Horror Aficionados discussion

I love reading other folk's lists of favorites. The Desert Island format is always a good starting point. Name 10 Books, 10 Films and 10 Musical Albums and / or pieces you would bring along to a deserted island getaway.

BOOKS:

1. Boy's Life by Robert McCammon
2. The Great Shark Hunt by Hunter S. Thompson
3. The Revolution by Ron Paul
4. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
5. Monsters In The Movies by John Landis
6. Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
7. Visions of Heaven & Hell by Clive Barker
8. Books of Blood by Clive Barker
9. Hornbook by Harlan Ellison
10. The Groucho Letters by Groucho Marx

MOVIES:

1. Young Frankenstein
2. Deliverance
3. Sons of the Desert
4. Mad Monster Party
5. Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
6. My Bloody Valentine (1981)
7. The Warriors
8. Duck Soup
9. Thief
10. Play It Again, Sam

MUSIC:

1. Black Sabbath - "Sabotage"
2. Blue Oyster Cult - "Agents of Fortune"
3. Frank Zappa - "Guitar"
4. Pink Floyd - "Animals"
5. Roxy Music - "Siren"
6. The Damned - "Grave Disorder"
7. The Who - "Quadrophenia"
8. Miles Davis - "Bitches Brew"
9. Grateful Dead - "Anthem of the Sun"
10. Mercyful Fate - "Time"

NOTE: This entire list subject to change at whim...

Peace,

MT

In no particular order. And these are the ones that immediately came to mind when I thought of books, movies, and music that have brought me great and lasting pleasure in life.

BOOKS:

1. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
2. The Stand by Stephen King
3. A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
4. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
5. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
6. The Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
7. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
8. Strange Wine by Harlan Ellison
9. Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
10.A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

MOVIES:

1. The Piano
2. The Godfather
3. Annie Hall
4. To Kill a Mockingbord
5. Fearless
6. Martyrs
7. The Pink Panther
8. The Howling
9. The Vanishing
10.The Color Purple

MUSIC:

1. Elvis Costello - Taking Liberties
2. R.E.M. - Automatic for the People
3. Neil Young - Harvest
4. Shawn Colvin - Cover Girl
5. Lyle Lovett - Joshua Judges Ruth
6. Talking Heads - Speaking in Tongues
7. Nanci Griffith - One Fair Summer Evening
8. Bruce Cockburn - Dart to the Heart
9. The Killers - Sam's Town
10.Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys

Ah, yes...The Howling! Definitely in my favorite movies. I'm already heading back from the island to swap out one of my movies!

I remember watching it on HBO in our dark basement TV room by myself one night and almost wetting my pants from that scene in the office with the filing cabinet. Everybody was asleep when I finally had to run up the stairs to go to bed.

Don't remember that one. Love Dennis Weaver in Duel, and my family always watched McCloud every week.

This is tough!

BOOKS
1. Boy's Life by Robert McCammon
2. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
3. Ghost Story by Peter Straub
4. The Stand
5. IT
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
7. House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
8. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
9. The Haunting of Hill House
10. Mystic River

MOVIES
1. The Godfather
2. Goodfellas
3. Field of Dreams
4. Reservoir Dogs
5. True Romance
6. Mystic River
7. Annie Hall
8. Rear Window (the original)
9. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
10. The Thing (John Carpenter version)

ALBUMS

1. The Joshua Tree by U2
2. Out of Time by R.E.M.
3. Achtung Baby by U2
4. Moondance by Van Morrison
5. Viva la Vida by Coldplay
6. Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits
7. Damn Right I Got the Blues by Buddy Guy
8. The Sound of Madness by Shinedown
9. Appetite for Destruction by G & R
10. Songs From the Attic by Billy Joel

I had to swap out Ted Nugent for G & R! How could I have forgotten Appetite?

I thought they were both outstanding, yes.

I watched Field of Dreams the night my dad died. I had forgotten that it was Ray's father that came back to him in the movie. For that reason, it will always be special to me. :)

I had trouble picking my R.E.M. album.

I'ed have a problem packing enough to start a bonfire.

Tressa wrote: "I had trouble picking my R.E.M. album."

Actually, I did too. AFTP and OOT are right up there, as is Monster, for me. :)

I picked the R.E.M. album I played most often. Love the somber strings of AFTP. Love the store of how it got its title, too. An homage to my beloved south: http://www.buzzfeed.com/perpetua/the-...

I love Monster. Gotta love the phrase "three miles of bad road." Love Green and OOT.

