Hypnogoria

The final part of our lookback on horror in the last decade. In this podcast, we discuss censorship controversies, the rise (and maybe fall) of streaming services, the advent of elevated horror, and look to the future of the genre.

In the second part of our look-back at horror in the 2010s, we discuss horror anthologies on TV, assorted remakes and sequels, and catch up with what iconic horror characters and franchises were doing in this decade! 

In the first of a two part experiment in pop culture time travel, Mr Jim Moon charts the assorted manifestations of horror in the 2010s, in this show looking at the new franchises spawned and various televisual terrors! Hence we are talking about Saw, Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Conjuring Universe, The Walking Dead, True Blood, Dexter, American Horror Story and even bloody Twilight!

The first show of a new year and a new decade! An animated version of The Mezzotint by MR James from MR Thom Burgess, with illustrations by the fantastic Lou Hallard and a new narration by me! The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy An atmospheric poem for New Year by Thomas Hardy My new video reading of Rats by MR James The book Photoghasts can be summoned from here

In the last show before Christmas, Mr Jim Moon invites you to the cosy fireside of the Great Library of Dreams to hear of the most unusual and eerie events that occurred several years ago one snowy Christmas Eve... 

The final chapter of the Christmas classic by Charles Dickens. Complete and unabridged, read by Mr Jim Moon. 

The fourth chapter of the Christmas classic by Charles Dickens, in which Scrooge meets the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Complete and unabridged, read by Mr Jim Moon.

The third chapter of the Christmas classic by Charles Dickens, in which Scrooge meets the Ghost of Christmas Present. Complete and unabridged, read by Mr Jim Moon. 

The second chapter of the Christmas classic by Charles Dickens, complete and unabridged, read by Mr Jim Moon. Scrooge meets the Ghost Of Christmas Past.

The first chapter of the Christmas classic by Charles Dickens, complete and unabridged, read by Mr Jim Moon

Following on from our reading of the classic tale from MR James, in this episode we take a look back on the 1972 screen version directed by Lawrence Gordon Clark for the BBC A Ghost Story for Christmas series, starring Peter Vaughan and Clive Swift. 

It wouldn't be Christmas without a tale from the great MR James! And so once again we gather round the cosy fireside of the  Great Library of Dreams to hear one of his most celebrated ghost stories...

In the first of our ghost stories for Christmas, Mr Jim Moon invites you to take seat by the fireside to hear the last of the Stoneground ghost tales by EG Swain, the story of The Kirk Spook! 

In this last show before the festive season Mr Jim Moon takes a quick spoiler-free look at two new notable horror movies - Mike Flanagan's movie of Stephen King's Doctor Sleep and the Soska Sisters' remake of David Cronenberg's Rabid! Plus there's a trailer for this year's Christmas shows!

In this episode we pay a visit to the most haunted house in Britain, in a new movie that documents and reconstructs the history and the mystery of Borley Rectory! 

We return to the novels of Adam LG Nevill with a review of his latest opus, a dark exploration of folk horror, The Reddening!

Especially for Hallowe'en, an eerie tale set on the night of All Hallows Eve . Mr Jim Moon presents a slice of vintage folk horror with a reading of Randall's Round by Eleanor Scott

Our (mostly) annual series detailing the history of the spookiest night of the year continues! In this chapter we explore the Halloweens of the 1960s, chatting about costumes, parties, television specials and much more more, and calling in on the likes of Charlie Brown, Don Post Studios, Bewitched, the Twilight Zone, Ray Bradbury and even Captain Kirk!

Kharis returns and this time he's in technicolor! In this episode, Mr Jim Moon charts the rise of Hammer horror and how Britain's most bloodsoaked studio made a deal with Universal to bring tone of their famous monsters back from the tomb! The result was The Mummy (1959), a classic gothic horror starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing!

This week we crack open the casebook of famed occult detective, Mr Flaxman Low. In this tale we learn of a remote country house cursed with a most violent haunting...