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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Oct 25, 2024 · 50 min
HYPNOGORIA 271 - The Origins of Halloween Part XIV
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
Oct 13, 2024 · 34 min
HYPNOGORIA 270 - The Corman Poe Cycle Part II
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!
Oct 6, 2024 · 40 min
HYPNOGORIA 269 - The Corman Poe Cycle Part I
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!
Sep 29, 2024 · 22 min
MICROGORIA 125 - A Man At War
In this show we take a look a book by legendary horror editor Mr Johnny Mains, the very unsettling novel A Man At War
Sep 23, 2024 · 17 min
MICROGORIA 124 - Eight for Silver
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!
Sep 15, 2024 · 21 min
MICROGORIA 123 - Autumn Chitchat
A little fireside chat feature a few bits of news and some talk about the changing seasons
Sep 8, 2024 · 17 min
MICROGORIA 122 - The Kooky Kids Guide to Black and White Monster Movies
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!
Sep 1, 2024 · 36 min
MICROGORIA 121 - Casting the Runes RPG
We take at a look at Casting the Runes, a table top horror roleplaying game exploring the worlds of MR James!
Aug 18, 2024 · 41 min
HYPNOGORIA 268 - Kaiju History Part VI
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.
Aug 4, 2024 · 37 min
HYPNOGORIA 267 - Kaiju History Part V
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!
Jul 21, 2024 · 50 min
HYPNOGORIA 266 - Kaiju History Part IV
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!
Jul 7, 2024 · 45 min
HYPNOGORIA 265 - Kaiju History Part III - Monster Tales
In this chapter we meet the earliest examples of dinosaurs, colossal beasts, and giant mutant monsters in fiction!
Jun 23, 2024 · 51 min
HYPNOGORIA 264 - Cormania Part V
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!
Jun 16, 2024 · 40 min
HYPNOGORIA 263 - Cormania Part IV
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!
Jun 9, 2024 · 50 min
HYPNOGORIA 262 - Cormania Part III
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 Intruder
May 26, 2024 · 43 min
HYPNOGORIA 261- Cormania Part 2
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.
May 20, 2024 · 56 min
HYPNOGORIA 260 - Cormania Part I
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...
May 12, 2024 · 44 min
HYPNOGORIA 259 - Kaiju History Part II
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!
Apr 28, 2024 · 39 min
HYPNOGORIA 258 - Kaiju History I
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!
Apr 14, 2024 · 52 min
HYPNOGORIA 257 - The History of Universal Horror Part XXXIV
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