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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Welcome to Commentary Club! Join Jim and Teresa as they talk over various movies and bits of cult TV. So take your seat, make yourself comfy as we do commentaries for all kinds of films, the classic, the cult and the crap!
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Welcome to the the Great Library of Dreams Podcast, where we present readings of classic tales of the weird and the wonderful! Here you will find stories of the magical, the mysterious, the marvelous, and the macabre!
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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!By Hypnogoria
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113 - The Horror of the Heights by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Another tale of giant monsters from the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle! In this chiller we learn of the monstrous creatures lurking in the upper stratosphere!
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COMMENTARY CLUB - Minisode 062 - Top of the Pops Showdown 3
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After recording our Rollerball episode we thought it would be a good idea to sample some vintage Top of the Pops, and hence we pit June 1977 against July 1978!By Hypnogoria
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This week we are are revisiting a slice of 1970s scifi in the shape of cult classic Rollerball (1975)By Hypnogoria
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112 - The Terror of Blue John Gap by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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A classic tale of terror from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle concerning something large, ancient, and very nasty lurking in the hills of Derbyshire!
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HYPNOGORIA 265 - Kaiju History Part III - Monster Tales
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In this chapter we meet the earliest examples of dinosaurs, colossal beasts, and giant mutant monsters in fiction!By Hypnogorai
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COMMENTARY CLUB 096 - The Empire Strikes Back
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We are back into classic film territory and we are looking at one of the greatest sequels of all-time - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)!By Hypnogoria
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111 - One Prehistoric Night by Philip Barshofsky
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A vintage science fiction tale from the golden age of pulp magazines, a story which pits dinosaurs against Martian invaders!
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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!By Hypnogoria
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110 - The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
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As another tie-in to the Hypnogoria Roger Corman series, we have a story from Edgar Allan Poe, which was brought to the screen in Corman's Poe anthology Tales of Terror (1962)
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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!By Hypnogoria
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In another special show, we revisit another movie from the late great Roger Corman - The Terror (1963) a gothic fever dream which stars Boris Karloff and a very young Jack Nicholson!By Hypnogoria
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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 IntruderBy Hypnogoria
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COMMENTARY CLUB - Minisode 061 - Top of the Pops 80s Showdown 2
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After recording the Zombie Creeping Flesh episode, it seemed like a good idea to keep on drinking and watch a Top of the Pops from November 1980 the same week as the film's release. And we had such a good time, we sampled another episode from 1981 for good measure!By Hypnogoria
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109 - Born of Man and Woman by Richard Matheson
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As a little tie-in to the Hypnogoria Roger Corman series here is a tale of terror from one of his collaborators - Richard Matheson. And this story is in fact the very first that Matheson ever had published...
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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.By Hypnogoria
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COMMENTARY CLUB 094 - Not of This Earth
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In a special show, we revisit an early classic from the late great Roger Corman - Not of the Earth (1957)By Hypnogoria
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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...By Hypnogoria
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108 - The Monster of Lake LaMetrie by Wardon Allan Curtis
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Another early tale of a surviving prehistoric monster but this story about a lake dwelling dinosaur takes a very bizarre turn...
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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!By Hypnogoria
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COMMENTARY CLUB 093 - Zombie Creeping Flesh
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It's crap movie time and we are looking at a legendarily shoddy movie - a 1980s Italian Dawn of the Dead knock-off which you may know as Zombie Creeping Flesh AKA Virus AKA Zombie 3 AKA Hell of the Living Dead AKA Night of the Zombies AKA That Bloody Terrible FilmBy Hypnogoria
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As a little crossover with the Kaiju History podcasts on our other show, we have a Victorian tale of a chap who discovers a living fossil. But unfortunately, this surviving saurian is extremely large and very hostile...
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COMMENTARY CLUB - Minisode 060 - Top of the Pops Showdown
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We thought we'd revisit a Top of the Pops from 1988 the week Big was released... and it didn't go so good. So we also had a look at an earlier episode from 1985 to right the balance!By Hypnogoria
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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!By Hypnogoria
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106 - The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson
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Mr Jim reads a massively influential chiller, an otherworldly tale of maritime terror - The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson
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For our classic movie selection, we are watching classic 1980s comedy Big starring Tom HanksBy Hypnogoria
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HYPNOGORIA 257 - The History of Universal Horror Part XXXIV
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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…
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With another reading of a favourite old tale of terror, Mr Jim revisits The Waxwork by AM Burrage, a classic chiller many of us discovered in the creepy tales for kids anthology Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery!
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MICROGORIA 120 - Rituals Unlimited Part VIII - All the Fiends of Hell
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We take a look at a terrifying and truly alien invasion in the new novel from Adam LG Nevill!By Hypnogoria
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HYPNOGORIA 256 - The History of Universal Horror Part XXXIII
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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!By Hypnogoria
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COMMENTARY CLUB EASTER SPECIAL 2024 - Inseminoid
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We celebrate Easter this year with an 1980s British scifi horror about eggs and rebirth... sort of... Yes, we are doing Norman J Warren's infamous alien shocker - Inseminoid (1981)By Hypnogoria
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In this show, Mr Jim Moon reads a favourite tale of terror he found in an old book in childhood, which, funnily enough, is about a man haunted a strange tale in an old book he found in childhood...
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HYPNOGORIA 255 - Necroscope and Beyond - A Tribute to Brian Lumley Part II
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In the second part of our special tribute to the late great Brian Lumley, we explore his later works and in particular his epic vampire saga Necroscope!By Hypnogoria
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COMMENTARY CLUB ST PATRICKS DAY SPECIAL 2024 - Apocalypse Clown
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We celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a new Irish scifi comedy - Apocalypse Clown! When a mysterious cosmic event destroys all electronics and the world plunges into chaos, will a bunch of failed clowns be our saviours?By Hypnogoria
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A reading of a highly controversial tale - the issue of Weird Tales it appeared in was pulled from the shelves after complaints! And despite being over a hundred year old, it still has the power to shock. You have been warned! Listener discretion is advised!
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HYPNOGORIA 254 - Calling Up the Black: A Tribute to Brian Lumley Part I
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In the first of two special shows we celebrate the life and works of the late great Brian Lumley. In this first show we look at his first writings in the Cthulhu Mythos, meet Titus Crow, uncover the ancient Primal land, adventure in the Dreamlands, and the horrors of Psychomech trilogy!By Hypnogoria
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