Episode 189: The Exorcist & Is There Someone Inside You

When Regan gets consumed by a mysterious demon, her mother will seek out the help of doctors, detectives, and priests to rid her daughter of this evil.

This week we are taking on a classic film, and the benchmark for affecting storytelling and mixing up a green cocktail to help calm our nerves.

Join us for pea soup, Ouija Boards, priests, medical exams, being left breathless, Oscar nominations, and a chat about The Exorcist!

This week's cocktail comes from Easy Living NY!

• 1.5oz Blanco Tequila
• .5oz Green Chartreuse
• .5oz Lime Juice
• .5oz Simple Syrup
• Matcha
• Egg White

Add ingredients to shaker tin and shake. Add ice and shake again. Sprinkle Matcha on top for desired appearance.    

When Regan gets consumed by a mysterious demon, her mother will seek out the help of doctors, detectives, and priests to rid her daughter of this evil.

This week we are taking on a classic film, and the benchmark for affecting storytelling and mixing up a green cocktail to help calm our nerves.

Join us for pea soup, Ouija Boards, priests, medical exams, being left breathless, Oscar nominations, and a chat about The Exorcist!

This week's cocktail comes from Easy Living NY!

• 1.5oz Blanco Tequila
• .5oz Green Chartreuse
• .5oz Lime Juice
• .5oz Simple Syrup
• Matcha
• Egg White

Add ingredients to shaker tin and shake. Add ice and shake again. Sprinkle Matcha on top for desired appearance.    

Miguel loves playing the guitar, but an old family tragedy has banished music from all of their lives. Then, on a fateful Dia de los Muertos, Miguel will find himself stranded in the land of the dead searching for the truth of his families history.

This week we grab a guitar pick, some edible flowers, and get ready for a cry with the beautifully animated tale of love and family.

Join us for celebration, street dogs, sad songs, an expansive color spectrum, and a chat about Coco!

This week's cocktail comes from Cheersonline!

• 2oz Blanco Tequila
• .75oz Strawberry or Hibiscus Syrup
• 1oz Lime Juice
• .25oz Creme de Cacao

 Shake ingredients with ice and strain into coupe or martini glass. Garnish with edible flowers.    

Marion has found herself committing a crime and on the run, but a strong rain storm is going to force her to pause her journey and spend a fateful night at the Bate's Motel.!

This week we are revisiting the Alfred Hitchcock classic, and mixing up a variation of mother's milk to go along with it.

Join us for original twists, camera tricks, sandwiches, Anthony Perkins, and a chat about Psycho!

This week's cocktail comes from the Drunken Moogle!

• 1oz Cinnamon Schnapps
• 1oz Butterscotch Schnapps
• 1oz Milk
• 2drops Grenadine

 Shake ingredients with ice. Strain into glass and use grenadine for effect.   

When Dracula discovers his love has been reborn, he will stop at nothing to go find Mina and terrorize London along the way.

This week we are taking a run at a literary classic with Francis Ford Coppola in the drivers seat, and mixing up a blood red martini riff to go with us.

Join us for striking visuals, Keanu, a trip to a castle, bad decisions, true love, and a chat about Bram Stoker's Dracula!

Cocktail comes from A Couple Cooks.

• 1.5oz Vodka
• 1oz Chambord
• .5oz Cranberry Juice
• .5oz Lemon Juice
• .5oz Grenadine
• Granulated sugar and additional grenadine, for the sugar rim (optional)

  Shake ingredientts with ice, then strain into chilled martini glass.  

After Sputnik flies by, Homer has dreams of building rockets. However will his father's small-town mindset stand in his way to pursue his dreams?

This week we launch for the stars, steal some railroad rails, and heat up some cider with the Rocket Boys!

Join us for gin, Laura Dern, mining coal, stolen science fairs, and a chat about October Sky!

This week's cocktail comes from Hendrick's Gin!

• 5parts Spiced Cider
• 1part Hendrick's Gin

 Heat cider, add gin, sip and enjoy!  

We are headed back to the Deetz house for a funeral and a wedding, but when Lydia has to summon Beetlejuice, the weddings going to take a turn as we journey to the land of the dead and make our way back to the living.

This week we are mixing up a spooky cocktail that pairs perfectly with the fall weather and the call of Beetlejuice!

