The Film Bartender

  Bring Out the Boos 2022 Day 22: "One Stormy Night" Cocktail (Inspired by "Poltergeist") By: The Film Bartender     Tobe Hooper's 1982 film " Poltergeist" is known for many things. It has instilled the fear of closets being open, clown dolls, swimming pools full of skeletons, and much more into the viewer when they went and saw it in theaters for the first time. And, who can forget the little girl putting her hands on the television set in the living room and announcing the presence of the ghosts by saying, "They're here!" Our drink for Day 22 of my "Bring Out the Boos 2022" Halloween event is inspired by the night everything goes wrong for the Freeling family, with a drink called "One Stormy Night". Keep reading to see the full recipe for this delicious drink!     "Poltergeist" was released in 1982 and was directed by Tobe Hooper based off a screenplay by Steven Spielberg, Michael Grais, and Mark Victor. Ev...

  Bring Out the Boos 2022 Day 21: "Psycho Killer" Cocktail (Inspired by "Psycho") By: The Film Bartender     The shower scene from Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 horror masterpiece "Psycho" is one of the scariest and most famous horror scenes in film  history. This scene caused many people to be scared of taking showers alone, thinking there is a terrifying serial killer waiting to strike them down like Norman Bates did Marion Crane. Bates is perhaps one of the most famous serial killers in horror history, with his calm and cool demeanor on display but sinister and disturbing thoughts on the inside. Our drink today, called "Psycho Killer", represents the blood from the fatal wounds that Bates inflicts upon his victims in Hitchcock's film. Keep reading to find the full recipe to this devilishly delicious drink to add some spookiness and horror to your next Halloween Party!      "Psycho" was released in 1960, and was directed by Alfred H...

  Bring Out the Boos 2022 Day 20: "Casper-tini" Cocktail (Inspired by "Casper") By: The Film Bartender     Ghosts are usually terrifying and evil creatures, haunting manors or mansions and scaring out the residents who live there. However, what if there was a friendly ghost, one who juicy wants to be happy and make friends out of the humans he encounters. His name is Casper the Friendly Ghost, and he is perhaps  one of the only happy and fun ghosts around. Our drink today, perfectly called a "Casper-tini" represents this fun ghoul with this playful kick that everyone will love.     Casper was created to star in a series of children's books by Seymour Reit and Joe Oriolo in 1915, until they sold the rights to this friendly ghost to Paramount Pictures. Once the sale was finalized, he was featured in his first NovelToon, called "The Friendly Ghost", where he was introduced to the world. After this NovelToon was...

  Bring Out the Boos 2022 Dy 19: "Witch's Brew" Cocktail (Inspired by "Hocus Pocus") By: The Film Bartender     "Hocus Pocus" is the most rewatched and beloved Halloween film of modern times. It's practically a tradition for families and longtime fans of the original film to tune in to one of Freeform's many, many showings of this classic Disney film. Today, our drink is inspired by the green brew the potion the Sanderson sisters make to lure the children to them, waiting to prey on their childlike innocence and youth. Keep scrolling to find the recipe of "Witch's Brew" below!     "Hocus Pocus" was released in 1993, and directed by Kenny Ortega based off a screenplay by Mick Garris and Neil Cuthbert. The movie stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora  Birch, and Vinessa Shaw. The film follows a young teenager, named Max, who is very against his family's new move to the town of...

  Bring Out the Boos 2022 Day 18: "Absolute Pleasure" Cocktail (Inspired by "The Rocky Horror Picture Show") By: The Film Bartender     "Give yourself over to absolute pleasure" is the tagline of the cult classic Halloween film, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show". It is perhaps the perfect tagline for a film like this, which is a sexualized version of the classic horror movies and tropes that came before it. This drink today, which is perfectly called "Absolute Pleasure" is the representation of the content and characters present in this film, which is a classic movie that must be rewatched every Halloween season.     "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" came out in 1975, and was directed by Jim Sharman based off a screenplay by Sharman and Richard O'Brien. The movie stars Tim Curry, Richard O'Brien, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Meat Loaf, Patricia Quinn, Nell Campbell, Peter Hinwood, Jonathan Adams, and Charles Gray. It is...

  Bring Out the Boos 2022 Day 17: "May Queen's Bloody Lemonade" Cocktail (Inspired by "Midsommar") By: The Film Bartender     Ask any horror fan, and they will say "Midsommar" is one of the most disturbing and hard to watch films of the past five years. The movie, which showed the terrifying ritualistic events that take place during a midsommar holiday in Sweden, shocked viewers with their disturbing imagery and extremely gory murders and deaths. However, many critics and audiences can agree that this movie is directed and crafted very well, and serves as a great follow-up to Ari Aster's previous film, "Hereditary". Our drink today is inspired by the title of May Queen that the females compete for in this Midsommar event, but, in accordance to the events that transpire, with a bloody twist.      "Midsommar" is a 2019 film written and directed by Ari Aster, and stars Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Will Poul...

