This week on Alcohollywood, we’re headed back to the 1980s with the Stephen King-written werewolf flick Silver Bullet, starring Gary Busey as alcoholic uncle Red, who helps handicapped Corey Haim track down a werewolf that’s killing the increasingly-simpleminded denizens of his small Maine town. Luckily, they’ve got the help of their spunky sister, a bunch of unfounded assumptions, and Corey’s flipping-sweet motorized wheelchair, the “Silver Bullet”!
Keep a look out for other actors who probably shouldn’t be here, including Terry O’Quinn as the well-meaning town sheriff, Everett McGill as a preacher with a terrible secret (SPOILER: he’s the werewolf), and Lawrence Tierney as the town bartender. Bite into our custom cocktail and drinking rules for Silver Bullet!
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THIS EPISODE’S DRINK: The Holy Jumped-Up Jesus Palomino
1 part moonshine (get it?)
4 parts Coors Light
3 parts cranberry juice
1 part spearmint schnapps
Combine and stir.
DRINKING RULES FOR SILVER BULLET:
- Whenever another character takes a drink (alcoholic or no)
- Anytime someone curses
- Anytime you hear howls or growls (either from the werewolf, Busey, or anyone else)
FINISH YOUR DRINK WHEN:
The gun shop owner slurs, “How ’bout a wurrrwolf?”
Join us next week when we get into our final regular episode of HORROR OCTORBOR! before our Halloween special. This time around, we’re covering the most well-known and acclaimed adaptation of a Stephen King story, the Stanley Kubrick film The Shining!
