Certified Forgotten
@certifiedforgot.bsky.social
Certified Forgotten is a writer-owned horror publication focused on the little movies that leave a big impression. We publish essays on the underseen and underappreciated horror films of the 21st Century.
https://campsite.bio/certifiedforgot
https://campsite.bio/certifiedforgot
Reposted by Certified Forgotten
It’s a Christmas edition of #UterusHorror! Be sure to go to @certifiedforgot.bsky.social to read all about THE SACRIFICE GAME and how it finally gives us the UH movie ending we want.
“THE SACRIFICE GAME shows two very different girls at different stages of self-discovery.” It wouldn’t be the holidays without a Christmas-themed column from @mollyhenery.bsky.social.
'The Sacrifice Game' Brings Horror Home for the Holidays
Molly Henery shares horror for the holidays with her essay on Jenn Wexler's Christmas film 'The Sacrifice Game.'
certifiedforgotten.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It’s a Christmas edition of #UterusHorror! Be sure to go to @certifiedforgot.bsky.social to read all about THE SACRIFICE GAME and how it finally gives us the UH movie ending we want.
“THE SACRIFICE GAME shows two very different girls at different stages of self-discovery.” It wouldn’t be the holidays without a Christmas-themed column from @mollyhenery.bsky.social.
'The Sacrifice Game' Brings Horror Home for the Holidays
Molly Henery shares horror for the holidays with her essay on Jenn Wexler's Christmas film 'The Sacrifice Game.'
certifiedforgotten.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“THE SACRIFICE GAME shows two very different girls at different stages of self-discovery.” It wouldn’t be the holidays without a Christmas-themed column from @mollyhenery.bsky.social.
Reposted by Certified Forgotten
Went to @moviemadness.org to visit my shelf! Loved seeing a couple of the films rented out and people perusing the shelf while I was there. Thanks so much to the MM team for inviting me to curate this selection of #UterusHorror films I love. Be sure to visit MM and rent from my shelf while you can!
December 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Went to @moviemadness.org to visit my shelf! Loved seeing a couple of the films rented out and people perusing the shelf while I was there. Thanks so much to the MM team for inviting me to curate this selection of #UterusHorror films I love. Be sure to visit MM and rent from my shelf while you can!
Reposted by Certified Forgotten
We actually did a whole podcast with @certifiedforgot.bsky.social about NOROI if you're curious. share.google/Lcwc8WlqA3sE...
Podcast: Paul Gandersman and Peter Hall on 'Noroi: The Curse'
Paul Gandersman and Peter Hall, the duo behind 'Man Finds Tape,' discuss their debut feature and Kōji Shiraishi's 'Noroi: The Curse.'
share.google
December 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
We actually did a whole podcast with @certifiedforgot.bsky.social about NOROI if you're curious. share.google/Lcwc8WlqA3sE...
Reposted by Certified Forgotten
This is getting a novelization from @echohorror.com and I’m actually hyped because it sounds unnerving!
"Steeped in violence and exploiting some of our most childhood moments, DEADLY GAMES is a fitting entry in the Christmas-horror genre that birthed it." Looking for a new holiday favorite? Well, look no further than the French home invasion horror-thriller DEADLY GAMES.
Why 'Deadly Games' Is the Horror Fan's 'Home Alone' | Certified Forgotten
Katie Liggera carves out space in the holiday horror canon for Rene Manzor's 'Deadly Games,' aka 'Dial Code Santa Claus.'
certifiedforgotten.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This is getting a novelization from @echohorror.com and I’m actually hyped because it sounds unnerving!
"Steeped in violence and exploiting some of our most childhood moments, DEADLY GAMES is a fitting entry in the Christmas-horror genre that birthed it." Looking for a new holiday favorite? Well, look no further than the French home invasion horror-thriller DEADLY GAMES.
Why 'Deadly Games' Is the Horror Fan's 'Home Alone' | Certified Forgotten
Katie Liggera carves out space in the holiday horror canon for Rene Manzor's 'Deadly Games,' aka 'Dial Code Santa Claus.'
certifiedforgotten.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"Steeped in violence and exploiting some of our most childhood moments, DEADLY GAMES is a fitting entry in the Christmas-horror genre that birthed it." Looking for a new holiday favorite? Well, look no further than the French home invasion horror-thriller DEADLY GAMES.
