Try These Mysterious Cocktails Inspired By Classic Horror Villains

Halloween may or may not be around the corner but watching some classic horror movies is a timeless tradition all year round. Horror villains can be seen as your worst enemy but have you ever thought, “Wait, they’ve got a point for the way they are.” For instance, you can’t blame Jason Vorhees for trying to take revenge on fellow campers. After all, they were the reason his mother was dead. Pennywise only hunted children because he feeds on fear. Give the guy a break, he’s only hungry every 27 years. And, it’s not Norman’s fault that he misses his mother, is it?

It’s time we clear the stage for the horror movie villains that have helped spawn multiple sequels, spooky merchandise, and creepy catchphrases. Pay homage to the most well-known classic horror villains with these cocktail recipes. 

Cocktail Recipes Inspired By Classic Horror Villains

1. Crystal Lake Spritz
2. Night Potion
3. Haddonfield Milk Punch
4. Sleepless Nights
5. Bates Motel
6. Frozen Torrence
7. The Floater
8. Fangs
9. Fake Blood

1. Crystal Lake Spritz – Jason Vorhees

This cocktail is how we imagine Jason viewed Crystal Lake when he was resurrected from the water. The mushy green lake was the start of Jason’s thirst for revenge. We decided that it was time to see this in cocktail form to finally understand what Jason Vorhees felt after his mother’s death. Add a luscious red cherry on top to depict his grotesque murdering spree.

Ingredients

• 3 oz. club soda
• 2 oz. Midori melon liqueur
• 1 oz. vodka
• 1 oz. fresh lemon juice
• Cherry and lemon slice for garnish

How To Make Crystal Lake Spritz

1. Add Midori melon liqueur, vodka, lemon juice, and ice in a cocktail shaker.
2. Add ice and shake well.
3. Pour the mixture into a highball glass and top it up with club soda.
4. Garnish with a cherry and a lemon slice.

2. Night Potion – Mr. Hyde

Heavily inspired by the notorious Mr. Hyde, this cocktail is bound to bring out the powerful personality that has been dormant inside of you. Use this potion and embody one of the most powerful villains in English Literature history. Remember, drinking too much of the potion can make you unleash your inner demons, just like Dr. Jekyll.

Ingredients

• 1 ½ oz. tequila (ones that are lighter to taste)
• ½ oz. orange liqueur
• 1 oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 dash orange bitters
• ½ oz. maple syrup (honey works as well)
• 1 activated charcoal capsule
• Salt and lemon wedge for garnish

How To Make Night Potion

1. Coat the rim of the glass with salt.
2. In a cocktail shaker, add tequila, orange liqueur, lemon juice, orange bitters, maple syrup, and ice.
3. Open up the charcoal capsule and add the powder into the shaker. Shake well.
4. Strain the cocktail into the glass and garnish with a lemon wedge.

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3. Haddonfield Milk Punch – Michael Myers

Michael Myers’ murder spree started when he was only six years old, after murdering his teenage sister, Judith, on Halloween night. We think he must’ve been drinking some weird kind of milk that night. This cocktail is made with milk and has specks of red food coloring to add a little blood-filled gore to this drink. Here’s a tip – add 5 drops of food coloring. One for every kill from the first movie.

Ingredients

• 1 oz. brandy
• 8 oz. milk
• ¼ tsp. vanilla extract
• Splash of Grenadine
• 1 tsp. powdered sugar
• Honey
• Red food coloring

How To Make Haddonfield Milk Punch

1. Add brandy, milk, vanilla extract, sugar, honey, and ice in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously.
2. In a glass, add the grenadine at the bottom.
3. Pour the cocktail mixture on top.
4. Add a few drops of red food coloring to imitate the blood of all victims of Michael Myers.

4. Sleepless Night – Freddy Krueger

One, two, Freddy’s coming for you. DON’T SLEEP! Or Freddy will come to take you. This cocktail is designed to keep you awake for as long as possible. If you’re looking to survive for longer, you might want to increase the amount of espresso in this cocktail. Who knows, you might just survive the nightmare!

Ingredients

• 1 ½ oz. espresso
• 2 oz. tonic water
• 1 oz. gin
• ½ oz. sugar syrup (brown sugar syrup really elevates this drink)
• Lemon slice for garnish

How To Make Sleepless Night

1. Use a cocktail shaker to combine espresso, tonic water, gin, sugar syrup, and ice.
2. Pour the mixture into a highball glass.
3. Garnish with a lemon slice.
4. Sip this caffeine-induced drink to run away from the clutches of Freddy Kreuger.

