Midnight Movie Distillery

Midnight Movie Distillery
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Midnight Movie Distillery (aka MMD) is a group of friends who have a passion for watching movies and drinking adult beverages. Come join our podcast as we pair adult beverages with a movie and review both.

  1. Sep 2

    Death by Hippo · Hungry (2026) with Sazerac 6 Year Rye Whiskey & Sazerac Cocktail

    Welcome back to Midnight Movie Distillery where we watch the movies you've heard about… and drink the whiskey that helps us stay out of the swamp. Tonight we're reviewing Hungry — James Nunn's Louisiana-bayou creature feature about tourists on a swamp tour looking for a fabled monster alligator who instead find a rampaging hippopotamus lurking beneath the water. Yes: a hippo. In Louisiana. Which sounds absurd but is actually a legitimate real-world story — exotic pets escape into the American South every so often, and hippos kill roughly 500 people a year in Africa, more than lions and crocodiles combined. Madison Davenport leads. Joaquim de Almeida (Fast Five, Clear and Present Danger) is inexplicably in the cast. Austin Wintory — best known for scoring the video game Journey — wrote the music. First theatrical hippo horror movie in memory, and probably a while. Paired with it: Sazerac 6 Year Rye Whiskey — the New Orleans workhorse rye — plus, since we were doing Louisiana, an actual Sazerac cocktail made with it as our second pour. Two rounds because the movie earned it. We stayed close on the rye. The cocktail is where things got interesting — one of us was ordering another; one of us was walking away from the first. So pour yourself something strong… stay on the tour boat when the guide says stay on the tour boat… and let's see if the novel monster carries a movie that critics were mixed on. ▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 - Intro 01:08 - Alcohol Review (Sazerac 6 Rye) 08:40 - Alcohol Barrel Rating (Sazerac 6 Rye) 26:20 - Alcohol Barrel Rating (Sazerac Cocktail) 30:19 - Movie Review 34:00 - Movie Barrel Rating 45:00 - Outro ▬ Midnight Movie Distillery — watch it, drink it, rate it ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ All our horror + whiskey reviews: midnightmoviedistillery.com #midnightmoviedistillery #podcaster #podcasts #horrorpodcast #horrorjunkie #horrormovie #horrorfan #horror #horrormovies #2026horror #hungry #hungrymovie #jamesnunn #madisondavenport #joaquimdealmeida #louisiana #bayou #hippo #creaturefeature #austinwintory #journeygame #signatureentertainment #whiskey #whisky #whiskeylife #whiskeytasting #ryewhiskey #sazerac #sazerac6year #sazeraccocktail

    Death by Hippo · Hungry (2026) with Sazerac 6 Year Rye Whiskey & Sazerac Cocktail

