For our cult film selection we revisit, or should that be reanimate, seminal 1980s comedy horror Return of the Living Dead (1985), directed and scripted by Dan O'Bannon!
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Saturday, 27 September 2025
Sunday, 27 July 2025
FROM THE GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 146 - The Gate of the Dead by Jim Moon
The second part of a strange tale unearthed from the mysterious vaults of the Great Library of Dreams - a memoir of boyhood summer in a very different 1970s... one where the dead walk!
Saturday, 18 November 2023
COMMENTARY CLUB 085 - Dawn of the Dead (1978)
"When there is no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the earth!"
This time we are doing one of the kings of cult movies - George A Romero's zombie masterpiece - Dawn of the Dead! And what's more, we are looking at the longest version - the Cannes Cut - for full fat zombie apocalypse action!
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Monday, 12 April 2021
COMMENTARY CLUB 047 - Patient Zero
It's crap film time again and we endure Patient Zero, a movie that was shelved for years before leaking out onto home video. And in this podcast we discover why, and attempt to work out what went wrong...
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Friday, 19 July 2019
COMMENTARY CLUB 013 - Shaun of the Dead
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Tuesday, 16 July 2019
COMMENTARY CLUB - Minisode 001 - Spaced Art
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Saturday, 27 October 2018
HAUNTOGRAPHY - A Hypnogoria Special Part II - Gate of the Dead
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Sunday, 5 August 2018
MICROGORIA 58 - Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
In this mini-episode Mr Jim Moon takes a look at a horror comedy he found on Netflix - Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015). Can this zom com live up to classic like Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland? Get your neckerchief and woggle and come to camp to find out!
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Monday, 31 July 2017
HYPNOGORIA 65 - Knight of the Living Dead
In a special episode, Mr Jim Moon pays tribute to the late great George A Romero, taking a personal trip through the legendary director's many classic movies, chatting about movies such as Martin, Creepshow and The Crazies as well as his famous Dead saga.
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Saturday, 29 July 2017
HYPNOGORIA 64 - Zombi Zombi Part 14 - Dead Air
In this episode we discover how the dead walked across the airwaves! In the world of old time radio, a legion of zombies walk in shows like Unsolved Mysteries, Creeps By Night, and Lights Out
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Saturday, 22 July 2017
HYPNOGORIA 63 - Zombi Zombi Part 13 - Zombies in the Pulps
In this episode we chart how the zombie genre was developed extensively in weird fiction, in tales from classic genre writers such as August Derleth, Clark Ashton Smith and E Hoffman Price, and in the pages of the more lurid shudder pulps.
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Saturday, 15 July 2017
HYPNOGORIA 62 - Zombi Zombi Part 12 - Zombies in the 30s
Continuing our history of the walking dead, in this episode Mr Jim Moon traces the development of zombie cinema in the 1930s in movies such as Revolt of the Zombies and Ouanga.
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Saturday, 10 June 2017
HYPNOGORIA 59 - Are Mummies Zombies?
In this episode, Mr Jim Moon tackles one of the most troubling questions of our times, a question that has perplexed the minds of man for... ohh.. ages now! Yes, in this episode we attempt to settle once and for all the age-old question of are mummies zombies?
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Saturday, 25 March 2017
HYPNOGORIA 53 - Zombi Zombi Part X: Reanimating the Dead
In this episode, Mr Jim Moon explores the original dawn of the dead... when the zombie first shambled from folklore into horror fiction. Hence we are taking a look the first zombie tales that appeared in the 1930s, including HP Lovecraft's early classic Herbert West: Reanimator!
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Sunday, 19 March 2017
GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 32 - Zombi Zombi Part IX - Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields
The Zombi Zombi series continues with a very special reading of the true origin of the walking dead. Mr Jim Moon presents the original account of zombieism "Dead Men Working in the Cane Fields" from William Seabrook's book The Magic Island. We go on to learn much more of voodoo, Haiti, its history and, of course, its zombies...
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Sunday, 12 March 2017
GREAT LIBRARY OF DREAMS 31 - Zombi Zombi Part VIII - Jumbee
In this special tie-in episode of From the Great Library of Dreams, we sample a tale of caribbean terror from Henry S Whitehead, the classic Jumbee, and learn more of the strange lore of the supernatural that lies within the origins of the zombie!
