Though it may seem a little odd one of my biggest influences as a teenager in a literary sence was indeed Edgar Allen Poe. The bizzare stories thrilled me. I was never really one to feel fear but more a chilling sensation of awe. One of my favorite poems to this day is still 'The Raven' I feel it is one of the best poems ever and enjoy a few of the adaptations of it.
Tell-Tale Heart Animation:
I like this animation of the Tell-Tale Heart as I feel that it captures the phantasmagoria of Poe's works. My copy of the complete collection is a very well loved and battered book.
Anouther huge influence to me was 'Alice in Wonderland' The books by Lewis Carroll, the adaptations, the Disney movie and even the new one directed by Tim Burton (offical site here)
Both the 'Looking Glass' and the 'Adventures in Wonderland' and everything relating to them have inspired me. All the works Charles Lutwidge Dodgson published under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll are very important to me.
The Disney film:
I choose the Cheshire Cat scene for a few reasons, he is my favorite character, the scene includes one of Carroll's poems and also it is one of the scenes refering to madness.
The new Tim Burton Disney film:
The new film is much darker and has been dubed somewhat of a 'gothic' version owing to Tim Burtons dark and spooky fixations. I was at first aprehensive of the pairing but I LOVED this version.
Also something 'Alice' related I loved was a videogame I only got to play a few times. American McGee's Alice. It is a very warped and twisted version of the original wonderland and was extreamly dark. I think that the Tim Burton movie drew upon this in some ways as well as combining both books well.
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