Garth Marenghi Returns To TV After More Than 15 years To Read From His Festive Horror Novel

[@mrstaypuft1138]

Reassuring to see that after 436 novels, the man has not lost his edge. Truly terrifying.

[@andrewwilliams4644]

I am surprised Russell Howard is introducing Garth, especially after he wrote about the Placenta that attacked Bristol.

[@reptomicus]

Out of the more than 400 books that Guy Marenghi wrote, this is definitely his most recent.

[@RobVespa]

This is what the world needs. Please, more Garth Marenghi.

[@-xirx-]

Much, much more please!

[@timothy790110]

@@-xirx- get the audio book!

[@-xirx-]

@@timothy790110 thanks for the tip! I will do now.

[@TheWaynos73]

I need to know how Sanch coped after having his penis forcibly removed in Darkplace’ tense climax. So many unanswered questions.

[@MrMetalforever5]

Darkplace unironically helped me through some bad times with some good laughs. Here’s to the mastermind Garth Marenghi, still hoping they find that actress who played Liz.

[@TheWaynos73]

Dean Lerner assures you that you will never find her. Not ever.

[@josemaria8177]

​@@TheWaynos73 he is completely sure of that. Must be a premonition that he had

[@elberno4243]

We miss you, Maddy. ❤

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

Would it be appropriate to say it got you out of a dark place?

[@EdgarFriendlysCivicsTeacher]

Glad to hear you're doing better, perhaps now he can add " Spiritual Reunifier" to his litany of titles.

[@jasonbrown6113]

I'm currently reading Terrortome, it's hilarious. I've never laughed so hard reading a book. Matt/Garth should definitely do another one.

[@suchiuomizu]

Good news!

[@tripdefect87]

He's got one coming out in October called "Incarcerat" that continues the story from Terrortome. He's also planning on releasing another sometime in 2024. It's a really good time to be a fan of Garth Marenghi. Loved the pretentious little fella since I first saw Darkplace on Adult Swim back in 05/06

[@jasonbrown6113]

@@tripdefect87 That's awesome I can't wait.

[@TheDave-bn2tx]

I think you mean you haven't screamed as much right? 😉

[@jjjackman8830]

I just started listening to it on Audible, read by Maestro Marenghi himself...I only nearly wrecked the car while listening and laughing one or two times...

[@SwitchedOn]

We need more Marenghi on tv. Hope this mini revival pricks the ears of some tv execs and Matt wants to do it too of course.

[@SteverenoOFFICIAL]

Garth is still warning the public about batteries!!! What a legend

[@kendonfahr8337]

Easily the best segment on the Russell Howard show ever. This legend deserves all the money we can throw at him. 🥰🥰😂😂

[@stuartwarrior3506]

He deserves a heros wage

[@kendonfahr8337]

@@stuartwarrior3506 , but he's not Jesus Christ. He's come to accept that now.

[@kida4313]

Batteries are certainly a recurring theme in Marenghi's early work. I am glad he returned to the theme.

[@TheNormExperience]

“So it’s part pig, part chicken, part turkey, part duck, with a smattering of hitherto undetected horse.” Is a sentence I am both thankful and TERRIFIED now exists in the world. 😂

[@peterlincoln5617]

I see he has eaten at Wetherspoons too!

[@aguynamednathan]

Plus actor

[@elberno4243]

This is super cereal, guys

[@dogewood5499]

The “Tur-Duck-ken” has its culinary roots in Victorian England (probably). Gothic Horror was also invented around this time and place: Coincidence? I should think probably not, but maybe?

[@Myndir]

@@dogewood5499 Coincidence? Coincidence? Coincidence. Or is it? Coincidence? No, not a coincidence. An incidence.

[@morningstar9233]

I was in a battery changing situation with a lady once. It was one of those square ones with the +ve and -ve points on one end. She didn't realise you need to flip off the little rubber stoppers covering the points before installing. I calmly explained this to her without making her cry. And then there was light.

[@donaldball6671]

Only Garth Marenghi can clear up my acne and bring peace to Paraguay. A living Saint for our troubled times.

[@cdb3847]

One of the most underappreciated, brilliant shows ever

[@Crrrow]

In the television pitfall we need a revive of Darkplace more than ever! We have been deprived of Garth's televised genius to long!

[@-xirx-]

So many call-backs to Dark Place episodes in this segment! Love it.

[@TeamMemberNumberEight]

Garth Meringhi is one of the horror writers of all time

[@murrfeeling]

Or, perhaps, even more than one.

[@Mizztah_D]

"Within 10 minutes I had the battery compartment open" damn that's retro 😁

[@TheWaynos73]

But were they the cheap shit 1 quid for 20 batteries from the market?

[@KKAkuoku]

The Dreamweaver has not aged a day.

[@JargonMadjin]

"Like the Tardis but better" I like where this is going

[@ennayanne]

he's so creative that he could think of something even better than the TARDIS

[@azucarspacehead442]

Fucking legendary thanks for bringing Garth back Rus

[@PeterMasalski93]

I wish I were more like Garth Marenghi. One can only dream!

