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I ASKED THE ICE, IT WOULD NOT SAY BUT ONLY CRACKED OR MOVED AWAYDaddy, I don’t want to write the blurb.But you said you wanted to write the blurb.I don’t want to write the blurb. I want to play with the train track.Okay, I’ll set up the train track for you… There you go.Daddy I don’t want to play with the train track.But I just made the train track for you.But I don’t want to play with the train track!What do you want to do, then?I want to write the blurb.We said it would happen and here it is! SILENCE! 290!Gary Lactus and The Beast Must Die kick off this momentous recording with some of the finest chat on Earth, forged in the white hot heat of aimlessness then cooled in the pure waters of lockdown boredom then tempered with the hammer of pointlessness on the anvil of stretched metaphors. That is to say, they talk about John Cooper Clarke’s autobiography, I Wanna Be Yours, the Stan Lee biography, True Believer, Richard Herring’s Ball and King Rocker and Birds Of Prey. Oh, and they totally forget to mention a

The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die).The Savage Beast No.10: Bloodlines - Family filmsIn this tenth episode, we take a look at the disyunctional world of cinematic families. Films discussed include: Hereditary (Ari Aster, 2018) Ready or Not (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, 2019) Animal Kingdom (David Michôd, 2010) Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (Tobe Hooper, 1986)Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THE GAME WILL NEVER BE OVER BECAUSE WE'RE KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE  Oh my goodness gracious! Ugh! What's that unholy stench? Oh, I see. It's bloody Gary Lactus writing the blurb. Why's HE writing the blurb? He's crap at writing the blurb, (and he smells). Huh? It's The Beast Must Die's birthday?! And Gary's special gift to his best pal is writing the blurb for him? Man, that's a shit present! Is that literally all he's doing for him? What a chundering arsehole! I'm glad I don't have a "friend" like Gary Lactus. Welcome dearest of listeners to the closest thing The Beast Must Die will get to a birthday Party. Here's a special podcast for a very special boy. <ITEM>There'a a luxuriously long preamble where your main characters talk merrily about Big Train, Look Around You and The Geesin Family Output, The Lovecraft Investigations, The Beef And Dairy Network and  Petscop. Oh, and The Beast reviews Gary Lactus's Journey To The Surface Of The Earth #2, still interminably available from FraserGeesin.com <I

BILLY THE KID DID WHAT HE DID AND HE DIEDBoy did you see that? That was something wasn’t it? It sure was something. What do you mean what was it? I have no idea. I just know it was something. Yes sir, it sure was. Something, that is. Couldn’t say for sure exactly what, but let me tell you I know that it was *something*. I know what it wasn’t though. It sure wasn’t a BLURB. New Year, New SILENCE! New Year, New Podcast! New Year same old sad sacks of mince Gary Lactus & The Beast Must Die! It’s a packed episode, designed to fill the howling voids of uncertainty in your brains. First up SILENCE! Cos I’m Watching The Telly! wherein the Beast talks up the myriad pleasures of the Doom Patrol TV show. Then the pair have a good old natter about Feels Good Man, the strange and depressing descent of Pepe The Frog. Take a hop, skip, slip and plunge into the Reviewniverse. Happy talky talky happy talk, talk about things you like to read….The Far Side, Calvin & Hobbes, Midnight Men, Howard Chaykin Bingo, Pirate C

The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die).The Savage Beast Office Xmas PartyIn this special holiday episode, we load up on egg-nog, rest our hands on our sated bellies and talk through some of the films we've watched over the festive periofd. Films discussed include: The Wolf of Snow Hollow (Jim Cummings, 2020) Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Joe Dante, 1990) Fritz The Cat (Ralph Bakshi 1972) Happy Feet (George Miller, 2006) Freeway (Matthew Bright, 1996) Whistle and I'll Come To You (Jonatham Miller, 1968) Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist (Alexandre O. Phillipe, 2019) Planes, Trains & Automobiles (John Hughes, 1987) Showgirls (Paul Verhoeven, 1995)Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die).The Savage Beast No.9: Red Snow - Winter Horror FilmsIn this ninth episode, we close the curtains, stoke the fire and keep the cold away with some of our frightful frosty favourites Films discussed include: Black Christmas (Bob Clark, 1974) Pontypool (Bruce McDonald, 2008) Ravenous (Antonia Bird, 1999) Last Winter (Larry Fessenden, 2006)Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DEEP BLUE, I VOTED YOU SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR“YOU THERE BOY! WHAT DAY IS IT?”“It’s Christmas Day, sir!”“Then there’s still time! Tell me, boy; is that fat goose still in the window of the butcher’s?”“Yes, sir!”“Then take this money and go buy it for Bob Cratchit and his family!”“But it’s Christmas day, sir. The butcher’s is closed.”“Oh… Then smash the window and grab the fat goose!”“Sir, you DO know that it’s just a display fat goose? It’s the plastic one that’s there every year.”“Why, you saucy urchin! Any more cheek from you and I’ll give you a thrashing! Now smash that window, grab the fat goose and take it to Bob Cratchit’s house!”“Fuck off, mate!”HOX3 Etc. Welcome to our very, very special December 18th episode of SILENCE! It’s like a scrooge convention in here. Come in, the water’s filthy and will probably give you dysentery.After some moaning about everything (including the lack of interest in Gary’s own comic, Journey To The Surface Of The Earth), there’s some bigging up of the belated SILENCE

