Hypnogoria

In this chapter we meet the earliest examples of dinosaurs, colossal beasts, and giant mutant monsters in fiction!

In the final part of our epic retrospective on the late great Roger Corman, we chart the birth and huge success of New World Pictures, his subsequent ventures such as Concorde and New Horizons,  and …

In this chapter we find Corman looking for new cinematic ventures in the late 1960s, and working with a host of future movers and shakers such as Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Peter Bogdanovich, Robert…

In the third chapter of our retrospective, we find Corman in the 1960s enjoying huge success with his cycle of movies based on Edgar Allan Poe, but still breaking new ground with other movies such as…

In the second part of our retrospective on the life and works of the late great Roger Corman, we chart how he moved from making B pictures such as The Wasp Woman  and cult black comedies such as  The…

We pay tribute to the late great Roger Corman, and in this first part of a retrospective on his life, works and gigantic legacy, we discover how he got started in the film business...

In this chapter we explore the discovery of prehistoric megafauna and dinosaurs and the wave of dinomania in popular culture that followed. We investigate the dubious but highly influential report of…

A new monster-sized podcast series begins!  We explore the origins of the kaiju movie, and in this first chapter delve into ancient Japanese legends and folklore and discover the forebears of our mod…

In this final chapter of the history of Universal horror we look at the last four fright flicks! A final outing for director Jack Arnold with The Monster of the Campus, discover the secret of The Lee…

We take a look at a terrifying and truly alien invasion in the new novel from Adam LG Nevill! 

In this penultimate chapter of the history of Universal horror we look at two late monsters movies from 1957, the forgotten dinosaur adventure The Land Unknown and the unique alien menace of The Mono…

In the second part of our special tribute to the late great Brian Lumley, we explore his later works and in particular his epic vampire saga Necroscope! 

In the first of two special shows we celebrate the life and works of the late great Brian Lumley. In this first show we look at his first writings in the Cthulhu Mythos, meet Titus Crow, uncover the …

In this chapter we discover the cavalcade of monsters and mutants unleashed by Universal in the mid 1950s! Jack Arnold brings back the Gill-man in in Revenge of the Creature, and brings Richard Mathe…

In this chapter we look at the second outing for the Gill-man - Revenge of the Creature, the last Universal Mummy movie, and revisit two stone cold classics - Tarantula and This Island Earth

In this new chapter of  horror history we look at Boris Karloff's last role in a Universal horror, and see the birth of a new famous monster the Gill-man in The Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

A special New year's message from Mr Jim! 

Behind Door 25 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - Hauntings over the holidays

Behind Door 24 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - Christmas Eve encounters with a ghostly skeleton knight

Behind Door 23 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - the tale of a highwayman haunting