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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.

Category: Retrospectives

Wild About Harry: Society Affairs (1982)

Dave dons a dickie bow and adopts a plummy accent as he mixes with the sexual degenerates of high society.… Read More Wild About Harry: Society Affairs (1982)

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Dave WainLeave a comment

King John & Tricky Dicky: The Comic (1985) & Silent Heroes (1987)

Matty explores what happened when an emerging genre genius financed two pictures by Richard bloody Driscoll. … Read More King John & Tricky Dicky: The Comic (1985) & Silent Heroes (1987)

November 26, 2020July 24, 2023 Matty BudrewiczLeave a comment

Rolls Royce: Dream a Little Evil (1990)

Dave chats to writer-director Royce Mathew about the challenge of low budget filmaking in the ’90s.… Read More Rolls Royce: Dream a Little Evil (1990)

November 20, 2020May 30, 2022 Dave WainLeave a comment

Mama’s Boy — Possession: Until Death Do You Part (1987)

Matty looks back at a scuzzy, straight-to-video Canuxploiter from Lloyd Simandl and John A. Curtis’ North American Pictures.… Read More Mama’s Boy — Possession: Until Death Do You Part (1987)

November 14, 2020November 9, 2020 Matty BudrewiczLeave a comment

Writer for Hire: An Interview with Michael D. Weiss

Dave talks shop with the prolific straight-to-video screenwriter in a career-covering chat.… Read More Writer for Hire: An Interview with Michael D. Weiss

November 12, 2020May 29, 2022 Dave WainLeave a comment

Less Child’s Play, More Magic: Kevin S. Tenney’s Pinocchio’s Revenge (1996)

Matty gets to grips with the Night of the Demons helmer’s primo puppet shocker.… Read More Less Child’s Play, More Magic: Kevin S. Tenney’s Pinocchio’s Revenge (1996)

November 6, 2020July 2, 2021 Matty BudrewiczLeave a comment

Hex Appeal: Sorceress (1995)

Matty gets jiggy-jiggy with Jim Wynorski’s sexy shocker. … Read More Hex Appeal: Sorceress (1995)

October 31, 2020October 24, 2022 Matty BudrewiczLeave a comment

Vision Thing: David DeCoteau’s The Killer Eye (1999)

Matty takes a look (sorry) at the cult auteur’s gleefully gay sci-fi horror romp.… Read More Vision Thing: David DeCoteau’s The Killer Eye (1999)

October 19, 2020July 7, 2022 Matty BudrewiczLeave a comment

976-EVIL II (1991): Dial, Dial, My Darling!

Ahead of the first film’s U.K. Blu-ray bow, Matty urges you to revisit Jim Wynorski’s vastly superior sequel. … Read More 976-EVIL II (1991): Dial, Dial, My Darling!

October 15, 2020February 7, 2025 Matty BudrewiczLeave a comment

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