Editorials

It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To
It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To

‘It’s My Party and I’ll Die If I Want To’ Still Rips

April 10th, 2023 • Jessica Scott

Jessica Scott returns to Certified Forgotten to celebrate cheap horror classics like ‘It’s My Party and I’ll Die If I Want To.’

Ginger Snaps 2

How ‘Ginger Snaps 2’ Finds Comfort In Independence

April 5th, 2023 • Molly Henery

Molly Henery returns for another Uterus Horror column, this time on the underrated virtues of ‘Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed.’

Possum Sean Harris

‘Possum’ and the Destruction of Trauma

March 28th, 2023 • Beanie Aurora White

Beanie Aurora White explores the uncanny links between ventriloquism and unresolved trauma in Matthew Holness’s ‘Possum.’

Season of the Witch George Romero

‘Season of the Witch’ Is an Early Entry in Second-Wave Feminism

March 22nd, 2023 • Mónica Teresa Ortiz

Mónica Teresa Ortiz joins Certified Forgotten to remember ‘Season of the Witch,’ George Romero’s second-wave feminist horror.

Get In Netflix

‘Get In’ Twists the Home Invasion Genre Into Knots

March 13th, 2023 • Paul Doro

Paul Doro returns to Certified Forgotten with a love letter to Olivier Abbou’s ‘Get in,’ a French home invasion film now streaming on Netflix.

The Exorcist III Brad Dourif

‘The Exorcist III’ Knows We Don’t Need It

March 3rd, 2023 • Wang Sum Luk

Wang Sum Luk joins Certified Forgotten to defend ‘The Exorcist III,’ the rare sequel to lean into its own franchise limitations.

Eden Lake Michael Fassbender

Broken Britain, Hoodie Horror, and the Muddled Class Politics of ‘Eden Lake’

February 24th, 2023 • Emmett O'Regan

Emmett O’Regan explains why the legacy of James Watkins’s ‘Eden Lake’ is hampered by its muddled approach to class politics.

Sasha Grey Would You Rather

The Psychology of Choice in ‘Would You Rather’

February 23rd, 2023 • Danielle Cappolla

Danielle Cappolla explains why the act of choosing is essential to understanding and appreciating David Guy Levy’s ‘Would You Rather.’

I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House Ruth Wilson

How Trauma Shapes Perceptions of Body, Identity and Time in ‘I am The Pretty Thing That Lives in The House’

February 21st, 2023 • Livia Reim

Livia Reim explores the presence of trauma in Osgood Perkins’s ethereal horror film ‘I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House.’

Staci Keanan Lisa

‘Lisa’ Is a Bizarre Intersection of ’80s Thrillers and ’90s Kids Movies

February 15th, 2023 • Tori Potenza

Tori Potenza explains how Gary Sherman’s ‘Lisa’ bridges the 1980s and 1990s with its blend of horror, eroticism, and adolescence.