Mat Colegate
@matcolegate.bsky.social
Writes about cult and horror movies, makes electronic music as M.L. Deathman.
We're all just watching Rick Stein on the off chance he'll burn himself on a pan and start swearing up a storm aren't we? Like watching Formula One and hoping there'll be a crash.
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
We're all just watching Rick Stein on the off chance he'll burn himself on a pan and start swearing up a storm aren't we? Like watching Formula One and hoping there'll be a crash.
As sad as I am about the death of Udo Kier I take comfort in the fact that in his back garden he kept a lone carousel horse that he called 'Max Von Sydow'. Rejoice, then. We cannot hope to trap such greatness in our fallen world.
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
As sad as I am about the death of Udo Kier I take comfort in the fact that in his back garden he kept a lone carousel horse that he called 'Max Von Sydow'. Rejoice, then. We cannot hope to trap such greatness in our fallen world.
Much as I enjoy Race Across the World, I can't help but think it would be much better if John Hannah narrated it in character as Batiatus from Spartacus: Blood and Sand. "Now these limp f*cking boy-lovers must make their way across the Gulf of f*cking Mexico..."
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Much as I enjoy Race Across the World, I can't help but think it would be much better if John Hannah narrated it in character as Batiatus from Spartacus: Blood and Sand. "Now these limp f*cking boy-lovers must make their way across the Gulf of f*cking Mexico..."
I'm playing New River Studios on the 28th of November as part of this excellent line up. First show in a while, and, to be honest, I play so irregularly nowadays that it may be the last show in a while as well. Hopefully see some of you down there.
November 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I'm playing New River Studios on the 28th of November as part of this excellent line up. First show in a while, and, to be honest, I play so irregularly nowadays that it may be the last show in a while as well. Hopefully see some of you down there.
Reading 'Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever' by Nick De Semlyen, and I know it's not a new observation, but my God comedians are the most needy, insecure, desperate people on earth aren't they?
Rick Moranis seems alright though.
Rick Moranis seems alright though.
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Reading 'Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever' by Nick De Semlyen, and I know it's not a new observation, but my God comedians are the most needy, insecure, desperate people on earth aren't they?
Rick Moranis seems alright though.
Rick Moranis seems alright though.
You could just WATCH THE FUCKING FILMS. That the horror critical establishment is only now waking up to the fact that The Terrifier films just might be a tiny bit misogynistic is astounding. You're a critic. Don't get distracted by ‘strong female characters’ in angel wings and do your job properly.
November 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
You could just WATCH THE FUCKING FILMS. That the horror critical establishment is only now waking up to the fact that The Terrifier films just might be a tiny bit misogynistic is astounding. You're a critic. Don't get distracted by ‘strong female characters’ in angel wings and do your job properly.
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Guy Fawkes' signature before and after starring in Panto season with John Barrowman.
November 5, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Guy Fawkes' signature before and after starring in Panto season with John Barrowman.
Really chuffed that I got asked to contribute to this. Some great books here, some startling omissions (I feel like I have to personally apologise to Ramsey Campbell, but that's how these sorts of things go) and a huge backlog of stuff I need to get familiar with. Truly, the horror never ends.
Here are the 25 best pieces of Horror Fiction of the 21st century so far... | The Quietus
Welcome, dear readers to Halloween, when in the UK and US children dress as their favourite fictional horror characters (and some, misguidedly, as serial killers) to walk door-to-door asking neighbour...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Really chuffed that I got asked to contribute to this. Some great books here, some startling omissions (I feel like I have to personally apologise to Ramsey Campbell, but that's how these sorts of things go) and a huge backlog of stuff I need to get familiar with. Truly, the horror never ends.
Number one in a series I'm calling "Late Night Pictures of Richard Lynch".
November 3, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Number one in a series I'm calling "Late Night Pictures of Richard Lynch".
Watching actors 'being themselves' on light entertainment can be quite something, and Bryan Cranston is delivering a masterclass of the form on Saturday Kitchen this week. A luvvie of stratosphericproportions.
