The Greatest of Ghost Stories

In defense of literature that scares the living daylights out of us. A look at the macabre and terrifying world of M.R. James, “the best ghost-story writer England has ever produced.”
Read more: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-greatest-of-ghost-stories/?source=Snapzu

Antique Nightmares

2015 will be remembered as a major year in the history of horror podcasts. By Jason Boog. (Oct. 31, 2015)
Read more: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/antique-nightmares/#!?source=Snapzu

Ten books to read in November

New novels from Zadie Smith, Elena Ferrante, Amos Oz and Michael Chabon are among the titles that need to sit on your shelf this month, writes Jane Ciabattari.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20161026-ten-books-to-read-in-november?source=Snapzu

LIFE - Official International Trailer (HD)

Life is an upcoming American science fiction thriller film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Olga Dihovichnaya, Ariyon Bakare, Hiroyuki Sanada and Ryan Reynolds.
Read more: http://snapzu.com/Devang/life-official-international-trailer-hd?source=Snapzu

Reimagining a Shadowy Medieval Brotherhood That Probably Didn’t Exist

The Rosicrucians began as a myth, or maybe a hoax, but they changed the way that people thought. By Peter Bebergal.
Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/reimagining-a-shadowy-medieval-brotherhood-that-probably-didnt-exist?source=Snapzu

The global trade in human hair has a rich, hidden politics

"Entanglement" unravels the knotty story of the hair trade, from the 19th century to the wigs of today's  Orthodox Haredi.
Read more: http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/2016/10/global-trade-human-hair-has-rich-hidden-politics?source=Snapzu

How a forgotten ’80s gem created the formula for video game horror

Conventional wisdom tends to ascribe the birth of survival-horror to Alone In The Dark. Infogrames’ 1992 Lovecraftian adventure bore practically every hallmark of the genre and proved a major influence on its two most prominent series, Resident Evil and Silent Hill. What’s often omitted from history books is how Dynamix’s Project Firestart, a much less conspicuous title, had been released for the aging Commodore 64 three years earlier and provided the genre’s formula.
Read more: http://www.avclub.com/article/how-forgotten-80s-gem-created-formula-video-game-h-244009?source=Snapzu