  2. Sep 2

    Satan in a Jar · Prince of Darkness (1987) with Shanky's Whip Irish Whiskey

    Welcome back to Midnight Movie Distillery where we watch the movies you've heard about… and drink the whiskey that helps us reckon with the ancient evil under the church. Tonight we're reviewing Prince of Darkness — the middle film of John Carpenter's self-described Apocalypse Trilogy, sandwiched between The Thing (1982) and In the Mouth of Madness (1995), which we reviewed a few weeks back on August 12. Donald Pleasence's Priest inherits an ancient canister of swirling green liquid in the basement of an abandoned Los Angeles church. He calls in Victor Wong's Prof. Birack and a team of graduate-student scientists to study it, and they unseal what turns out to be pure primordial anti-matter — Satan, essentially, as a subatomic physics problem. Alice Cooper cameos as a homeless zombie and commits a memorable murder with his own personal stage-prop bike. Filmed for $3M in 30 days as Carpenter's return to indie filmmaking after big-studio disappointments. Shot by Gary B. Kibbe — the same DP as In the Mouth of Madness. Same producer, same recurring Carpenter cast members. You'll also hear us referring back to Hungry, our episode from last week — that was recorded right before this one, so some callbacks slipped in. Paired with it: Shanky's Whip Irish Whiskey — a black whiskey-and-honey liqueur out of Ireland, in a bottle designed to look like something you'd find in a haunted schoolhouse. We came together on the movie. The pour is where things fell apart. So pour yourself something strong… don't crack any centuries-old canisters marked with warnings… and let's see how Carpenter's most philosophically ambitious horror still lands 39 years later. ▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 - Intro 03:16 - Alcohol Review 15:00 - Alcohol Barrel Rating 24:52 - Movie Review 29:45 - Movie Barrel Rating 50:47 - Outro ▬ Midnight Movie Distillery — watch it, drink it, rate it ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ All our horror + whiskey reviews: midnightmoviedistillery.com #midnightmoviedistillery #podcaster #podcasts #horrorpodcast #horrorjunkie #horrormovie #horrorfan #horror #horrormovies #classichorror #80shorror #princeofdarkness #johncarpenter #apocalypsetrilogy #thething #inthemouthofmadness #donaldpleasence #alicecooper #victorwong #jamesonparker #dennisdun #cosmichorror #whiskey #whisky #whiskeylife #whiskeytasting #irishwhiskey #shankyswhip

    Satan in a Jar · Prince of Darkness (1987) with Shanky's Whip Irish Whiskey

  3. Aug 26

    HOA from Hell · Hold the Fort (2025) with Ardbeg Wee Beastie Single Malt Scotch

    Welcome back to Midnight Movie Distillery where we watch the movies you've heard about… and drink the whiskey that helps us survive our neighbors. Tonight we're reviewing Hold the Fort — William Bagley's 74-minute suburban horror-comedy that premiered at Fantasia 2025 and had every genre-press outlet using words like "silly fun" and "punches above its weight." Lucas and Jenny move into "Gruber Hills," a copy-and-paste housing development, and discover their HOA has a rather more literal definition of "keeping out the wrong element." When a hellmouth opens under the manicured lawns, the community has to fight off a fighting-game-style parade of monsters — each wave escalating in threat level — through the night. Cabin in the Woods meets Attack the Block meets Grabbers. Tight, unpretentious, and knows exactly what it's trying to be. Paired with it: Ardbeg Wee Beastie — an Islay Scotch aged five years, released as an entry point to the smoky peated end of the Ardbeg lineup. All three of us went the same way on this pour, which doesn't happen often on this show. So pour yourself something strong… don't take issue with your neighbor's mailbox height regulations… and let's see if Bagley's siege comedy holds the fort or gets overrun. ▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 - Intro 01:30 - Alcohol Review 09:10 - Alcohol Barrel Rating 20:08 - Movie Review 21:38 - Movie Barrel Rating 38:45 - Outro ▬ Midnight Movie Distillery — watch it, drink it, rate it ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ All our horror + whiskey reviews: midnightmoviedistillery.com #midnightmoviedistillery #podcaster #podcasts #horrorpodcast #horrorjunkie #horrormovie #horrorfan #horror #horrormovies #2025horror #holdthefort #williambagley #fantasiafest #hoa #suburbanhorror #cabininthewoods #attacktheblock #grabbers #chrismayers #haleyleary #horrorcomedy #whiskey #whisky #whiskeylife #whiskeytasting #scotch #scotchwhisky #islayscotch #islay #peatedscotch #ardbeg #ardbegweebeastie

    HOA from Hell · Hold the Fort (2025) with Ardbeg Wee Beastie Single Malt Scotch

  4. Aug 15

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  5. Aug 5

    Do You Read Sutter Cane? · In the Mouth of Madness (1994) with True Story Bourbon Whiskey

