Fright night is just around the corner. In anticipation of Halloween, Cointreau asked some of Singapore’s top bartenders to create cocktails inspired by their favourite horror movies. Here, they share their inventive cocktails that are easy to replicate and are perfect additions to your spooky feast.

1. Oh Well

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Pan Zheng, KUVO
The Ring, an iconic Japanese horror movie, became an instant hit in 1991 and was remade into a Hollywood movie in 2002. Pan Zheng recalls how it left a deep impression on everyone, adding that “Sadako coming out of a well was the most remembered and most terrifying (scene).” This inspired him to create a cocktail with Vietnamese coffee, which is “delicious and fascinating” and presented in a design reminiscent of the movie.

What You Need:
60ml espresso (coffee of preference)
50ml Cointreau Noir
1 egg
1 Rosemary leaf
1/2 tbsp cheese spread
1/2 tbsp of salted butter
1/2 tbsp condensed milk

Procedure:
1. Separate the egg yolk and discard the egg white.
2. Place the yolk, cheese spread, salted butter and condensed milk in a small deep bowl and whisk vigorously until your mixture resembles a frothy, fluffy foam.
3. Add ice, expresso and Cointreau Noir in a glass and top it up with the foam mixture
4. Garnish with rosemary leaves and serve.

Serves 1

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2. Blood of Kramer

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Darren Lim, Lucky Bar
Saw is basically all horror movies combined into one; its storyline is sprinkled with tons of gore and suspense,” shares Darren Lim. But it’s the surprising twist at the end that captured his attention and led to this concoction with interesting elements and unexpected twists.

What You Need:
60ml cranberry juice
30ml Cointreau blood orange
45ml coconut water
45ml Sprite (or 7 Up)
1 tsp of basil seeds
Severed fingers gummy candy

Procedure:
1. Pour Cointreau Blood Orange, cranberry juice, coconut water, basil seeds and Sprite (or 7 Up) into glass and mix.
2. Top up glass with ice and serve with severed fingers gummy candy.

Serves 1

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Slash

Silvio Daniele, Gibson
“What I like about Scream is how the most unexpected person is revealed as the serial killer,” says Silvio Daniele. With this in mind, he transformed a detox concoction into a Halloween drink. He adds, “this goes to show that even the healthiest drink can turn out to be a real "killer".”

What You Need:
300ml red apple juice
120ml Cointreau blood orange
120ml pink grapefruit juice
60ml beetroot juice
Lemon zest

Procedure:
1. Pour the Cointreau Blood Orange, red apple juice, pink grapefruit juice and beetroot juice into a container and mix.
2. Refrigerate the mixture overnight.
3. Pour into glass and add the lemon zest.
4. Serve cold without ice.

Serves 5

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3. What Dreams Are Made Of

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Mohd Irwan, Summerlong
Mohd Irwan remembers how Clowns were loved by children, until the movie IT, based on Stephen King’s novel, was released in 1990. “Kids are now more afraid of clowns than before… they’ve turned from harmless entertainers to murderous demons,” he says, adding that his creation shows this transition by using milk (to represent milkshakes) and giving it a “bittersweet twist of horror”.

What You Need:
200ml milk
40ml Cointreau Noir
30ml honey
15ml grenadine syrup
6ml Aperol
2 tsp basil seeds
1 3/4 Cups yogurt ice cream
1 Cup of ice lemon zest
Whipped cream

Procedure:
1. Soak the basil seeds in grenadine syrup and water.
2. Pour honey, yogurt ice cream, milk, Cointreau Noir and ice into a separate container.
3. Blend Cointreau Noir mixture until the liquid is runny.
4. Add in some lemon zest.
5. Pour into a glass.
6. Add 1 teaspoon of basil seed mixture into the glass and stir well.
7. Top it with whipped cream and serve.

Serves 1

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4. Dolly the Doll

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Symphony Loo, Neon Pigeon
The sequel of Annabelle was just released recently, so Symphony Loo chose this as the inspiration for her cocktail. She shares, “It was this movie that revived our fear of dolls when we were children.” Her creation features refreshing, childish flavours but with an acidic touch.

What You Need:
500ml Cointreau Blood Orange
1 litre The Botanist Gin
2 Jasmine tea bags
10 star anise
8 lemons
8 limes
300g sugar
600ml water
450ml ginger beer
50ml grenadine syrup
Shiso leaves

Procedure:
1. Pour The Botanist Islay Dry Gin and jasmine tea into a container and leave it overnight.
2. Peel the lemons, oranges and limes. Keep the peels.
3. Squeeze the juices of the fruit into a container. Set aside
4. Bring water to boil and add sugar. Stir the boiling water until the sugar is dissolved.
5. Add the star anise, orange, lime and lemon juices and peels into the boiling water.
6. Stir slowly on high heat until the mixture becomes thick.
7. Strain mixture to form homemade spice syrup.
8. For each serving, add 40 ml Infused The Botanist Islay Dry Gin, 40ml Cointreau Blood Orange, 50ml of spice syrup and ice into cocktail shaker.
9. Shake and strain into a glass with ice and top up with ginger beer.
10. Add 5ml of grenadine syrup and garnish with shiso leaf.

Serves 10

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