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Jon Louis

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

About Me

Movies, writing, music, reading...

My Interests

Writing (stories, screenplays, novels), music, reading, working out, running, eating, laughing, sleeping, '70s and '80s horror films.

I'd like to meet:

Stephen King, Kashif, Paul Stanley, Michael J. Fox, Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Joyce DeWitt, Karen Black, Bob Colbert, Richard Matheson.

Music:

Kashif, Christopher Cross, Kiss, REO Speedwagon, Def Leppard, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Phil Collins, Styx, Michael McDonald, High Fashion, Stevie Wonder, Whitesnake, Foreigner, 38 Special, George Benson, Greg Phillinganes, Toto, England Dan and John Ford Coley, Bon Jovi, Lionel Richie, The Jacksons, Black Sabbath, Earl Thomas Conley, Gary Morris, Alabama, George Michael, AM Radio Oldies (Vanity Fare, White Plains, Terry Jacks, First Class, Poppy Family, Edison Lighthouse), U2, Peter Godwin, Tapps, John Carpenter, Harry Manfredini's film scores, Bernard Hermann's film scores, Journey (Steve Perry, really), Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, Bad Company, AC/DC, The Doobie Brothers, The SOS Band, Alexander O'Neal, The Time, Prince, Change, Melba Moore, Evelyn King, Howard Johnson, 80s Freestyle, Donny Hathaway, Ratt, Bob Colbert's eerie film scores (Dark Shadows, Burnt Offerings), Carter Burwell's film scores

Movies:

JOHN CARPENTER: Halloween (1978), The Fog (1979), The Thing (1982), Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), Someone's Watching Me (1978), Christine (1983), Escape from New York (1981), Prince of Darkness (1987), They Live (1988). -------------------------------------------- Psycho (1960), Psycho 2 (1983), Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971), Burnt Offerings (1976), Trilogy of Terror (1975), Halloween 3: Season of the Witch (1982), Terror Train (1980), Prom Night (1980), When a Stranger Calls (1979), Black Christmas (1974), Friday the 13th (1980), Friday the 13th, Part 2 (1981), Friday the 13th, Part 3 (1982), Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), Friday the 13th, Part V: A New Beginning (1985), Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives (1986), No Country for Old Men (2007), Police Academy (1984), Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985), Creepshow (1982), The Shining (1980), Carrie (1976), Cujo (1983), The Dead Zone (1983), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Exorcist (1973), Rocky (1976), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984 - Jessica Lange/Tommy Lee Jones), One Dark Night (1983), Hell Night (1981), The Deer Hunter (1978), Kramer vs Kramer (1979), The Lost Boys (1987), The Changeling (1979), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Easy Rider (1969), Five Easy Pieces (1970), Night Shift (1982), Who's Harry Crumb? (1989), Uncle Buck (1989), Jumpin' Jack Flash (1986), Ghostbusters (1984), National Lampoon's Vacation (1983), National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985), Saturday Night Fever (1977), Staying Alive (1983), Death Wish (1974), Death Wish 2 (1981), Death Wish 3 (1985), Children of the Corn (1984), The Outsiders (1983), The Breakfast Club (1985), Nighthawks (1981), This House Possessed (1981)

Television:

Golden Girls, Sanford and Son, Family Ties, Spin City, Three's Company, The Brady Bunch, Happy Days, Facts of Life, All in the Family, One Day at a Time.

Books:

Stephen King, Richard Matheson, Ernest Hemingway, Raymond Carver.

Heroes:

God, John Carpenter, Stephen King, Richard Matheson, John Ritter, Michael J. Fox, Ernest Hemingway.

My Blog

SCARIEST FILMS OF ALL-TIME

1.) SUSPIRIA (1977) Dir.: Dario Argento. Cast: Jessica Harper, Joan Bennett. I, only recently, watched this movie for the first time. One quip I must get out of the way, before explaining why I believ...
Posted by Jon Louis on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:55:00 PST

REST AND PEACE (a short story written by Jon Louis)

REST AND PEACE Emily had only been asleep for two hours, but to her it felt like forever. When she woke, night had completely fallen, and she woke in her bedroom to a haunting darkness.   &...
Posted by Jon Louis on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:29:00 PST

THE VISITOR (a short story written by Jon Louis)

THE VISITOR Sam sat at his kitchen table outlining his latest idea for a novel when his doorbell rang. He sat there for a few seconds, not sure of how to approach the situation. His doorbell hardly ev...
Posted by Jon Louis on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:39:00 PST