Sam Moore, author of Long live the new flesh, gives their influences and further reading/viewing to accompany their poetry collection:
Things in the book:
REALITY/TV
- Canada’s Drag Race. TV series (2020–)
- Battlestar Galactica. TV series (2004–09)
- Sailor Moon. TV series: 1992–97)
- The Passion of Joan of Arc. Film by Joseph Delteil & Carl Theodor Dreyer, directed by Carl Theodor Dryer (1928)
- Boys in the Sand. Film, directed by Wakefield Poole (1971)
- Love Island. TV series (2015–)
BODY/HORROR
- Macbeth. Play by William Shakespeare (1623); Film adaptations (1948, 1971, 1979, 2015, 2021)
- Possession. Film by Andrzej Zulawski (original screenplay) & Frederic Tuten (adaptation), directed by Andrzej Zulawski (1981)
- The Silence of the Lambs. Novel by Thomas Harris (1988); Film adaptation directed by Jonathan Demme (1991)
- Frankenstein. Novel by Mary Shelley (1818); Film adaptation, screenplay by Garrett Fort, Francis Edward Faragoh, directed by James Whale (1931)
- The Bride of Frankenstein. Film, screenplay by William Hurlbut, directed by James Whale (1932)
- The Fly. Film adaptation by Charles Edward Pogue & David Cronenberg, directed by David Cronenberg (1986)
LONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH
- Hold Your Own. Poetry collection by Kae Tempest (2014)
- The Hellbound Heart. Novella by Clive Barker (1986)
- Hellraiser. Film franchise (1987–2022)
- RuPaul’s Drag Race. TV series (2009–)
- Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters. Non-fiction by John Waters (1986)
- Shock Value: A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste. Non-fiction by John Waters (1981)
- Shivers or They Came From Within. Film, written and directed by David Cronenberg (1975)
- Insatiable. Film series, written and directed by Godfery Daniels (1980–1982)
- Sunset Boulevard. Film directed by Billy Wilder (1950)
- Through a Glass Darkly; Winter Light; The Silence. Film trilogy by Ingmar Bergman (1961; 1963; 1963)
- Cries and Whispers. Film directed by David Cronenberg (1972)
- Videodrome. Film directed by David Cronenberg (1983)
- Purple Rain. Album by Prince (1984)
Things I almost wrote about:
- Albert Nobbs. Film directed by Rodrigo Garcia (2011)
- Adolescence of Utena. Film directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara (1999)
- Kathy Acker. Writer (1947–97)
- King Kong. Film directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack (1933)
- King Kong Theory. Non-fiction by Virginie Despentes (2006)
- The Matrix. Film series directed by The Wachowskis (1999–2021)
- My Words to Victor Frankenstein above the Village of Chamounix. Non-fiction by Susan Stryker (1994)
- Possessor. Film directed by Brandon Cronenberg (2020)
- Revolutionary Girl Utena. TV series (1997)
- The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs. Play by Simone Benmussa (1977)
- Titane. Film directed Julia Ducournau (2021)
- Uzumaki. Manga by Junji Ito (1996–99)