Monster Movie Happy Hour

The crew travel back in time to the American Civil War and encounter the "Ghost Brigade", a 1993 supernatural horror film starring Corbin Bernsen and Martin Sheen's chin beard.

Be warned - there is a LOT of history talk in this one, so you may want to try the cocktail Mary chose for this episode . . . 

“Jerry Thomas’ 1862 Brandy Sour”

1 tbsp sugar

 1 oz water

 2 oz brandy

slice of lemon

Muddle lemon slice in a low ball glass.

Combine sugar and water (or simple syrup) with Brandy in a glass filled with crushed or shaved ice. Stir and enjoy!

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We are BACK after our looooong work break and have an "old school" classic for you, 1958's "Monster on the Campus", one of Dave's childhood favorites!

“Coelocanth Cooler” cocktail

 2 oz simple syrup

8 oz coconut water

3 oz coconut rum

1 or 2 coarse ground mint leaves

1 tsp shredded coconut

splash of Grenadine

In shaker, muddle mint leaves with simple syrup and coconut rum

Add ice and coconut water, shake until chilled, strain into Collins Glass

Sprinkle with shredded coconut and add a drop or two of Grenadine on top to simulate blood . . .

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Hey friends - we are still alive and kicking, and will be back with a slew of new episodes in mid-September, as we begin our crawl towards SEASON 8 in October!

CHEERS!

Mary, Scott and Dave

The crew spend an eternity talking about 1988's "Lady in White", with just a few rabbit holes. Go figure?!

“White Lady” cocktail

1.5 oz Gin

1 oz Orange Liqueur

.5 oz lemon juice

.5 oz single syrup (optional)

Egg white

 Combine all ingredients in shaker. Shake 15 seconds. Add ice, shake again until cold. Strain into chilled martini glass. Enjoy!

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The crew dive into 1967's "Night Fright" - not 1985's "Fright Night", with Roddy McDowell  - and literally have trouble seeing the Hairy Gator Monster and B-movie stalwart John Agar, who is truly the best part of this underexposed, underwritten dreck . . . 

Yikes.

The "Mutated Alligator" cocktail

2.5 tbsp lemon concentrate 

2 oz. rum, preferably pineapple or coconut.

12 oz. Lone Star Beer (or a light lager)

Start with cold/chilled ingredients. Lemonade concentrate should be just soft enough to scoop out with spoon.

 Combine lemonade concentrate and rum in bottom of Collins glass, top off with beer.

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Scott, Mary and Dave strap on their spelunking gear, knock back a few Challman strength cocktails and fall, screaming, into Neil Marshall's  2005 horror film, "The Descent". 

"The Cave Crawler" 

2 oz. whiskey (preferably bourbon!)

3/4 lemon juice

1/2 oz. Aperol 

2 dash Angostura bitters

1 1/3 oz. tonic water 

Combine the whiskey, lemon juice, Aperol, and Angostura bitters in a cocktail shaker over ice. Shake until very cold, and strain into an cocktail glass. Top with tonic water and a spring of mint!

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The crew deal with noisy and unruly neighbors in this episode . . . all while chatting about Prog Rock and 2024's splatter horror comedy, "Destroy  All Neighbors".

The "William Brown" cocktail

Ingredients: 
1 oz vodka
1 oz butterscotch schnapps 
½ oz blue curaçao 
3 oz cherry cola or cola
½ oz grenadine 

Instructions:
1. Shake everything except cherry cola and grenadine in a cocktail shaker.
2. Pour into Collins glass & fill with cola.
3. Top with grenadine 
4. Garnish with Maraschino cherry (or two!)

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Our dear friend, the film critic, blogger, broadcaster, quizmaster and collector of colourful plastic things, Marshall Julius, joins us for our chat about 1956's "Forbidden Planet" and we had damned fine time!

We sipped Bourbon and Scotch, so there were no cocktails this time around.

Note - 

Marshall is the co-author (with veteran special makeup effects king Howard Berger) of the book "Making Monsters", the follow-up to their fantastic "Masters of Make-up Effects", both of which you can find here:

https://www.makingmonsters.org/makingmonsters/shop/home

You can find Marshall on social media EVERYWHERE by clicking:

Marshall Julius on LInktree

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For Dave's belated birthday episode we gathered around the swirling tube of liquid evil and watched John Carpenter's 1987, "The Prince of Darkness".

Our cocktail was tasty enough, though it COULD have looked SO much cooler . . . 

"Sweet Sleeper" cocktail

1 part white rum
1 part pineapple juice
1/2 part simple syrup
1/4 part green crème de menthe
Dash of orange bitters
Orange slice for garnish

Shake all ingredients with ice and strain into martini glass.
Garnish and drink!
Note – the 1/4 part Crème de Menthe could easily just be a small splash for color.

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All right, you nerds - step into the dripping, wet Deep Dark Lounge, grab a drink and listen to our chat about 1983's "The Deadly Spawn".  This episode is for folks who can enjoy a movie shot on 16mm film, made largely by amateurs on a $25,000 budget in the pre-CGI age, chock-full of fake blood and surprisingly good creature design and practical effects.

The "Mother Spawn Sling"

75 oz. gin

.25 oz. cherry liqueur

.25 oz. orange liqueur 

1 oz. pineapple juice 

.5 oz. lime juice 

1 dash Angostura bitters 

Ginger beer 

Lime wheel and Maraschino cherry to garnish

Add all ingredients except for the ginger beer in a shaker and shake over ice til frigid. Strain into a highball glass with lots of crushed ice, and top with ginger beer. Garnish with a lime wheel and an extra cherry or two!

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