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Exclusive: Korn’s Jonathan Davis Shares His Favorite Horror Films
Korn mainman Jonathan Davis knows horror firsthand. Working in a coroner’s office as a kid, he’s gotten up close and personal with more blood and guts than George Romero, Sam Raimi and John Carpenter combined.
Davis laughs, “I did all of the blood and guts shit for real, bro. I hacked up over 2500 bodies in my day working in the coroner’s office.”
photo credit Lilly Ryden
Now the singer has just been hacking up heavy metal with Korn’s latest offering, Korn III — Remember Who You Are. It’s a bloody, brutal and brilliant return to form for Korn, and it sees Davis sparing no one lyrically.
Given his connection to the world of “real” horror, Bloody-Disgusting.com’s Rick Florino (www.bookofdolor.com) spoke to Jonathan Davis in this exclusive interview about his favorite horror flicks! Jonathan Davis’s Favorite Horror Movies
1. Salem’s Lot
When I was a kid, Salem’s Lot scared the fucking shit out of me! This one always creeped me out.
2. The Exorcist
I think this is the scariest one—especially from that time period.
3. Evil Dead
I dig Evil Dead.
4. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
This is one of my favorites! It’s got Dennis Hopper, and it’s fucking good. It’s so underrated. I think it’s the best film of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise.
5. Suspiria
There was this really old school Italian film that scared me called Suspiria. I saw it when I was a little kid. I haven’t watched it in years, but I remember it just fucking killing me. I think I was six or seven-years-old. It was on HBO or some shit. I’d wake up in the middle of the night and I’d sneak down and watch TV because that’s when the horror films were always on. I’d sit there, watch them and get the shit scared out of me, but I loved it! The Hollywood version of Satanism is scary; it’s a totally different thing. It makes for good scary movies and good metal lyrics, grindcore bands and all of the bands in Norway and Scandanavia. I’ve met so many Satanists, and they’re like the nicest people in the world, bro [Laughs]. They’re really cool. When we were on tour with Joey Jordison [Slipknot, Murderdolls], he had a lot of those black metal guys come out, and they were totally cool.
6. The Fourth Kind
I watched this recently, and it freaked the fuck out of me. Awe fuck, dude, it really gave me the fucking willies! Horror films don’t really scare me that much now, but this one freaked me out. It felt so real.
7. Paranormal Activity
When I first saw this, it fucking flipped me out too! Shit that looks real and deals with any kind of otherworldly shit freaks me out! I did all of the blood and guts shit for real, bro. I hacked up over 2500 bodies in my day working in the coroner’s office. Shit like Paranormal Activity—where there’s demon possession and you see the whole video—fucking scares me!
It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.
Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.
Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.
“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.
“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”
You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…
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