‘Scare Package’ Is a Meta-Horror Echo Chamber
May 25th, 2023 • Melanie Moyer
Melanie Moyer looks beyond the genre thrills of ‘Scare Package’ to find a meta-horror framework in desperate need of a refresh.
‘The Twin’ Is a Twisted Take on Female Hysteria
May 23rd, 2023 • E.L. King
In Taneli Mustonen’s ‘The Twin,’ the ever-persistent trope of female hysteria becomes the subject of cross-examination.
The Reproductive Terror of ‘Demon Seed’
May 22nd, 2023 • Kayleigh Donaldson
Donald Cammell’s ‘Demon Seed’ proves that reproductive terror always has and always will dominate our existence.
‘Good Manners’ Is a Strange, Fractured Fairytale
May 8th, 2023 • Abigael Wanjiru
Abigael Wanjiru writes about ‘Good Manners,’ a 2017 Portuguese horror film that offers music and werewolves in equal measure.
Park Chan-wook’s ‘Stoker’ Turns Prey Into Predator
May 2nd, 2023 • Molly Henery
Park Chan-wook’s ‘Stoker’ is a dark coming-of-age story that turns Mia Wasikowska’s India from prey into predator.
‘Demonicus’ Is Z-Grade Heavy Metal Horror
April 28th, 2023 • J. Simpson
What Jay Woelfel’s ‘Demonicus’ lacks in budget or narrative it more than makes up for in heavy metal audacity.
‘Fear In The Dark’: Horror’s Impact From Those Who Know Best
April 25th, 2023 • Samantha Jacobs
The 1991 television documentary ‘Fear in the Dark’ explores the history and future of horror from the filmmakers who know the genre best.
‘Inland Empire’ Is David Lynch’s Worst Nightmare
April 19th, 2023 • Guillermo De Querol
Guillermo De Querol returns to Certified Forgotten to talk ‘Inland Empire,’ David Lynch’s emerging modern classic.
Work is Hell in ‘Last Shift’
April 17th, 2023 • Tracy Gossage
Tracy Gossage explores the subjective nightmares of ‘Last Shift,’ Anthony DiBlasi’s 2014 horror film set in a police station.
When ‘Hell’s Ground’ Brought Splatter Horror to Pakistan
April 12th, 2023 • Musa Chaudhry
Musa Chaudhry joins Certified Forgotten to sing the praises of ‘Hell’s Ground,’ Pakistan’s only splatter horror film.