Music:
Mostly stuck in a timewarp of eighties stuff and nineties indie rock type of things, but also Kink FM
Movies:
Anything by David Lynch, David Cronenberg, John Carpenter, Guillermo del Toro, Lucky McKee, Tim Burton, Darren Aronofsky, Brian de Palma, Argento, Fulci, Peter Jackson, Richard Fleischer, Terry Gilliam, Hitchcock, Coen Brothers, Sam Raimi, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Kevin Smith, John Waters.
And also... in no order whatsoever... Memento, Sling Blade, Dancer in the Dark, Amélie, City of Lost Children, Arizona Dream, Bagdad Café, The Machinist, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Exorcist I + III, Torch Song Trilogy, Excalibur, Special, Bubba Ho-Tep, Night of the Hunter, Silence of the Lambs, Trainspotting, Leaving Las Vegas, Hair, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, In the Name of the Father, The Hitcher, Little Voice, The Proposition, Rebecca, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Donnie Darko, Grease, Stir of Echoes, The Cooler, Les Uns et Les Autres, Before Sunrise, Perdita Durango, Manhunter, American Beauty, Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Rosemary's Baby, Repulsion, Taxi Driver, The Departed, Alien 1-3 (I've always loved 3, so mock me), Rocky Horror Picture Show, Sixth Sense, Lost Boys, Dellamorte Dellamore, ET, The Doors, Tremors, Poltergeist 1+2 (Reverend Kane will forever haunt my nightmares), My Own Private Idaho, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Serenity, The Prophecy, Ghost World. The Asians: the originals of Ring, Dark Water and The Grudge, Audition, Two Sisters, Ichy the Killer, The Happiness of the Katakuris, A Snake of June, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy, Lady Vengeance. Still a sucker for fairy tales: Labyrinth, Dark Crystal, Neverending Story, Willow, Princess Bride, Legend, The Wizard of Oz. And many many more. Oh, and all 70's disaster movies! Mustn't forget those...
Television:
Jonathan Ross, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, QI, Dexter, Lost, Deadwood, Galactica, House. All-time faves: Twin Peaks (the ultimate), Carnivale (the only one to come close to out-twinpeaksing Twin Peaks), American Gothic, Buffy, Angel, Firefly, the first two seasons of Millennium, Christopher Eccleston's Dr. Who.
Books:
Joe R. Lansdale, Jack Ketchum, Stephen King, F. Paul Wilson, Neil Gaiman, Robert McCammon, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, Dan Simmons, Colin Bateman, Tolkien, Douglas Clegg, Skipp & Spector, Ed McBain, Edward Lee, Graham Joyce, Bentley Little, Richard Laymon, Ray Garton, Poppy Z. Brite, Iain Banks, William Gibson, Brett Easton Ellis
Heroes:
Those whose art has touched my heart.