November 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Watching actors 'being themselves' on light entertainment can be quite something, and Bryan Cranston is delivering a masterclass of the form on Saturday Kitchen this week. A luvvie of stratosphericproportions.
Seeing as this is where everyone hangs out these days: I'm going to be having drinks at New River on Thursday afternoon before checking this lot out, if anyone's around for a bevvy?
October 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Seeing as this is where everyone hangs out these days: I'm going to be having drinks at New River on Thursday afternoon before checking this lot out, if anyone's around for a bevvy?
William Shatner turning to the camera and whispering the word "depravity" is my new spirit animal.
Ponder The Mystery - Official Video
YouTube video by Official William Shatner Page
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October 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
William Shatner turning to the camera and whispering the word "depravity" is my new spirit animal.
What's the deal with that duck face thing that Christian Bale does?
October 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
What's the deal with that duck face thing that Christian Bale does?
I'm calling this one "Childhood's End (Hands of the Pink Ripper)"
October 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I'm calling this one "Childhood's End (Hands of the Pink Ripper)"
Don't say you haven't been warned.
October 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Don't say you haven't been warned.
This week on The Savage Beast I take a look at James Benning's delve into the world of true crime, 'Landscape Suicide'. A meditation on the environments that spawn murderers, through landscape, experimental film techniques and painstaking reconstruction. thesavagebeast.substack.com/p/landscape-...
Landscape Suicide (1986)
James Benning's slow paced meditation on American murder is a sobering antidote to Netflix's new Ed Gein show.
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October 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
This week on The Savage Beast I take a look at James Benning's delve into the world of true crime, 'Landscape Suicide'. A meditation on the environments that spawn murderers, through landscape, experimental film techniques and painstaking reconstruction. thesavagebeast.substack.com/p/landscape-...
Can anyone identify this font please?
October 13, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Can anyone identify this font please?
If someone says they dig 'The Borderlands' then they are someone who knows their shit.
The Borderlands Trailer
YouTube video by Total Film
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October 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
If someone says they dig 'The Borderlands' then they are someone who knows their shit.
RIP John Lodge.
What a heart swelling-ly fabulous song this is. The Moodys rule.
What a heart swelling-ly fabulous song this is. The Moodys rule.
NEW * Ride My See Saw - Moody Blues {Stereo} 1968
YouTube video by Smurfstools Oldies Music Time Machine
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October 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
RIP John Lodge.
What a heart swelling-ly fabulous song this is. The Moodys rule.
What a heart swelling-ly fabulous song this is. The Moodys rule.
Film idea: a remake of 'Gerald's Game' in which a middle aged man gets stuck trying to pull off a sweat soaked t-shirt and is tormented by his younger self.
October 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Film idea: a remake of 'Gerald's Game' in which a middle aged man gets stuck trying to pull off a sweat soaked t-shirt and is tormented by his younger self.
I think you can get a cream for that now...
October 9, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I think you can get a cream for that now...
Wow, my cat does NOT like this album...
Musica Elettronica Viva – The Sound Pool [Full Album]
YouTube video by musique d'ascenseur
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October 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Wow, my cat does NOT like this album...
Be good to see some London folk at this in a couple of weeks time. I'm playing some records to warm up for Fabio Frizzi providing a live accompaniment of his original score to Lucio Fulci's masterpiece of grotty cosmic horror, The Beyond. But should I go in fancy dress as a big plastic spider..?
Frizzi 2 Fulci: The Beyond • Events • EartH (Evolutionary Arts Hackney)
Baba Yaga's Hut Presents:
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October 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Be good to see some London folk at this in a couple of weeks time. I'm playing some records to warm up for Fabio Frizzi providing a live accompaniment of his original score to Lucio Fulci's masterpiece of grotty cosmic horror, The Beyond. But should I go in fancy dress as a big plastic spider..?
Is American Werewolf in London the best film ever made about England by a foreign director?
October 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Is American Werewolf in London the best film ever made about England by a foreign director?
Fucking hell, can you imagine what this would be like?
October 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Fucking hell, can you imagine what this would be like?