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 ficti…
The Hypnogoria podcast is an exceptional show that explores horror stories and their influence on pop culture. Hosted by Mr Jim Moon, this podcast has been captivating listeners for several years, first on the Hypnogoria blog and now as a standalone podcast. It is always entertaining and informative, even if you may not always agree with everything discussed.
One of the best aspects of The Hypnogoria podcast is its diverse range of topics. Jim covers a wide array of subjects, from the history of Universal Studios to lesser-known B-movies and even niche topics like The Box of Delights and Hammer House of Horror. The research done on each subject is top-notch, ensuring that listeners gain deep insights into the subject matter. Additionally, Jim's sense of humor shines through in each episode, making it a fun and enjoyable listen.
While there are many positive aspects to The Hypnogoria podcast, there are a few potential downsides. Some listeners may find that the niche topics covered may not always be of interest to them. However, even if you don't know much about a particular subject, Jim's thorough research and entertaining delivery make it worth listening to anyway. Additionally, some listeners might prefer more structured episodes or interviews with guests, which are less frequent in this podcast.
In conclusion, The Hypnogoria podcast is a must-listen for any fan of horror stories and pop culture. With its wide range of topics, in-depth research, and engaging delivery style, it consistently delivers high-quality content that will entertain and educate listeners. Whether you're a long-time follower or new to the show, you'll find something enjoyable in every episode. Here's hoping that Jim continues to produce this excellent podcast for many years to come.
In this show we look at the final Poe adaptation done by Roger Corman, The Tomb of Ligeia, starring Vincent Prince and Elizabeth Shepherd and scripted by Robert Towne who would go on to pen classics such as Chinatown!
In the UK at this time of the year the woodlands are awash with a carpet of bluebells. However as beloved as these wild flowers are, they have a lot of folklore surrounding them, and links to faeries, the dead, witches and the Devil himself!
I have some serious news and it ain't great...
This week, the great children's author Aidan Chambers sadly passed away. And this show we take a fond look back on the ghostly books he penned and the various anthologies of spooky stories he edited.
Did you know Oliver Stone had made a horror film? No? Did you know he'd made TWO horror movies before he directed Salvador (1986)? Well, step this way and discover his first two movies - Seizure (1974) starring Jonathan Frid, Hervé Villechaize and Martine Beswick, and The Hand (1981) starring Sir Michael Caine!
In this chapter we examine the movie often hailed as the greatest Roger Corman ever made - Masque of the Red Death (1964) - starring Vincent Price, Hazel Court, and Jane Asher, plus cinematography from future legendary director Nicolas Roeg.
In this chapter we learn how Roger Corman made the very first movie adaptation of a HP Lovecraft story - The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, starring Vincent Price and Lon Chaney Jnr. - but when it hit cinemas, it had become Edgar Allen Poe's The Haunted Palace! (And yes, they even spelled Poe's middle name wrong!)
In this chapter we have the next two Poe movies from Roger Corman, which each took a different direction. Tales of Terror (1962) was an anthology film featuring three different Poe stories, plus guest stars Peter Lorre and Basil Rathbone. While The Raven (1963) was a comedy horror tale of feuding sorcerers which saw Vincent Price plotting magical skulduggery with Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff and a young Jack Nicholson!
We take a look at the little known other remake of Nosferatu that surfaced last year, directed by David Lee Fisher and starring Doug Jones as Graf Orlock!
We take a look at the latest incarnation of Universal werewolvery in Wolf Man (2025) written and directed by Leigh Whannell! Previous chapters in this series can be found here - The Wolf at the Door: a Werewolf History
The second part of my tribute to the late great David Lynch, in which we uncover Lynchian theories on life, art, film making and the importance of fishing...
The first part of a tribute to the late great David Lynch, in which Mr Jim attempts to unravel the mysteries of a man who was a film maker, a painter, a writer, a musician, a weatherman, and a friend to woodpeckers...
In a new chapter of this retrospective on the late great Roger Corman's cycle of Poe movie, we look at his third adaptation, The Premature Burial, which starred Ray Milland rather than Vincent Price and very nearly wasn't made by AIP at all.
A cosy chat from the fireside and a happy New Year to all you out there in Listenerland!
Behind Door 24 we have A Christmas Horror Story and Krampus, Christmas horror films becoming a new annual tradition, and coming right up to date with Art the Clown getting festive in Terrifier 3
Behind Door 23 we trapped by a hooded maniac in ATM and look at the surprising resurrection of the Silent Night, Deadly Night franchise, the loose remake Silent Night
Behind Door 22 we have a pair of movies from 2010 which both draw on the dark folklore of Father Christmas, with St Nicholas on the rampage in Sint from the Netherlands, while Finland resurrects an ancient Lapland Yuletide terrors in Rare Exports
This year we have reached 1977, and the penultimate episode in the original run, and the last episode directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark. In a departure from the usual format Stigma brings us a brand new tale written especially for the screen by Clive Exton, a dark tale of mysterious megaliths and ancient evils.
