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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

Trading Mom (1994): Be Careful What You Wish For

Barely gracing the inside of cinemas, this Sissy Spacek star vehicle has long been consigned to obscurity. Dave finds out why. … Read More Trading Mom (1994): Be Careful What You Wish For

July 5, 2022July 4, 2022 Dave WainLeave a comment

Light Bite: Vampire Cop (1993)

Dave chats to Ken Lamplugh again and discovers what it took for the screenwriter and his co-scribe, John Weidner, to get their budget-priced bloodsucking epic in front of the camera. … Read More Light Bite: Vampire Cop (1993)

July 1, 2022July 3, 2022 Dave WainLeave a comment

Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994) — The Pyungilist

Matty savours Albert Pyun’s criminally overlooked sequel.… Read More Kickboxer 4: The Aggressor (1994) — The Pyungilist

June 29, 2022August 31, 2023 Matty BudrewiczLeave a comment

Lost and Found: Catherine’s Grove (1997)

The story of Tony and Robyn DiTocco, their quest to make a movie, and how it became an underseen classic of the ’90s video store era. … Read More Lost and Found: Catherine’s Grove (1997)

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 Dave Wain3 Comments

In the Rough: Golfballs! (1999)

Dave chats to Florida native Steve Procko about his sole venture into the movie business. … Read More In the Rough: Golfballs! (1999)

June 23, 2022June 23, 2022 Dave Wain1 Comment

Invasion of Privacy (1996): Baby Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting

Matty sinks his teeth into a brilliant thriller from director Anthony Hickox and writer Larry Cohen, and ponders the similarities it shares with an earlier work by the legendary scripter. … Read More Invasion of Privacy (1996): Baby Daddy’s Gone A-Hunting

June 21, 2022March 5, 2026 Matty BudrewiczLeave a comment

Maximum Force (1992): Adventures in the Scripting Trade

Dave talks to Ken Lamplugh about the journey that led him to writing for PM Entertainment.… Read More Maximum Force (1992): Adventures in the Scripting Trade

June 15, 2022June 15, 2022 Dave WainLeave a comment

Euro-Vision: Blind Justice (1994)

Dave dons his spurs and goes toe to toe with a visually challenged Armand Assante.… Read More Euro-Vision: Blind Justice (1994)

June 11, 2022September 14, 2022 Dave WainLeave a comment

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