Join us for Aperol, shark attacks, Bob, loopholes, sandworms, and a chat about Beetlejuice Beetlejuice!

This week's cocktail comes from Imbibe Magazine!

• 1oz Aperol
• .25oz Campari
• .5oz sweet vermouth
• 1oz strawberry syrup
• 1 barspoon Absinthe
• 3oz sparkling water

Combine ingredients in glass with ice. Stir to combine 

Bart is the new sheriff in town and it's up to him with the help of the Waco Kid, to clean up the corruption and save the town.

It's the 50th Anniversary of the iconic Mel Brooks comedy and we're mixing up a cocktail that pays homage to the film and having a chat about this classic western comedy.

Join us for tequila, quick draws, fake towns, Hollywood endings, and a chat about Blazing Saddles!

Cocktail comes from MakeMeACocktail.com!

• .5oz Lime Juice
• .25oz Green Chartreuse
• 1.5oz Tequila
• .25oz Simple Syrup
• .5oz Elderflower Liqueur
• Cherries for Garnish

Add ingredients to a shaker with ice. Shake and strain into chilled coupe glass. Garnish with cherries. 

Elisa is a janitor at a research facility during the 1960's, but a chance encounter with a creature will change her idea of love, of acceptance, and of herself. Elisa is the princess that can not speak.

This week we look at a fairy tale that explores the darkness and beauty of true love, and the desire to be seen. Plus we mix up a gin fizz cocktail to taste along the way.

Join us for hard boiled eggs, sunken apartments, old theaters, green, and a chat about The Shape of Water!

Cocktail comes from Mark Addison.

• 2oz Gin
• 1tsp Creme de Menthe
• 1oz Lemon Juice
• 1 Egg White
• 1tsp Super Fine Sugar
• Club Soda
• Garnish: Lime Zest

Combine ingredients excluding club soda in a shaker tin with ice. Shake and strain into an ice filled rocks glass. Top with club soda and lime zest.  

Eric and Shelly are in love, but an unspeakable crime will send them both to the afterlife where Eric will be given the opportunity to prove that true love never dies, as he seeks his vengeance.

This week we are looking at a new spin on a favorite film of many, and looking at the changes, and seeing how The Crow can be told 30 years later. Plus we mix up a surprisingly delicious and easy cocktail to go alongside the tale of true love.

Join us for rainy nights, tattoos, train stations, an opera, and a chat about The Crow (2024)!

This week's cocktail comes from Kitchy Cooking!

• 1.5oz Bourbon
• 1oz Lemon Juice
• 1oz Grenadine

 Add ingredients to shaker with ice. Shake and strain into coupe glass. 

With a broken leg, Jeffries is housebound with nothing to do except take in the lives of the people living in the buildings around him. However, when one window catches his eye, the mystery of what's going on is going to take over his imagination...and maybe solve a murder.

This week we are celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Hitchcock classic, plus mixing up a rum cocktail to go alongside it.

Join us for photography, Grace Kelly, neighbors, giant lobsters, flash bulbs, basket rides, and a chat about Rear Window!

This weeks cocktail comes from Concoctails

• 2oz Aged Rum
• 1oz Grapefruit Juice
• .5oz Cognac
• .5oz Passion Fruit Syrup
• 2 dashes Barrel Aged Bitters

 Add ingredients to shaker with ice. Shake and strain into ice filled rocks glass. 

When a mysterious portal is discovered in Egypt, it will take the brains of Egyptologist Dr. Jackson to open the gate, but what will we find on the other side?

This week we travel across the galaxy in search of the meaning of this mysterious gate, and discover the people there, and the true identity of Ra!

Join us for strange camels, sand, a love story, James Spader, flat top haircuts, and a chat about Stargate!

This week's cocktail comes from CocktailWave.com

• 1.5oz Vodka
• .5oz Blue Curacao
• .5oz Lemon Juice
• .5oz Cranberry Juice
• Edible Glitter

 Add ingredients to shaker with ice, strain into chilled cocktail glass. 

William has dreams of being a rock & roll journalist, but will the lifestyle of Stillwater be the end of his dreams, or the beginning of discovering himself and the realities of flying high and burning bright?

This week we load up the tour van, grab some vinyl and a bottle of Aperol, and go back to a time where rock &roll was on a precipice.

Join us for sunglasses, parties, Rolling Stone, the best soundtrack, and a chat about Almost Famous!

