| Jordan Krall was born and raised in New Jersey. He's married and has a stepdaughter, a son, and a cat named Scooter. Jordan writes bizarro fiction and is influenced by film noir/crime fiction as well as surrealism, horror, and giallo cinema. He is also a teacher. An avid Karate Kid fan (he finds part 3 to be a masterpiece of absurdist cinema), Jordan also finds time to watch a wide range of movies ranging from westerns to slapstick though his favorite genres are horror and film noir. Jordan has also been involved in the harsh noise / experimental music scene for the last 12 years releasing many D.I.Y. cassettes and CDRs over the years on his labels Loud Cat Productions and Childish Tapes. His poetry has been included in issues of Wyrd and Cherry Bleeds. He is currently (as of October 7) working on his third book, a bizarro novel that's a cross between a Spaghetti Western and a giallo. Look for it in 2008. FAVORITE BOOKS ARE (in no particular order): Savage Night by Jim Thompson (actually, anything by Thompson) Mr. Majestyk by Elmore Leonard (anything by Leonard) Crash by J.G. Ballad Ubik by Philip K. Dick A Choir of ill Children by Tom Piccirilli Perfume by Patrick Suskind Tattoo of a Naked Lady by B.D. Kwiatek The Tenant by Roland Topor Perdita Durango by Barry Gifford The Order of Death by Hugh Fleetwood Watchfiends and Rack Screams by Antonin Artaud Detour by Martin M. Goldsmith In the Wake of the Butcher: Cleveland's Torso Murders by James Jessen Badal The Mothman Prophecies by John A. Keel The Universe Maker by A.E. Van Vogt Phantoms by Dean Koontz Bronson's Loose: The Making of the Death Wish Films by Paul Talbot The History of Murder by Colin Wilson Anything by William S. Burroughs. SOME OF HIS FAVORITE MOVIES ARE (in no particular order): Karate Kid 1-3 (especially part 3) Halloween 3: Season of the Witch All films by Andy Miligan Truth or Consequences, N.M. Eraserhead Lost Highway Blue Velvet The Asphalt Jungle The Big Heat The Big Combo Pulp Fiction Videodrome All Charles Bronson movies Vacancy Children of the Corn Gleaming the Cube Horse Feathers I Stand Alone The Holy Mountain They Live Rocky IV Suspiria Tenebre Sleepless Bird with the Crystal Plumage Road to Perdition Hardcore Christmas Evil Video Violence The Legend of Billie Jean Rolling Thunder Blast of Silence Alone in the Dark (1982) Dead Man's Shoes Unforgiven Eaten Alive (Tobe Hooper) Death Proof Asylum of Satan Messiah of Evil Last Man on Earth Gozu Shaw Bros. martial arts films Sweet Smell of Success The Big Gundown Jackie Brown The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Psycho (and most other Hitchcock films) Tight Spot OTHER INFLUENCES AND INTERESTS: Buddhism True Crime History Seedy motels UFC New Jersey Candy Anything corn-related Wife & family Vincent Price Cats Supernanny Jo Frost The occult COPS |
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