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Ecto Cooler Sadly Returns to the Containment Unit in December
Some things are just too good for this world.
Whether you loved it or hated it, you must at least appreciate that this year’s Ghostbusters reboot opened the door for Hi-C to FINALLY bring back the beloved ’80s flavor Ecto Cooler. The drink, which originally hit shelves as a tie-in with animated series “The Real Ghostbusters,” had been off the market for over a decade before making its grand return this past May.
The rebooted Ecto Cooler was available in both vintage juice boxes as well as soda cans, and it quickly became the hottest food product of the summer. Nostalgic fans searched high and wide for the citrus-flavored, green-colored drink, and it proved to be harder to find than originally expected; thankfully, Amazon came through for those of us who couldn’t find it in stores.
But alas, Ecto Cooler will soon die yet another death.
The official Ecto Cooler Facebook page just reported the sad news that the Ghostbusters-themed drink will again be leaving us this December. We have no idea when – if ever – the beverage will again return to store shelves, but we’re thinking now would be a good time to stock up. After all, the last time the drink went away, it went away for a LONG time.
Grab some Ecto Cooler over on Amazon while you can!
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply saddened to learn that George A. Romero Foundation Founder and President Suzanne Desrocher-Romero has passed away.
GARF shared in a statement on socials, “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Suzanne Desrocher Romero. Suzanne passed away of natural causes on June 24 at her home in Toronto after a prolonged illness.”
The statement continues, “Suzanne was the fierce leader of the George A. Romero Estate and The George A. Romero Foundation. She worked tirelessly to preserve George’s legacy. Her work at the foundation will continue to inspire and live on for generations to come. The family asks for privacy at this time.”
Desrocher-Romero founded GARF in 2018, after her late husband’s passing in 2017, and has been a fierce advocate for his legacy and the arts. It was her mission to “strengthen horror as a serious field of global study,” and she was a tremendous fighter on behalf of Romero’s works and supporting new filmmakers inspired by his legacy.
It was Desrocher-Romero who spearheaded the recovery and restoration of The Amusement Park, and, as the person in charge of the George A. Romero estate, worked closely with author Daniel Kraus on completing unfinished novels like Pay the Piper and The Living Dead. She most recently celebrated the restoration of her favorite of Romero’s zombie films, Day of the Dead, and was hard at work producing the upcoming film Twilight of the Dead.
That passionate advocacy led to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero becoming family to Bloody Disgusting as well.
2023 marked the start of an ongoing partnership between Bloody FM and GARF on The Dead, a scripted audio series spanning multiple seasons that saw Desrocher-Romero working closely with the Bloody FM team and mentoring the series’s contributing writers with GARF. To say her loss will be felt internally is an understatement.
“Anytime George Romero is mentioned is good, because what we are doing is to provide a healthy legacy. We’re uplifting his legacy, we’re supporting the archive, and we’re also supporting the Horror Study Center. So, all of these three things are what the Foundation is striving to do. As far as I’m concerned, the more we say George Romero’s name, the better it is,” Desrocher-Romero recently told BD.
It’s the perfect encapsulation of her unwavering enthusiasm for supporting Romero’s legacy and the horror genre, and just a glimpse at how much she contributed to preserving it. She is, in short, an inspiration.
We send our deepest condolences to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero’s family, friends, and GARF.
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