Horror Brew Podcast

This week we're going to do something a bit different. The Portland Horror Film Festival took place June 8th – 10th and Horror Brew hosted the Friday night after party with an abbreviated version of our putrescent puzzlers! Every other week Matt and I craft a 2 hour trivia comprised of 5 rounds or 8 questions each – with ever changing themes all revolving around the horror genre. Our trivia nights are not for the faint of heart –

So. Want to see if you've got what it takes? Interested in throwing a little horror trivia with your friends? Stay tuned for 20 questions from Horror Brew's Pub Quiz from June 9th, 2017 as part of the Portland horror film festival's after party.

Fuzzy Face Cocktail:

Take whatever size glass you'd like … fill with ice. Pour 1oz peach schnapps, 1.5oz spiced rum in said glass, then top with orange juice.

Aliens! Vampires! London!

Tune in as Matt, Cat, and guest David go deep into Tobe Hooper's 1985 flick - Lifeforce! Based on a book entitled The Space Vampires by Colin Wilson, and adapted for screen by Dan O'Bannon, Lifeforce is absolutely bonkers and we had a lot of fun rehashing and reviewing it.

Recipe: Electric Lemondrop Squeeze 1/4 fresh lemon into cocktail shaker Add 1 tsp sugar Top with 1oz Three Olives vodka, 2oz Original Viniq Add ice & shake! Strain into a martini glass.

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Tune in as Matt and Cat talk Beyond the Gates and The Dark Tapes. From a supernaturally soul-snaring VHS board game to four tales of terror, join us as we talk VHS nostalgia and the terrors of sleep paralysis while reviewing these newer entries into the indie horror scene.

Cocktail Recipe: Dark Star

Can be done hot or cold.

Place the following in a coffee mug if hot, pint glass if cold - 1.25 oz Coffee Liqueur .25 oz Butterscotch Schnapps .75 oz Bourbon Top with Coffee (or Cold Brew!) and stir with a bar spoon. Then top that with Whipped Cream & a pinch of Cinnamon!

The tagline says "Don't leave Adam alone" but after this screening, Cat wasn't too keen on being alone herself!

Tune in as Matt and Cat get the inside scoop on the scariest film from the Overlook Film Festival. Join us for our first Brews & Interviews segment as special guest Brandon Christensen, director of Still/Born, gives us a peek behind the curtain!

Cocktail: Muddled Old-fashioned

Place the following in a rocks glass - 1 tsp sugar (1 cube) 2 dashes bitters Splash water Muddle - maraschino cherry & orange peel in sugar mixture Top with ice cubes & 2.5 oz Bulleit Bourbon

We entered The Void and discovered that Sam might have been there...

Tune in as Matt and Cat talk the most recent feature length entries in the cosmic horror sub-genre, from the practical effects packed The Void and the more psychologically disturbing Sam Was Here. Are you a fan of mad scientists and dimensions beyond human perception? Join us.

Cocktail Recipe: Enter the Spritzer

Muddle 1 strawberry in the bottom of a rocks glass

Top with 1.5 oz vodka

Fresh squeeze lime

Top with ice and soda

Normally we release episodes on Sunday mornings, but this was a special event so here's a Thursday treat!

Tune in as Matt and Cat review the Overlook Film Festival that took place at the Timberline Lodge April 27th-30th. For those interested in skipping ahead to get to a particular film as fast as possible, check the approximate time stamps below.

Lady Macbeth - 17 minutes

Terror 5 - 21:30 minutes

Still/Born - 27 minutes

Short block #2 - 35:30 minutes

It Comes at Night - 45:30 minutes

Matt, Cat, and guest Matt Smith investigate vampires of the Eastern tradition!

Delving into the Jiangshi genre, tune in as we talk Mr. Vampire (1985) and Rigor Mortis (2013). Hopping vampires might not sound intimidating, but these qi-sucking clawed revenants are nothing to joke about!

This episode's cocktail is one of my own devising!

The Qi-Reviver!

1.5 oz vodka

.75 oz Shoaxing wine

.75oze lychee syrup from canned lychee (you'll use the lychee for garnish!)

1 medium strawberry

Muddle the strawberry in your shaker, fill with ice and pour in ingredients. Shake and strain into a martini glass. Use 1 lychee as garnish.

Matt and Cat speculate wildly!

Tune in as we give the rundown on the upcoming Overlook Film Festival (April 27-30) at the Timberline Lodge in Oregon. We were able to nab tickets to some but not all of the films being screened - so this week we are talking about all the films we're going to miss.

Having seen all the trailers we could get our hands on, we get a bit speculative on Lily Ana Amirpour's sophomore effort - The Bad Batch, tense social commentaries like Amat Escalante's The Untamed, and off the wall splatter flicks like Yoshihiro Nishimura's Meatball Machine Kodoku.

Want to get a head start on what to look out for this year in horror? Look no further!

Matt, Cat, and Gretchen get into some monkey business.

Tune in as we talk King Kong, from the 1933 original and its 2 American remakes to the bit more bizarre Toho works and of course the most recent - Kong:Skull Island. So break out the bathtub gin, make yourself The Last Word, and press play!

Recording this intro on April 9, 2017, the following episode was originally recorded in late February of 2017! Stay tuned to hear Matt and Cat discuss differing perspectives between a newcomer to the horror genre and a well-seasoned professional. We review Drag Me to Hell, American Werewolf in London, and Get Out as well as discuss horror's complicated relationship with the MPAA.