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Dead Mary Steven McCarthy
Dead Mary Steven McCarthy

Episode 23: Zena Dixon Summons ‘Dead Mary’

September 2nd, 2020 • Matthew Monagle

Behold, the untapped potential of the 2000s direct-to-video market. Like the current landscape of streaming…

Malefique Eric Valette

Unfolding The Character-Driven Surrealism of Eric Valette’s ‘Maléfique’

August 26th, 2020 • Joe George

A haggard prisoner looks up from the journal he holds. His free hand plunges into…

Teenage Cocktail Nichole Bloom Fabianne Therese Pat Healy

Punishing the Male Gaze in John Carchietta’s ‘Teenage Cocktail’

August 24th, 2020 • BJ Colangelo

For as long as movies have existed, a vast majority have been dominated by the…

Teenage Cocktail Nichole Bloom Fabianne Therese

Episode 22: BJ Colangelo Stirs Up a ‘Teenage Cocktail’

August 19th, 2020 • Matthew Monagle

Here at Certified Forgotten, we’ve been known to cast a pretty wide net when it…

Uterus Horror: ‘Raw’ Is a Coming-of-Age Story With Bite

August 17th, 2020 • Molly Henery

This month, Uterus Horror is going international with 2017’s hit film Raw. Written and directed…

Tesis Anna Torrent

How National Trauma Shaped Alejandro Amenabar’s ‘Tesis’

August 12th, 2020 • Chad Collins

A young woman – battered, disorientated, and disconsolate – is tied to a chair, her…

Certified Forgotten’s ‘Deep Blue Sea 3’ Tweet-Along And Giveaway Details!

August 11th, 2020 • Matt Donato

When friend of the podcast, Bloody Disgusting’s Meagan Navarro, and I were DM’ing about our…

The Nightingale Jennifer Kent

The Brutal History Behind Jennifer Kent’s ‘The Nightingale’

August 10th, 2020 • Sarah Durn

Jennifer Kent’s ‘The Nightingale’ builds on the brutal history of 19th-century convict colonies and the genocide of Aboriginal Tasmanians.

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Episode 21: Joe Lipsett Names ‘The Nameless’

August 5th, 2020 • Matthew Monagle

It has been over ten years since Jaume Balagueró‘s Rec reinvigorated the found footage genre.…

Childhood Trauma in Bernard Rose’s ‘Paperhouse’

August 3rd, 2020 • Kim Morrison

In the world of horror films, children are often the characters who interact with monsters…