Certified Forgotten
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Every self-respecting geek knows that something special happens when separate fandoms intersect. Like vinyl collecting and horror fans. Or wrestling and horror fans. Or t-shirt design and horror fans. Really, maybe the message here is that everything goes better than horror fans. Even accounting for all of the above, there is no greater marriage in popular culture than horror fans […]
In the years since The Blair Witch Project, the found footage horror film has gone through every possible permutation. But like any other subgenre, nothing livens up a well-worn premise quite like the introduction of another Big Idea™. This explains the unexpected brilliance of Webcast, the 2018 feature from writer-director Paul McGhie that adds a heavy dash of folk horror […]
Turn back the clock, my child, to a time when new movies released on premium subscription services were a thing of wonder. When second-tier leading men and up-and-coming Hollywood stars would work together to tantalize and amaze adolescent movie fans everywhere. Welcome to the era of HBO Originals. READ MORE: Cast a Deadly Spell Captures a Bygone Era of HBO […]
Behold, the untapped potential of the 2000s direct-to-video market. Like the current landscape of streaming releases, the direct-to-video market of old offered viewers a potential goldmine of underseen and underappreciated releases. You may have to dig – and dig, and dig, and dig – but true horror fans know that any amount of dumpster-diving is worth that one unearthed gem. […]
Here at Certified Forgotten, we’ve been known to cast a pretty wide net when it comes to the definition of horror. Not all films that deal with dread or terror fit neatly into the horror carousel on a Netflix page. Sometimes, some of the movies that hit the hardest are the ones that sidestep most genre conventions entirely. READ MORE: […]
It has been over ten years since Jaume Balagueró‘s Rec reinvigorated the found footage genre. Balagueró’s film – in addition to a number of Spanish filmmakers – helped launch Spain to the top of the international marketplace. Horror fans who had already grown to love Japanese horror films or the French New Extremity were thrilled to have a new national […]
When it comes to the horror genre, it’s important to cast a wide net. If, for example, you are presented with a movie like Funky Forest: The First Contact that has some of the most unique and grotesque depictions of body horror in contemporary cinema, but it is done through a comedic and absurdist lens, would you turn your back […]
Brian Collins of Horror Movie a Day fame joins Certified Forgotten to discuss Norwegian slasher ‘Cold Prey.’
Brian Collins of Horror Movie a Day fame joins Certified Forgotten to discuss Norwegian slasher ‘Cold Prey.’
Meagan Navarro of Bloody Disgusting returns to Certified Forgotten with the creature feature ‘Burning Bright.’
Al Lowe of the Loose Canon podcast brings a local legend to Certified Forgotten with ‘Munger Road.’
Fangoria Managing Editor Meredith Borders joins Certified Forgotten to talk ‘Ojuju’ and Nollywood.
Leigh Monson adds a high school favorite to Certified Forgotten in Jeff Lieberman’s ‘Satan’s Little Helper.’
Matt Barone of Tribeca and Brooklyn Horror Film Festival brings anthology ‘Little Deaths’ to the podcast party.
Horror journalist Kalyn Corrigan dares to ‘Rattle The Cage’ with a UAE psycho-killer import.
AAAFF Programmer Jenny Nulf tangles us in the weird, the wacky, Sion Sono’s ‘Exte: Hair Extensions.’