The Winged Man (1880), By Odilon Redon, A Classic Symbolist Image That Has Inspired Me.

The Invisible Man (1933) by James Whale.

Based on H.G. Wells' 1897 novel, "The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance."

James Whale at, perhaps, his most Whale-ish. Unyielding, cutting and misanthropic. A funny, creepy, and brisk story of madness.

Definitely one of Universal's creepiest monsters.

"The straight line is godless and immoral. The straight line is not a creative line, it is a duplicating line, an imitating line." - Friedensreich Hundertwasser

"Anything to vary this detestable monotony."

- Charles Dickens, Bleak House

"Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death. Whoever is soft and yielding is a disciple of life. The hard and stiff will be broken. The soft and supple will prevail." - Tao Te Ching (Chapter 76, translation by Stephen Mitchell)

What are my favorite Miyazaki/Ghibli films?

My Neighbor Totoro (となりのトトロ) and Spirited Away ( 千と千尋の神隠し).

Pet Sematary by Stephen King.

An unrelentingly dark and emotional book. Very interesting and frightening read.

It says something when the best-selling horror author ever feels a book is too unnerving.

"The soil of a man's heart is stonier; a man grows what he can and tends it."

- Stephen King

Classics Illustrated #80. "White Fang" by Jack London.

Evil Dead II (or Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn) by Sam Raimi.

A masterpiece of a film.

Bride of Frankenstein (1935).

Masterpiece. That is all.

Halloween (1978) by John Carpenter.

One of the greatest horror movies of all time. A genre supernova. Created a taxonomic category that still lives. Unsparing precision, a simple premise and style.

While the original Halloween may not be the first slasher movie, it is the film that set the groundwork for the genre and paved the way for all the other great slasher franchises like Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street. If you claim to be a horror fan and you haven't seen the original Halloween, first of all, shame on you. Second of all, watch it NOW. This one is required viewing.

Also, it is my personal opinion that John Carpenter's Halloween has the greatest opening scene in horror history.