Jim Harper
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | Freelance Writer |
| Location | Hiroshima, Japan |
| Introduction | Welcome to the blog of Jim Harper, freelance film and music critic and resident of Japan. I hope you enjoy my ramblings and rantings. I'm the author of Legacy of Blood: A Comprehensive Guide to Slasher Movies, Italian Horror 1979-1996 and Flowers From Hell: The Modern Japanese Horror Films, as well as hundreds of articles, reviews, liner notes, DVD/BR interviews about cult and horror films from across the globe, and obscure music and various aspects of Japanese culture. Happily married to my lovely Japanese wife. Follow me on Twitter: JimHarper666 or on Facebook. |
| Interests | Movies, music, books, guitar. |
| Favorite movies | Ring, Battle Royale, The Warriors, Cypher, Living Dead at Manchester Morgue, REC, Dawn of the Dead, Uzumaki, Pride and Prejudice, Quatermass and the Pit, Who Can Kill A Child?, etc etc etc |
| Favorite music | Rolling Stones, Richard Thompson, Bauhaus, Killing Joke, Einsturzende Naeunauten, Die Toten Hosen, KMFDM, X Japan, Buck-Tick, D'erlanger, Soft Ballet, Girugamesh, D'espairsRay, LM.C, Vamps, Gackt, Indochine, etc etc |
| Favorite books | Dracula, anything by HP Lovecraft, Kim Newman, The King in Yellow, The Secret History, Ramsey Campbell, Junji Ito, Kazuo Umezu, etc etc |