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The Blackcoat's Daughter
The Blackcoat's Daughter

‘The Blackcoat’s Daughter’ Is a Fable for the Lonely

January 26th, 2024 • Livia Reim

Lívia Reim explores the dark and terrible isolation that drives Osgood Perkins’s ‘The Blackcoat’s Daughter.’

Landlocked

The Millennial Techno-Anxiety of ‘Landlocked’

January 19th, 2024 • Emily Naser-Hall

Emily Naser-Hall examines the unique perspective Paul Owens’s ‘Landlocked’ offers on organic and technological memories.

Peter Gallagher House on Haunted Hill

Before Reality Television, There Was ‘House on Haunted Hill’

January 17th, 2024 • Grant Butler

Grant Butler explains how William Malone’s ‘House on Haunted Hill’ tapped into the future of reality television.

Ginger Snaps Back the Beginning

In ‘Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning,’ Men Are the Real Monsters

December 28th, 2023 • Molly Henery

Molly Henery completes her ‘Ginger Snaps’ essay series with a look at the horror western prequel, ‘Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning.’

The Great Satan Everything Is Terrible!

‘The Great Satan’ Puts the ‘Found’ In Found Footage

December 20th, 2023 • Nathan Keowen

Nathan Keowen digs into ‘The Great Satan,’ an unconventional horror film from found footage collective Everything Is Terrible!

Katie Parker Mike Flanagan Absentia

How ‘Absentia’ Foreshadowed Mike Flanagan’s Horror Legacy

December 18th, 2023 • Elizabeth Bishop

Elizabeth Bishop revisits ‘Absentia’ and shares how Mike Flanagan’s ideas resurface in ‘Midnight Mass’ and ‘Doctor Sleep.’

Slashers

‘Slashers’ Has No Patience for Reality TV

December 15th, 2023 • Darcy McBrinn

Darcy McBrinn unearths the delicious subtext of Maurice Devereaux’s ‘Slashers’ and explains how the film puts reality TV in its crosshairs.

Sarah Jones Mr. Jones

‘Mr. Jones’ Is a Twisted Take on Found Footage – And So Much More

December 8th, 2023 • Erin Devany

Erin Devany returns to Certified Forgotten with an exploration of Karl Mueller’s ‘Mr. Jones,’ a twisted take on the found footage format.

Najarra Townsend The Stylist

Intimate Fears of the Service Industry in ‘The Stylist’

November 30th, 2023 • Devaughn Taylor

DeVaughn Taylor explains why Jill Gevargzian’s ‘The Stylist’ hits especially hard for people who work in the service industry.

Julia Garner We Are What We Are

Breaking Free From Trauma in ‘We Are What We Are’

November 20th, 2023 • Molly Henery

Molly Henery writes about the depiction of cannibalism, trauma, and adolescence in Jim Mickle’s ‘We Are What We Are.’