[@Hurricane_Manners]

Garth Marenghi is a lot like Alan Partridge in that they're both such well realised characters, you could probably construct a comedy where you're deliberately trying to be unfunny and it would still get a laugh.

[@James-ju4gj]

HOW have I only just found this. Darkplace, ironically, helped me through a very dark place in life. I watched it so often to this day I am confident I could recite 90% of the script.

[@chbend8220]

Check out his books!

[@chrisparker5278]

Terrortombe is one of the best books I’ve read in years. Genuinely a pleasure all the way through

[@nunyanunya4147]

Garth i have read all your books and wrote one myself... i too now have wrote more books than I have read.

[@ltfish82]

missed that man and his tails of terror right off to watch dark place again

[@Chrisey96.]

Well this came out of nowhere but I'm not complaining

[@U_N_Owen]

ALWAYS a random, overlong sequence about the importance of keeping fresh batteries handy. It's impressive how it's never forgotten.

[@mrmooshoo8380]

Wow and unexpected but brilliant nostalgia hit. Fantastic 🎄🙌

[@Jamie_Wilson]

This is really nostalgia about a show which had faux-nostalgia as its main comic premise lol. "How great was that dark horror show from the 80s, oh the nostaligia! Fake out, its not real!" Now here we are going full inception on the thing getting all nostalgic about an ACTUAL amazing show, well played sir!

[@timothy790110]

Listen to his new book Terrortome, its just as Good as Dark place

[@Elriuhilu]

I love the subtle gags that show how much of a knob he is, like in the intro when he pronounces gibbous Moon as "jibbous."

[@andrewmclachlan4242]

Matt Still Rocks!🤣 "We Need More Dark Place!"😱🤪🤣

[@SongBillong]

What a treat! Surprised it came via Russell Howard's show but I'll take it!

[@bootsiemon]

Oh my holy shit it's a Christmas miracle !!!!!!!

[@timothy790110]

The audiobook of Terror Tome is a MUST for anyone who considers themselves frisson coinesseurs. (this passage is from that, just replace the turducken with an even scarier antagonist)

[@MrNuthaShot]

Typeface is nightmare fuel

[@PatScullionCreative]

But yet… impossibly alluring.

[@jmalmsten]

I thought I recognized it. Knowing how hard he works. I see now. It is like poetry... It rhymes

[@sean748]

The typewriter sex scenes were very graphic

[@timothy790110]

you know theres a new book released tomorrow right? I cant fucking wait!@@sean748

[@freem8son86]

RIP Madeleine Wool you're almost certainly dead but we miss you

[@TheWaynos73]

Oh shes dead alright

[@TeamMemberNumberEight]

Where do you think she’s buried?

[@melvert33]

She was like a candle in the wind.....unreliable

[@similaritiesendhere]

Somewhere in eastern Europe. If she got a burial...

[@Hutchino46]

I was just waiting for Matt Berry to appear

[@Jamie_Wilson]

​@dmwhatsapp2768Dude, every single comment? Really? How stupid you think his audience is? Go away and find yourself some friends the way normal people do, geez!

[@TheWaynos73]

I’ll get a mop…

[@suchiuomizu]

Who? Were you waiting for Todd Rivers?

[@TheTurnipKing]

I figure he's probably a shoe-in for Capello

[@dreamforger7166]

A friend introduced me to Garths darkcorner, it was legendary

[@sagaswp]

You and he were...buddies, weren't you?

[@delta_shift]

Absolutely bloody hilarious 🤣 Bring back Dark Place!

[@BadgerOff32]

I saw Garth Marenghi live at the Brighton Dome a week or so ago. Even met him and got my copy of his new book signed The show was amazing! He was so funny. Looking to go and see it again before the tour is over.

[@torreykat]

Garth Marenghiiiiii!!!!!

[@MichaelMcGrathangrywasp]

Steve Pising - Pising In The Driving Seat

[@Hugo_Hackenbush]

I'll never be able to sleep again without a light on after hearing this. If life were fair, this book would be turned into a major motion picture. Horror fans would forget they ever heard of The Exorcist.

[@mixtapesfrommylatepartner]

Garth does indeed have a pact with the Dark Lord. He hasn't aged a day since the 80s.

[@TheWaynos73]

He went down that Apes of Wrath crossroads at midnight and played a lick on his blues guitar, the devil appeared, you know the rest…

[@dannybayne3203]

So happy about this 😂

[@dportass]

Genuinely terrifying, Garth still at the top of his game after all these years

[@QBG]

I feel confident in saying that _no_ author, living or dead, can write a battery-focused horror scene better than Garth Marenghi. It just simply _can't_ be done. The man is _too good._

[@atnasingetnamn2887]

I can't believe I missed this. Absolutely wonderful.

[@TheDave-bn2tx]

No other author could write such natural and well-written dialogue.

[@AM-uo2kf]

After rabidly consuming his latest novels, it is great to hear more of the further adventures of Nick Steen aka Nicholas Stein aka Garth Marenghi, Horror visionary, shaman, arch duke of Darkdum, director. Plus actor.

[@illpj]

Someone please get Mr Marenghi on our TV's.

