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BACARDÍ Conjures Up a Spooky Limited Edition Bottle of Rum for Halloween
If you’re looking to spice up these final few days of Halloween, BACARDÍ has just released a Halloween-themed bottle of their classic white rum that’s perfect for the spooky season.
The limited edition bottle of BACARDÍ Superior is “decorated with a frightening bat swarm,” giving the classic bottle a spooky twist that should help liven up your Halloween party.
Additionally, BACARDÍ has whipped up a series of Halloween cocktails for you to try out, including tasty treats dubbed Bat Brew, Diablo Colada, The Goblin and Blood Moon.
Here’s everything you need to know to make a little Halloween magic.
The Goblin
Ingredients:
· 1 ½ oz BACARDÍ Superior
· 1 oz Lime Juice
· ½ oz Midori
· ½ oz Reàl-Coco
· ½ oz Pineapple Juice
· Pineapple wedge as garnish
Method: Shake all ingredients together with ice and strain into chilled coupe or martini glass. Garnish with a fresh pineapple wedge.
Diablo Colada
Ingredients:
· 1 ½ oz BACARDÍ Spiced
· 1 oz Reàl-Coco
· 1 oz Pineapple Juice
· 3 Frozen Blackberries
· 1-3 Dashes Bittermens Hellfire Shrub
· 1 Dash Cholula Hot Sauce
· ½ cup Ice
· Blackberries and pineapple fronds as garnish
Method: Add all ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth and pour into a Collins, highball, or hurricane glass. Alternatively, shake all ingredients with ice and strain into a glass filled with crushed or pebble ice. Garnish with three blackberries on a cocktail pick and three pineapple fronds.
Blood Moon
Ingredients:
· 1 ½ oz BACARDÍ Limon
· ½ oz Monin Blood Orange Syrup
· ½ oz Lime Juice
· 2 oz Ginger Beer
· Blood orange slice and amarena cherry as garnish
Method: Shake the first three ingredients with ice and strain into a Collins, highball, or pint glass. Top with ginger beer. Garnish with blood orange slice and an amarena cherry on a cocktail pick.
Bat Brew
Ingredients:
· 1 ½ oz BACARDÍ Coconut
· 1 oz Cold Brew
· ¾ oz Monin Vanilla Syrup
Method: Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled coupe or martini glass or serve chilled in a shot glass.
You can find more recipes and more info over on the BACARDÍ website.
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5 of This Week’s Coolest Horror Collectibles Including a ‘Scooby-Doo: Zombie Island’ Blu-ray Double Feature
Killer Collectibles highlights five of the most exciting new horror products announced each and every week, from toys and apparel to artwork, records, and much more.
Here are the coolest horror collectibles unveiled this week!
Matinee 4K UHD from Shout Select
Shout Select proudly presents Matinee on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on June 25. The 1993 comedy has been newly restored in 4K from the original negative, supervised by director Joe Dante, with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos sound.
John Goodman stars as a filmmaker loosely based on B-movie legend William Castle. Cathy Moriarty, Simon Fenton, Omri Katz, Kellie Martin, and Lisa Jakub round out the cast. Charles S. Haas (Gremlins 2: The New Batch) penned the script.
Special features include: a new commentary by film critics Drew McWeeny and Eric Vespe; new interviews with Martin and David Clennon; interviews with Dante, Moriarty, Jakub, production designer Steven Legler, editor Marshall Harvey, and director of photography John Hora; MANTastic! The Making of a Mant; vintage making-of featurette; and more.
Suspiria Button-Up from Middle of Beyond
I’d drape myself in Suspiria‘s lavish aesthetic every day if I could. Middle of Beyond’s new button-up shirt — with an all-over print featuring many of the film’s iconic visuals — is the next best thing.
It costs $60, and you can complete the outfit with matching shorts for the same price.
Stopmotion will bring your nightmares to life on Blu-ray on June 11 via IFC Films. The British psychological horror film marks the feature directorial debut of Robert Morgan (ABCs of Death 2).
In her review, Meagan Navarro said, “Morgan’s knockout debut opens up the veins of a turbulent artist, delivering one creepy melding of mediums to an unsettling, powerful degree.”
Aisling Franciosi stars with Tom York, Caoilinn Springall, Therica Wilson-Read, and Stella Gonet. Morgan co-wrote the script with Robin King.
Special features include: Behind the Scenes of Stopmotion and interviews with Morgan and Franciosi.
John Carpenter Shirt + Flexi Disc from Fright Rags
Fright-Rags has released John Carpenter’s latest single, “He Walks By Night,” on flexi disc with a matching shirt featuring artwork by Aaron Lea. Limited to 500, the set costs $45 and is scheduled to ship the week of May 24.
The track appears on Carpenter’s new album, Lost Themes IV: Noir, due out May 3 from Sacred Bones Records.
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island / Return to Zombie Island Blu-ray from Warner Archive
1998’s Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island and 2019’s Scooby-Doo Return to Zombie Island will be released on Blu-ray together as a Hanna-Barbera double feature on May 7 via Warner Archive.
Zombie Island is directed by Jim Stenstrum (Scooby-Doo and the Witch’s Ghost) and written by Glenn Leopold (The Prowler). Frank Welker, Billy West, Mary Kay Bergman, B.J. Ward, Scott Innes, Adrienne Barbeau, Jim Cummings, and Mark Hamill star.
Return to Zombie Island is directed by Cecilia Aranovich (Harley Quinn) and Ethan Spaulding (Avatar: The Last Airbender) and written by Jeremy Adams (Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge). Frank Welker, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard, and Kate Micucci star, with an appearance by Cassandra Peterson as Elvira.
No special features are included, but pre-orders are only $14.99.
For more merch madness, peruse the Killer Collectibles archives. You can also visit Broke Horror Fan.
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