  Bring Out the Boos 2022 Day 16: "Morticia Addams" Cocktail (Inspired by "The Addams Family") By: The Film Bartender     Morticia Addams is one of the most iconic female characters that represent the Halloween season. She's mysterious, seductive, sexy, and just a badass. She may come from a family of weirdos, but she's perhaps the only one who is fancy and beautiful in the entire Addams family. That is why Day 16's cocktail is based off the iconic female protagonist that has been a Halloween legend for many decades now.      The Addams Family was introduced to audiences in 1964 in the form of a Black & White television show. The show starred Carolyn Jones, John Astin, Ted Cassidy, Lisa Loring, Ken Weatherwax, Blossom Rock, and Felix Silla. The classic show ran for two seasons, and made Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, and Pugsley Addams household names. They represented the average American family with a much macabre ...

Bring Out the Boos 2022 Day 15: "Shaun's Punch" (Inspired by "Shaun of the Dead") By: The Film Bartender     Zombie flicks are a huge part of the horror genre. From movies and TV shows like "Night of the Living Dead" to "The Walking Dead",   zombies are a crucial part of the monster genre in entertainment, as well as the Halloween tradition all together. In 2004, director Edgar Wright made his motion picture debut with "Shaun of the Dead", a horror comedy about what would happen in London during the zombie apocalypse. This drink is inspired by the blood and beer present in the movie, two liquids that are both digested quite a bit throughout the movie.      The movie was released in 2004, and stars Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Peter Serafinowicz, Bill Nighy, Dylan Moran, Jessica Hynes, and Rafe Spall. The plot revolves around a couple of flatmates named Shaun and Ed, who are both very im...

  Bring Out the Boos 2022 Day 14: "Haddonfield's Halloween" (Inspired by "Halloween") By: The Film Bartender     On Halloween night in 1978, Michael Myers returned to his hometown of Haddonfield, and unleashed horror on the town for the spooky night. Killing babysitters throughout his tenure in the town, he became legend around the town and people feared the coming of Michael Myers every halloween after. This is the plot for John Carpenter's 1978 film, "Halloween", which is the slasher film that inspired every other slasher that came after it. Myers and Jamie Lee Curtis' Laurie Strode have become icons in the horror genre, and there's no better way to celebrate the release of the highly-anticipated "Halloween Ends" than a drink inspired by the classic horror franchise.      This classic 1978 film was directed by Carpenter, which he co-wrote with Debra Hill. The film stars Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy...

  Bring Out the Boos 2022 Day 13: "The Camp Crystal Lake Special" Cocktail (Inspired by "Friday the 13th") By: The Film Bartender     Camp Crystal Lake is a great spot for a summer camp. There is a huge clearing full of cabinets, woods to explore, a beautiful lake in the middle of it all - what could go  wrong? However, the lovely campsite is haunted by a young camper who drowned in a lake due to the teenage chaperones having sex rather than watching over the young kids. Because of that, his mom makes every teenager who comes there pay for her son's death, forcing everyone to know the name Jason Voorhees.      "Friday the 13th" is a 1980 slasher film directed by Sean S. Cunningham, and stars Kevin Bacon, Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Robbi Morgan, Jeannine Taylor, Laurie Bartram, Harry Crosby, and Walt Gorney. The film follows a group of teenage counselors who arrive at Camp Crystal Lake a few days before the campers, hopin...

  Bring Out the Boos 2022 Day 12: "Pennywise" (Inspired by "IT") By: The Film Bartender     "We all float down here!" Those are the infamous words used by the evil clown Pennywise and his adolescent victims in the hit horror film, "IT". The clown goes around the town of Derry, Maine, and terrorizes and kills innocent children. With such a long history in film, Pennywise has become one of the most famous and scariest horror movie villains of all time, which makes him worthy enough to serve as the inspiration for Day 12 of this year's Bring Out the Boos event!     Pennywise started as a figment of horror writer Stephen King's imagination, which he then created in his 1986 horror novel, "IT". The novel followed a group of kids in Derry who are being terrorized by the evil clown, who is preying off of their own horrors and childhood innocence. King's novel was very dark and scary, and was a massive hit when it was fi...

  Bring Out the Boos 2022 Day 11: "Frankenstein's Bride Cocktail (Inspired by "The Bride of Frankenstein") By: The Film Bartender     Frankenstein's monster is one of the most famous classic horror monsters, and his green skin and bolts in his neck are instantly recognizable. He made his big screen debut in 1931, which both terrified and thrilled fans. Then, four years after the original movie, Universal released "The Bride of Frankenstein", introducing one of the most classic and recognizable female character in a monster film. Our drink today mixes the classic black & white color of the screen with a purplish liquid to signify the love between the monster and his bride.      Frankenstein was created by author Mary Shelley in the 1818 novel of the same name. It follows a scientist named Victor Frankenstein, who is obsessed with creating new human life and bringing back the dead. Because of that, he brings this deceased man...

  Bring Out the Boos 2022 Day 10: "Slimer" Cocktail (Inspired by "Ghostbusters")  By: The Film Bartender     "If there's something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!" Those are the famous lines from the classic song by Ray Parker Jr. that accompanies the classic ghost comedy film. The Ghostbusters have since become major icons for both the comedy and paranormal film genres, and the original film has spawned many sequels, a reboot, and even a TV show. However, the ghosts present in the films are as prominent and famous as the Ghostbusters themselves, with fans loving and instantly recognizing both the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and Slimer, to name a few. Our drink today, which is named and inspired by the latter, is able to capture the color of the slimy ghost and taste spookily good at the same time!          "Ghostbusters" is a 1984 comedy/horror film directed by Ivan Reitma...