If anyone was going to defend FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S 2, it was going to be @donatobomb.bsky.social and @bjcolangelo.bsky.social. Hah, that's not happening. In this special Uncertified guest episode, two of the loudest champions of Freddy Fazbear's film debut discuss where the sequel goes so wrong.
Podcast: 'Five Nights at Freddy's 2' Gets Uncertified (with BJ Colangelo)
Film critic BJ Colangelo joins Matt Donato to discuss 'Five Nights at Freddy's 2,' the latest adaptation of the popular video game series.
certifiedforgotten.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
If anyone was going to defend FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S 2, it was going to be @donatobomb.bsky.social and @bjcolangelo.bsky.social. Hah, that's not happening. In this special Uncertified guest episode, two of the loudest champions of Freddy Fazbear's film debut discuss where the sequel goes so wrong.
Every month, we change the Spotlight section of our home page with new bunch of article recommendations. This month, we're sharing just a few of the Christmas-themed horror films that have been written about at Certified Forgotten. certifiedforgotten.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Every month, we change the Spotlight section of our home page with new bunch of article recommendations. This month, we're sharing just a few of the Christmas-themed horror films that have been written about at Certified Forgotten. certifiedforgotten.com
Our friends at @defector.com are trying something really cool: if you subscribe to Defector this holiday season, you can get a complimentary subscription to @certifiedforgot.bsky.social or a handful of other great sites at no additional cost.
Give A Gift That Doesn’t Suck, Get A Gift That Doesn’t Suck | Defector
Big holiday news: If you buy an annual gift subscription to Defector or Normal Gossip before the end of December 2025, we’ll comp you a gift subscription to your choice of a participating site on the ...
defector.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Our friends at @defector.com are trying something really cool: if you subscribe to Defector this holiday season, you can get a complimentary subscription to @certifiedforgot.bsky.social or a handful of other great sites at no additional cost.
Reposted by Certified Forgotten
I believe the Certified Forgotten fellas were the FIRST EVER to invite me on a podcast back in 2020!
Can you believe it's been five years since we had @mereborders.bsky.social on the podcast? We sit down with Meredith for an in-depth conversation about Kickstarters, bookazines, and THE PEANUT BUTTER SOLUTION (one of the strangest pieces of gateway horror you'll ever hope to find).
Podcast: Meredith Borders on 'The Peanut Butter Solution'
Fangoria senior editor Meredith Borders returns to the podcast to talk about gateway horror cult classic 'The Peanut Butter Solution.'
certifiedforgotten.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I believe the Certified Forgotten fellas were the FIRST EVER to invite me on a podcast back in 2020!
"Letterboxd will need to do more than just focus on alerting the users who have watchlisted a specific horror film." What hurdles will Letterboxd's Video Store need to overcome to be successful? Distribution guru James Emanuel Shapiro weighs in on the platform's biggest swing yet.
Will Letterboxd's Video Store Be Good for Indie Horror?
Film distribution guru James Emanuel Shapiro explains why Letterboxd's Video Store strategy has good intentions but tough sledding ahead.
certifiedforgotten.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"Letterboxd will need to do more than just focus on alerting the users who have watchlisted a specific horror film." What hurdles will Letterboxd's Video Store need to overcome to be successful? Distribution guru James Emanuel Shapiro weighs in on the platform's biggest swing yet.
Can you believe it's been five years since we had @mereborders.bsky.social on the podcast? We sit down with Meredith for an in-depth conversation about Kickstarters, bookazines, and THE PEANUT BUTTER SOLUTION (one of the strangest pieces of gateway horror you'll ever hope to find).
Podcast: Meredith Borders on 'The Peanut Butter Solution'
Fangoria senior editor Meredith Borders returns to the podcast to talk about gateway horror cult classic 'The Peanut Butter Solution.'
certifiedforgotten.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Can you believe it's been five years since we had @mereborders.bsky.social on the podcast? We sit down with Meredith for an in-depth conversation about Kickstarters, bookazines, and THE PEANUT BUTTER SOLUTION (one of the strangest pieces of gateway horror you'll ever hope to find).
