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‘RETURN OF THE LIVING HORROR MOVIE SEQUEL PART 2’
October 24, 2016 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

‘RETURN OF THE LIVING HORROR MOVIE SEQUEL PART 2’

Have you heard? The Taste Basket’s own Dan Poorman and Kevin Redding have a new podcast, Return of the Living Horror […]

THE MAGNIFICENT MURRAYTHON: PART II
August 7, 2016 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

THE MAGNIFICENT MURRAYTHON: PART II

By Brad Grandrino For all the ceaseless nostalgic love the 1990s gets from folks all over the internet, the decade […]

THE MAGNIFICENT MURRAYTHON: PART I
August 5, 2016 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

THE MAGNIFICENT MURRAYTHON: PART I

By Brad Grandrino There are certain hive-mind mentalities among film fanatics – circle-jerks, as they’re crudely though commonly called. They […]

A LOOK AT THE 2016 OSCAR-NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORTS
February 28, 2016 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

A LOOK AT THE 2016 OSCAR-NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORTS

By Anna Gibertini This year marks the 88th Academy Awards and the 84th year that animated shorts have been a […]

‘THE WITCH’: PRIMEVAL, PROGRESSIVE AND PETRIFYING
February 25, 2016 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

‘THE WITCH’: PRIMEVAL, PROGRESSIVE AND PETRIFYING

By Dan Poorman We will conquer this wilderness. It will not consume us! William, The Witch Sorry, Will, but it totally […]

FIRST WATCH 2015: MEMORABLE FILMS AND TV, OLD AND NEW
December 31, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

FIRST WATCH 2015: MEMORABLE FILMS AND TV, OLD AND NEW

By The Taste Basket Team It’s that time of year, when the world falls in love… with “Best Of” lists. […]

POD-RACISM: THE HARMFUL DIVERSITY OF ‘STAR WARS’
December 17, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

POD-RACISM: THE HARMFUL DIVERSITY OF ‘STAR WARS’

By PJ Grisar When that definitive Star Wars text first crawled onto the screen in 1977, the world had never […]

‘KRAMPUS’ MAKES CHRISTMAS WHACKO AGAIN
December 6, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

‘KRAMPUS’ MAKES CHRISTMAS WHACKO AGAIN

By Dan Poorman A Christmas Story. Gremlins. National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Home Alone. The Nightmare Before Christmas. Hell, even Jingle All The Way. These are the […]

THE MONSTER MASHKETEERS # 5!
October 29, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

THE MONSTER MASHKETEERS # 5!

Halloween is almost here! And what better way to ring in the creepiest day of the year than by celebrating […]

A SATURDAY AT CASTLE DRACULA: REVISITING MY CHILDHOOD NIGHTMARE
October 28, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

A SATURDAY AT CASTLE DRACULA: REVISITING MY CHILDHOOD NIGHTMARE

By Kevin Redding On Saturday night, October 24th, I got comfortable in my second row seat at the glorious Alamo […]

REMEMBERING BEN TRAMER: 1961-1978
October 25, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

REMEMBERING BEN TRAMER: 1961-1978

By Kevin Redding On October 31, 1978, when he was only 17, Bennett “Ben” Tramer lumbered down the sidewalk just […]

SUMMER SCARES AND AUTUMN ABSENCE: HORROR BY SEASON
October 23, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

SUMMER SCARES AND AUTUMN ABSENCE: HORROR BY SEASON

By PJ Grisar Living, as I always have, in a place with seasons, fall has always had a homey air […]

ORIGINAL FILM: ‘THE EVIL ROOM’
October 21, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Dan Poorman

ORIGINAL FILM: ‘THE EVIL ROOM’

Hey, Dan here. Hope everyone’s enjoying a spooky October. So… Did you think we were just bloggers? ‘Cause that’s not it. We’re […]

COUGAR’S KILLS: 10 REALLY MEMORABLE HORROR MOVIE DEATHS
October 19, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

COUGAR’S KILLS: 10 REALLY MEMORABLE HORROR MOVIE DEATHS

By Cougar Garza Halloween is right around the corner, which means that horror movies are back on the menu. Whether […]

REVISITING THE NIGHTMARES: A GLANCE BACK AT THE ‘NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET’ SERIES, PART TWO (FILMS 5-7)
September 26, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

REVISITING THE NIGHTMARES: A GLANCE BACK AT THE ‘NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET’ SERIES, PART TWO (FILMS 5-7)

By Brad Grandrino 1,2, Freddy’s coming for you. We all know the rest. Hell, you’re singing it either in your […]

REVISITING THE NIGHTMARES: A GLANCE BACK AT THE ‘NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET’ SERIES, PART ONE (FILMS 1-4)
September 25, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

REVISITING THE NIGHTMARES: A GLANCE BACK AT THE ‘NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET’ SERIES, PART ONE (FILMS 1-4)

By Brad Grandrino Every year when summer ends and mid-September arrives, I throw myself into full-Halloween mode and shift my […]

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