I have vast interest for Asian cultures... The art, folklore & religion, landscapes, dance, food, and the people are simply beautiful. I hope one day I have a chance to visit the country side of China and/or Japan. I've been currently intrigued by their ghost/paranormal stories, folklore, and the Shinto religion. For example the Kami (good spirits), Yokai (Yokai... apparitions, spirits, or demons, also romanized Youkai, Yokai, or Yookai) are a class of Obake, creatures in Japanese folklore ranging from the evil Oni to the mischievous Kitsune or ie. the snow woman Yuki-onna.
Photography, acting, sushi, ancient lore, ghosts, hauntings / Paranormal Phenomena, historical architecture, Egyptian, Samarian, Native American, Cemeteries, Body modifications, prosthetic special effects, antique medical and mortuary equipment, the circus, Freak shows (Jim Rose Circus Sideshow is a great example), latex, Haunted Attractions, Illusionists (Criss Angel), ancient mysteries of our planet earth, the absence of light, asylums, abandoned towns (Centralia, Pennsylvania), abandoned hospitals, occult, the moon, wine, tattoos, Halloween (as if you could not have guess it), Cenobites, nature, fire breathing, thunderstorms, medical obscurities, gas masks, cleavers, and some left unmentioned.
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I'll try and listen to just about anything. I'm open to musical suggestions. Anything usually with a dark tone. Something you can fit with epic, fantasy, horror, & psychological movies. Just to name a few... Industrial, black/folk/viking metal, classic/southern rock, dark house/trance, dark wave, techno, trip hop, electronica, 80's rock / metal...
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Most Memorable movies>>> Juon: The Grudge, Night of the Living Dead (Both Romero & Savini version), Day of the Dead, Dawn of the Dead (Both 1979/2004 ver.), Practical Magic, Ring/Ringu (US & Japanese), The Crow (1, 2, & 4), Witches, Labyrinth, Pan's Labyrinth, Legend, 28 Days/Weeks Later, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, A Clockwork Orange, The Addams Family, Donnie Darko (Director's cut), Edward Scissorhands, Sweeney Todd, Critters/ Criiters 2, House of 1000 Corpses, House on Haunted Hill, Eyes Wide Shut, Hellraiser, All of the ALIEN/ ALIENS Movies, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Beetlejuice, Ghostbusters, Corpse Bride, Halloween 1, 2 , & 6, Fight Club, Evil Dead(2/Army of Darkness), Wallace & Gromit, Weird Science, Willow, SE7EN, Interview with a Vampire, Nightmare on Elm Street, Saw (1-4), Big Trouble in Little China, Uzamaki, Kairo aka... PULSE, Ichi the Killer, Blade Runner, Natural City, Versus, The Matrix, Night of the Creeps, Slither, Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children, Silent Hill, Phantasm, Marbeto, The eye, Lain: Serial Experiments, R-point, Shinobi: Love Under Blade, The Promise (asian), Casshern, Pirates of the Caribbean, 300, The Lost Boys, Transformers, ...you get the idea.
Simpson's, Monsters: The Series, X-Files Series, Millennium Series, Friday the 13TH: The Series, A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series, Stargate SG1, Ergo Proxy, Dexter, Tales from the Crypt, Kitaro (2007), Witch Hunter Robin, Guyver (Animated series), Death Note, Ren & Stimpy, Aaaah! Real Monsters, ...again you get the idea.
Game Informer, Heavy Metal, Fangoria, H. R. Giger's Necronomicon I & II, anything Edgar Allen Poe, Clive Barker's Cabal & Hellbound Heart, etc...
There is not games section so I'm adding them here>>> The Legend of Zelda, Okami, Final Fantasy series, Gears of War, Dead Rising, Fatal Frame series, Resident Evil series, Onimusha series, SILENT HILL series, Otogi, Clive Barker's Jericho, American McGee's Alice, Devil May Cry series, Kuon, Tenchu, and more.
ART:
H.R. Giger
Jeff Gather
Travis King (Tattoo Artist at Body Art Emporium, Louisville, KY)
Music & Video:
Type O Negative
Absence of Faith
(Lyrics to many of their songs help mold me in to what I am today.)
Booth Bros. (spooked.org)
Personal:
DOUGLAS OWEN...(R.I.P. my friend, my great uncle. You will be throughly missed.)