Hypnogoria

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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Mar 27, 2022 · 40 min
HYPNOGORIA 209 - Nightmares of Nosferatu Part II - Orlock on Screen
In this chapter of our celebration of Nosferatu (1922), we meet the screenwriter Henrik Galeen, the mysterious Max Schreck, and learn how the film was shot!
Mar 20, 2022 · 41 min
HYPNOGORIA 208 - Nightmares of Nosferatu Part I
In this chapter of our celebration of the centenary of Nosferatu, we discover the origins of the word "nosferatu" itself, meet the director F.W. Murnau and reveal the unsung mastermind behind the production, Albin Grau.
Mar 13, 2022 · 1 hr 42 min
HYPNOGORIA 207 - Nightmares of Nosferatu - A Prelude
To open a new podcast series celebrating the centenary of seminal movie Nosferatu (1922), we unearth an almost forgotten remake - a radio version of the silent classic!
Mar 6, 2022 · 17 min
MICROGORIA 107 - The Girl on the Third Floor
In this bite-size episode we take a look at the directorial debut of Travis Stevens - an intriguing little movie called The Girl on the Third Floor...
Feb 27, 2022 · 49 min
HYPNOGORIA 206 - The Rise of the Horror Novel
As a follow up to our three part series on the history of the horror anthology book, in this show Mr Jim investigates why there was such an explosion of horror novels, and indeed, a whole pantheon of horror writers, springing out of nowhere in the 1980s!
Feb 20, 2022 · 41 min
HYPNOGORIA 205 - Not at Night 3
In our final exploration of the history of horror anthologies and the brilliant women who edited the leading titles in the field, we look at the spooky collections for younger readers from Barbara Ireson, and the remarkable career of Mary Danby who helmed the Armada Ghost Books and the Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories.
Feb 13, 2022 · 33 min
HYPNOGORIA 204 - Not At Night Part 2
In this podcast, Mr Jim delves further into the history of the horror anthology, detailing the legacy and influence of pioneering editors such as Helen Hoke and Christine Bernard, and paperback ranges such as the Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories and The Armada Ghost Books.
Feb 6, 2022 · 32 min
HYPNOGORIA 203 - Not At Night
For Women in Horror Month, in this episode Mr Jim delves into the history of the horror anthology and discovered how several pioneering ladies of literature curated ground-breaking collections of weird fiction!
Jan 30, 2022 · 55 min
HYPNOGORIA 202 - The History of Universal Horror Part XX
The final frights of 1944 find Lon Chaney Jnr. looking through Dead Man's Eyes, spectral shenanigans in Murder in the Blue Room, Kharis walking for a final time in The Mummy's Curse, and the famous monsters meeting up at the House of Frankenstein!
Jan 23, 2022 · 48 min
HYPNOGORIA 201 - The History of Universal Horror Part XIX
The frights of '44 continue coming thick and fast from Universal! Ape-girl Paula Dupree returns in the Jungle Woman, Kharis walks again in The Mummy's Ghost, Sherlock Holmes is menaced by the Hoxton Creeper while hunting The Pearl of Death, and Boris Karloff goes all mad doctor at the opera, in The Climax!
Jan 16, 2022 · 39 min
HYPNOGORIA 200 - The History of Universal Horror Part XVIII
1944 would see another bumper crop of fright flicks released by Universal, with the year opening with fresh instalments in their various franchises - a new Inner Sanctum movie Weird Woman, a chilling new adventure for Holmes and Watson in The Scarlet Claw, and the return of one their original horror characters in The Invisible Man's Revenge!
Jan 10, 2022 · 17 min
MICROGORIA 106 - The Terror of Tank Command
In an unscheduled excursion down the dodgier end of Memory Lane, we pay a visit to the 'Orrible 'Ouse of Terrible Old Tat and unearth one of the most disappointing board games of the 1970s - the infamous Tank Command from Ideal!
Jan 1, 2022 · 49 min
MICROGORIA 105 - Catch the Smallest Devil
From the archives of abominable audio we present an eerie tale for the New Year!
Dec 19, 2021 · 1 hr 8 min
HYPNOGORIA 199 - Yule Goats & Tomten
In this new chapter of In Search of Santa, we discover the history of Christmas gift-bringers in Scandinavia, from the present day Julemanden, to the more ancient Yule Goat and the Jultomten!
Dec 12, 2021 · 44 min
HYPNOGORIA 198 - The Treasure of Abbot Thomas
In this episode we have our traditional Christmas commentary, revisiting a classic television adaptation of an MR James tale. Tonight we have reached Christmas 1974, and this year the BBC's A Ghost Story for Christmas was The Treasure of Abbot Thomas, directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark.
Dec 5, 2021 · 54 min
HYPNOGORIA 197 - The Legend of Herne the Hunter
In this festive special we explore the legends and lore of Herne the Hunter. We examine his appearances in classics such The Box of Delights, The Dark is Rising and Robin of Sherwood, explore his connections with the Wild Hunt and Christmas, and untangle his history and folklore from Shakespeare, ghost stories, and the pagan wildwood.
Nov 28, 2021 · 43 min
HYPNOGORIA 196 - The History of Universal Horror Part XVII
The horrors of '43 continue with mad science zombies in The Mad Ghoul, an eerie anthology of tales in Flesh & Fantasy, and Holmes tangles with The Spider Woman! Universal also begins another franchise with Calling Dr Death - the first of the Inner Sanctum Mysteries starring Lon Chaney Jnr.
Nov 21, 2021 · 49 min
HYPNOGORIA 195 - The History of Universal Horror Part XVI
1943 was another bumper year for Universal, with a new Phantom of the Opera, Lon Chaney Jnr. taking on the cloak of the Count in Son of Dracula, and a new franchise launching with Captive Wild Woman. Even the adventures of Holmes and Watson were taking an eerie turn...
Nov 14, 2021 · 42 min
HYPNOGORIA 194 - The History of Universal Horror Part XV
1942 continues to be a bumper year for Universal, with Kharis rising from the grave once more in the shape of Lon Chaney Jnr. in The Mummy's Tomb, delivering old dark house thrills in Night Monster with Bela Lugosi, and pitting two titans of terror against one another in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man! Plus the great detective Sherlock Holmes, as played by Basil Rathbone, begins a long running series of film adventures at Universal!
Nov 7, 2021 · 49 min
HYPNOGORIA 193 - The History of Universal Horror Part XIV
In this chapter we see Universal riding high on the success of The Wolf Man, and launching a record-breaking number of horror movies in 1942, including a new addition to the Frankenstein saga with their newly crowned king of horror, Lon Chaney Jnr. donning the famous square skull and neck bolts!