We take a look at the latest incarnation of the Universal werewolf in Wolf Man (2025) written and directed by Leigh Whannell!
Previous chapters in this series can be found here - The Wolf at the Door: a Werewolf History
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Sunday, 23 February 2025
HYPNOGORIA 279 - The Return of the Wolf Man
Sunday, 14 April 2024
HYPNOGORIA 257 - The History of Universal Horror Part XXXIV
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 Leech Woman, unearth The Thing Had Could Not Die, and find a vampire in the Wild West in Curse of the Undead
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Sunday, 31 March 2024
HYPNOGORIA 256 - The History of Universal Horror Part XXXIII
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 Monolith Monsters. We also learn how Universal dealt with new rivals from across the pond, Hammer Films!
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Sunday, 18 February 2024
HYPNOGORIA 253 - The History of Universal Horror Part XXXII
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 Matheson's The Incredible Shrinking Man to the screen. Plus we have the rampages of The Deadly Mantis and the menace of The Mole People!
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Sunday, 4 February 2024
HYPNOGORIA 252 - The History of Universal Horror Part XXXI
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
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Sunday, 21 January 2024
HYPNOGORIA 251 - The History of Universal Horror Part XXX
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)
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Sunday, 23 July 2023
HYPNOGORIA 248 - The History of Universal Horror Part XXIX
This chapter, we learn how two newcomers - producer William Alland and director Jack Arnold - forged a new direction for Universal, bringing horror out of gothic castles and into the space age!
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Sunday, 9 July 2023
HYPNOGORIA 247 - The History of Universal Horror Part XXVIII
In this chapter, we have two further monster mashups with Abbott and Costello, a new Invisible Man, and Universal quietly returning to horror movies with The Strange Door starring Boris Karloff and Charles Laughton
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Sunday, 11 June 2023
HYPNOGORIA 244 - The History of Universal Horror Part XXVII
In this chapter of Universal horror history we learn how the famous monsters returned to the silver screen, when Dracula, the Wolfman and Frankenstein Monster met Abbott and Costello, an unlikely resurrection in more ways than one!
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Sunday, 11 September 2022
HYPNOGORIA 221 - The History of Universal Horror Part XXV
It is the end of an era, and in this chapter we look at The Cat Creeps, She-Wolf of London, The Brute Man, plus the final case for Rathbone's Holmes - Dressed to Kill. Plus we learn how in the summer of 1946, Universal decided there would be no more horror movies made...
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Sunday, 28 August 2022
HYPNOGORIA 219 - The History of Universal Horror XXIII
In this chapter we look at the last stand of the Universal monsters, the chapter of the saga where the Count, the Frankenstein Monster, and the Wolf Man meet up at the House of Dracula (1945)!
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Sunday, 14 August 2022
HYPNOGORIA 217 - The History of Universal Horror XXI
1945 was to be another year packed with fright flicks from Universal! With new cases for Sherlock Holmes, further Inner Sanctum Mysteries to torment Lon Chaney Jnr, and the return of famous (and not so famous) monsters.., But were these chillers getting too cheap and creaky?
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Sunday, 23 January 2022
HYPNOGORIA 201 - The History of Universal Horror Part XIX
The frights of 1944 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 Creeper while hunting The Pearl of Death, and Boris Karloff goes all mad doctor at the opera, in The Climax!
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Sunday, 16 January 2022
HYPNOGORIA 200 - The History of Universal Horror Part XVIII
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 new adventure for Holmes and Watson in The Scarlet Claw, and the return of one their original horror characters in The Invisible Man's Revenge!
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Sunday, 28 November 2021
HYPNOGORIA 196 - The History of Universal Horror Part XVII
The horrors of '43 continue with mad science zombies in The Mad Ghoul, an eerie anthology of tales in Flesh & Fantasy, and Holmes tangles with the Spider Woman! Universal also begins another franchise with Calling Dr Death - the first of the Inner Sanctum Mysteries starring Lon Chaney Jnr.
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Sunday, 21 November 2021
HYPNOGORIA 195 - The History of Universal Horror Part XVI
1943 was another bumper year for Universal, with a new Phantom of the Opera, Lon Chaney Jnr. taking on the cloak of the Count in Son of Dracula, and a new franchise launching with Captive Wild Woman. Even the adventures of Holmes and Watson were taking an eerie turn...
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Sunday, 14 November 2021
HYPNOGORIA 194 - The History of Universal Horror Part XV
1942 continues to be a bumper year for Universal, with Kharis rising from the grave once more in the shape of Lon Chaney Jnr. in The Mummy's Tomb, delivering old dark house thrills in Night Monster with Bela Lugosi, and pitting two titans of terror against one another in Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man! Plus the great detective Sherlock Holmes, as played by Basil Rathbone, begins a long running series of film adventures at Universal!
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Sunday, 7 November 2021
HYPNOGORIA 193 - The History of Universal Horror Part XIV
In this chapter we see Universal riding high on the success of The Wolf Man, and launching a record-breaking number of horror movies in 1942, including a new addition to the Frankenstein saga with their newly crowned king of horror, Lon Chaney Jnr. donning the famous square skull and neck bolts!
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Sunday, 22 August 2021
HYPNOGORIA 188 - The History of Universal Horror Part XIII
In this chapter we look at one of the most seminal horror movies ever made - The Wolf Man (1941). Starring Lon Chaney Jnr., Evelyn Ankers, Claude Rains, Bela Lugosi, and Maria Ouspenskaya, this is the movie that redefined werewolves for ever!
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Sunday, 15 August 2021
HYPNOGORIA 187 - The History of Universal Horror Part XII
In this chapter we look at a landmark year for Universal horror - 1941 - the year that brought us the first appearances of Lon Chaney Jnr. , Evelyn Ankers and the men the monsters feared... Abbott & Costello! In this show, we discuss Man-Made Monster, Horror Island, The Black Cat with Basil Rathbone and Bela Lugosi, and Hold That Ghost!
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