Johnathon "Psycho" Newcomer
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| Gender | Male |
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| Location | Portland, Oregon, United States |
| Introduction | Halloween night, 1996. I was seven years old. I get home from trick or treating, and on the TV is a scene from a movie where a teenage girl is being strangled to death in a perfectly orchestrated suspense scene. I became glued to the TV screen. The film I was watching was John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN. From then I became a passionate fan of the horror genre, from the works of John Carpenter to George A. Romero. I hunted down every movie in the horror genre - everything from classic films such as "Psycho" and "Night of the Living Dead" to obscure titles such as "My Bloody Valentine" (hence the title of my blog) and "Night of the Creeps." I collect horror memorabilia - books, soundtracks, posters. I've met horror icons such as Betsy Palmer, Tony Todd, Adrienne Barbeau, Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder. I've even written several horror screenplays, and have aspirations to become a filmmaker. |
| Interests | Horror films, writing, directing (when I get the chance), YouTube, horror documentaries and books, chilling with friends. |
| Favorite movies | FAVORITE HORROR FILMS: Halloween 1-4, The Fog (1980), The Thing (1982), Psycho 1-3, Friday the 13th 1-4, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Sisters, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Land of the Dead, Return of the Living Dead, Candyman, Black Christmas, Fright Night, The Evil Dead, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Creepshow, Alice Sweet Alice, Prom Night (1980), Terror Train, My Bloody Valentine, Eyes of Laura Mars, Someone's Watching Me, The Prowler, The Burning, Hell Night, Re-Animator, Night of the Creeps, The Blob (1988), Alligator, Hellraiser, Alone in the Dark, Prince of Darkness, They Live, The Birds, Dark Night of the Scarecrow, The Mist, The Descent, The Strangers, Planet Terror. |
| Favorite music | My Chemical Romance, The Killers, Dashboard Confessional, Creature Feature, White Zombie, really anything besides Christian rock and country. |
| Favorite books | Vampyres in Hollywood, Adrienne Barbeau: There Are Worse Things I Could Do, Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, John Carpenter: The Prince of Darkness, and my Bible is the HorrorHound magazine. |
You've written a hit musical! How will you avoid having fame go to your head?
Usually the cast and director are the owns who become famous when they make a hit movie or musical. The writer just gains notoriety to get more jobs.