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.
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…
Certified SEO: How to Create Killer Content
August 2nd, 2020 • Matthew Monagle
Who are you writing for? For most writers, the answer is dictated by the type…
Griffin Dunne’s ‘Practical Magic’ Is a Witchin’ Good Time
July 30th, 2020 • Matt Donato
Matt Donato is bewitched by Griffin Dunne’s ‘Practical Magic’ in this article request from Certified Forgotten’s Patreon.
Pre-Code Queerness in James Whale’s ‘The Old Dark House’
July 29th, 2020 • Sam Moore
Decades later, James Whale’s ‘The Old Dark House’ still offers a fascinating blend of queerness and camp in pre-code Hollywood horror.
‘The Hole in the Ground’ Finds the Irish Horror in A24
July 27th, 2020 • Matthew Monagle
Lee Cronin’s Irish folk horror movie ‘The Hole in the Ground’ charts a new course for genre thats deal with depictions of mental illness.
Podcast: Katie Rife on ‘Funky Forest: The First Contact’
July 22nd, 2020 • Matthew Monagle
Katie Rife joins Certified Forgotten to talk about the 2005 anthology science-fiction feature ‘Funky Forest: The First Contact.’
Sion Sono: Exploitation and Empowerment
July 20th, 2020 • Jenny Nulf
In this video essay, Jenny Nulf explains how the films of Sion Sono balance exploitation and empowerment in equal measure.
Reliving the Adolescent Trauma of ‘Sleepaway Camp’
July 15th, 2020 • Molly Henery
Molly Henery brings the Uterus Horror series back from the dead with an examination of the adolescent trauma of ‘Sleepaway Camp.’