Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
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Sunday, 29 January 2023

HYPNOGORIA 233 - Remembering Moviedrome


In another special episode, Mr Jim guested on the excellent Grognard Files Podcast to chat with Dirk the Dice about seminal BBC2 TV series Moviedrome, in which director Alex Cox hosted a screening of a different cult movie every week. 




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Sunday, 16 October 2022

HYPNOGORIA 224 - The Origins of Halloween Part XI


We have reached the 1980s in our history of Halloween, and in this chapter we look at the first half of that decade, discovering Halloween TV specials galore from well-loved shows, various movie Tricks and Treats, the return of Michael Myers, and the rise of Elvira!

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Sunday, 13 June 2021

MICROGORIA - From Damnation Alley...


In the first of a two part trip to the 'Orrible 'Ouse of Terrible Old Tat we trace a strange family tree spawned by Hell Tanner's ride in Roger Zelazny's Damnation Alley, and see how the movie version's Land Master influenced a successful line of sci-fi toy vehicles from Matchbox - the Adventure 2000 range. 

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Sunday, 14 March 2021

HYPNOGORIA 173 - The History of Universal Horror Part II


In this chapter we look at the great flowering of Universal Horror in 1931, the year that saw the release of firstly Dracula starring Bela Lugosi and then Frankenstein starring Boris Karloff.  We also discuss the little seen but rather excellent Spanish language version of Dracula too!

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Sunday, 7 February 2021

HYPNOGORIA 169 - The Saga of Jack the Giant Killer Part IV


In this episode we look at the 1962 movie version of Jack the Giant Killer, a film that bizarrely exists in to two parallel versions - one a much loved fantasy film featuring creature FX magic from Jim Danforth, while the other is one of the strangest musicals ever made! 

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Sunday, 31 January 2021

HYPNOGORIA 168 - The Saga of Jack the Giant Killer Part III


In this episode we look at various screen versions of the Jack the Giant Killer stories, examining various animated shorts, before comparing Bryan Singer's big budget Jack the Giant Slayer with its mockbuster little brother from The Asylum, Jack the Giant Killer, which went head-to-head in 2013!

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Tuesday, 19 January 2021

COMMENTARY CLUB 042 - Jack the Giant Killer


In this podcast we go back to 1962 for a classic fantasy adventure Jack the Giant Killer! A magical tale based on British folklore starring Kerwin Matthews and Torin Thatcher, directed Nathan Juran, and with creature FX by Jim Danforth.

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Wednesday, 17 June 2020

COMMENTARY CLUB 32 - Men in Black (1997)


We take a trip back to 1997 to discover who is protecting the Earth from the scum of the Universe! Yes, it's that classic pairing of Tommy Lee Wallace and Will Smith in Barry Sonnenfeld's smash hit SF comedy Men in Black!

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Friday, 28 February 2020

COMMENTARY CLUB 24 - Brazil (1984)


It's cult film time again, and this time we are back to the 1980s for a slice of dystopian sci-fi satire! Yes it's Brazil, the strange retro-future nightmare from the mind of Terry Gilliam

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Friday, 14 February 2020

COMMENTARY CLUB - Valentines Day Special - Hellraiser


It's Valentine's Day and so we thought we'd go for something from the heart... Well, The Hellbound Heart at any rate! Yes, in this massively inappropriate special, we revisit classic British horror movie, Hellraiser, created by the great Clive Barker. Uncle Frank gets a puzzle box, Cenobites ensue...

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Thursday, 16 January 2020

COMMENTARY CLUB 22 - Seventh Voyage of Sinbad


It's classic film time again, and in this show we set sail with one of the greatest heroes of them all! We accompany the legendary Sinbad on a fantastic adventure masterminded by one of the true geniuses of cinema, Ray Harryhausen!

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Sunday, 12 January 2020

HYPNOGORIA 133 - Terror in the 2010s Part I


In the first of a two part experiment in pop culture time travel, Mr Jim Moon charts the assorted manifestations of horror in the 2010s, in this show looking at the new franchises spawned and various televisual terrors! Hence we are talking about the Saw series, Paranormal Activity, Insidious, The Conjuring Universe,  Supernatural, The Walking Dead, True Blood, Dexter, American Horror Story and even bloody Twilight! 

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Friday, 20 December 2019

COMMENTARY CLUB - Christmas Special - The Christmas Chronicles (2018)



For our special festive podcast this year, we just couldn't resist Kurt Russell as Santa Claus in The Christmas Chronicles (2018). Santa Claus is back in town baby!

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Wednesday, 27 November 2019

COMMENTARY CLUB 020 - John Dies At the End


Films don't come much more cult that this - John Dies at the End (2012)! A highly surreal SF horror tale based on the book by David Wong, directed by Don Coscarelli, creator of the Phantasm and Beastmaster movies

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Tuesday, 8 October 2019

COMMENTARY CLUB 017 - Duel


It's cult time time again, and we hit to road to look at the early Steven Spielberg classic Duel starring Dennis Weaver and the bloody big truck!

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Sunday, 29 September 2019

MICROGORIA 70 - Pyewacket


In this episode we are preparing for the season of the witch with a little independent horror Pyewacket. In this show we uncover the sinister witchlore behind its name and review this intriguing addition to the modern folk horror canon. 

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Sunday, 22 September 2019

HYPNOGORIA 127 - It Part 2 - Pennywise on the Screen


In this episode we take a look at the various screen version of It by Stephen King. We talk about the It TV mini-series (1990) starring Tim Curry as Pennywise, have a peek at Woh (1998), a loose version produced for Indian TV, and wrap up with in-depth reviews of the latest big screen version It Chapter One (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019).

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Sunday, 1 September 2019

MICROGORIA 69 - Watching The Witch in the Window


Taking a look at a little indie horror currently on new horror streaming service Shudder - The Witch in the Window

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Friday, 9 August 2019

COMMENTARY CLUB 14 - The Running Man


It's cult film time again, and this time we are back to the 1980s for a slice of Arnie sci-fi action! Yes it's The Running Man, directed by Paul Michael Glaser - Starsky himself - and loosely based on the Richard Bachman novel, which itself was really a Stephen King novel. Bad impersonations and some very bad language ensues...

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Wednesday, 3 July 2019

COMMENTARY CLUB Wedding Special - Dr Terror's House of Horrors (1965)


Welcome to a special Commentary Club in which we are indulging ourselves something rotten with a joint favorite film - the classic Dr Terror's House of Horrors, the first anthology horror movie from Amicus! Five tales of terror starring Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Donald Sutherland, Roy Castle, Alan 'Fluff' Freeman and many many more!

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