Hypnogoria

A short introduction to our next podcast series - a serialised reading of The Mound by HP Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop, an epic tale of the Cthulhu Mythos that blends ghost stories, science fiction and cosmic horror!

In this show, we trace the strange path that led Matthew Holness from the comedy world of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace to the dark horror of of his debut feature film, Possum (2018). Along the way we take a look at his short film A Gun for George, the violent world of the Reprisalizer, and the disturbing near-future found in the teleplay The Snipist.

In the second part of this investigation into the well-known trope of the indian burial ground curse, we look at its appearance in classic horrors such as The Amityville Horror, Pet Sematary, Poltergeist and The Shining and some not so classic ones such as Scalps. 

In a the first of little two part series that follows on neatly from the Pet Sematary shows, we explore that famous horror trope the cursed Indian Burial Ground. IN this episode we trace the history and development of this particular now somewhat cliched plot element.

In the last part of our series on Stephen King's classic novel, we look at the latest screen incarnation - Pet Sematary 2019. In this show we first have an in-depth but spoiler-free review of the new movie, and close off with a special no-holds-barred spoiler discussion.

In the third part of our Pet Sematary series, we take a look at Pet Sematary Two (1992), the belated sequel to the 1989 film. Plus we also look at the BBC radio adaptation of Stephen King's novel that aired in 1997

In the second part of our Pet Sematary series, we take a look at the 1989 film version directed by Mary Lambert and starring Dale Midkiff, Denise Crosby and Fred Gwynn

In the first of a three part podcast series, we are unearthing all the secrets of Pet Sematary. In this episode Mr Jim Moon digs deep into the original novel by Stephen King

In another sadly  impromptu episode, we mourn the loss of one of the great modern writers of weird fiction, WH Pugmire. In this show we talk about his life, his influences, in particular Lovecraft, and of course, his own unique brand of strange tales.

In this show we pay tribute to the passing of three important names in the world of genre film and cult movies - actor Joe Pilato, effects wizard and director  John Carl Buechler, and screenwriter and director Larry Cohen, and tale a look at some of their most memorable movies Day of the Dead, It's Alive, Troll, Friday 13th Part VII and Cellar Dweller.

This week we return to the novels of Adam Nevill, who is proving to be a true master of 21st century horror. In this show we take a spoiler-free look at his most recent novels - No One Gets Out Alive, Lost Girl and Under a Watchful Eye

This week Mr Jim Moon invites you to the fireside of the Great Library of Dreams to hear a tale of terror from a lost master, Frederick Cowles, a writer of ghost stories rediscovered by the late great Hugh Lamb.

Welcome to a world of Victorian horrors and Edwardian terrors! In this episode we pay tribute to the great scholar and researcher of the macabre who sadly passed away last week. Hugh Lamb edited a great number of very influential horror anthologies and curated editions of macabre tales for the likes of E Nesbit and Robert W Chambers. He discovered lost and forgotten tales by masters such as MR James, Charles Dickens and Edgar Allen Poe, and rescued from obscurity dozens of long out of print weird tales, including several that I have read on the podcast in the past.

In this episode, we take a look at the brand new Call of Cthulhu Starter Set from the Chaosium, a box of ghoulish delights that contains everything you need to start your own horror roleplaying game and explore the nightmare worlds of HP Lovecraft.

The original occult detective returns! Flaxman Low is consulted on a most disturbing haunting in this classic Victorian weird tale by E Heron and H Heron. 

Mr Jim Moon explores the world of a true master of horror, Mr Garth Marenghi and revisits his seminal cult TV series Darkplace (copyright Dean Learner Enterprises) that was axed by the powers that be - Garth Marenghi's Darkplace!   In this episode we look back the career of Romford's chillmaestro, the comedy horror classic that was Garth Marenghi's Darkplace which starred Matthew Holness, Richard Ayoade, Alice Lowe and Matt Berry, plus its spin-off Man to Man with Dean Learner.

49 years ago today the first Black Sabbath LP was released, and to mark this milestone in rock history, Mr Jim Moon pays tribute with a special reading of a most enigmatic poem found on the sleeve of that LP

Thanks to a raging throat infection Mr Jim Moon embarks on a daring raid into the dusty audio archives of the Great Library of Dreams and return with a high strange prize - one of weirdest ever  tales to come out of the golden age of horror radio - Spawn of the Subhuman from Dark Fantasy

Mr Jim Moon reads one of the all time classic tales of terror - The Monkey's Paw by WW Jacobs

In this episode Mr Jim Moon takes a look at the recent Netflix horror release Bird Box starring Sandra Bullock. In the first section of the show, we have a spoiler-free look at this movie before taking off the blindfolds in the second half to head down river into spoiler-territory, delving into the history of the movie and its influences.