Exploring the Cosmic Horror of ‘The Beach House’
February 14th, 2024 • Becca Johnson
Becca Johnson explores the unique combination of body horror and cosmic terror found in Jeffrey A. Brown’s ‘The Beach House.’
‘Return To Oz’ Still Breeds Adolescent Horrors
February 2nd, 2024 • Molly Henery
Molly Henery sets her sights on the always-traumatizing ‘Return To Oz’ in the latest edition of her Uterus Horror series.
‘The Blackcoat’s Daughter’ Is a Fable for the Lonely
January 26th, 2024 • Livia Reim
Lívia Reim explores the dark and terrible isolation that drives Osgood Perkins’s ‘The Blackcoat’s Daughter.’
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.