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Sunday, 5 March 2017
HYPNOGORIA 52 - Zombi Zombi Part VII: Origins of the Zombie
In this episode, Mr Jim Moon resurrects his Zombi Zombi series, and this time we are going right back to the beginning! In this show we unearth the earliest accounts of the zombi, hearing strange tales of haunted islands, voodoo rites, and discover something a little different to what you might be expecting!
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Wednesday, 4 May 2016
TOMB OF THE TRUMPS #27 - Dracula Pack XIII
Welcome once again guys and ghouls to the tat-infested realm of terrors that is the Tomb of the Trumps! And blimey! It don't half whiff in 'ere this week! Now just where is that stench coming from? Hold on folks, I think we've found our cadaverous culprit...
Of course you can't have a horror themed card game without a zombie or two, but the question is: which cinematic grave did this chap crawl out of? Now some horror trumpologists have suggested this fellow - the iconic cover star of this Lucio Fulci gut-munching classic
Now there is a certain resemblance but I'm not sure it's close enough. Plus there is a small problem of chronology, Zombi II aka Zombie (in the US) and Zombie Flesh-Eaters (in the UK) wasn't released until September 1979 in its native Italy, and somewhat later in other territories, and the Horror Top Trumps were release in 1978... So then back to the cemetery to dig again...
Another contender is this classic screen revenant - Mr Grimesdyke from Tales from the Crypt (1972) an anthology horror from Amicus based on the infamous EC horror comics from the 1950s.
Based on the tale Poetic Justice from the Haunt of Fear #12, the cinematic version sees the great Peter Cushing returning from the grave to wreak revenge on those who drove him to his death. However as wonderful as this decayed horror is - a brilliant make-up by Roy Ashton - although there are some similarities I'm not sure it's the model for The Risen Dead.
Also suggested as a contender is a cadaver from early '70s Brit horror Death Line AKA Raw Meat in the US - a tale of cannibals living in the London Underground - specifically this still of one of their victims -
However once again, while there are some similarities I don't think it's quite close enough! Indeed in general I think this one is not quite skeletal enough. So then, while there is not a shortage of corpses and walking dead with empty eye sockets, I can't seem to find one that matches well enough, for all our contenders are missing the distinctive clawed hand posture and decayed funeral suit. It looks like the secret of this card has been well and truly taken to the grave!
So then on to our next card! By the pricking in my thumbs something bony (and lot easier to identify) this way comes!
At first you may think that this card would prove to be a tough nut to crack, for in the world of horror imagery there's nothing more generic than a good old-fashioned skellington! However this rattling hangman quite clearly has an obvious origin - for once again, our Unknown Artist has been leafing through old Vincent Price movie posters!
Yes, although the poster is a little different - the stance is a little too widescreen for the dimensions of the old Horror Top trumps cards - this is clearly the same bony gent. And while the rendering of the ribs is certainly a bit shaky, it is very obviously modelled on the anatomy on show in the poster above, with the shading and expression on the skull showing a near perfect match.
And old Mr Bones did actually appear in the movie too! Indeed House on the Haunted Hill was the second movie made by legendary director William Castle and featured one of his famous publicity gimmicks. For Castle, as well as being an inventive director, was a highly creative showman and came up with a variety of stunts and features to market his movies. Hence when House on the Haunted Hill hit the screens in 1959, Castle's publicity claimed the movie was filmed in "Emergo"! What this actually meant was that when the skellington appears in the finale of the movie, a matching puppet with light-up red eyes would be hoisted out over the audience, hopefully giving the illusion it that emerged from the screen. How well this worked is hard to say, but contemporary reports suggest that the skellington puppet did prove to be a popular target for popcorn boxes!
And so that rounds off another visit to the realm of old horror tat... But hold on, what's that?!? Look again at the Risen Dead card! On the tombstone in the background is a name - and as far as I can make out our Unknown Artist hasn't taken the usual route of sticking on a famous name as a jokey homage. However I can't help wondering if this is actually a secret signature! And this background grave reveals the Unknown Artist's real name!
I'm fairly sure the first name is 'Derek' but the surname is a bit tricky to make out... Could this be the long-sought clue to the creator of the cards?
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