Anthropology, sociology, food, and art.
Horror and Horror/SciFi - Nightmare On Elm Street (1, 3, 4, and the guilty pleasure of 5), The Fly (1989), Saw II, Dark City, Daybreakers, Cube, Cube Zero, Species, Alien, and Aliens.
SciFi - Gattaca, Primer.
Altered Carbon (S1), Jessica Jones (S1), The Punisher (S1), Travelers, Glitch, Dark, and Stranger Things.
Stephen King, Andy Weir, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman, Mel Brooks, and Philip K. Dick.