Hypnogoria

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 includ...

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.

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! 

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! 

In this chapter we meet the earliest examples of dinosaurs, colossal beasts, and giant mutant monsters in fiction!

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!

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!

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

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.

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...

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!

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!

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

We take a look at a terrifying and truly alien invasion in the new novel from Adam LG Nevill! 

In this penultimate chapter of the history of Universal horror we look at two late monsters movies from 1957, the forgotten dinosaur adventure  The Land Unknown  and the unique alien menace of  The Monolith Monsters . We also learn how Universal dealt with new rivals from across the pond, Hammer Films!