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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.

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Voodoo Academy (2000): One From the (Rapid) Heart

Matty explores David DeCoteau’s groundbreaking LGBTQ+ chiller and the impact it had on the auteur’s remarkable career.… Read More Voodoo Academy (2000): One From the (Rapid) Heart

July 7, 2022November 13, 2022 Matty BudrewiczLeave a comment

Dreamaniac (1986): Born This Way

Matty takes a look at David DeCoteau’s much-maligned ‘debut’ feature and finds a filmmaker almost fully formed from the outset. … Read More Dreamaniac (1986): Born This Way

June 17, 2022March 25, 2025 Matty BudrewiczLeave a comment

Kittens in a Can: Caged Fear (1991)

Dave embarks on a quest to find Bobby Houston, the elusive director of a not-so-sordid women-in-prison film.… Read More Kittens in a Can: Caged Fear (1991)

March 14, 2021March 7, 2023 Dave WainLeave 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

The Blueprint – Absolution: The Journey (1997)

Matty contemplates this robust sci-fi flick’s place within David DeCoteau’s canon.… Read More The Blueprint – Absolution: The Journey (1997)

July 13, 2020April 19, 2025 Matty BudrewiczLeave a comment

Art Attack! David DeCoteau’s Leather Jacket Love Story (1997)

Matty talks the cult auteur’s joyous B&W rom-com and ponders the link between artists and their art.… Read More Art Attack! David DeCoteau’s Leather Jacket Love Story (1997)

June 27, 2020December 15, 2022 Matty BudrewiczLeave a comment

Switch Hitter: Jerry Douglas’ Both Ways (1975)

Dave takes a look at a giant buried deep within the recesses of bisexual-themed cinema.… Read More Switch Hitter: Jerry Douglas’ Both Ways (1975)

May 30, 2020May 30, 2020 Dave WainLeave a comment

Lamenting Leviticus: Joe Ahearne talks B&B

You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. (Leviticus 18:22) A classic line from Leviticus’ Greatest Hits there, and one that still gets spun two millennia after its authoring by the more fundamentalist Christians in our society. Quite why B-sides such as ‘Do not wear clothing woven of… Read More Lamenting Leviticus: Joe Ahearne talks B&B

December 27, 2019February 22, 2020 Dave WainLeave a comment

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