Cocktail comes from ultimatemaitai.com!

• 1oz High Proof Rum
• 1oz Yellow Chartreuse
• 1oz Aperol
• 1oz Lime

Shake and strain into chilled coupe or martini glass. 

When Bastian discovers a mysterious book, he'll find himself as the only savior of this world he's helped create. However, he'll have to commit to this fantasy world if he wants to rebuild the damage of the Nothing.

This week we are reading books, and mixing OJ and eggs, all while navigating the creepiest school attic of them all.

Join us for luck dragons, sad scenes, snake medallions, wise turtles, and a chat about The Neverending Story!

This weeks cocktail comes from KierstenHickman.com

• 2oz Bourbon
• 1oz Orange Juice
• 1oz Cranberry Juice
• .25oz Simple Syrup

Add ingredients to shaker tin with ice. Shake and strain to ice filled rocks glass. Garnish with orange slice. 

When two storm chasers, Kate and Tyler, run into each other in tornado alley, they'll learn about each other and hopefully learn how to help save lives when storms are on the loose.

This week we are re-living some our childhood nostalgia, with a new Dorothy, some new tornados to outrun, and a cocktail that looks pretty neat.

Join us for burning tornados, expensive trucks, fireworks, chemistry, going home, and a chat about Twisters!

This week's cocktail comes from The Spruce Eats!

• 1oz Rum
• 1oz Tequila
• 1oz Vodka
• 1oz Whiskey
• 2oz Cola
• 1tsp Sugar

  Add ingredients to glass with 3 ice cubes and stir for tornado effect.  

When Karen finds herself as the caretaker of her farm in Kenya, a series of life events will leave her exploring what it means to be in love, and in love with a place.

This week we are growing some coffee beans, hunting down Safari liqueur, and taking a look at the multi-Oscar winning epic.

Join us for lions, flamingos, airplanes, dams, Jameson, accents, and a chat about Out of Africa!

• 2.5oz Safari Liqueur (Mango/Papaya/Passion Fruit/Lime)
• 2.5oz Vodka
• 4.5oz Pineapple Juice
• 2 dashes Grenadine

 Add ingredients to glass with crushed ice. Stir and enjoy!  

Mia has dreams of being an actress, and Sebastian has dreams of opening a jazz club. Together, they can push each other to be their dream versions of each other, but can their love and their dreams co-exist in this world of glamour and heartache?

This week we head to the Hollywood Hills, mix up a new classic punch, and take a look at the new classic musical love story that almost won all the Oscars.

Join us for dancing, breaking and entering, tap shoes, coffee shops, casting calls, learning to love jazz, and a chat about LA LA Land!

This week's cocktail comes from Falstaff!

• 500ml Vodka        
• 700ml Champagne       
• 300ml Licor 43     
• 300ml Fresh Lime Juice     
• 500ml Passion Fruit Juice    
• 500ml Ginger Beer      
• Fresh Mint

 Combine ingredients in punch bowl witch ice. Serve with mint and fresh ice. 

After the 1984 London Pride Parade, Mark and his friends decide to do what they can to help out a group of miners who are fighting a fight that feels all to familiar to the members of LGSM. 

However the small Welsh mining community will be at odds on what to do with their unexpected allies.

This week we grab some buckets, throw a party, make the drive to Wales, and layer up a cocktail  to celebrate the month with a lesser known film.

Join us for bookstores, parades, cameras, community dinners, and a chat about Pride!

This week's cocktail comes from Chilled Magazine.

• 1oz. Pineapple
• .5oz. Aperol
• Soda Water
• 1.5oz. Empress Gin
• .5oz. Elderflower Syrup

 Layer ingredients in a highball or other tall glass with ice. 

Billy and Colin are rats, but what side are they really working for? And what side is really the good side? 

This week we join up the Massachusetts State Police and tag along with the Costello gang to see if we can unravel the layers of this Scorcese Oscar Winner and mix up a classic cocktail to help us figure it all out.

Join us for audio recordings, sim cards, love triangles, long falls, shock endings, and a chat about The Departed!

•  2oz Rye Whiskey
• .5oz Lemon
• .5oz Orange
• Maraschino Cherry

Add ingredients to shaker tin and shake. Then add ice and shake again. Strain into coupe or chilled rocks glass. Garnish with flag is fun....but optional.