Matt Donato
@donatobomb.bsky.social
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Matt Donato
@donatobomb.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Seeing a lot of new Bsky faces! Allow me to reintroduce myself?
- I specialize in horror film criticism, but you can expect commentary on film as a whole.
- The Demon Wind, remake and “reds” guy
- @certifiedforgot.bsky.social co-host/creator
- Pop-punk lover
- AEW 💪
- Astros ⚾️, Texans 🏈
Welcome!
- I specialize in horror film criticism, but you can expect commentary on film as a whole.
- The Demon Wind, remake and “reds” guy
- @certifiedforgot.bsky.social co-host/creator
- Pop-punk lover
- AEW 💪
- Astros ⚾️, Texans 🏈
Welcome!
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Each year I miss it by one more day, I guess? Anyway, happy eight years (!!) at Fango to me and @mereborders.bsky.social. Thanks for keeping me sane(ish) through this weird ride ❤️
… that yesterday was @mereborders.bsky.social’s seven-year anniversary with Fango, an even bigger deal, frankly. And I’d like to take the occasion to say that neither I nor Fango would be here seven years later if not for Meredith. She’s the magazine’s secret weapon and its beating heart. The best ❤️
February 17, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Each year I miss it by one more day, I guess? Anyway, happy eight years (!!) at Fango to me and @mereborders.bsky.social. Thanks for keeping me sane(ish) through this weird ride ❤️
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Now that I'm on the other side of my forced hiatus (no we're not unpacked, mind your business!), it feels like the right time to drop a reminder that I am open to new clients and available for full-time work.
February 17, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Now that I'm on the other side of my forced hiatus (no we're not unpacked, mind your business!), it feels like the right time to drop a reminder that I am open to new clients and available for full-time work.
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"Words can be weapons, yes, but we can choose to harness their power differently and wield them with much more care and intention." New at the site: here's @xtinemakepeace.bsky.social on PONTYPOOL and the damage words can do.
Mrs. French’s Cat is Missing: Words as Weapons in 'Pontypool'
Contributing editor Christine Makepeace explores the primal power of language in her essay on Bruce McDonald's 'Pontypool.'
certifiedforgotten.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:36 PM
"Words can be weapons, yes, but we can choose to harness their power differently and wield them with much more care and intention." New at the site: here's @xtinemakepeace.bsky.social on PONTYPOOL and the damage words can do.
REDUX REDUX is finally out this weekend, and I urge y'all to prioritize this one.
A resourceful, tightly wound sci-fi indie with fantastic performances and well-mapped thrills. It's got the goods.
A resourceful, tightly wound sci-fi indie with fantastic performances and well-mapped thrills. It's got the goods.
SXSW 2025 Review: REDUX REDUX Sets Vengeance On Repeat In This Bloody Time Loop Thriller - Daily Dead
The McManus Brothers’ Redux Redux tinkers with narrative fire. Time loops and parallel universes have bested countless indie filmmakers. For every Blood Punch, +1, or Dead End, there are double the ne...
dailydead.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:24 PM
REDUX REDUX is finally out this weekend, and I urge y'all to prioritize this one.
A resourceful, tightly wound sci-fi indie with fantastic performances and well-mapped thrills. It's got the goods.
A resourceful, tightly wound sci-fi indie with fantastic performances and well-mapped thrills. It's got the goods.
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We took a “nice” photo at the @filmindependent.org Spirit Awards after party, but who wants that when this exists?
My heart is overflowing.
xoxo IFC/SHUDDER
@harmonycolangelo.bsky.social
@donatobomb.bsky.social
@horrorgirlprobs.bsky.social
@pnemiroff.bsky.social
@thatwitchmia.bsky.social
My heart is overflowing.
xoxo IFC/SHUDDER
@harmonycolangelo.bsky.social
@donatobomb.bsky.social
@horrorgirlprobs.bsky.social
@pnemiroff.bsky.social
@thatwitchmia.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 7:38 PM
We took a “nice” photo at the @filmindependent.org Spirit Awards after party, but who wants that when this exists?
My heart is overflowing.
xoxo IFC/SHUDDER
@harmonycolangelo.bsky.social
@donatobomb.bsky.social
@horrorgirlprobs.bsky.social
@pnemiroff.bsky.social
@thatwitchmia.bsky.social
My heart is overflowing.
xoxo IFC/SHUDDER
@harmonycolangelo.bsky.social
@donatobomb.bsky.social
@horrorgirlprobs.bsky.social
@pnemiroff.bsky.social
@thatwitchmia.bsky.social
Happy Valentine’s Day. Watch a romantic horror movie. 🖤
February 15, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Happy Valentine’s Day. Watch a romantic horror movie. 🖤
🎙️ New episode of @certifiedforgot.bsky.social is up, and we've got 30 minutes on why we love GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE so much. 🎙️
Podcast: 'Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die' Gets Uncertified
Matt Donato and Matthew Monagle sit down to discuss Gore Verbinski's 'Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die' in this episode of Uncertified.
certifiedforgotten.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:01 PM
🎙️ New episode of @certifiedforgot.bsky.social is up, and we've got 30 minutes on why we love GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE so much. 🎙️
Livestream time if you’d like to hear @pnemiroff.bsky.social and I chat about this week’s big movie stuff (reviews and news).