The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die).The Savage Beast No.8: There's A Ghost In My House - Haunted House moviesIn this seventh episode, we discuss one of the true horror staples. Films discussed include: The Amityville Horror (Stuart Rosenberg, 1979) Sinister (Scott Derrickson, 2012) Ghostwatch (Lesley Manning, 1992) The Stone Tape (Peter Sasdy, 1972) His House (Remi Weekes, 2020)Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die).The Savage Beast No.7: Best Served Cold - Revenge moviesIn this seventh episode, we discuss the most primal of all filmic narratives, REVENGE! Films discussed include: Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier, 2013) Dead Man's Shoes (Shane Meadows, 2004) I Saw The Devil (Kim Jee-woon, 2010) Revenge (Coralie Fargeat, 2017)Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BUT DON’T DESPAIR, THIS DAY WILL BE THEIR DAMNEDEST DAY BARMAN! Hey barman! It’s brrn s heckuva day all over hasn’t it? Just a HECKUVA day. I’ll be goddamned. My throat is parched. So why don’t you sidle over here and pour me a nice stiff podcast. Straight, no chaser, just make sure it’s got a real high percentage of unqualified opinions. Maybe top it up with juuuust a touch of hot air. Perfect. Now I’m gonna knock this down and shake off this goddamned day.What do you mean, tip? It’s a brand new day, a bdand new world, a brand new existence! But more than that it’s a brand new SILENCE! with your hoary old pals Gary Lactus & The Beast Must Die. Couldn’t you just kiss them on their wet little noses? Some honest-to-goodness Sponsorship, some chat about the apparent exit of the world’s orangest, angriest baby, and news of our digitable at the virtual ThoughT Bubble 2020 festival…Reviewniverse time baaaaaybee and it’s packed to the gills with comic shaped treats: The Green Lantern, We Only Find Them When Th

The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die).The Savage Beast No.6: Sideways SuperheroesIn this sixth episode, we discuss superhero films, through a twisted lens. Films discussed include: Joker (Todd Phillips, 2019) Super (James Gunn, 2010) Brightburn (David Yarovesky, 2019) Darkman (Sam Raimi, 1990)Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die).The Savage Beast No.5: Deadlights - Terrible Stephen King filmsIn this fifth episode, we discuss the the murkier depths of the vast pool of Stephen King-related films. Films discussed include: Children of the Corn (Fritz Kiersch, 1984) Maximum Overdrive (Stephen King, 1986) The Lawnmower Man (Brett Leonard, 1992) Sleepwalkers (Mick Garris, 1992) Cell (Tod Williams. 2016)Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die).The Savage Beast No.3: Swords, Sorcery, Sand and Sleaze In this third episode, we discuss the unruly pleasures of the Sword & Sorcery genre. Films discussed include:Beastmaster (Don Coscarelli, 1982)Deathstalker (James Sbardellati, 1983)Lord of the Rings (Ralph Bakshi, 1978)Valhalla Rising (Nicolas Winding Refn, 2009)Check out The Savage Beast tumblr, for some visual accompaniment to the discussion: https://savagebeastpodcast.tumblr.com/Follow us on Twitter @SavBeastPod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THE SPIDERMAN IS HAVING ME FOR DINNER TONIGHTOk people let’s get real. Real talk time. Time for a reality check. Time to get real people. Real time talk. Tough talk. Tough talk for tough times. Time to get tough people. Tough people tough times tough talk. Real tough real talk for tough people in tough times.Comics. Not just for kids? It’s a brand new SILENCE! for a brand new smouldering world. Join hands with Gary Lactus & The Beast Must Die as we tiptoe through the wasteland and talk the one thing that we can all agree on, COMICS Anti-sponsorship, a bit of promotional flim flam about The Savage Beast, and probably a load more. Who can tell? The Reviewniverse opens it’s gappy maw and swallows us whole, as we discuss the UK ‘adult’ comics boom of the late 80s/early 90s, talking about CRISIS, Revolver, Deadline and more. Then it’s Space Warp, Empyre, World’s Funnest, 2000AD prog 559, And Now, Sir – is THIS Your Missing Gonad?, Deadman: Love & Death, Deadman: Exorscism, Adam Strange: The Man Of Two Worl