Hypnogoria

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

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!

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! 

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

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! 

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

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  

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 

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

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!

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

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

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...

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!

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)

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!

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!

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!

In this second show on weird gazetteers, we take a look at some hefty tomes that map and detail folklore and legends in the British Isles, and these include An Atlas of Magical Britain (1990) by Janet and Colin Bord (1990), Folklore, Myths and Legends of Britain (1973) ed. Geoffrey Ashe, and The Lore of the Land (2005) by Jacqueline Simpson and Jennifer Westwood

As a little sidestep between looking at ghostly gazetteers, in this appropriately rambling show, Mr Jim talks about the marvels of Mr Marek Larwood and the Cool Dudes Walking Club