Writing MOVIES, making MOVIES, watching MOVIES, travel, fine food, cigars, and, of course, hot women.
Fans and filmmakers who share my love for the genre.
The Beatles, Elvis, Roy Orbison, Nat King Cole, Tom Jones, Alice Cooper, Rob Zombie, Martin Denny, Bernard Herrmann, Jerry Goldsmith, the B-52s, The Ramones, The Cramps, Reverend Horton Heat, Enya, Enigma... basically, all kinds (except most rap and country)!
First and foremost, anything monster/horror/fantasy/sci-fi/suspense but comedies, dramas, action, westerns are in there too. Way too many to name but here are a few, in no particular order: All James Bond films (especially the ones with Connery), KING KONG (the original), ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (and all the Universal classics that led up to it), THE THING (both versions), PIT AND THE PENDULUM (Vincent Price version), CURSE OF THE DEMON, RAISING ARIZONA, HORROR OF DRACULA (and other Hammer films), 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (Yes, the Disney movie.), THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY, THE HAUNTED PALACE, SUNSET BOULEVARD, MUNSTER GO HOME, GODZILLA VS. MOTHRA (the first one), SOME LIKE IT HOT, THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA, REAR WINDOW, ALIENS, THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS, THE HOWLING, SERIAL MOM, THE ABOMINABLE DR. PHIBES, EATING RAOUL, BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, THE GREEN SLIME, RE-ANIMATOR, RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD, THE TINGLER (and other William Castle flicks), TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (the original), DR. STRANGELOVE, HALLOWEEN, ROCK N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL, THE FOG (the original), NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (the original), PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, Frankie and Annette beach movies, ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, REPO MAN, CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON, THE GHOST AND MR. CHICKEN, CAT PEOPLE (both versions), FASTER PUSSYCAT KILL KILL, THE TERMINATOR, PSYCHO, KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE, TREMORS, KILL BILL: VOL. 1 & 2, ANIMAL HOUSE, GHIDRA THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, the first PLANET OF THE APES, the works of Val Lewton, Alfred Hitchcock, Roger Corman, Mario Bava, Dario Argento, John Waters, Russ Meyer, and anything starring Clu Gulager, Dean Martin, Richard Boone, or Elvis Presley. Two recent films I fell in love with are TEAM AMERICA and SHAUN OF THE DEAD. (If you can find a pattern here, you get a cookie.)
OLD: The Wild, Wild West, The Munsters, Star Trek (the original), Lost in Space, The Avengers, Danger Man, The Prisoner, Batman, The Green Hornet, Addams Family, Outer Limits (the original), The Night Stalker, MST3K
NEW: Masters of Horror, Project Greenlight (the last season), Law and Order SVU, Dexter
I don't have time to read recreationally anymore but I'll always have a fondness for Poe and Lovecraft.
Roger Corman, John Waters, Russ Meyer - three Gods of Independent Cinema!