Hypnogoria

We continue our exploration of the Gill-man's kith and kin, this time rounding up assorted Black Lagoon knock-offs! We take a look at  The She Creature  (1956),  Creature From The Haunted Sea  (1961),  Horror of Party Beach  (1964),  Beach Girls and the Monster  (1965) and  The City Under The Sea  AKA  War-gods of the Deep  (1965). 

Beginning a new mini-series, Mr Jim Moon returns to the world of aquatic horrors to discover assorted ameos and homages to the Gill-man, not to mention a few outright rip-offs too!  We have a look at  Return of the Creature  (1955),   Castle of the Monsters  (1958),  Monster Of Piedras Blancas  (1959) ,  Mad Monster Party  (1967),  Chabelo and Pepito vs. The Monsters  (1973),  The Monster Squad  (...

In this week's show we have a tale of terror originally published in Weird Tales magazine. It's a story of a boy and a monster from the late great Manly Wade Wellman.

In this episode we look at the last of the books on the weird and the wonderful written by Daniel Farson for Hamlyn. In this colourful volume, the kids of the 1980s could learn all about assorted monsters from dinosaurs to the xenomorph! 

In this episode Mr Jim Moon takes a trip into some very deep dark woods with The Ritual . We have a spoiler free review of the new movie directed by David Bruckner and also discuss the original novel by Adam Nevill. Plus there's a spoiler-filled discussion at the end for those who have seen the movie.

A quick announcement regarding the coming month or so...

This week Mr Jim Moon is delving once again into the Stoneground Ghost Tales by EG Swain to uncover a cautionary tale that may serve as a lesson for anyone foolish enough to be doing a bit of gardening this weekend...

In this episode, Mr Jim Moon takes a look at a marvelous new tome Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix - a lavishly illustrated and in-depth history of the horror paperbacks of the 1970s and the 1980s

In this little episode Mr Jim Moon investigates a new Spanish horror movie, Veronica which is being touted as the scariest movie currently on Netflix!

In this episode, Mr Jim Moon takes a look at a brand new movie, Ghost Stories ! Created by Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman, this film adapts their hugely successful stage play for the big screen and has been hailed as the best British horror movie in years! The main review is spoiler-free but there is a special little section at the end for those who have seen and survived the movie!

In this little episode Mr Jim Moon takes a look at a doubly rare thing - firstly because it's an episode of an obscure TV horror series hardly ever seen since its first broadcast, and secondly for it is an even rarer beast - a screen adaptation of a Robert Aickman story!

In this episode, we round off our current series on aquatic terrors with a seminal tale of marine horror from the great HP Lovecraft. 

In this episode, Mr Jim Moon takes an in-depth look at the Oscar winning monster movie from Guillermo del Toro. First we have a spoiler-free review of The Shape of Water, and then in the second half, we delve deeper, exploring its connections to The Creature From the Black Lagoon movies and other connections to folklore, fairy stories and classic films. 

In this episode Mr Jim Moon takes a look at the further adventures of the Gill-man, exploring Revenge of the Creature (1955) and The Creature Walks Among Us (1956)

A little bonus episode for you all relating an childhood encounter with the Creature! 

In this episode, we continue on your exploration of the Gill-man and take an in-depth look at the classic horror SF movie The Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954) directed by the great Jack Arnold. Plus we also take a peek at the Gill-man in print and unearth various plots for remakes.

In this episode, Mr Jim Moon invites you all to take a leisurely boat trip down the Amazon river to the Black Lagoon. Here we'll learn of the origin and history of its famous resident monster the Gill-man, and all about the making of the classic movie The Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)

In the second part of our Shapes in the Water podcast series, we look at the grandfather of all hybrid aquatic horrors, the weird tale of The Harbor-Master by Robert W Chambers!

In celebration of Guillermo del Toro's new opus The Shape of Water , Mr Jim Moon sets sail on a new new podcast series and submerges the Great Library of Dreams Bathysphere into the deeps to discover all manner of aquatic horrors. In this first episode, we explore the Gill-man's ancestry in mythology, legend and folklore, encountering kappas, nixes, nymphs, tritons and of course various mermaids a...

In this bonus mini-episode, we take a look at the new six part dark drama series  Requiem . In a spoiler-free review, Mr Jim Moon examines what this new co-production from the BBC and Netflix has to offer! 

Mr Jim Moon once again invites you to take a seat by the fireside to hear another of the marvellous Stoneground Ghost Tales by EG Swain. And as it happens, this particular eerie story has a pleasing fusion of humour and romance, just in time for Valentine's Day...

In this episode Mr Jim Moon sets off once more into the weird and wonderful badlands of 1970s British children's TV. Following on from our previous episodes looking at SF and horror serials produced by HTV , this week we look at King of the Castle, a seven part series written by Bob Baker and Dave Martin, the chaps who created K9 for Doctor Who and previously wrote the highly bizarre serial Sky fo...

In the second part of our trip back to Hawkins, Jim and Odile continue their in-depth and spoiler-filled discussion of Stranger Things Season 2

This week we return to the 1980s and the little town of Hawkins to discover what mysteries we discovered there this year!  Warning  - we are opening the curiosity door and this is a spoiler filled discussion of  Stranger Things 2!

Well dear friends, the Grim Reaper has been at it again! And so, Mr Jim calls you all to the fireside early for   a quick bonus episode to pay tribute to the late great Peter Wyngarde who sadly passed away this week.