Hypnogoria: October 2021

Sunday 31 October 2021

HYPNOGORIA 192 - The Origins of Halloween Part 9

It is 1978, and this is the night he came home! In this chapter we look at John Carpenter's classic Hallowe'en, uncover its origins, explore its connections with the holiday and learn how it brought horror back to Hallowe'en night!

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Saturday 30 October 2021

COMMENTARY CLUB - Halloween Special - The Blair Witch Project

For this year's Hallowe'en special, we venture into the woods and relive classic found footage frightener The Blair Witch Project!

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FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 043 - The Vow on Halloween by Lyllian Huntley Harris

A tale of terror for Hallowe'en night, first published in the pages of Weird Tales magazine back in 1924!

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Thursday 28 October 2021

COMMENTARY CLUB - Minisode 035 - Curse of the Blair Witch

As an extra spooky treat, and as a lead-in to our Hallowe'en special, we thought we'd take a look back at the faux documentary Curse of The Blair Witch!

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Sunday 24 October 2021

MICROGORIA 104 - A Halloween on Vinyl

As a prelude to the next chapter of our Origins of Hallowe'en series, we delve into the world of spooky spoken word records from the '60s and '70s, discovering a world of scary stories and haunted vinyl! We hear Famous Monsters Speak! (1963), visit A Graveyard of Ghosts (1974) with Vincent Price, and experience Halloween Horrors (1977)!

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Friday 22 October 2021

COMMENTARY CLUB - Minisode 034 - Blackadder3 - Sense and Sensibility

"You have to do that every time I say Macbeth?"

In this episode, there's more trouble for Prince George and Blackadder the shape of a pair of actors, played by comedy legends Kenneth Connor and Hugh Paddick.

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Sunday 17 October 2021

HYPNOGORIA 191 - Rituals Unlimited Part VI - Some Folk Wont Get Out Alive

In this episode we have a double dose of terror from Adam Nevill! Firstly we look at the new movie version of his novel No One Gets Out Alive which is currently scaring the pants of people on Netflix, and then have a review of his tenth novel, a tale of folk horror entitled Cunning Folk!

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Saturday 16 October 2021

COMMENTARY CLUB 054 - Jaws

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water... It's classic film time again, and in this podcast we go back to 1975 for Steven Spielberg's movie version of a book whose author thought no one would read because it was about a fish... Jaws!

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Wednesday 13 October 2021

FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 042 - Room for One by Frederick Cowles

In this show we have a little story from Mr Frederick Cowles from his 1936 collection The Horror of Abbot's Grange and Other Stories, a suitably seasonal tale of terror set in the month of October!

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Sunday 10 October 2021

HYPNOGORIA 190 - The Hauntings of MR James Part II

In this second exploration of the ghosts of MR James, we uncover strange childhood inspirations, identify recurring types of spectres in his tales, and uncover the good doctor's own view on ghosts.

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Friday 8 October 2021

COMMENTARY CLUB - Minisode 033 - Blackadder3 - Nob and Nobility

In this minisode Blackadder gets involved in the French Revolution and the dashing Scarlet Pimpernel! With Tim McInnerny returning a non-Percy role and guest stars Nigel Planer and Chris Barrie!

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Sunday 3 October 2021

HYPNOGORIA 189 - The Hauntings of MR James Part I

This week we begin a two part investigation into the ghost stories of MR James, and try to uncover what inspired and influenced the creation of his classic tales of the supernatural.

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Saturday 2 October 2021

FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 041 - A Vignette by MR James

Our final reading in our MR James mini season is coincidentally the final ghost story the good doctor ever wrote, a short piece entitled A Vignette, which many suspect may be not be a story at all but a memoir of an eerie event...

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