    Welcome back to Midnight Movie Distillery where we watch the movies you've heard about… and drink the whiskey that keeps us anchored to what's real. Tonight we're reviewing In the Mouth of Madness — the third and final film in John Carpenter's self-described "Apocalypse Trilogy," after The Thing (1982) and Prince of Darkness (1987). Sam Neill plays an insurance investigator hired to find bestselling horror novelist Sutter Cane, who has disappeared along with the manuscript of his final book. Trent finds Cane in Hobb's End, a town that doesn't appear on any map because it's a setting from one of Cane's novels. Reality starts behaving like the pages of a Cane book. And then reality IS one. Screenplay by Michael De Luca, who at the time was president of New Line Cinema — a horror novel about a horror author, written by a movie executive, playing a movie executive as the villain. Paired with it: True Story Bourbon Whiskey — a small-batch Kentucky pour with the same kind of unassuming reputation that Carpenter's late films had before critics circled back. So pour yourself something strong… don't finish any book that starts rewriting the reader… and let's see how a 1994 flop grew into a Carpenter high point. ▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 - Intro 01:50 - Alcohol Review 09:40 - Alcohol Barrel Rating 15:48 - Movie Review 18:04 - Movie Barrel Rating 36:55 - Outro 39:44 - Outro 2 ▬ Midnight Movie Distillery — watch it, drink it, rate it ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ All our horror + whiskey reviews: midnightmoviedistillery.com #midnightmoviedistillery #podcaster #podcasts #horrorpodcast #horrorjunkie #horrormovie #horrorfan #horror #horrormovies #classichorror #90shorror #inthemouthofmadness #johncarpenter #thething #princeofdarkness #apocalypsetrilogy #samneill #jurgenprochnow #davidwarner #charltonheston #hplovecraft #cosmichorror #lovecraftian #michaeldeluca #newlinecinema #whiskey #whisky #whiskeylife #whiskeytasting #bourbon #bourbonreview #truestorybourbon #kentuckybourbon

    Do You Read Sutter Cane? · In the Mouth of Madness (1994) with True Story Bourbon Whiskey

  6. Jul 29

    Deadites On Fire · Evil Dead Burn (2026) with Bulleit Mesquite & Buzzard's Roost Double Oak

    Welcome back to Midnight Movie Distillery where we watch the movies you've heard about… and drink the whiskey that helps us survive them. Tonight we're reviewing Evil Dead Burn — the sixth film in Sam Raimi's franchise, first from French filmmaker Sébastien Vaniček (Infested), and by consensus the most brutal, most claustrophobic, most mean-spirited Deadite entry to date. Alice, freshly widowed, moves in with her husband's estranged family — descendants of a leading demonic-possession researcher. When her in-laws start transforming one by one into Deadites that feed on fear, she discovers that "til death do us part" was more binding than she signed up for. Weaponizes an increasingly ludicrous household inventory — corkscrews, fountain pens, dishwashers, shower curtains, fish hooks — in devilishly gnarly ways. Cameo callback to Alyssa Sutherland's Ellie from Evil Dead Rise. IndieWire called it "the single strangest Deadite movie to date." Paired with two bourbons tonight — a first for the show. Bulleit's Mesquite Smoked Malt (a bold, unusual take on the classic Bulleit profile) up front, then Buzzard's Roost Signature Double Oak (small-batch Kentucky, twice-oaked for depth) as the second round. Two bourbons because one felt insufficient for what this movie put us through. We found common ground on the pours; the movie is where we parted ways. So pour yourself something strong… don't open the basement door… and let's see whether Vaniček earns his place in the franchise. ▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 - Intro 01:08 - Alcohol Review (Bulleit Mesquite) 06:45 - Alcohol Barrel Rating (Bulleit Mesquite) 19:20 - Alcohol Barrel Rating (Buzzard's Roost) 23:25 - Movie Review 25:30 - Movie Barrel Rating 53:55 - Outro ▬ Midnight Movie Distillery — watch it, drink it, rate it ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ All our horror + whiskey reviews: midnightmoviedistillery.com #midnightmoviedistillery #podcaster #podcasts #horrorpodcast #horrorjunkie #horrormovie #horrorfan #horror #horrormovies #2026horror #evildead #evildeadburn #evildeadfranchise #sebastienvanicek #infested #samraimi #brucecampbell #leecronin #deadites #alyssasutherland #whiskey #whisky #whiskeylife #whiskeytasting #bourbon #bourbonreview #bulleit #bulleitmesquite #buzzardsroost #kentuckybourbon

