The Film Bartender

  Bring Out the Boos 2022 Day 24: "Frankenstein's Monster"Cocktail By: The Film Bartender     Frankenstein's monster, made famous by Boris Karloff's portrayal of the literary classic character, is one of the most famous and terrifying monsters in the classic Universal Monster series. From his green complexion to his towering height, he terrorized the town (even if not on purpose) where Dr. Henry Frankenstein made him, turning him into a criminal that needs to be killed. There have been many movie adaptations and many spoofs on this infamous monster, which elevates him to the status of other horror icons like Dracula and The Mummy. Our drink today, aptly named "Frankenstein's Monster" is perfectly able to achieve that green coloring, with a small kick at the end to add some spookiness to your next Halloween Party or your next rewatch of these classic films.      After the success of 1931's "Dracula", Universa...

  Bring Out the Boos 2022 Day 23: "Prom Queen" Cocktail (Inspired by "Carrie") By: The Film Bartender     One of the most famous horror shots ever was Carrie covered in pig's blood after winning prom queen. It is perhaps also the best moment in the movie as well, as she attacks the bullies and the rest of the student body after the humiliating stunt that her classmates pulled on her. It is both horrifying and reliving to watch, knowing the true antagonists of this movie finally got what they deserved. This serves as the inspiration for our drink today, which is titled "Prom Queen" due to the beautiful white shade on top, and the devilishly blood red shade on the bottom. Keep reading to find the full recipe of this tasty beverage that will add some spookiness to your next Halloween Party!     Stephen King is established as one of the best horror authors of all time, if not the best there ever i...

  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...