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Scares! Skin! Action! Sci-Fi! B-movies and all things direct-to-video w/ Matty Budrewicz & Dave Wain.

The Schlock Pit is the home of film critics Matty Budrewicz and Dave Wain who, for the past seven years, have parlayed their shared, lifelong obsession with horror, B-movies, and direct-to-video shenanigans into a writing career.

10/07/2025

NEW REVIEW:

Matty looks at the good and bad in Chris Fisher’s flawed but interesting serial killer biopic, NIGHTSTALKER (2002):

🔗 https://theschlockpit.com/2025/07/10/nightstalker-2002/

06/07/2025

Delighted to say that our new book, “WE MUST SHOOT!”: THE LIFE AND ART OF GARY GRAVER, is now available on Amazon in both hardback and paperback editions.

We co-authored it with Andrew J. Rausch and we couldn’t be prouder of the result. It was a true labour of love. Gary was a fascinating guy, an awesome filmmaker, and an often unheralded genius.

Go and buy a copy to find out why.

UK: amzn.eu/d/dzwQri7
US: a.co/d/fRdhtsy

03/07/2025

NEW RETROSPECTIVE:

Matty admires the technical chops of Jim Wynorski’s attention-holding actioner, RANGERS (2000).

🔗 https://theschlockpit.com/2025/07/03/rangers-2000/

01/07/2025

R.O.T.O.R. (1987) VHS cover dump!

30/06/2025

Rothrockin’ and rollin’!

29/06/2025

NEW FEATURE:

Welcome to Short Ends.

Quick (ish) reviews of a handful (ish) of movies.

Sometimes connected by a theme, sometimes not.

In this debut instalment, Matty gives a potted history of Full Moon boss Charles Band’s ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s directorial assignments.

Welcome to Short Ends. Quick (ish) reviews of a handful (ish) of movies. Sometimes connected by a theme, sometimes not. In this debut instalment, Matty delivers a potted history of Full Moon boss C…

25/06/2025

NEW REVIEW:

A cyborg werewolf?!

Matty probes PROJECT METALBEAST (1995): a quality sci-shocker as cool as it sounds.

🔗 https://theschlockpit.com/2025/06/25/project-metalbeast-1995/

23/06/2025

Filmmaker Eduardo Montes-Bradley dishes the dirt on the making of his thriller, SMOOTHTALKER (1990):

Dave talks to Eduardo Montes-Bradley about his brief dalliance with the world of direct-to-video movies.

21/06/2025

“If the lies don’t kill you… The truth will.”

COVER-UP (1991) | Dir. Manny Coto | Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Louis Gossett Jr.

19/06/2025

It’s been a hot minute since our last blast of Linnea Quigley worship!

18/06/2025

NEW RETROSPECTIVE:

Matty profiles erotic thriller auteur Jag Mundhra’s provocative masterpiece, WILD CACTUS (1993).

🔗 https://theschlockpit.com/2025/06/18/wild-cactus-1993/

15/06/2025

😞 RIP Paul Thomas

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