Mat Colegate
@matcolegate.bsky.social
Writes about cult and horror movies, makes electronic music as M.L. Deathman.
The 'Horror Critical Establishment' completely dropped the ball on pointing out what was obvious to anyone with a functioning braincell: that the Terrifier films are misogynistic garbage in a way that no amount of fig leaf 'final girl' characters can erase.
Slasher Semantics: Terrifier, Art the Clown, and Graphic Depictions of Sexual Assault
David Howard Thornton says there’s one line Art the Clown will never cross. I say he’s already crossed it.
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January 25, 2026 at 10:31 AM
The 'Horror Critical Establishment' completely dropped the ball on pointing out what was obvious to anyone with a functioning braincell: that the Terrifier films are misogynistic garbage in a way that no amount of fig leaf 'final girl' characters can erase.
Evidence of last night's cinematic atrocities. 'Angst' (1983) and 'Zombi 4' AKA 'After Death' (1989).
January 10, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Evidence of last night's cinematic atrocities. 'Angst' (1983) and 'Zombi 4' AKA 'After Death' (1989).
Finally found photo evidence of Doyle from 'The Professionals' being a Magma man...
January 8, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Finally found photo evidence of Doyle from 'The Professionals' being a Magma man...
DEFINITELY a Christmas movie. Hope you're all having a great day. X
December 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
DEFINITELY a Christmas movie. Hope you're all having a great day. X
Culinary Class Wars on Netflix is insane. A real-life science fiction martial arts tournament in which a horde of plucky underdogs take on a pantheon of grand masters in the casualty strewn fields of high cuisine. It's Lone Wolf and Cub meets Ready Steady Cook in a fucking planetarium.
December 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Culinary Class Wars on Netflix is insane. A real-life science fiction martial arts tournament in which a horde of plucky underdogs take on a pantheon of grand masters in the casualty strewn fields of high cuisine. It's Lone Wolf and Cub meets Ready Steady Cook in a fucking planetarium.
Can you mull lager?
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Can you mull lager?
It's all been downhill for the internet since this, hasn't it?
Ghetto Puppets - My Mind Is Playing Tricks On Me
YouTube video by dansolo21
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December 4, 2025 at 9:49 AM
It's all been downhill for the internet since this, hasn't it?
Tonight! Fellows of London, attend!
November 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Tonight! Fellows of London, attend!
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
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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?