16mm, 16mm projectors, abandoned buildings, adventures, animal welfare, cinematography, comedy, dancing, drive-in theaters, exploration, fake blood (making it as close to real as possible) film festivals, filmmaking, film production, giallo, guerrilla art, halloween, japanese street culture, las vegas, laughter, meeting new people, midnight movies, movie nights, old movie theaters, photo booth pictures, rock fashion, sfx make-up, something weird video, stop motion animation, surrealism, street art, taoism, veganism, vegetarianism, wanderlust
not limited to: 3 inches of blood,anthrax,the arcade fire, babes in toyland, bauhaus, betty blowtorch, bjork, black sabbath, black rebel motorcycle club, bloc party, blondie, boris, the clash, cradle of filth, the creatures, the darkenss, david bowie, dead kennedys, einsturzende neubauten, elliot smith, ex-girl, the faint, fischerspooner, the goblins, godspeed you black emperor!, guns n roses, iggy pop, iron maiden, johnny cash, joy division, kraftwerk, ladytron, le tigre, meg lee chin, megadeth (ol' skool), metallica (again ol'skool) ministry, the misfits, my life with the thrill kill kult, neutral milk hotel, new york dolls, obituary, opeth, pigface, placebo, public enemy, the ramones, revolting cocks, sepultura, a silver mt zion, siouxsie and the banshees, skinny puppy, slayer, the smiths, the stooges, the x-ray specs
campy, low budget flicks, b-movies, independent films, 70's/80's horror, 70's/80'a slasher, cult, black/dark comedy, exploitation, horror,giallo, grindhouse, italian horror/zombie films, kung fu, slasher, silent and art house films, along with the something weird video catalog.
some of my favorite directors/producers: Al Adamson ,
Alejandro Jodorowsky ,
Andy Warhol ,
Chan-wook Park ,
Doris Wishman ,
Ed Wood ,
George A. Romero ,
Guy Maddin ,
Herschell Gordon Lewis ,
Jess Franco ,
John Carpenter ,
John Waters ,
José Mojica Marins aka Coffin Joe ,
Martin Scorsese ,
Roger Corman ,
Russ Meyers ,
Takashi Miike ,
Ted V. Mikels ,
Tobe Hooper ,
Wes Anderson ,
Wes Craven ,
William Castle
audition, battle royal, big lewobowski, blue rita, boksuneun naui geot aka sympathy for mr. vengeance, the cameraman's revenge, chinjeolhan geumjassi aka lady vengeance, creepshow, cry baby, curse of the were-rabbit, the darjeeling unlimited, deathrace 2000, dellamorte dellamore aka cemetary man, detroit rock city, dog day afternoon, enter the dragon, evil dead trilogy, fando y lis, faster pussycat, kill! kill!, female trouble, forbidden zone, friday 13th series, the godfather trilogy (although not fond of 3), halloween series (including part 3 season of the witch), the holy mountain, the howling, imprint, koroshiya 1 aka ichi the killer, kung fu hustle, the life aquatic, vita è bella la, aka life is beautiful, near dark (greatest vampire flick ever), nightmare on elm street series, night of/dawn of/day of the dead films, old boy, pink flamingos, polyester, raging bull, rock and roll high school, rushmore, star wars trilogy (the original), sleepaway camp series, spirited away, suicide circle, suspiria, texas chainsaw massacre (the original only- no sequels or remakes), the royal tennenbaums, the secret of nimh, the warriors, zombie 2
also props to the following make-up artists: Dick Smith and Tom Savini
the boondocks, home movies, jbtv, la ink, metalopolypse, the simpsons, south park, svengoolie
my library is all camera manuals and filmmaker's first hand encounters with low budget/guerrilla film production.
His name is Samson.
You only wish you knew.