Ready to Get Schooled by Spirits in “Poltergeist“? (listener requested review!)

Calling all fans of classic horror! This week on Scary Spirits, we quench our thirst for spooky chills with a listener request: a deep dive into the iconic 1982 film “Poltergeist.” Join your paranormal pals Karen and Greg as they dissect this Spielberg-produced haunted house tale. Will they find the film to be a spectral masterpiece or a paranormal dud? Tune in to find out, and grab a refreshing “swimming pool” cocktail (recipe included!) to sip along with the scares.

Looking for a review that’s both chilling and fun? Tune in for a lively discussion packed with:

• The chilling story of the Freeling family and their spectral struggle
  
• In-depth analysis of “Poltergeist’s” plot, scares, and special effects.
  
• Spirited debate (pun intended!): Karen and Greg may not always see eye-to-eye on the film’s frights.
  
• A refreshing “Swimming Pool” cocktail recipe to mix up as you listen.
  

So, grab your beverage of choice (alcoholic or not!), and get ready to be schooled by spirits in “Poltergeist” with Scary Spirits!

Swimming Pool Cocktail Recipe

• 1 oz vodka
• 1 oz rum
• 1/2 oz coconut milk the canned, thick kind, plus a bit more for the rim
• 1/2 oz sweetened, condensed milk
• 2 oz pineapple juice
• 1 oz blue curaçao
• shredded, unsweetened coconut for the rim
• 1 wedge fresh pineapple for garnish
• 1 maraschino cherry for garnish

Instructions:

1. Prepare the cocktail rim by dipping into the coconut milk and then the shredded unsweetened coconut. Fill your glass with crushed ice.
   
2. Prepare your garnish by cutting little wedges of pineapple and add to a cocktail skewer with a maraschino cherry.
   
3. Stir together vodka, rum, sweetened condensed milk, coconut milk and pineapple juice.
   
4. Shake with ice in a cocktail shaker, then strain over the fresh ice in your glass.
   
5. Add the blue curacao directly into the glass to create the swimming pool effect. No need to stir.
   
6. Garnish and serve immediately. Prost!
   

   Source: dirndlkitchen.com

   
   

A Brief Synopsis: Strange and creepy happenings beset an average California family, the Freelings — Steve, Diane, teenaged Dana, eight-year-old Robbie, and five-year-old Carol Ann — when ghosts commune with them through the television set. Initially friendly and playful, the spirits turn unexpectedly menacing, and, when Carol Ann goes missing, Steve and Diane turn to a parapsychologist and eventually an exorcist for help.

Some of the topics discussed and highlights of this episode include:

• Greg works in a reference to the rock band “Rush” (he missed the opportunity to reference “Iron Maiden”).
  
• Remember when they used to play the “Star Spangled Banner” when the TV stations went off the air for the day?
  
• Karen tells us all about the Golden Retriever dog breed.
  
• We learn what a clairvoyant is.
  
• Did you know that sleepwalking may be genetic?
  
• Karen tells us what Questa Verde means.
  

Our rating of the film:

This movie was OK. It took us 3 cocktails to get through it.

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