Editorials

iii The Ritual
iii The Ritual

Podcast: Matthew Monagle on ‘III: The Ritual’

June 7th, 2024 • Matthew Monagle

In this episode of the Certified Forgotten podcast, Matthew Monagle takes a turn at the wheel and picks Pavel Khvaleev’s ‘III: The Ritual.’

Courage the Cowardly Dog Cartoon Network

The Cartoon-Network-to-Horror-Fan Pipeline

June 3rd, 2024 • Livia Reim

Lívia Reim explains why Cartoon Network’s ambitious programming turned so many millennials into life-long horror fans.

Michalina Olszanska The Lure

‘The Lure’ Is a Tragic Retelling of ‘The Little Mermaid’

May 24th, 2024 • Molly Henery

Molly Henery examines the sisterhood at the heart of Agnieszka Smoczynska’s ‘The Lure’ in this edition of Uterus Horror.

Skeleton Crew

‘Skeleton Crew’ Turns an Unexpected Lens on 2000s Horror

May 15th, 2024 • Ariel Powers-Schaub

Ariel Powers-Schaub returns to Certified Forgotten with a breakdown of ‘Skelton Crew,’ a meta-textual examination of 2000s torture porn.

Mehmet Cerrahoglu Baskin

‘Baskin’ Is a Surrealist Turkish Trip To Hell

May 3rd, 2024 • Eric Vega

Eric Vega invites readers to check out Can Evrenol’s ‘Baskin,’ a surrealistic trip to hell where even the police cannot save you.

Rainbow Harvest Mirror Mirror

‘Mirror Mirror’ Reflects the Horror of Being a Teenager

April 30th, 2024 • Molly Henery

Molly Henery adds Marina’s Sargenti’s ‘Mirror Mirror’ to her Uterus Horror canon and digs into the darkness of being a teenager.

I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer

Remembering ‘I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer’

April 24th, 2024 • Christine Makepeace

Christine Makepeace retrns with a love letter to ‘I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer,’ the franchise’s forgotten son.

Arno Frisch Benny's Video

The Image-Sickness of ‘Benny’s Video’

April 11th, 2024 • Garrett Smith

Garrett Smith revisits Michael Haneke’s ‘Benny’s Video,’ a cautionary prophecy for the image-sickness of a social media age.

The Children Movie

How ‘The Children’ Reset the Bar for Killer Kid Films

April 2nd, 2024 • Matt Konopka

Matt Konopka explores the parental guilt and unflinching violence of Tom Shankland’s killer kid horror movie, ‘The Children.’

The Scooby Doo Project

‘The Scooby-Doo Project’ Is Still the Gang’s Strangest Adventure

March 29th, 2024 • Garrett Brown

Garrett Brown explains why ‘The Scooby-Doo Project’ remains both one of the best and the strangest entries in the ‘Scooby Doo’ universe.