Halloweiner

Mad God
Mad God

An Official Ranking of the ‘Mad God’ Kissers

October 28th, 2022 • Meg Shields

If you watched Phil Tippett’s ‘Mad God’ and wondered how well each creature could kiss, well, you’re certainly not alone.

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Good for Her: Unleashing the Sexually Transgressive Woman

October 26th, 2022 • Claire C. Holland

Claire C. Holland compares how films like ‘The Witch’ and ‘Promising Young Woman’ fit into the Good For Her Cinematic Universe.

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The ‘Terrifier’ Films Mark a Return to Unsafe Horror

October 7th, 2022 • Julieann Stipidis

Julieann Stipidis kicks off Halloweiner month at Certified Forgotten with an ode to unsafe horror like ‘Terrifier’ and ‘Terrifier 2.’

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‘Angel Heart’ and the Twisted Allure of X-Rated Horror

October 29th, 2021 • Roxana Hadadi

Film critic Roxana Hadadi explains how Mickey Rourke and Lisa Bonet find x-rated horror in Alan Parker’s ‘Angel Heart.’

Hagazussa

‘Hagazussa’ and the Horror of Being Branded a Witch

October 25th, 2021 • Meg Shields

Film critic Meg Shields digs into Lukas Feigelfeld’s ‘Hagazussa,’ one of the most unsettling cinematic explorations of witchcraft ever made

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More Than Human: The Monstrous Women of ‘Alien’ and ‘Annihilation’

October 20th, 2021 • Gem Seddon

Film critic Gem Seddon explains how motherhood and loss transform the place of women in ‘Annihilation’ and the ‘Alien’ franchise.

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Monstrous Mammaries: The Relationship Between Breasts and Horror

October 13th, 2021 • BJ Colangelo

Film critic BJ Colangelo delves into the sordid history of breasts in horror to find the subversive heart of the genre beating just beneath.

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The Public’s Perception of the Penis in Horror

November 3rd, 2020 • Trace Thurman

Critic Trace Thurman traces the history of male nudity in horror and goes to bat for a new generation of full frontal horror. Also, puns.

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Brian De Palma’s ‘Carrie’ Celebrates Our Teenage Monsters

October 29th, 2020 • Katie Walsh

The book came first.  At some point in my teenage years, outgrowing Mary Higgins Clark…

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Queer Horror in ‘Knife + Heart’ and ‘Stranger by the Lake’

October 21st, 2020 • Joe Lipsett

In the last few decades, and particularly since the 2010s, queer horror has become more…