Halloween cocktails inspired by your favorite horror movie villains

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Halloween and horror movies are a natural pairing — especially when you add booze.

In honor of this truth, we've concocted some slasher-inspired cocktails to accompany your Halloween viewing of Friday the 13th, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Weekend at Bernie's II.

Just remember: drink responsibly. Or you might make a dumb mistake like walking backwards down a dark hallway, or hitchhiking with a stranger.

Michael Myers: "Haddonfield Milk Punch"

You will need:
-2 oz Brandy
-1 cup Whole Milk
-1 teaspoon Confectioner’s Sugar
-1/4 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
-Crushed ice
-Splash of Grenadine
-Food coloring
-Candy knives


Freddy Krueger: "Elm Street Old-Fashioned"

-2 dashes Angostura Bitters
-1/2 cup warm apple cider
-2 oz rye or bourbon
-4 red chili peppers

Combine the first three ingredients into a glass and stir. Cut chili peppers in half and wedge the tips onto the edge of the glass so they resemble creepy fingers. And whatever you do: don't fall asleep.

Leatherface: "Slaughterhouse Shooter"

-1 1/4 oz vodka
-1/8 oz lime juice
-3/4 oz Bailey's Irish Cream
Splash of grenadine

Combine vodka and lime juice in a glass. Using a spoon, slowly pour the Bailey's over the vodka until you have created a layer floating on top of the vodka and lime juice. Using a straw, splash the grenadine into the glass to create a gruesome, hemorrhaging brain affect. Just make sure you don't get too drunk to notice the sounds of a chainsaw in the distance ...

Norman Bates: "Mother's Martini"

-1 oz black vodka
-1/4 cup blackberry or cherry juice
-1 cup ice

Combine ingredients in cocktail shaker and shake well. Strain into stemmed glass. Delicious ... just like mother used to make.

Jason Voorhees: "Camp Crystal Lake Mimosa"

-1 oz Campari
-2 oz Sparkling wine
-Red food coloring

Pour Campari and sparkling wine into glass. In separate container, combine honey and red food coloring. Rim the Campari-filled glass with the bloody honey to add to the slasher affect. Maybe don't drink this next to a lake, though.

Ghostface: "Coffee 'n Scream"

-1 cups milk
-1 tablespoons sugar
-2 1/2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
-Pinch of cinnamon
-Pinch of nutmeg
-1/2 oz Kahlúa coffee liqueur

Combine first five ingredients in saucepan until heated through (roughly 2-3 minutes). Pour into mug and add Kahlúa. Slice marshmallows and mold into teardrop shapes. Using a small paintbrush and black food coloring, paint the marshmallows with screaming ghosts, a la Ghostface. Pop the marshmallows on top of the hot chocolate and enjoy! Until your untimely demise, that is. MUAHAHA ...
