Film making, writing, all things horror, heavy metal, classic rock, playing with my dogs Wicket and Teddy, long walks alone, anything late 70's and 80's, taking pictures, reading (yes, I read), collecting horror movie memorabilia, and my wife.
Living: Wes Craven, Clive Barker, John Carpenter, Rob Zombie, Dario Argento, Fred Dekker, Steven Speilberg, Peter Jackson, Stephen King, Kevin Williamson, Robert Englund, Kane Hodder (have already met), Tony Todd, Sam Raimi, The Coen brothers, Tobe Hooper, Billy Bob Thornton, Mike Judge, Tom Savini, Rick Baker, John Hughes, Stan Winston, Brandon Routh, Bill Murray, George Lucas, Ron Howard, Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avery, Brett Easton Ellis, Eli Roth, George A. Romero, David Lynch, Tim Burton,Harold Ramis, John Landis, Dan Aykroyd, and David Cronenberg... Dead: Stanley Kubrick, John Ritter, John Candy, Brandon Lee, Einstein, John Lennon...
..Rob Zombie, Tool, A Perfect Circle, Marilyn Manson, Simon and Garfunkel, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Placebo, Johnny Cash, The Toadies, Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead, Tori Amos, The Cure, The Ramones, Iron Maiden, Jimi Hendrix, Twisted Sister, Anthrax, and many many more that I will let you in on later...
Where to begin? Well, here goes...the entire Nightmare on Elm Street collection, Friday the 13th series (NOT Jason X-Come on Kane!), The Lost Boys, Near Dark, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, and Day of the Dead, Shaun of the Dead, A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, Creepshow, Monster Squad, Night of the Creeps, Critters 1 and 2, Class of 1999, The Rules of Attraction, The Shining, Jaws, Halloween series (NOT counting Halloween: Resurrection - FU Busta!), Re-Animator, and Bride of Re-Animator, Child's Play 1,2,and 3, Warlock (only the 1st one), The Brood, Videodrome, Lost Highway, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original), Evil Dead 1 and 2, Army of Darkness (it was alright), The Omen, Willow, Little Shop of Horrors, Drop Dead Fred, From Dusk Till Dawn, Hostel, Cabin Fever, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill movies, any John Water's movie, Fival Goes West, The Land Before Time, Nacho Libre, Poltergeist, Superman 1 and 2, Superman Returns, Batman, Batman Returns, Edward Scissorhands, Ghosterbusters 1 and 2, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, Beavis and Butthead Do America, South Park movie, House of 1000 Corpses, The Devils Rejects, Brainscan, Terminator, T2: Jugdment Day (F Rise of the Machines!), Bully and Requiem for a Dream (2 good movies that I will never watch again), The Jerk, The Man with Two Brains, Problem Child 1 and 2, Boogie Nights, Sixteen Candles, Weird Science, The Breakfast Club, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Hellraiser 1 and 2, The Crow, and any horror movie that made Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments of All Time...
The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy, Robot Chicken, ATHF, Harvey Birdman, The Venture Brothers, The Oblongs, King of the Hill, Masters of Horror, Spongebob Squarepants, Invader Zim, America's Funniest Home Videos, The War at Home, The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Riches... Shows I Miss: Beavis and Butthead, Ren and Stimpy, Are You Afraid of the Dark, Hey Dude, Pete and Pete, Hard Times on Planet Earth, old Looney Toons, The Flash, HBO's Tales from the Crypt, Werewolf, Pee-Wee's Playhouse...
Clive Barker: Weaveworld, The Hellbound Heart, The Abarat, Cabal, Midnight Meat Train from the Books of Blood series... Stephen King: Danse Macabre, Everything's Eventual (collection of short stories, "Man in the Black Suit" is my favorite)... Brett Easton Ellis: American Psycho, The Rules of Attraction... My Favorite Magazines: Rue Morgue and Fangoria
Everyone I listed as someone I would like to meet, those are my heroes. The visionaries, storytellers, and make up artists who made me laugh, cry or scared the living crap out of me growing up will never know how much they were a part of my life.