST, Unkle Spooky and Mike Justice will join Bill for two wild movies. You can join them on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages.

Up first — and this is a first! — is director Mike Justice’s The Trouble With Barry. You can tell Mike what you think of the movie live and in-person. Or at least via char. You can watch it on Tubi.

This week, I’m breaking with tradition by serving two drinks. Yes, each week we watch movies, talk about them, check out their ad campaigns and have matching cocktails.

The first is the actual cocktail that Barry enjoys throughout the movie!

Barry’s Usual

  • 1.5 oz. vodka
  • 6 oz. Fresca
  1. Pour vodka over ice.
  2. Top with Fresca and try not to kill anyone.

Now here’s the second one.

The Burned Gerbil

  • 1.5 oz. vodka
  • 1.5 oz. ginger ale
  • Splash of orange juice
  • Dust of cinnamon
  1. Mix ingredients over ice.
  2. Stir, then top with a little bit of spice.

The second movie is The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane which you can find on Tubi.

Here’s the cocktail.

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lemonade

  • 2 oz. white rum
  • 2 oz. dark rum
  • 1 oz. lime juice
  • 1 oz. cream of coconut
  • A handful of frozen raspberries
  • 6 oz. lemonade
  1. Muddle raspberries, then shake with all liquids in a cocktail shaker.
  2. Pour over crushed ice and drop an old lady into a trap door.

I will miss everyone Saturday but I will be back next week.