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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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Fact & Fiction: Caught Up (1998)

Matty shines a light on one of ’90s B-cinema’s most endearing — yet maddeningly forgotten — Quentin Tarantino take-offs.… Read More Fact & Fiction: Caught Up (1998)

September 25, 2023September 25, 2023 Matty BudrewiczLeave a comment

Enemy Territory (1987): Ghetto Blasters

Matty chats to director Peter Manoogian about his distinctly un-Charles Band-like Empire flick. … Read More Enemy Territory (1987): Ghetto Blasters

February 1, 2023April 5, 2025 Matty Budrewicz2 Comments

Excessive Force (1993): Hold the Line

Matty dukes it out with Cobra Kai star Thomas Ian Griffith’s first brush with the big leagues. … Read More Excessive Force (1993): Hold the Line

December 13, 2022June 29, 2024 Matty BudrewiczLeave a comment

The Fangover: Vampire in Vegas (2009)

Matty dissects Jim Wynorski’s other flick about ghouls at large in the neon capital. … Read More The Fangover: Vampire in Vegas (2009)

June 25, 2022June 25, 2022 Matty BudrewiczLeave a comment

The Eden Formula (2006): Another Sort-Of Carnosaur

Matty dissects the late John Carl Buechler’s daft as a brush dino-schlocker. … Read More The Eden Formula (2006): Another Sort-Of Carnosaur

March 16, 2020August 11, 2022 Matty BudrewiczLeave a comment

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