Hypnogoria

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!

In this episode we look at two beloved series that very nearly ended up in the Legion of one season wonders. First we uncover the story of the Wonder Woman TV series starring Lynda Carter, which was actually cancelled but picked up for further seasons by a more far sighted network. And then we attempted untangle the confusing history of the original Battlestar Galactica - was it really a TV series, or several movies, or two TV series?!? Plus we have a bonus step-side to Buck Rogers in the 25th Century which also nearly ended up cancelled.

In the next episode in our series on sci-fi shows that didn't last a single season, we dredge up the lost history of the Man From Atlantis, and find out exactly where Logan ran off to...

In the next chapter in our series on sci-fi shows that didn't last a single season, we have déjà vu with another show about an invisible man that tanked - the Gemini Man, and take a very short trip with The Fantastic Journey whose characters, and whose ratings too, disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle!

In this episode we discover why a second return to the Planet of Apes, as a cartoon TV series, vanished too quickly, and examine the strange case of The Invisible Man (1975) in which David McCallum wasn't seen in more ways than one!