[@DavePoint84]

I need more Garth Marenghi

[@fakeigniz13]

Truly the Edgar Allan Poe of our era. When is Mike Flanagan going to make a show based on his works?

[@connorevans26]

This is an exerpt from his Terrortome book, but reimagined for the Christmas mood. I love it.

[@richardd7614]

how did i not know about this - love garth more plse

[@bloodnchocolate]

Truly, the type of fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat thriller that could only be accurately conveyed in a six-part miniseries.

[@paulmccluskey6862]

Has Garth changed his opinion about Glasgow since his recent visit?

[@kst8688]

Haha have you seen his recent live shows by any chance??

[@Shinownd]

I believe he came out at his Glasgow show with shortbread for the audience

[@TheWaynos73]

Glasgow is a nightmare

[@tomb2000ad]

Brilliant!

[@DUANEYAISER]

"Blood. Blood. Blood. His blood. Blood, and nostalgia."

[@JoeLigmama]

He brought back the scotch mist battery bit 💀💀💀

[@paulmccluskey6862]

“I LOVE SCOTLAND. I'LL TAKE THE HIGH ROAD OR THE LOW ROAD.BOTH ARE VALID.”😂

[@Jamie_Wilson]

The undisputed King of (mostly) undiscovered comic geniusness! If you don't know, now you know... Go watch Dark Place, what are you reading my stupid comment for? You could be laughing your head off by now (Seriously it's genuinely brilliant, just remember it's kinda a parody show pretending to be a comedy show about a "real" horror/sci-fi show from the 1980s... its not, but that makes it even more genius!)

[@stevenmcnicoll5060]

Great to see the Merchant Of Menace back on screen. His great gifts untarnished.

[@benrous8430]

We need more Garth Marenghi

[@causeimdeep]

The most horrifying thing about this is this dude Russell's face, but thanks for bringing Garth back to our screens, also Free Dean, no body no crime

[@johnr.7906]

What an unexpected holiday treat! A new yearly tradition????

[@Go_Home_British_Raj]

The masses are scared and weak. Do another come back Garth!

[@tokyo2la962]

Wow. He hasn’t aged since the 80s!

[@TomeAlone]

From a very dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark dark... Dark?... Dark dark dark place indeed.

[@elberno4243]

Garth writing about batteries... I simultaneously cried and achieved my orgasm. This is his sexiest work since B*tchkiller.

[@happystash]

The Legend Has Returned

[@in6087]

I love in the introduction to Terrortome when he mentions the recent plague, which he had foretold

[@syteanric]

I really hope this all leads to one more series of Dark Place

[@dabmane]

Have to get this book. I screamed.

[@CanOfRabbitHoles]

Still amazing! more Garth, more Holnes!

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

Yes! More Holness. Son of Bob.

[@turinhorse4232]

Garth Marenghi Legend

[@topzozzle5642]

i haven't laughed this hard in ages, thank you!

[@jayplay8140]

"of it's" 😂

[@roganjames3591]

The Doomsage returns!

[@tonecrome3685]

Did he play the Bruce Lee nut in The Office?

[@dorkarama3135]

The guy who didn't beat up Chuck Norris in Enter The Dragon?

[@-xirx-]

Yes! Matthew Holness is his name

[@D.L91]

Correct..at last.

[@yellowblanka6058]

Love the continuing obsession with batteries, lol.

[@cameronpearce5943]

THE KING, AND ALSO THE EMPEROR. Perhaps even a regent!

[@patrickochieng1055]

What's up with the new full video?? Please find some who gives a.... site and direct us to the first full draft of the vid. Thanks.

[@AaronMeade-gj9pl]

Russel you awoken a ancient Comédie dragon thanks 😂😂😂

[@theculturedthug6609]

So unbelievably evil pure terror the master of terror Garth marenghi'.

[@AntoinetteMcCormick]

What happened to the full episode and Russell taking the piss out of H&M? It was here an hour or so ago.

[@misswarda78]

Haha and I should be revising for my Law exam! 🤣🤣☺️

[@thelegopotter]

Where’s the full episode?

[@CS-mo7xp]

I am slightly chilled.

[@TheWaynos73]

I laughed, and shit myself at the same time

[@devinpoole4528]

God I hope this means he's coming back in some form. Comedies been on life support for about a decade now and could certainly use a shot in the arm. Think I've read the ouvre a dozen times or more and need some new stuff😂

[@deathrowslag78]

Quality

[@1963Daleks]

I like rhe implication that this is quite early in the book.

[@jasonmurdoc9533]

He’s looked 36 for 25 years

[@Snatcher42]

Dammit, Roz!

[@richardarmfield6769]

How could anyone see the packaging on the batteries if they needed a torch, they would have been in the dark, that's why they needed the torch in the first place???!!?

[@neilwebster3495]

And bagels are sea creatures that fly over the bay ..... (seagulls) I exhumed contently. Seeing the master tonight in Southampton !!!

[@greg_4201]

''flaybells sting are you glistening (having just been flayed)''

[@titovalasques]

“The poor cow” - 😂😂😂

[@reasonabledoubt6908]

Please tell me theres an audiobook..

[@ianleach1562]

After all this time he's still written more books than he's read...