Reposted by Certified Forgotten
Spiral is a great movie. Hard to watch but so good.
“With its social consciousness on its sleeve, SPIRAL works hard to be a film with something to say; and it is, literally begging viewers to heed its warnings.” Here’s @xtinemakepeace.bsky.social on the brutal, brutal Shudder release you might have missed.
'Spiral' Is a Warning That Bleeds Through the Screen
Christine Makepeace explains why Kurtis David Harder's 'Spiral' has only increased in urgency since its release.
certifiedforgotten.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Spiral is a great movie. Hard to watch but so good.
Reposted by Certified Forgotten
Hey! I wrote this!
2019's SPIRAL is so fantastic and worth revisiting especially if it's been a minute.
2019's SPIRAL is so fantastic and worth revisiting especially if it's been a minute.
“With its social consciousness on its sleeve, SPIRAL works hard to be a film with something to say; and it is, literally begging viewers to heed its warnings.” Here’s @xtinemakepeace.bsky.social on the brutal, brutal Shudder release you might have missed.
'Spiral' Is a Warning That Bleeds Through the Screen
Christine Makepeace explains why Kurtis David Harder's 'Spiral' has only increased in urgency since its release.
certifiedforgotten.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Hey! I wrote this!
2019's SPIRAL is so fantastic and worth revisiting especially if it's been a minute.
2019's SPIRAL is so fantastic and worth revisiting especially if it's been a minute.
“With its social consciousness on its sleeve, SPIRAL works hard to be a film with something to say; and it is, literally begging viewers to heed its warnings.” Here’s @xtinemakepeace.bsky.social on the brutal, brutal Shudder release you might have missed.
'Spiral' Is a Warning That Bleeds Through the Screen
Christine Makepeace explains why Kurtis David Harder's 'Spiral' has only increased in urgency since its release.
certifiedforgotten.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“With its social consciousness on its sleeve, SPIRAL works hard to be a film with something to say; and it is, literally begging viewers to heed its warnings.” Here’s @xtinemakepeace.bsky.social on the brutal, brutal Shudder release you might have missed.
"Can the cofounders of Certified Forgotten maintain their tenuous mutual respect of Perkins with KEEPER, or will Certified Forgotten once more be a house divided?" It's the moment you've all been waiting for: @monagle.bsky.social and @donatobomb.bsky.social disagreeing about Osgood.
Podcast: 'Keeper' Gets Uncertified
Matt Donato and Matthew Monagle break their recent Osgood Perkins ceasefire in this discussion of 'Keeper.'
certifiedforgotten.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"Can the cofounders of Certified Forgotten maintain their tenuous mutual respect of Perkins with KEEPER, or will Certified Forgotten once more be a house divided?" It's the moment you've all been waiting for: @monagle.bsky.social and @donatobomb.bsky.social disagreeing about Osgood.
"Wildling women are wild and capable – they don’t need men to protect them, provide for them, or control them." Guess who's back, back again, @mollyhenery.bsky.social's back, tell a friend.
'Wildling' Offers No Mercy for Weak-Minded Men
Molly Henery sheds no tears for the small-minded men of Fritz Böhm's 'Wildling' in this edition of her Uterus Horror series.
certifiedforgotten.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
"Wildling women are wild and capable – they don’t need men to protect them, provide for them, or control them." Guess who's back, back again, @mollyhenery.bsky.social's back, tell a friend.
Do you like your cosmic horror to come with a side of folklore? Then you'll want to check out this week's episode with tabletop designer @byodinsbeardrpg.com about BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE.
Podcast: Colin Le Sueur on 'Black Mountain Side'
Tabletop designer Colin Le Sueur talks cosmic horror in game design and his love of Nick Szostakiwskyj's 'Black Mountain Side.'
certifiedforgotten.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Do you like your cosmic horror to come with a side of folklore? Then you'll want to check out this week's episode with tabletop designer @byodinsbeardrpg.com about BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE.
"Add in the copious gagging-up-mud scenes and breathless looking around, and you’ve got some truly disturbing imagery of a young woman haunted." Here's @xtinemakepeace.bsky.social on why SOLSTICE is more than just a product of its time. Probably.
