Hypnogoria
Film
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.
Location:
United Kingdom
Description:
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.
Twitter:
@Hypnogoria
Language:
English
Contact:
#441324240130
Website:
http://hypnogoria.libsyn.com/
Email:
hypnogoria@gmail.com
Episodes
HYPNOGORIA 273 - The Corman Poe Cycle Part III
11/17/2024
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).
Duration:00:41:49
HYPNOGORIA 272 - The Origins of Halloween Part XV
10/29/2024
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.
Duration:00:50:01
HYPNOGORIA 271 - The Origins of Halloween Part XIV
10/25/2024
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
Duration:00:50:52
HYPNOGORIA 270 - The Corman Poe Cycle Part II
10/13/2024
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!
Duration:00:34:01
HYPNOGORIA 269 - The Corman Poe Cycle Part I
10/6/2024
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!
Duration:00:40:56
MICROGORIA 125 - A Man At War
9/29/2024
In this show we take a look a book by legendary horror editor Mr Johnny Mains, the very unsettling novel A Man At War
Duration:00:22:43
MICROGORIA 124 - Eight for Silver
9/23/2024
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!
Duration:00:17:10
MICROGORIA 123 - Autumn Chitchat
9/15/2024
A little fireside chat feature a few bits of news and some talk about the changing seasons
Duration:00:21:47
MICROGORIA 122 - The Kooky Kids Guide to Black and White Monster Movies
9/8/2024
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!
Duration:00:17:19
MICROGORIA 121 - Casting the Runes RPG
9/1/2024
We take at a look at Casting the Runes, a table top horror roleplaying game exploring the worlds of MR James!
Duration:00:36:13
HYPNOGORIA 268 - Kaiju History Part VI
8/18/2024
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.
Duration:00:41:24
HYPNOGORIA 267 - Kaiju History Part V
8/4/2024
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!
Duration:00:37:14
HYPNOGORIA 266 - Kaiju History Part IV
7/21/2024
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!
Duration:00:50:45
HYPNOGORIA 265 - Kaiju History Part III - Monster Tales
7/7/2024
In this chapter we meet the earliest examples of dinosaurs, colossal beasts, and giant mutant monsters in fiction!
Duration:00:45:15
HYPNOGORIA 264 - Cormania Part V
6/23/2024
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!
Duration:00:51:16
HYPNOGORIA 263 - Cormania Part IV
6/16/2024
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!
Duration:00:40:57
HYPNOGORIA 262 - Cormania Part III
6/9/2024
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
Duration:00:50:04
HYPNOGORIA 261- Cormania Part 2
5/26/2024
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.
Duration:00:43:55
HYPNOGORIA 260 - Cormania Part I
5/20/2024
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...
Duration:00:56:12
HYPNOGORIA 259 - Kaiju History Part II
5/12/2024
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!
Duration:00:44:39