Hypnogoria

In this fourth part of our series of tributes to the late great Richard Matheson, Mr Jim Moon takes a trip to the infamous Belasco residence, better known to the world as Hell House. We discuss the original 1971 novel and its movie incarnation Legend of Hell House (1973).

In the third part of our epic tribute to the late Richard Matheson, Mr Jim Moon takes a trip through the televisual terrors conjured by the great writer in the 1970s. We look at the early Spielberg feature Duel (1971), Carl Kolchak's run-ins with The Night Stalker (1972) and The Night Strangler (1973), and discuss his many collaborations with the legendary Dan Curtis such as Trilogy of Terror (1975) and Dead of Night (1977).

In the second part of our tribute to the late great Richard Matheson, Mr Jim Moon details what the legendary author was up to in the 1960s, discussing his work at AIP such as the Roger Corman Poe adaptations, British chiller Night of the Eagle (1962) and his work for Hammer - the psychochiller Fanatic (1965) and Dennis Wheatley's The Devil Rides Out (1968).

Mr Jim Moon pays tribute to the late great Richard Matheson. In this first part, we talk about his early years, his work on The Twilight Zone, his classic vampire novel I am Legend and meet The Incredible Shrinking Man.

As Midsummer approaches, Mr Jim Moon unearths a suitable tale of sunlit terror and presents a reading of The Man Who Went Too Far by EF Benson.

In the second of our celebrations of the centennial of Peter Cushing, Mr Jim Moon explores a selection of his less well-known works. We have The Gorgon (1964) from Hammer, The Skull (1967) from Amicus, The Blood Beast Terror (1968) and The Creeping Flesh (1973) from Tigon, Horror Express (1972), and The Ghoul (1975) and Legend of the Werewolf (1975) from Tyburn.

To mark the centennial of his birth, Mr Jim Moon pays tribute to a true legend of a cinema, a man who played Baron Frankenstein, Van Helsing, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Who, who starring in countless Hammer and Amicus horror movies and even Star Wars too – the late, the great Peter Cushing!

To mark the passing of a true legend, Mr Jim Moon pays tribute to the late great Ray Harryhausen, taking you on an epic journey through his life and works.

This week we are back to the fireside in the Great Library of Dreams, where Mr Jim Moon reads Perceval Landon's classic chiller Thurnley Abbey…

In the third and final part of our explorations of the many universes of Mr Kim Newman, we journey to the alternate world of Anno Dracula, trace the exploits of the Diogenes Club down the decades and and visit many other parallel Earths in the the Newmanverse.