Behind Door 21 we have troubling getting home for Christmas in P2 (2007), trouble in the home in French shocker Inside (2007), and a less than happy New Year with The Children (2008)
Behind Door 20 we learn why you should never take the scenic route when driving home for Christmas with Dead End (2003) and Wind Chill (2007), and also take a splattery ride on Santa's Slay (2005)
Behind Door 19 we venture into the dark underworld of straight to video, where many terrible festive flicks lurk… Welcome t o the Christmas Horror Naughty List!
Behind Door 18 we find Mickey Rooney as an evil toymaker in Silent Night, Deadly Part 5, wish Jack Skellington a merry Christmas and discover a nativity in black in Spain's Day of the Beast
Behind Door 17 we find the stranger end of the Silent Night, Deadly Night series with Part 3: You Better Watch Out with Bill Moseley as a robo-zombie Ricky, and Brian Yuzna's bizarre witchcraft body horror Part 4: Initiation starring Maud Adams!
Behind Door 16 we have some seasonal shark nonsense from Jaws: The Revenge and the little seen but very entertaining Deadly Games (1989), a French Christmas horror that possibly inspired Home Alone
Behind Door 15 - it's Garbage Day! Yes, we experience the incredibly inept brilliance of Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
Behind Door 14 we find the most infamous Christmas horror movie of them all, 1984's Santa slasher flick, Silent Night, Deadly Night!
Behind Door 13 we discover two little known Christmas fright flick - The Dorm that Dripped Blood AKA Pranks, and a rare British Santa slasher Don't Open Until Christmas. Warning - may also contain Gremlins too!
Behind Door 12 we find John Waters's favourite holiday movie Christmas Evil plus two New Year horrors - Terror Train and New Year's Evil
Behind Door 11 have an early Santa Slasher To All a Goodnight (1980) and the most unfestive Night Train Murders (1975)
Behind Door 10 is perhaps the most important Yuletide horror of them all, Bob Clark's Black Christmas (1974)
Behind Door 09 we visit the little seen early slasher mystery Silent Night Bloody Night from 1971, and learn The Legend of Hell House (1973)
Behind Door 8 is the Amicus movie Tales From the Crypt (1972), and in particular one scarifying seasonal tale from the legendary EC Comics, All Through House which sees Joan Collins menaced by a psychotic Santa!
Behind Door 7 of the Christmas Advent Calendar we discover the dark festive fable Whoever Slew Auntie Roo (1971)
Door 6 in the Christmas Horror Advent Calendar reveals Finnish folk horror The White Reindeer (1952) and a little known fright-filled Christmas movie from Hammer - Cash on Demand (1961) starring Peter Cushing!
Door 5 in the Christmas Horror Advent Calendar opens, looking at seminal slices of festive fear - Dead of Night from Ealing Studios (1945) and macabre noir Beware My Lovely (1952)
Door 04 of the Christmas Horror Advent Calendar open revealing classic Val Lewton chiller - Curse of the Cat People!
Door 3 of the Christmas Horror Advent Calendar opens, and we look at early Yuletide horrors The Mystery in the Wax Museum and The Devil-Doll
Door 2 of the Christmas Horror advent calendar opens!, looking at assort silent festive frights!
In this special advent calendar, every day we will be tracing the history of the Christmas horror film, from silent terrors to present day festive frights!
In a special episode, we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the first screening of The Box of Delights TV series, the classic BBC adaption of John Masefield's novel that first aired back in 1984. We take a look at the new revised and expanded edition of the book Opening the Box of Delights by Dr Philip W. Errington, and report on the wonderful remastered Blu-ray edition of the series, which includes the brand new feature length documentary Time and Tide - The Making of the Box of Delights! Splendiferous!
In this chapter we learn how Roger Corman and Richard Matheson devised a second cinematic foray in the world of Edgar Allan Poe, this time plunging horror icons Vincent Price and Barbara Steele in the the nightmares of The Pit and Pendulum (1961).
In this chapter we explore Hallowe'en in the mid-nineties, and chart the rise of The Crow, Angela returns from Hell in Night of the Demons 2, go trick or treating with Richie, Eddie and a cattle prod, and suffer Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers.
In this chapter we look at what was a bumper year for Hallowe'en - with 1993 delivering classics such Tim Burton's A Nightmare Before Christmas, Disney's Hocus Pocus, a film of Ray Bradbury's The Halloween Tree, and the first publication of Roger Zelazny's classic novel A Night in Lonesome October
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!
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!
In this show we take a look a book by legendary horror editor Mr Johnny Mains, the very unsettling novel A Man At War
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!
A little fireside chat feature a few bits of news and some talk about the changing seasons
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!
We take at a look at Casting the Runes, a table top horror roleplaying game exploring the worlds of MR James!
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.
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