This Saturday at 11 PM EST, Bill and I will be be showing John Old Jr.’s slashtastic giallo — oh, you know, we mean Lamberto Bava — A Blade In the Dark! You can join us on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages. You can watch this movie on Tubi or order it from Vinegar Syndrome.

Each week, we watch a movie and discuss what it’s about, the ad campaign and even have a drink that ties into the feature. Here’s the cocktail for A Blade In the Dark AKA La casa con la scala nel buio (House of the Dark Stairway), La Maison de la Terreur (The House of Terror), Cuchillos en la oscuridad (Knives In the Dark) and Das Haus mit dem dunklen Keller (The House with the Dark Basement).

Switchblade In the Dark

• 2 oz tequila
• .5 oz dark creme de cacao
• .75 oz lime juice
• .25 oz simple syrup

1. Shake with ice, then strain into glass.
2. Stir with a switchblade as you hear voices that say, “You are a female! You are a female!”

See you Saturday!

This Saturday at 8 PM EST, Bill and I will be joined by Joe Zaso and Bryan Thomas Norton, the author of the upcoming book “For God’s Sake Get Out!” The Amityville Horror at the Movies. You can join us  on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages.

Up first, what else would we watch other than Amityville II: The Possession? You can find it on Tubi, Freevee and the Roku Channel for free with ads.

If you’ve never watched the show before, we discuss the movie first, talking about why we picked it, sharing facts and looking at the ad campaign. Then, we show how to make a themed cocktail and then you watch the movie on your own. We get back together as soon as it ends and talk with our chat room about what we just watched, then get ready for the second movie.

Here’s the first cocktail.

Ocean Avenue Lemonade

• 1 oz. rum
• 1 oz. Absolut Citron
• .5 oz. blue curacaco
• 6 oz. lemonade
• Dash of bitters

1. Shake all of the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Pour in a glass, take the phone off the hook and enjoy while skiing.

Our second movie is the 1982 shocker Unhinged. You can watch it on YouTube.

Here’s the second cocktail.

Un-gin-ged Fizz (from this recipe)

• 2 oz. gin
• .75 oz. simple syrup
• .5 oz. heavy cream
• .5 oz. lemon juice
• .5 oz. lime juice
• 3 dashes orange bitters
• 1 egg white
• Club soda

1. Add everything — except the club soda — to your cocktail mixer. Dry shake — with no ice — for 10 seconds. Add ice and shake again for 15 seconds.
2. Strain into a glass. Pour some club soda in your shaker and pick up any extra cream. Top your glass with that and club soda to taste.

See you on Saturday!

This Saturday at 8 PM EST, join Bill and me on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages for our first double feature of the year.

We’re giving you two blasts of Italian gothic horror weirdness starting with Atom Age Vampire! You can watch it on Tubi and YouTube.

If you’ve never watched the show before, each week we talk about the movie, show the ad campaign and then have a drink recipe that is based on the film. Then, you watch it yourself and come back for a discussion on what we’ve seen and the next movie.

Here’s the first cocktail.

Seddok

• 2 oz. orange juice
• 12 frozen raspberries
• 2 oz. Chambord
• 6 oz. champagne

1. Mix orange juice, frozen raspberries, Chambord and ice in a cocktail shaker.
2. Pour into a glass, then top with champagne.

The second movie is Werewolf in a Girls’ Dormitory. You can watch it on YouTube.

Howl at the Italian Moon

• 2 oz. rum
• 2 oz. pineapple juice
• 1 oz. lime juice
• 2 oz. ginger beer

1. Fill a glass with ice, then pour in rum, pineapple and lime juice.
2. Top with ginger beer and enjoy.

Get ready for Saturday!

This Saturday at 8 PM EST, join Bill and me on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages for our last double feature of the year.

Up first is Martin, which is a movie that we’ve been wanting to play on the show for some time. You can find it on YouTube. You can also download it from the Internet Archive.

Each week, we watch two movies, talk about them, look at the ads and share drink recipes. Here’s the first one:

Vampire Martin-I

• 1.5 oz. vodka
• 1 oz. Watermelon Pucker
• 4 oz. orange juice
• .5 oz. lemon juice
• .5 oz. raspberry syrup

1. Shake vodka, Pucker, orange and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker with ice.
2. Pour in a glass, then add raspberry syrup like you’re slicing a sleeping housewife’s wrist.

Our second movie is Screamers, which was also released as Something Waits in the Dark. You can watch it on Tubi.

Here’s the recipe for the second drink.

Isle of the Fishmen

• 1 oz. rum
• 1 oz. spiced rum
• 1.5 oz. amaretto
• 1 oz. blue curacao
• .5 oz. lime juice
• 6 oz. apple juice

1. Shake up all the ingredients with ice in a cocktail shaker.
2. Pour in a glass and see a man get turned inside out.

See you on Saturday!

This Saturday at 11 PM EST, Bill and I will be watching Renato Polselli’s The Vampire and the Ballerina. You can join us on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages.

You can watch this movie on YouTube.

Every week, we watch movies, discuss them, look at the ads for them and have a drink that goes with the film. Here’s the cocktail recipe.