    Deadites On Fire · Evil Dead Burn (2026) with Bulleit Mesquite & Buzzard's Roost Double Oak

  7. Jul 29

    Wedding Bait · Chum (2026) with The Big Smoke Islay Blended Malt Scotch

    Welcome back to Midnight Movie Distillery where we watch the movies you've heard about… and drink the whiskey that carries us through them. Tonight we're reviewing Chum — a destination-wedding-in-Malta thriller where the yacht trip goes wrong in two directions at once: a shark in the water and a fisherman with an agenda closer to the boat than anyone realized. Sun-soaked vacation horror with two predators, one of which pays taxes. Alice Eve leads, IFC dumped it day-and-date with digital, and critics were not kind. Paired with it: The Big Smoke — an Islay-style blended malt Scotch aged in oak casks. Peaty, smoky, characterful — the pour did more work than the picture. So pour yourself something strong… stay off the boat if the wedding party is arguing… and let's see what we make of this one. ▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 - Intro 01:08 - Alcohol Review 10:10 - Alcohol Barrel Rating 25:05 - Movie Review 28:30 - Movie Barrel Rating 49:35 - Outro ▬ Midnight Movie Distillery — watch it, drink it, rate it ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ All our horror + whiskey reviews: midnightmoviedistillery.com #midnightmoviedistillery #podcaster #podcasts #horrorpodcast #horrorjunkie #horrormovie #horrorfan #horror #horrormovies #2026horror #chum #chummovie #sharkmovie #sharkhorror #aliceeve #malta #ifcfilms #jonathanzuck #whiskey #whisky #whiskeylife #whiskeytasting #scotch #scotchwhisky #islayscotch #islay #peatedscotch #thebigsmoke #blendedmalt

    Wedding Bait · Chum (2026) with The Big Smoke Islay Blended Malt Scotch

  8. Jul 22

    The Corpse Cleanse · Saccharine (2026) with Bear Fight American Single Malt Whisky

    Welcome back to Midnight Movie Distillery where we watch the movies you've heard about… and drink the whiskey that helps us process what we just saw. Tonight we're reviewing Saccharine — Natalie Erika James (the writer-director of Relic) doing supernatural body-horror about Ozempic-era diet culture. A lovelorn Australian medical student takes ashes from a cadaver her gross-anatomy class has nicknamed "Big Bertha," turns them into pills, and starts losing weight rapidly. The ghost of the woman she's eating notices. Sundance Midnight premiere, IFC + Shudder pickup. Paired with it: Bear Fight American Single Malt Whisky — a blend of four American single malts distilled by four different craft distillers. So pour yourself something strong… don't take any pills you can't identify… and let's see whether the metaphor lands or overreaches. ▬ Contents of this video ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - Alcohol Review 08:10 - Alcohol Barrel Rating 23:40 - Movie Review 26:40 - Movie Barrel Rating 43:56 - Outro ▬ Midnight Movie Distillery — watch it, drink it, rate it ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ All our horror + whiskey reviews: midnightmoviedistillery.com #midnightmoviedistillery #podcaster #podcasts #horrorpodcast #horrorjunkie #horrormovie #horrorfan #horror #horrormovies #2026horror #saccharine #saccharinefilm #natalieerikajames #relic #bodyhorror #shudder #ifcfilms #midorifrancis #daniellemacdonald #whiskey #whisky #whiskeylife #whiskeytasting #singlemalt #americansinglemalt #bearfight #craftwhiskey

    The Corpse Cleanse · Saccharine (2026) with Bear Fight American Single Malt Whisky
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Midnight Movie Distillery (aka MMD) is a group of friends who have a passion for watching movies and drinking adult beverages. Come join our podcast as we pair adult beverages with a movie and review both.

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  • Creator
    Midnight Movie Distillery
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    176
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    Explicit
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