Happy Halloween people!
This weekend's culture enrichment is obvious, is it not? In honor of the holiday and it's spooky traditions, that's what this update is all about!
Halloween shares its origins with Celtic festivities and an old Christian holiday 'All Saints Day.' The name comes from a Scottish variant of 'All-hallows-eve' which was the night before 'All-hallows-day' which was believed to be the time of year where the veil between our world and the spirit world was thinnest.
If you want more info on the origins of halloween, look it up.
As far as media is concerned, when it comes to halloween, you want to be so scared out of your pants that you can't pee anymore. Why? Because we love the adrenaline rush that comes with being scared and it's HALLOWEEN!
game:
dead space
movie:
exorcism (see ign's top scary movie list)
Book:
Inspired by the classic children's book 'The Jungle Book,' 'The Graveyard Book' is a perfect quick read for this weekend. Scary? No. This story is about a Kid who's parents get killed by a murderer and ends up being adopted by some ghosts in a graveyard. Awesome? Very much so!! Even though it's a child's fantasy novel, it is one of my favorites, and gives interesting perspective to growing up, the afterlife, super powers, and anything that crawls in the night, and not specifically in that order.
Read it. Go now.
NY Times review.
Song:
The Ghost Busters' theme song. Need I say more?
Music video:
Basically the most iconic music video of all time, sparking major world-wide intrigue and causing a generation of amazingness, this video is with out a single shadow of a doubt the best thing you will ever experience as far as pop-culture '80's songs go:
Michael Jackson's Thriller! Watch the video HERE.
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