Tressa wrote: "I picked the R.E.M. album I played most often. Love the somber strings of AFTP. Love the store of how it got its title, too. An homage to my beloved south: http://www.buzzfeed.com/perpetua/the-......"

I had read that story previously, somewhere. All of those albums are good. :)

Kyle, yeah Everybody Hurts is a beautiful song. Sometimes people just need to know that they're not alone.

I've never actually seen the video. Can you believe it?
Where does one even view videos these days?

1) Through MTV torture
2) YouTube

MTV is still on?
I don't like BoobTube.

Are there still videos on MTV? Every time I flip by it, there's some stupid shit on like "12 and pregnant".
I can't deal with it.

LOL. I was just guessing. Haven't watched it since the mid-nineties.

I switched off when MTV gave Michael Jackson won the "Album of the Year" award....and Metallica was the band that won.

Movie and Book series count as one? Or one each?
I could not live without Star Wars. Episodes IV-VI count as one? Or three?

The Epic of Blech?

Star Wars sucks carpet lint.... ;)

Hey, if you dig Jabba the Hut's sloppy seconds....

You two hush so others can post their list. I'm interested in seeing some more.

Books:

1. The Stand by Stephen King
2. It by Stephen King
3. A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin
4. Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
5. The Great and Secret Show by Clive Barker
6. Strangers by Dean Koontz
7. Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett
8. Color of Magic by Terry Pratchett
9. Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien (+Hobbit)
10.Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

Movies are going to require more thought...

Books:
1. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
2. Invisible Monsters - Chuck Palahniuk
3. Wicked - Gregory Maguire
4. The Shining - Stephen King
5. 'Salem's Lot - Stephen King
6. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
7. Veronika Decides to Die - Paulo Coelho
8. The Collected Poems - Sylvia Plath
9. Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn
10. The Harry Potter Boxset - J.K. Rowling

Movies:
1. The Shining
2. Pan's Labyrinth
3. Hide and Seek
4. Resident Evil
5. The Devil's Backbone
6. Repo! The Genetic Opera
7. Across the Universe
8. Chicago
9. Moulin Rouge
10. Amelie

Music:
1. Inquisition Symphony - Apocalyptica
2. Opheliac - Emilie Autumn
3. Fallen - Evanescence
4. Born Villain - Marilyn Manson
5. Tear the World Down - We Are the Fallen
6. Meteora - Linkin Park
7. War is the Answer - Five Finger Death Punch
8. The Best of Broadway
9. The Best of Radiohead - Radiohead
10. Wicked: The Original Broadway Cast Soundtrack

Good picks, people. I gotta pontificate for a day or two and get back to this one. Or copy/paste someone else's if it gets too difficult.

Books:

1. The Stand by Stephen King
2. Imagica by Clive Barker
3. Drawing Blood by Poppy Z Brite
4. Servant of the Bones by Anne Rice
5. Summer of Night by Dan Simmons
6. Ghoul by Brian Keene
7. The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman
8. Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett
9. Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
10. Devoted by Alice Borchardt


Movies:

1. Stand by Me
2. Fried Green Tomatoes
3. Steel Magnolias
4. Interview with the Vampire
5. Hedwig and the Angry Inch
6. Shawshank Redemption
7. Repo! The Genetic Opera
8. Willow
9. Muriel's Wedding
10.Strictly Ballroom


Albums

1. Goth Box (its a box set of four cds :P)
2. Sisters of Mercy Floodland
3. Nirvana In Utero
4. Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream
5. Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
6. The Cranberries To the Faithful Departed
7. Pink Floyd The Division Bell
8. Fiona Apple Tidal
9. Richard Marx Best Songs (uh....blame Todd)
10. Type O Negative October Rust


Hilariously only my book list shows signs of being a horror fan but then music and movie wise I can't help but think I'd want my comforting stuff.

Every time a new list is posted, my list needs to be edited. This is hard.

I didn't want to think too hard on it. Of course I could have a list of each category a mile long, but these are the ones that popped up in my memory.

Movies:
1. The Princess Bride
2. Star Wars
3. Jaws
4. Jurassic Park
5. Alien
6. Lord of the Rings
7. Labyrinth
8. Buckaroo Bonzai
9. Reservoir Dogs
10.Pulp Fiction

* I know... I know there's an embarrassingly lack of horror here. But I tried to keep it honest. These are my favorite - watch them at any time - can watch them over and over and never get tired of them - movies.

We should do TV shows too... ?

