Hypnogoria

This week we take a spoiler-free look at the latest movie from director Travis Stephens - Jakob's Wife (2021), a dark tale of small-town vampirism, starring genre legends Barbara Crampton and Larry F…

In a little sidestep we have a brief delve into historical vampirism, uncovering reports of actual vampire outbreaks and hearing from leading scholars of yesteryear on the subject.

In this podcast we examine how Nosferatu portrays vampirism, seeing how Orlock differs from Stoker's Dracula, and delving into accounts and reports of the undead in history.

In this chapter we take a deep dive in the world of Nosferatu, exploring its relationship with Bram Stoker's Dracula, and examining the portrayal of Orlock himself.

In another stop-gap episode, we go to raid the audio archives and find the Man in Black waiting for us there to relate the creepy tale of Fat Andy...

In this chapter we untangle the twisted tale of Nosferatu's rampage in cinemas, and chronicle how the vile Graf Orlock faced his most deadly foe, Florence Stoker, who very nearly succeeded in having …

In an emergency stop-gap episode, we delve into the archives of abominable audio, to unearth a tale of vampirism from the shadowy realm of old time radio - The Marquis of Death!

In this chapter of our celebration of Nosferatu (1922), we meet the screenwriter Henrik Galeen, the mysterious Max Schreck, and learn how the film was shot!

In this chapter of our celebration of the centenary of Nosferatu, we discover the origins of the word "nosferatu" itself, meet the director F.W. Murnau and reveal the unsung mastermind behind the pro…

To open a new podcast series celebrating the centenary of seminal movie Nosferatu (1922), we unearth an almost forgotten remake - a radio version of the silent classic!

In this bite-size episode we take a look at the directorial debut of Travis Stevens - an intriguing little movie called The Girl on the Third Floor...

As a follow up to our three part series on the history of the horror anthology book, in this show Mr Jim investigates why there was such an explosion of horror novels, and indeed, a whole pantheon of…

In our final exploration of the history of horror anthologies and the brilliant women who edited the leading titles in the field, we look at the spooky collections for younger readers from Barbara Ir…

In this podcast, Mr Jim delves further into the history of the horror anthology, detailing the legacy and influence of pioneering editors such as Helen Hoke and Christine Bernard, and paperback range…

For Women in Horror Month, in this episode Mr Jim delves into the history of the horror anthology and discovered how several pioneering ladies of literature curated ground-breaking collections of wei…

The final frights of 1944 find Lon Chaney Jnr. looking through Dead Man's Eyes, spectral shenanigans in Murder in the Blue Room, Kharis walking for a final time in The Mummy's Curse, and the famous m…

The frights of '44 continue coming thick and fast from Universal! Ape-girl Paula Dupree returns in the Jungle Woman, Kharis walks again in The Mummy's Ghost, Sherlock Holmes is menaced by the Hoxton …

1944 would see another bumper crop of fright flicks released by Universal, with the year opening with fresh instalments in their various franchises - a new Inner Sanctum movie Weird Woman, a chilling…

In an unscheduled excursion down the dodgier end of Memory Lane, we pay a visit to the 'Orrible 'Ouse of Terrible Old Tat and unearth one of the most disappointing board games of the 1970s - the infa…

From the archives of abominable audio we present an eerie tale for the New Year!