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The Schlock Pit

The home of film critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain who, for the best part of a decade, have parlayed their shared, lifelong obsession with horror, B-movies, and direct-to-video shenanigans into a writing career.

Month: March 2016

Goal of the Dead (2014)

With the advent of the irrationally popular TV adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s comic book The Walking Dead, the age old zombie genre is very much in vogue. They’ve always been there – White Zombie (1932) was an early classic as was Jacques Tourneur’s I Walked with a Zombie (1943), but of late the emphasis on… Read More Goal of the Dead (2014)

March 5, 2016November 16, 2017 Dave WainLeave a comment

Gingerclown (2013)

Well this is a curio. A Hungarian production with a 30 year old director making his debut feature alongside a cast filled with cult legends – Tim Curry, Lance Henriksen, Sean Young, Michael Winslow and Brad Dourif. One might think it has potential, but a cursory glance of IMDb yields no critic reviews and just… Read More Gingerclown (2013)

March 3, 2016November 16, 2017 Dave WainLeave a comment

Ghost Shark (2013)

Horror hipsters! It’s ok to like movies like this you know. Yes they’re predominantly awful with bad CGI gore, ridiculous concepts and made for TV sensibilities, but nothing – I repeat, nothing satisfies my post 1am movie craving than a ridiculously titled creature feature. The fact that it’s directed by Griff Furst only adds to… Read More Ghost Shark (2013)

March 2, 2016November 16, 2017 Dave WainLeave a comment

The Ganzfeld Possession (2014)

I remember Michael Oblowitz’ first mainstream movie quite vividly – it was This World, then the Fireworks, a bold attempt at neo-noir as it attempted to adapt a Jim Thompson story for the screen. It didn’t quite succeed but I’d certainly regard it as an admirable failure, certainly in the screen siren casting department as… Read More The Ganzfeld Possession (2014)

March 1, 2016November 16, 2017 Dave WainLeave a comment

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