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The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die).

The Savage Beast Office Xmas Party

In 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)

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The Savage Beast No.9: Red Snow – Winter Horror Films

In 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)

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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 movies

In 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)

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The Savage Beast No.7: Best Served Cold – Revenge movies

In 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)

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The cult film podcast with Mat Colegate (aka Lord Nuneaton Savage) & Dan White (aka The Beast Must Die).

The Savage Beast No.6: Sideways Superheroes

In 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)

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The Savage Beast No.5: Deadlights – Terrible Stephen King films

In 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)

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The Savage Beast No.4: The B-Team or ‘If I Were a Carpenter’

In this fourth episode, we discuss the work of four notable contemporary genre directors Leigh Whannell, Adam Wingard, Karyn Kusama and Jim Mickle.  Films discussed include:

• Upgrade (Leigh Whannell, 2018)
  
• Invisible Man (Leigh Whannell, 2020)
• The Guest (Adam Wingard, 2014)
• Blair Witch (Adam Wingard, 2016)
• The Invitation (Karyn Kusama, 2015)
• Destroyer (Karyn Kusama, 2018)
• Stake Land (Jim Mickle, 2010)
• In the Shadow of the Moon (Jim Mickle, 2o19)

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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)

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