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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 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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@Hypnogoria

Language:

English

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#441324240130


Episodes

MICROGORIA 120 - The Hypnogoria Halloween Advent Calendar

9/30/2023
In this special introductory episode, Mr Jim unveils the very first Hypnogoria Halloween Advent Calendar! And every day there will be a new ghoulish gift! Tiny tales of terror, vile verses and of course macabre music from the Eldritch Light Orchestra!

Duration:00:05:26

HYPNOGORIA SUMMER SPECIAL 11 - The BBC2 Late Horror Double Bill 1980

9/24/2023
In this episode the late horror bills enter the 1980s, and had become popular enough to bag the cover of the Radio Times!

Duration:00:46:33

HYPNOGORIA SUMMER SPECIAL 10 - The BBC2 Late Horror Double Bills 1978 and 1979

9/15/2023
We look back at the last BBC2 horror double bills of the 1970s - the Monster Double Bill season of 1978 and Masters of Terror in 1979

Duration:00:59:48

HYPNOGORIA SUMMER SPECIAL 09 - The BBC2 Late Horror Double Bills 1976 and 1977

9/3/2023
In this show we take at a look back at the horror double bills screened on BBC2 in the late 1970s.Firstly we explore the 1976 season which was entitled Masters of Terror and then the longest ever season of summer horror doubles bills, Dracula, Frankenstein and Friends in summer 1977!

Duration:01:06:01

HYPNOGORIA SUMMER SPECIAL 08 - The First BBC2 Late Horror Double Bill

8/20/2023
In this episode we discover the secret origins of the BBC2 horror double bills and take a close look at the very first season which aired in the summer of 1975 - the Midnight Movie Fantastic Double Bill season!

Duration:01:06:17

HYPNOGORIA SUMMER SPECIAL 07 - The BBC2 Late Horror Double Bills

8/6/2023
In the first of a little special summer season we look back on the legendary horror doubles bills shown late at night over the summer on BBC2 during the 1970s and 1980s. In this first part we discover why they were so special, how they came to be, and their direct ancestor - a forgotten BBC SciFi Film season

Duration:00:42:39

HYPNOGORIA 248 - The History of Universal Horror Part XXIX

7/23/2023
This chapter, we learn how two newcomers - producer William Alland and director Jack Arnold - forged a new direction for Universal, bringing horror out of gothic castles and into the space age!

Duration:00:42:40

HYPNOGORIA 247 - The History of Universal Horror Part XXVIII

7/9/2023
In this chapter, we have two further monster mashups with Abbott and Costello, a new Invisible Man, and Universal quietly returning to horror movies with The Strange Door starring Boris Karloff and Charles Laughton

Duration:00:39:05

MICROGORIA 119 - A Quick Chat and Update

7/2/2023
Mr Jim takes a seat by the fire for a quick chat and an update on what's going on and what the future holds

Duration:00:18:46

Hypnogoria 246 - Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance (1976)

6/26/2023
Mr Jim provides a commentary track for Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance, a short film from 1976 made for the TV show for schools Music Scene

Duration:00:33:10

HYPNOGORIA 245 - The Curious Case of Mr Humphreys and his Inheritance

6/18/2023
In this episode we take a look at one of the more obscure television adaptations of MR James, a version of his tale Mr Humphreys and His Inheritance which aired on Midsummer's Day - 21st June - 1976

Duration:00:30:10

HYPNOGORIA 244 - The History of Universal Horror Part XXVII

6/11/2023
In this chapter of Universal horror history we learn how the famous monsters returned to the silver screen, when Dracula, the Wolfman and Frankenstein Monster met Abbott and Costello, an unlikely resurrection in more ways than one!

Duration:00:46:50

HYPNOGORIA 243 - Valhalla, I am Loading

6/4/2023
In this podcast we revisit two ground-breaking computer rpg games from the early 1980s, the era of the home micro, when the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 were king - The Hobbit from Beam Software and Valhalla from Legend

Duration:00:34:18

MICROGORIA 118 - Renfield

5/28/2023
We take at look at the latest incarnation of Dracula from Universal - a comedy horror starring Nicholas Hoult, Awkwafina, and Nicholas Cage as the Count

Duration:00:25:54

MICROGORIA 117 - The Little People

5/21/2023
In something of a stop-gap episode, we have a delve in the audio archives and unearth a classic episode of Lights Out, a bizarre and macabre tale entitled The Little People...

Duration:00:37:59

HYPNOGORIA 242 - TerrorTome

5/14/2023
The Doomscribe returns! Garth Marenghi returns with a new novel that is a trilogy in one single book! How does that work? Well, find out in this podcast!

Duration:00:26:33

HYPNOGORIA 241 - Republic Pictures Horror Part II

5/7/2023
In this second delve into the short-lived cycle of horror movies from Republic Pictures, we look at The Woman Who Came Back (1945), The Catman of Paris (1946) and Valley of the Zombies (1946)

Duration:00:38:09

HYPNOGORIA 240 - Republic Pictures Horror Part I

4/30/2023
In this episode we take at look at a short but often forgotten cycle of horror movies from Republic Pictures, released in the mid 1940s to compete with the Universal monsters! In this first part, we look at The Phantom Speaks (1945) and The Vampire's Ghost (1945) both of which you can watch on YouTube and other sites!

Duration:00:35:40

HYPNOGORIA 239 - The History of Universal Horror Part XXVI

4/23/2023
In this new chapter we examine an overlooked entry in the Universal horror family, the 1939 film serial The Phantom Creeps starring Bela Lugosi and an 8 foot tall killer robot!

Duration:00:34:25

HYPNOGORIA 238 - Ghosts and the Stars

4/9/2023
In this show, Mr Jim revisits a favourite volume from his childhood - I've Seen a Ghost by Richard Davis, in which various stars of stage and screen related their own encounters with the supernatural!

Duration:00:53:16