Monsters, horror and sci-fi, invertebrates, and my dog.
An entymologist.
Michael Penn, Marty Stelnick (Bonewagon, The Rooster Project), Adam Crossley, Green Day, Weezer, The Misfits, White Zombie, The Matadors.
Evil Dead 2, The Reanimator, The Thing, the original Star Wars trilogy, Big Night, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Land of the Dead (I'm biased), Fido, Frankenhooker (for Gino), Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, Jaws, The Abyss, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, The Last Starfighter, Galaxy Quest, Jurassic Park, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Terminator 1 and 2, Alien, Aliens, American Werewolf in London...
Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who, The A-Team, Buffy, Angel, Farscape, CSI (just the original one), The Factory ('cause Chris cracks me up). I don't have a tv these days, but everyone seems to think I would like Dexter.
Ray Bradbury is at the top of the list. George R.R. Martin, John Steinbeck, Stephen King's older stuff, Dan Simmons, Dave Eggers, Nick Hornby, H.P. Lovecraft. I'll read anything. I don't have a tv, remember?
Sam Raimi, Dick Smith, Barney Burman, Rick Baker, Stan Winston (R.I.P.), and the lovely and talented dudes at KNB, past and present. All the tireless folks fighting the pit bull ban in Ontario and elsewhere.