Mr Jim Moon
@hypnogoria.bsky.social
Writer and podcaster on the weird and wonderful. Currently fighting Stage 3 lung cancer. All my works be here https://www.hypnogoria.com/
We need to bring back “iconic actor branded horror anthology” as a publishing genre.
One from the vaults! In December 1975, the Lutz family moved in , and 28 days later moved out claiming the house was haunted. Their story became a best selling book by Jay Anson and the a movie which was a box office smash and terrified a generation!
A drop of dream fuel - The Darkest Part of the Woods by Edward Miller
One from the vaults! Based on the classic novel Hell House (1971) by Richard Matheson, The Legend of Hell House (1973) follows a scientific investigation into “the Mount Everest of haunted houses” where previous investigators have gone mad or died.
For One from the Vaults this week we have seven classic haunted house movies. And we with one of the greatest The Haunting (1963). Based on Shirley Jackson's novel The Haunting of Hill House this movie is still a masterclass in atmosphere and seeing dread.
A drop of dream fuel - The Glacial Epoch in Europe, 1877 by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
One from the vaults! Based on the novel by Michael Crichton, Jurassic Park was both a homage to classic like King Kong and the films of Ray Harryhausen but also a ground-breaking movie taking special effects to a whole new level.
A drop of dream fuel - Jurassic Life of Europe, 1877 by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Also born today in 1812, Victorian painter of otherworldly scenes, Richard Dadd
A posthumous happy birthday to the master of ghost stories, M. R. James, born this day 1862
One of my birthday presents from my lovely wife - Frankenstein bride and monster salt and pepper shakers!
One from the vaults! The Land That Time Forgot (1975) saw a wartime submarine surface in a lost world full of dinosaurs who discovered that Doug McClure was not an easy lunch!
A drop of dream fuel - Cretaceous Life of New Jersey, 1877 by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
1) The Ghosts of August We had such summer times here, Laughing in the hall's hey day, A season of endless cheer, But now only shadows play Too much, too long, wines turned sour, The blue skies faded to grey. But the place still has power, And now only shadows play #PhantomsFriday #GhostStories
The 3 Ages of Man in viewings of One Million Years BC (1966) - Age 5 - Those dinosaurs!!! Age 15 - That fur bikini!!! Age 55 - She must have been taped into that... Did they have clothing tape back then? May she was sewn into it? *disappears in movie history internet rabbit hole*
