HYPNOGORIA 287 - The Corman Poe Cycle Part VIII - Tomb of Ligeia

In this show we look at the final Poe adaptation done by Roger Corman, The Tomb of Ligeia, starring Vincent Prince and Elizabeth Shepherd and scripted by Robert Towne who would go on to pen classics such as Chinatown!

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HYPNOGORIA 283 - The Corman Poe Cycle Part VII - The Masque of the Red Death

In this chapter we examine the movie often hailed as the greatest Roger Corman ever made - The Masque of the Red Death (1964) - starring Vincent Price, Hazel Court, and Jane Asher, plus cinematography from future legendary director Nicolas Roeg.

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HYPNOGORIA 282 - The Corman Poe Cycle Part VI - HP Lovecraft's Haunted Palace

In this chapter we learn how Roger Corman made the very first movie adaptation of a HP Lovecraft story - The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, starring Vincent Price and Lon Chaney Jnr. - but when it hit cinemas, it had become Edgar Allen Poe's The Haunted Palace! (And yes, they even spelled Poe's middle name wrong!)

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FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 136 - The Haunted Palace by Edgar Allan Poe

An eerie poem from Edgar Allan Poe, recited by mad Roderick Usher in the classic tale The Fall of the House of Usher...

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HYPNOGORIA 281 - The Corman Poe Cycle Part V

In this chapter we have the next two Poe movies from Roger Corman, which each took a different direction. Tales of Terror (1962) was an anthology film featuring three different Poe stories, plus guest stars Peter Lorre and Basil Rathbone. While The Raven (1963) was a comedy horror tale of feuding sorcerers which saw Vincent Price plotting magical skulduggery with Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff and a young Jack Nicholson!  

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FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 131 - The Facts in the Case of M Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe

A tale from one of the great masters of the macabre - the story of an experiment in mesmerism yields eerie and horrifying results! 

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HYPNOGORIA 276 - The Corman Poe Cycle Part IV

In a new chapter of this retrospective on the late great Roger Corman's cycle of Poe movie, we look at his third adaptation, The Premature Burial, which starred Ray Milland rather than Vincent Price and very nearly wasn't made by AIP at all.

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HYPNOGORIA 273 - The Corman Poe Cycle Part III

In this chapter, we learn how Roger Corman and Richard Matheson devised a second cinematic foray in the world of Edgar Allan Poe, this time plunging horror icons Vincent Price and Barbara Steele in the the nightmares of The Pit and Pendulum (1961).

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HYPNOGORIA 270 - The Corman Poe Cycle Part II

In this episode we detail how Roger Corman made his first adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe, The House of Usher, starring Vincent Price, and the impact it had when unleashed upon the world in 1960! 

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FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 110 - The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

As another tie-in to the Hypnogoria Roger Corman series, we have a story from Edgar Allan Poe, which was brought to the screen in Corman's Poe anthology Tales of Terror (1962).

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HYPNOGORIA 174 - The History of Universal Horror Part III

The terrors of 1932! This year saw Universal release three new fright flicks - searching for a third horror hit to join their blockbusters Dracula and Frankenstein. Murders in the Rue Morgue had Bela Lugosi bringing Poe's classic tale to the screen. In The Old Dark House director James Whale brought us a blackly comic gothic tale. While The Mummy saw the birth of a new movie monster and another iconic role for Boris Karloff! 

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FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 029 - Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe

Just in time for Valentine's Day, a reading of  a celebrated love poem by the great Edgar Allan Poe, the exquisite gothic tale in miniature that is Annabel Lee! 

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FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 019 - The City in the Sea by Edgar Allan Poe

In this show we return to the weird verse of Mr Edgar Allan Poe to hear the seminal poem The City in the Sea first published in 1845.

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FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 006 - Dreamland by Edgar Allan Poe

Mr Edgar Allan Poe surely needs no introduction, but as well as writing a legion of classic horror tales, his poetry often went to dark and strange places too...

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HYPNOGORIA 142 - The Life & Works of Stuart Gordon Part 1

In the first part of a two part special, we celebrate the life and works of the late great Stuart Gordon. In this show we learn of his ground-breaking work in theatre where he began, and how he broke into movies with Reanimator. Then trace his career through a string of beloved movies - Dolls, From Beyond, Robot Jox, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, and The Pit and the Pendulum.

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ELDRITCH LIGHT ORCHESTRA - Dreamlands

Another ambient piece, this time created using Arturia's Pigments synth, a ticking clock, and some homebrewed feedback. Originally I intended this to be the backing for a reading of the famous poem by Edgar Allan Poe but though it would be shame to talk over it! 

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HYPNOGORIA 122 - The Secrets of the Mound

In this episode Mr Jim Moon delves into the background of the classic weird tale The Mound. We discover how HP Lovecraft came to write it for Zealia Bishop, and dig up the local folklore and old American history that inspired it. We also explore the strange  theories of hollow earths and legends of lost races, and finally discuss its literary forebears from the likes of Poe and Jules Verne.

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HYPNOGORIA 21 - The Origins of Halloween Part II

It's Halloween once more, and Mr Jim Moon brings you another epic show delving into the long history of this autumnal festival. In this episode, we ransack the shelves of the Great Library of Dreams to trace the history of Halloween in popular culture, from the poems of Robert Burns, through the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Sir Walter Scott, and into the heyday of the Victorian ghost story.  

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HYPNOGORIA 20 - Clemens at the Movies

At last, the long-delayed Clemens at the Movies episode is here! In this show, Mr Jim Moon delves into the late great Brian Clemens' work on the silver screen, from an early feature adapting Edgar Allan Poe for the big screen in The Tell-Tale Heart (1960), through his psychochillers And Soon the Darkness (1970) and See No Evil (1971), to his work with Hammer - Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) and Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter (1972)



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EDGAR ALLAN POE - Fairy-land

To mark what would have been Poe's 206th birthday, Mr Jim Moon reads one of his famous eerie poems, Fairy-land