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5. Bates Motel – Norman Bates

Just like Norman’s multiple personalities, this cocktail is a mix of sweet and sour. Norman Bates couldn’t understand the pain after his mother’s death. So much so that he took over her personality and started murdering his motel guests. This cocktail also resonates with the victim, Marion. She was an eccentric, sweet-natured character with a hidden side.

Ingredients

• 4 oz. orange juice
• 3 oz. gin
• 4 oz. sparkling water
• 2 oz. simple syrup
• 1 oz. lemon juice
• Orange wedges for garnish

How To Make Bates Motel

1. Add orange juice, gin, simple syrup, lemon juice, and ice in a cocktail shaker and mix well.
2. Pour the mixture into a highball glass.
3. Top it up with sparkling water. Make sure you pour it slowly to avoid mixing.
4. Garnish with an orange wedge.

6. Frozen Torrance – Jack Torrance

All work and no play can make you a dull person. Make this beautiful and refreshing cocktail after a long day of work. It’s time to cool down with this drink. No, not as freezing as it was at Overlook Hotel. We don’t want you to turn into a frozen popsicle like Jack Torrance did at the end of the movie.

Ingredients

• 1 oz. vodka
• 1 oz. Prosecco
• ½ oz. Blue Curaçao
• ½ oz. lemonade
• Lemon wedge and sugar for garnish

How To Make Frozen Torrance

1. Add vodka, Prosecco, lemonade, and ice in a blender. Blend until smooth.
2. Run the lemon wedge around the glass rim.
3. Dip the lemon-coated part of the glass in sugar.
4. Pout the slushie-looking mixture in the glass.
5. Imagine Jack’s frozen face as you drink this.

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7. The Floater – Pennywise

You’ll float too. You’ll float too. This drink looks exactly like the scene in which the Losers Club finds all the missing children floating in the tunnels under the city. Add a tiny little plastic spider to this drink. It’ll be as if Pennywise is still hiding in the cocktail, waiting for 27 years before his return. 

Ingredients

• 6 oz. coconut water
• 2 oz. dark rum
• Plain Seltzer
• Pineapple pieces and a plastic spider for garnish

How To Make The Floater

1. Add coconut water to a glass and top it with Seltzer, but leave some space at the top.
2. Use a spoon to slowly pour the rum on top. Make sure it doesn’t mix.
3. Use the pineapple and plastic spider to garnish and serve.

8. Fangs – Count Dracula

Count Dracula was always deemed to be the antagonist of the movie, but have you considered that he was only acting on his animal instincts? Either way, this drink is ready to insert its pointy fangs into your soul. Made with black cherry juice, this drink will remind you of Dracula’s own blood. Add a pair of fake vampire teeth to make it spookier! 

Ingredients

• 3 oz. black cherry juice (just cherry juice also works)
• 2 oz. white rum
• ¾ oz. peach schnapps
• 2 tsp. Grenadine
• Fresh cherry and fake vampire teeth for garnish

How To Make Fangs

1. Add cherry juice, white rum, peach schnapps, grenadine, and ice in a cocktail shaker.
2. Mix well. It should feel cold.
3. Strain the mixture into a martini glass.
4. Place the fake vampire teeth and cherry into the glass.
5. Serve the spooky cocktail.

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9. Fake Blood – Billy Loomis

In the last act of the movie Scream, we finally realize that Billy Loomis wasn’t dead after all, and he was one of the killers terrorizing Sidney Prescott (spoiler alert!). This drink is what a twisted Bloody Mary would taste like. It’s deceiving to the eye and can seem as innocent as Billy did in the first half of the movie. Don’t let that fool you.

Ingredients

• 4 oz. tomato juice
• 2 oz. tequila
• ½ oz. freshly squeezed lemon juice
• ½ tbsp. prepared horseradish
• 2 dashes of Tabasco sauce
• 4 dashes of Worcestershire sauce
• 2 dashes of Tapatio hot sauce
• 1 pinch of salt and black pepper
• Lime wedge, cucumber spear, sweet pepper slices, jalapeno pepper slices, and queso fresco for garnish

How To Make Fake Blood

1. Add tomato juice, tequila, lemon juice, horseradish, Tabasco sauce, Worcestershire sauce, Tapatio hot sauce, salt, and black pepper into a cocktail shaker.
2. Add ice and mix well.
3. Strain the mixture into a highball glass.
4. Use Lime wedge, cucumber spear, sweet pepper slices, jalapeno pepper slices, and queso fresco for garnish at the top.
5. Enjoy!

Summing Up

Get ready to unleash your demons. Don’t shy away from the powerful personas that are about to come out with the cocktails as you mold yourself into that villain era. We suggest you keep murder as a last resort though. Our classic horror villains did not have great endings.