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.
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.
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’ 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!
‘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.
‘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.
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.
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.’
Pentagrams, Crows, and ‘Satan’s School for Girls’
November 10th, 2023 • Victoria Jaye
Victoria Jaye explains why the ‘Satan’s School for Girls’ remake endures as an important time capsule of witches in 2000s popular culture.
How Vincent Price Headlined ‘The Hilarious House of Frightenstein’
November 9th, 2023 • Ryan Uytdewilligen
Ryan Uytdewilligen explains the unlikely marriage of horror icon Vincent Price and Canadian kid’s show ‘The Hilarious House of Frightenstein.’