HYPNOGORIA 315 - Itch and First Date

In this chapter we learn of the incredible lives and adventures of the two men who would make King Kong - Merian C. Cooper and Ernest P. Schoedstack - and how their unique natural drama movies led them to the creation of the biggest movie star of them all.

In this chapter of the History of Hallowe'en we reach the last year of the twentieth century in which we had a brace of modern classics - firstly Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, a new take on perhaps the tale most closely associated with Halloween . And secondly, the movie that made October woodlands dark and deep and full terrors - The Blair Witch Project. Plus we also discover perhaps the weirdest Hallowe'en episode of a TV show ever!

In this chapter we discover what a late 1990s Hallowe'en night was like, how television got spooky again with Millennium and Buffy the Vampire Slayer while on the big screen, Michael Myers made a second cinematic comeback with the 1998 reboot Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later!

In this show released from the Patreon archives we have a follow-up investigation into the legend of the Red Caps, looking into a rather sinister Northumbrian legend...     

We open a new chapter of our Kaiju History series, and set off on the road that leads to King Kong! In this episode we discover what happened to Willis O'Brien after The Lost World (1925) and what happened to his next dinosaur epic, the unfinished feature Creation...

In this show we take an spoiler-free look at a new British folk horror footage horror movie Loner (2025) in which a hapless vlogger accepts the offer of staying in a remote glamping cabin in the wilds of Northumbria. However he's not quite alone... 

In this episode we look at the latest two novels from rising star Gemma Amor  - Itch (2025) and First Date (2026) - which serve up two very different slices of cutting edge horror fiction! 

A little fireside chat to update you on everything going on behind the curtain and how I am doing with my on-going cancer treatment.

In the final chapter of our investigation into the mysteriously short-lived sci-fi shows that turned up on British TV in the 1970s and 1980s, we finish with one of the most obscure - Beyond Westworld, one of the most derided - Manimal, and the most '80s one of them all - Automan!

In this episode Mr Jim opens up the Patreon vaults to release an investigation into some very sinister folklore from the old North  - the legend of the Redcaps. Whether they are ghosts, goblins or faeries, one thing is for certain - they mean us harm!