Dancing Queen (modified from this drink from Difford’s Guide)

• 2 oz. cherry brandy
• 1 oz. vodka
• .75 oz. Cointreau or triple sec
• 1 oz. pineapple juice
• .5 oz. Mandarin orange syrup (just eat the oranges and keep the syrup)

1. Shake all the ingredients like you’re on the dance floor with Hannah, Vampira and Irina von Karlstein.
2. Pour in a chilled glass and drink.

See you Saturday for one of my favorite movies.

Jennifer Upton joins Bill and Sam this week for two movies that destroy cars and people. You can join us at 8 PM EST on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages.

Up first is Crash! which is on the Roku Channel and Amazon Freevee, which streams free on most streaming services. You can get info at this link.

Every week, we watch movies, discuss them, look at their ad campaigns and have drinks that go with each film.

Here’s the first recipe.

Car Wreck

• 1 oz peach schnapps
• 2 oz vodka
• .5 oz. high proof rum
• 1 oz. Chambord
• 3 oz. orange juice
• 3 oz. pineapple juice

1. Pour all ingredients in a tall glass filled with ice.
2. Save the rum and pour it like a flammable oil slick on top.

The second movie is Killdozer which is on YouTube.

Get ready for the second drink.

Killdozer

• 1 oz. high proof rum
• 1 oz. grain alcohol
• .5 oz. Malibu rum

1. Pour the first two ingredients in a shot glass.
2. Top with rum and decimate a construction site.

See you on Saturday.

Steve Wilson joins Bill and Sam this Saturday at 11 p.m. EST for William Castle’s Homicidal. You can watch it on Tubi.

Every week, we watch a movie (sometimes more than one), discuss it, look at the ad campaign and make a cocktail that goes with what we’re going to watch. Here’s this week’s drink.

Killer Kool-Aid

• 2 oz. vodka
• 1 oz. Southern Comfort
• 2 oz. Midori
• 1 oz. amaretto
• 6 oz. grape Kool-Aid

1. Shake everything up with ice in a cocktail shaker.
2. Pour in a glass filled with crushed ice and drink.

See you Saturday.

This week, join Bill and me on Saturday at 8 PM East Coast time to meet filmmaker Bradley Steele Harding and composer Andrew Jones as they show their movie 13 Tracks to Frighten Agatha Black. You can find the show on the Groovy Doom Facebook and YouTube pages and the movie on Tubi.

Every week, we show ads, discuss movies and have themed cocktails. Here’s the first one.

Hippie Vampire

• 1 oz. Watermelon Pucker
• 1 oz. vodka
• .5 oz. Malibu rum
• .5 oz. peach schnapps
• 5 oz. pink lemonade
• .25 oz. strawberry simple syrup (or just simple syrup if you can’t find it; WalMart carries it)

1. Shake up everything in a shaker with ice.
2. Put on your skull half gloves and enjoy.

The second movie is The Severed Arm. You can find it on Tubi.

Here’s the next drink.

Cave In Cannibal

• 1 oz. amaretto
• 1 oz. high proof rum
• 1 oz. peach schnapps
• .5 oz. Southern Comfort
• 2 oz. cranberry juice
• .5 oz. orange juice

1. Add amaretto, rum, schnapps and Southern Comfort to a glass filled with ice.
2. Stir, then add cranberry juice. Stir and add orange juice.

Saturday is coming soon!

We’re back for a Halloween party. Join Bill and me on Saturday at 8 PM East Coast time for two blasts of strangeness, ads, drinks and the kind of deep thought and dirty minds — and the best chat room! — that you expect from our show.

Up first is Massage Parlor Murders which you can watch on Tubi.

Here’s the drink for the first movie!

Legspreader

• 1.5 oz. Midori
• 1.5 oz. Malibu rum
• 5 oz. pineapple juice
• 1 oz. lemonade
• 1 oz. lemon-lime soda

1. Pour all ingredients into a glass with ice.
2. Stir, shake and leave the money on the nightstand.

Our second movie is Madman which you can watch on Tubi.

Here’s the second cocktail.

Jacuzzi Sex

• 2 oz. Chambord
• 2 oz. vodka
• 1 oz. cranberry juice
• 1 oz. pineapple juice
• 1 oz. orange juice
• 2 oz. lemon-lime soda
• 1 oz. orange soda

1. Pour all the ingredients in a glass with ice.
2. Add a splash of orange soda on top of the whole thing and sing the Madman song.

Saturday is going to be great!

This week, we were joined by Bret McCormick, director of The Abomination and Repligator. We watched 1956 Freudian madness in movie form Daughter of Horror (which you can watch on YouTube and the Internet Archive) and learned so much about how Bret made his films, some surprising movies he worked on and the history of Texas independent horror.

To learn more, check out this interview I did with Bret. You can also get a signed copy of Texas Schlock, Bret’s book on Texas films, right here. To see all of Bret’s books, check out his Amazon page.

Perhaps most importantly, don’t forget to grab his movies from Visual Vengeance.

MVD: The Abomination, Repligator

Diabolik: The Abomination, Repligator, promo of both films with limited edition sunglasses