I Know What You Did Last 'Solstice'
Christine Makepeace explains why Daniel Myrick's 'Solstice' occupies a fascinating transitional space in modern horror history.
certifiedforgotten.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"Add in the copious gagging-up-mud scenes and breathless looking around, and you’ve got some truly disturbing imagery of a young woman haunted." Here's @xtinemakepeace.bsky.social on why SOLSTICE is more than just a product of its time. Probably.
"That is the heart of this film and BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE before it: the suggestion of the cosmic, both tantalizingly close and somewhat unfulfilled." This week at the site, our cofounder @monagle.bsky.social writes about his newfound fascination with Canadian horror filmmaker Nick Szostakiwskyj.
Fans of Cosmic Horror Shouldn't Sleep on 'Archons'
Fans of cosmic or Indigenous horror would do well to take a chance on Canadian filmmaker Nick Szostakiwskyj's 'Archons.'
certifiedforgotten.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"That is the heart of this film and BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE before it: the suggestion of the cosmic, both tantalizingly close and somewhat unfulfilled." This week at the site, our cofounder @monagle.bsky.social writes about his newfound fascination with Canadian horror filmmaker Nick Szostakiwskyj.
Reposted by Certified Forgotten
"Both ARCHONS and BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE show a respect for Indigenous customs and a disrespect for the human form – which, if written in Latin, would make for a fine horror filmmaker coat of arms." I'm fascinated by the films of Nick Szostakiwskyj, so I wrote about it for @certifiedforgot.bsky.social.
Fans of Cosmic Horror Shouldn't Sleep on 'Archons'
Fans of cosmic or Indigenous horror would do well to take a chance on Canadian filmmaker Nick Szostakiwskyj's 'Archons.'
certifiedforgotten.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
"Both ARCHONS and BLACK MOUNTAIN SIDE show a respect for Indigenous customs and a disrespect for the human form – which, if written in Latin, would make for a fine horror filmmaker coat of arms." I'm fascinated by the films of Nick Szostakiwskyj, so I wrote about it for @certifiedforgot.bsky.social.
Since 1987, the PREDATOR movies have straddled the lines between sci-fi, action, and horror. With PREDATOR: BADLANDS in theaters, @donatobomb.bsky.social and @monagle.bsky.social discuss the latest (and most PG-13) take on the franchise.
Podcast: 'Predator Badlands' Gets Uncertified
Matthew Monagle and Matt Donato discuss all things Yautja in this 30-minute podcast epiosde about Dan Trachtenberg's 'Predator: Badlands.'
certifiedforgotten.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Since 1987, the PREDATOR movies have straddled the lines between sci-fi, action, and horror. With PREDATOR: BADLANDS in theaters, @donatobomb.bsky.social and @monagle.bsky.social discuss the latest (and most PG-13) take on the franchise.
"EVE'S BAYOU is a wonderful film in how it shows Eve and Cisely and their equally compelling, yet quite divergent, roads to adulthood." EVE'S BAYOU celebrates its 25th anniversary today. Here's @mollyhenery.bsky.social on the film's haunting coming-of-age story.
'Eve's Bayou' Finds the Tragedy in Adolescence | Certified Forgotten
Molly Henery's latest Uterus Horror column explores 'Eve's Bayou,' a new classic that finds tragedy at the heart of adolescence.
certifiedforgotten.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"EVE'S BAYOU is a wonderful film in how it shows Eve and Cisely and their equally compelling, yet quite divergent, roads to adulthood." EVE'S BAYOU celebrates its 25th anniversary today. Here's @mollyhenery.bsky.social on the film's haunting coming-of-age story.
If only there was an entire essay written by @williambibbiani.bsky.social about the importance of proto-slasher HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS! But what oft-overlooked horror publication could have possibly published th-
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If only there was an entire essay written by @williambibbiani.bsky.social about the importance of proto-slasher HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS! But what oft-overlooked horror publication could have possibly published th-
Certified Forgotten: Your Home for Niche 21st Century Horror Criticism and Also Sports Betting
November 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Certified Forgotten: Your Home for Niche 21st Century Horror Criticism and Also Sports Betting