Matthew Monagle

Matthew is an Austin-based film critic. You can find his work as sites like Film School Rejects, The Playlist, SlashFilm, and the Austin Chronicle. He is also a member of the Austin Film Critics Association. Matt spends most of his free time doting on his dog and losing games of Slay the Spire.

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Episode 25: Mary Beth McAndrews Logs Onto ‘Webcast’

September 30th, 2020 • Matthew Monagle

In the years since The Blair Witch Project, the found footage horror film has gone…

Cast a Deadly Spell Fred Ward Julianne Moore

Episode 24: Jerry Smith Will ‘Cast a Deadly Spell’

September 16th, 2020 • Matthew Monagle

Turn back the clock, my child, to a time when new movies released on premium…

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…

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…

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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.…

Scream Dimension Films

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…

Seana Kerslake The Hole in the Ground

‘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.

Funky Forest: The First Contact

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.’

Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead

Podcast: Ted Geoghegan on ‘Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead’

July 8th, 2020 • Matthew Monagle

Horror filmmaker and historian Ted Geoghegan joins Certified Forgotten to discuss ‘Zombie Ass’ and exploitation cinema.

Certified Forgotten in Our Own Words: Matthew Monagle

July 6th, 2020 • Matthew Monagle

Last week, Matt Donato made his case for Certified Forgotten as the newest horror publication…