Sign inOpen the app
Artwork for Hypnogoria
TV & Film

Hypnogoria

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.

SubscribeListen in podnodRSS feedShow website
  • 860 episodes
  • Updated Sunday
  • Explicit

Episodes860

Newest first
  • Apr 19, 2020 · 1 hr 5 min

    HYPNOGORIA 143 - The Life & Works of Stuart Gordon Part 2

    In the second part of our celebration of the marvelous movies of the late great Stuart Gordon, we voyage to the future with Space Truckers and Fortress, and delve into the past to discover the secrets of Castle Freak. We return to Lovecraft and Poe with Gordon's versions of The Black Cat and Dreams of the Witchhouse, and find different dreams coming turn in Ray Bradbury's The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit. Finally we journey in to the heart of darkness with his final movies, King of the Ants, Edmond and Stuck.

  • Apr 5, 2020 · 51 min

    HYPNOGORIA 142 - The Live & Works of Stuart Gordon Part I

    In the first part of a two part special, we celebrate the life and works of the late great Stuart Gordon. In this show we learn of his ground-breaking work in theatre where he began, and how he broke into movies with Reanimator. Then trace his career through a string of beloved movies - Dolls, From Beyond, Robot Jox, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, and The Pit and the Pendulum.

  • Apr 4, 2020 · 47 min

    MICROGORIA 74 - The Damned Thing

    In the first of our new Abominable Audio series, Mr Jim Moon presents a gem from the archives - an old time radio version of the classic weird tale The Damned Thing by Ambrose Bierce

  • Mar 29, 2020 · 43 min

    GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 069 - A Hard Days Fright

    If you ever wondered if ghosts haunt cemeteries, Mr Marc Damian Lawler has the answer with this visit to the famous St James' Cemetery in Liverpool. In this tale of terror with a dash of ghoulish humour, we also encounter some of that great city's most famous sons... This story can be found in the anthology Before You Blow Out the Candle, available in paperback and ebook!

  • Mar 8, 2020 · 1 hr 3 min

    HYPNOGORIA 141 - A History of Horror Videogames Part IV

    In this chapter we continue to look at horror videogames in the early 1980s, the golden age of the console. We exploring spooky games on the Intellivision such as Dracula and Ghost Manor on the Atari, face killer robots beneath the earth in Night Stalker and Dark Cavern, and then discover how classic movies such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween and Gremlins appeared on the Atari 2600.

  • Mar 1, 2020 · 1 hr 3 min

    HYPNOGORIA 140 - A History of Horror Video Games Part III

    In this episode we explore horror in the golden age of the Atari VCS, AKA the Atari 2600, looking at terrifying titles like Haunted House, Alien, Frankenstein and untangling the connection between Donkey Kong and King Kong!

  • Feb 23, 2020 · 45 min

    HYPNOGORIA 139 - A History of Horror Video Games Part II

    In this show we look at horror on the early home computers, with ghastly games released for the likes of the TR-80, the Apple II and the ZX81. Including terrifying titles such as The House of Usher, Deathmaze 5000, Mystery House, Asylum and 3D Monster Maze!

  • Feb 15, 2020 · 43 min

    HYPNOGORIA 138 - A History of Horror Video Games Part I

    This week, we unearth the history of horror in video games. In this episode we explore the birth of video gaming, and take a look at Shark Jaws from Atari, Death Race from Exidy, Hunt the Wumpus on the pc, and Haunted House on the Magnavox Odyssey

  • Feb 2, 2020 · 46 min

    HYPNOGORIA 136 - Before You Blow Out the Candle

    In this episode we take a look at two new ghostly volumes. First up is Photoghasts by Thom Burgess, a collection of unsettling haunted snaps. And then we have a look at the new collection Before You Blow Out the Candle edited by Marc Damian Lawler, and hear a reading of one of the very fine tales within - Steepe Holm by Vince Stadon

  • Jan 26, 2020 · 54 min

    HYPNOGORIA 135 - Terror in the 2010s Part III

    The final part of our lookback on horror in the last decade. In this podcast, we discuss censorship controversies, the rise (and maybe fall) of streaming services, the advent of elevated horror, and look to the future of the genre.

  • Jan 19, 2020 · 49 min

    HYPNOGORIA 134 - Terror in the 2010s Part II

    In the second part of our look-back at horror in the 2010s, we discuss horror anthologies on TV, assorted remakes and sequels, and catch up with what iconic horror characters and franchises were doing in this decade!

  • Jan 12, 2020 · 50 min

    HYPNOGORIA 133 - Terror in the 2010s Part I

    In the first of a two part experiment in pop culture time travel, Mr Jim Moon charts the assorted manifestations of horror in the 2010s, in this show looking at the new franchises spawned and various televisual terrors! Hence we are talking about Saw, Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Conjuring Universe, The Walking Dead, True Blood, Dexter, American Horror Story and even bloody Twilight!

  • Jan 3, 2020 · 8 min

    MICROGORIA 73 - Happy New Year

    The first show of a new year and a new decade! An animated version of The Mezzotint by MR James from MR Thom Burgess, with illustrations by the fantastic Lou Hallard and a new narration by me! The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy An atmospheric poem for New Year by Thomas Hardy My new video reading of Rats by MR James The book Photoghasts can be summoned from here

  • Dec 22, 2019 · 32 min

    GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 66 - You'd Better Watch Out

    In the last show before Christmas, Mr Jim Moon invites you to the cosy fireside of the Great Library of Dreams to hear of the most unusual and eerie events that occurred several years ago one snowy Christmas Eve...