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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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Mutual Needs (1997): Reaching For the Hot Spot

Debuting on Cinemax, it would be easy to shrug off this Playboy production as erotic thriller filler. After chatting to scripter Dode Levenson, though, Dave finds out that things could have been very different indeed… … Read More Mutual Needs (1997): Reaching For the Hot Spot

September 3, 2023 Dave Wain1 Comment

Sex, Lies and Videotape: Striking Resemblance (1997)

Dave delves into the Mystique Films catalogue again to gush over a Kelley Cauthen picture that’s the perfect blend of erotic and thriller.… Read More Sex, Lies and Videotape: Striking Resemblance (1997)

May 12, 2023 Dave WainLeave a comment

Strangers on a Feign: Web of Seduction (1999)

Dave dons his Hefner-style smoking jacket and settles down for some high-end erotica from Mystique Films.… Read More Strangers on a Feign: Web of Seduction (1999)

December 31, 2021July 19, 2023 Dave WainLeave a comment

Over the Wire (1996): Fred Olen Ray’s Top-Notch Top-Shelfer

Matty gets hot n’ heavy with the B-movie maestro’s exemplary erotic potboiler. … Read More Over the Wire (1996): Fred Olen Ray’s Top-Notch Top-Shelfer

July 2, 2020March 27, 2021 Matty BudrewiczLeave a comment

A Kind of Blue: The Sultry Noir of Midnight Blue (1997)

Dave uncovers a primo entry in the wave of ’90s erotic thrillers. … Read More A Kind of Blue: The Sultry Noir of Midnight Blue (1997)

December 31, 2019May 31, 2022 Dave Wain2 Comments

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