Welcome to Hypnogoria, Britian's longest running horror podcast! Coming to you from the Great Library of Dreams, Mr Jim Moon invites you to take a comfy armchair by the fireside to talk of all things weird and wonderful. Here we discuss strange cinema and spooky television, explore weird fiction and delve into the mysteries of folklore. Plus we also regularly gather by the fireside to hear readings of some classic tales of the strange and the macabre.
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In this episode we detail how Roger Corman made his first adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe, The House of Usher, starring Vincent Price, and the impact it had when unleashed upon the world in 1960!توسط Hypnogoria
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A new horror history series begins - devoted to the cycle of Edgar Allan Poe films directed by Roger Corman for AIP back in the 1960s. In this first chapter, we explore the origins of this series of classic movies, tracing the road that led to the House of Usher!توسط HYpnogoria
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In this show we take a look a book by legendary horror editor Mr Johnny Mains, the very unsettling novel A Man At Warتوسط Hypnogoria
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A quick spoiler-free review of the 2021 movie Eight for Silver AKA The Cursed which leaves Netflix next week. Hear why you should catch this fantastically autumnal folk horror tale while you can!توسط Hypnogoria
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A little fireside chat feature a few bits of news and some talk about the changing seasonsتوسط Hypnogoria
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In this little show we take at look at a new book written and illustrated by Joey Draper - The Kooky Kids Guides to Black and Monster Movies!
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We take at a look at Casting the Runes, a table top horror roleplaying game exploring the worlds of MR James!توسط Hypnogoria
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In this episode, we take an in-depth look at The Lost World (1925) the first screen adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel, and learn how Willis O'Brien brought dinosaurs to life in this silent blockbuster.توسط Hypnogoria
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In this episode we witness the birth of stop motion monster magic with Willis O'Brien, look at early dinosaur fantasies The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918) and Along the Moonbeam Trail (1920), and find the very first true kaiju movie in a most unlikely place!توسط Hypnogoria
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In this chapter we discover assorted monsters from lost worlds created Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Edgar Rice Burroughs, and encounter the first dinosaurs on the big screen!توسط Hypnogoria
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In this chapter we meet the earliest examples of dinosaurs, colossal beasts, and giant mutant monsters in fiction!توسط Hypnogorai
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In the final part of our epic retrospective on the late great Roger Corman, we chart the birth and huge success of New World Pictures, his subsequent ventures such as Concorde and New Horizons, and chart his incredible legacy!توسط Hypnogoria
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In this chapter we find Corman looking for new cinematic ventures in the late 1960s, and working with a host of future movers and shakers such as Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Peter Bogdanovich, Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese!توسط Hypnogoria
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In the third chapter of our retrospective, we find Corman in the 1960s enjoying huge success with his cycle of movies based on Edgar Allan Poe, but still breaking new ground with other movies such as the very highly controversial drama The Intruderتوسط Hypnogoria
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In the second part of our retrospective on the life and works of the late great Roger Corman, we chart how he moved from making B pictures such as The Wasp Woman and cult black comedies such as The Little Shop of Horrors to bringing a gothic literary classic to the screen.توسط Hypnogoria
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We pay tribute to the late great Roger Corman, and in this first part of a retrospective on his life, works and gigantic legacy, we discover how he got started in the film business...توسط Hypnogoria
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In this chapter we explore the discovery of prehistoric megafauna and dinosaurs and the wave of dinomania in popular culture that followed. We investigate the dubious but highly influential report of a surviving pterodactyl, and find the first kaiju in fiction courtesy of Mr Jules Verne!توسط Hypnogoria
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A new monster-sized podcast series begins! We explore the origins of the kaiju movie, and in this first chapter delve into ancient Japanese legends and folklore and discover the forebears of our modern cinematic titans - the yokai!توسط Hypnogoria
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In this final chapter of the history of Universal horror we look at the last four fright flicks! A final outing for director Jack Arnold with The Monster of the Campus, discover the secret of The Leech Woman, unearth The Thing Had Could Not Die, and find a vampire in the Wild West in Curse of the Undead…
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We take a look at a terrifying and truly alien invasion in the new novel from Adam LG Nevill!توسط Hypnogoria
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In this penultimate chapter of the history of Universal horror we look at two late monsters movies from 1957, the forgotten dinosaur adventure The Land Unknown and the unique alien menace of The Monolith Monsters. We also learn how Universal dealt with new rivals from across the pond, Hammer Films!توسط Hypnogoria
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In the second part of our special tribute to the late great Brian Lumley, we explore his later works and in particular his epic vampire saga Necroscope!توسط Hypnogoria
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In the first of two special shows we celebrate the life and works of the late great Brian Lumley. In this first show we look at his first writings in the Cthulhu Mythos, meet Titus Crow, uncover the ancient Primal land, adventure in the Dreamlands, and the horrors of Psychomech trilogy!توسط Hypnogoria
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In this chapter we discover the cavalcade of monsters and mutants unleashed by Universal in the mid 1950s! Jack Arnold brings back the Gill-man in in Revenge of the Creature, and brings Richard Matheson's The Incredible Shrinking Man to the screen. Plus we have the rampages of The Deadly Mantis and the menace of The Mole People!…
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In this chapter we look at the second outing for the Gill-man - Revenge of the Creature, the last Universal Mummy movie, and revisit two stone cold classics - Tarantula and This Island Earthتوسط Hypnogoria
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