Tressa wrote: "I didn't want to think too hard on it. Of course I could have a list of each category a mile long, but these are the ones that popped up in my memory."

I'm going with your method. I could revise, revise and revise:

BOOKS:

1. The Exorcist
2. The Stand
3. 'Salem's Lot
4. Let's Go Play At The Adams'
5. The Summer I Died
6. Kin
7. The Hellbound Heart
8. Dweller
9. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
10. The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power

MOVIES:

1. John Carpenter's The Thing
2. The Exorcist
3. Evil Dead (original)
4. Last House on the Left (original)
5. Star Wars
6. Jaws
7. Stand By Me
8. Pink Floyd - The Wall
9. Children of God
10. Texas Chainsaw Massacre (original)

MUSIC:

1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
2. Megadeth - Peace Sells...
3. Marilyn Manson - Anti-Christ Superstar
4. Pink Floyd - The Wall
5. Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses
6. Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms
7. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Oz
8. Tool - Lateralus
9. Ministry - Psalm 69
10. Tori Amos - Strange Little Girls

11811 (Eleven) wrote: "Tressa wrote: "I didn't want to think too hard on it. Of course I could have a list of each category a mile long, but these are the ones that popped up in my memory."

I'm going with your method. ..."

Crap I forgot Tori :( Of course if this ever happened they'd probably have to hold me at gun point to get me to pick just ten of each. I'm a huge music, movie and book fan and have good sized collections of each.

Amanda wrote: "11811 (Eleven) wrote: "Tressa wrote: "I didn't want to think too hard on it. Of course I could have a list of each category a mile long, but these are the ones that popped up in my memory."

I'm go..."

I forgot dozens... and iTunes is still chastising me...

Appetite for Destruction? I so failed.

I even omitted Nine Inch Nails despite stage diving off their mud soaked show at Woodstock '94.... This is an impossible list to satisfy. Too many memories, so many forgotten.

Stop beating yourself up, Eleven.

Obsessive-compulsive, but yeah, I'll chill.

11811 (Eleven) wrote: "I even omitted Nine Inch Nails despite stage diving off their mud soaked show at Woodstock '94.... This is an impossible list to satisfy. Too many memories, so many forgotten."

Aw crap I forgot NIN too. I jotted down what I could think of off the top of my head.

We should all do this list again in six months with completely different entries for each category so we can measure them against our first instincts.

11811 (Eleven) wrote: "We should all do this list again in six months with completely different entries for each category so we can measure them against our first instincts."

That might be interesting but i'm willing to bet it'd drive Tressa nuts.

Amanda wrote: "That might be interesting but i'm willing to bet it'd drive Tressa nuts...."

That was the basis of my conspiracy.

OK.....it is funny you should post this. My friend and I are always talking about our island books!


BOOKS
1. The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
2. Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker
3. Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral by Kris Radish
4. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
5. Sea Turtles: A Complete Guide to Their Biology, Behavior, and Conservation
6. What's Eating Gilbert Grape by Peter Hedges
7. Magic Kingdom For Sale/Sold by Terry Brooks
8. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
9. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
10. Night by Elie WieselElie Wiesel

FILMS
1. Christmas Vacation (LOVE THIS MOVIE)
2. Elizabethtown
3. 300
4. Skyfall
5. Transformers
6. The African Queen
7. Breakfast at Tiffany's
8. The Fifth Element
9. Silence of the Lambs
10. The Addams Family

ALBUMS
1. Love Me Dead by Ludo (You're Awful, I Love You)
2. The Truth About Love by P!NK
3. Get a Grip by Aerosmith
4. Mona Lisa by All American Rejects (When the World Comes Down)
5. Megalithic Symphony by AWOLNATION
6. Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette
7. Polly by Nirvana (Nevermind)
8. Evil by Matt Goss (Glossy)
9. Glycerine by Bush

Donna - No thinking allowed! =)

I want to read all of my island picks now - some of them I haven't read in years...

I'm assuming this island has electricity if we can bring music and movies so we could also charge our kindles. My list just got a whole lot longer.

Just make a battery out of coconuts like the professor did.

I already had to edit mine. How could I have forgotten Guns and Roses? Goodbye Ted Nugent, hello G & R.

G&R? Weren't they good for like, two years?

I would substitute "good" for "outstanding" but yeah, about 2 years sounds right.

I listened to the G&R songs I heard on the radio. Very pleasant rock songs; nothing more. I think after The Spaghetti Incident I erased them from my brain.

Is this not the worst album cover ever?