Going live at 6:45 for about an hour!
Going live at 6:45 for about an hour!
Do We Need Another The Mist Movie? - The Merri Hour
YouTube video by Perri Nemiroff
youtube.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Livestream time if you’d like to hear @pnemiroff.bsky.social and I chat about this week’s big movie stuff (reviews and news).
Going live at 6:45 for about an hour!
Going live at 6:45 for about an hour!
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Now that we've fully migrated over to our new newsletter platform at @certifiedforgot.bsky.social, we can do something we weren't able to do before: share a link to our newsletters each week.
The Rewind
Your Certified Forgotten newsletter for Friday, February 13.
certified-forgotten.beehiiv.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Now that we've fully migrated over to our new newsletter platform at @certifiedforgot.bsky.social, we can do something we weren't able to do before: share a link to our newsletters each week.
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Always a joy to join the Matts, especially something like Death Ship which has a lot more going on than practical effects, haunted boats, and Nazi ghosts. There is deep intentionally to why there is so much suffering in DEATH SHIP that goes beyond many haunted or even horror movies in general.
Do we need exploitation cinema to remind us of half-forgotten, real-life horrors? That’s the big question in this week’s episode with @harmonycolangelo.bsky.social, who joins the podcast to talk about ghost Nazis and DEATH SHIP.
Podcast: Harmony Colangelo on 'Death Ship' - Certified Forgotten
Harmony Colangelo joins Certified Forgotten to discuss Alvin Rakoff's 'Death Ship,' a Nazi-sploitation feature with surprisingly sharp teeth.
certifiedforgotten.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Always a joy to join the Matts, especially something like Death Ship which has a lot more going on than practical effects, haunted boats, and Nazi ghosts. There is deep intentionally to why there is so much suffering in DEATH SHIP that goes beyond many haunted or even horror movies in general.
Actually kinda excited to see Hoobastank at Warped Tour [is a sentence I did not expect to type in the year 2026].
February 14, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Actually kinda excited to see Hoobastank at Warped Tour [is a sentence I did not expect to type in the year 2026].
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In time for Valentine's Day on Shudder is the science-freaky horror romance, HONEY BUNCH.
Made by the couple behind Violation, starring another couple (Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie), it's a strange brew of marital "bliss" and captivating intimacy.
I liked it! More at @dailydead.bsky.social.
Made by the couple behind Violation, starring another couple (Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie), it's a strange brew of marital "bliss" and captivating intimacy.
I liked it! More at @dailydead.bsky.social.
Review: HONEY BUNCH is a Twisty Horror Romance - Daily Dead
The audacity of Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli, a filmmaking couple on the rise, is not to be underestimated. Their devastating debut, Violation, is a tough act to follow in terms of swingi...
dailydead.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:02 AM
In time for Valentine's Day on Shudder is the science-freaky horror romance, HONEY BUNCH.
Made by the couple behind Violation, starring another couple (Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie), it's a strange brew of marital "bliss" and captivating intimacy.
I liked it! More at @dailydead.bsky.social.
Made by the couple behind Violation, starring another couple (Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie), it's a strange brew of marital "bliss" and captivating intimacy.
I liked it! More at @dailydead.bsky.social.
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Out this week is COLD STORAGE—an icky, ooey-gooey outbreak thriller with delightfully chaotic vibes.
It's fun! Held back at times by unmemorable digital effects, but that's a budget and timing issue. David Koepp's adapted screenplay is a blast, and the gross-out laughs are infectious.
It's fun! Held back at times by unmemorable digital effects, but that's a budget and timing issue. David Koepp's adapted screenplay is a blast, and the gross-out laughs are infectious.
Review: COLD STORAGE Unleashes a Gooey Good Time - Daily Dead
Can a science fiction thriller about exploding, bile-bloated corpses and intergalactic spores be described as “delightful”? Well, Cold Storage had me grinning like a kiddo on Christmas morning. Britis...
dailydead.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Out this week is COLD STORAGE—an icky, ooey-gooey outbreak thriller with delightfully chaotic vibes.
It's fun! Held back at times by unmemorable digital effects, but that's a budget and timing issue. David Koepp's adapted screenplay is a blast, and the gross-out laughs are infectious.
It's fun! Held back at times by unmemorable digital effects, but that's a budget and timing issue. David Koepp's adapted screenplay is a blast, and the gross-out laughs are infectious.
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HIGH ON LIFE 2 is chaotic and some of the most fun I have had with a video game in a while.
Read my spoiler-free article about it over on Fango👇
Read my spoiler-free article about it over on Fango👇
We got an early chance to play the zany HIGH ON LIFE 2 and save humanity from an intergalactic conspiracy by battling monsters, aliens, and bizarre creatures.
HIGH ON LIFE 2 Is Packed With Monsters, Aliens and Bizarre Creatures
We got an early chance to play the zany HIGH ON LIFE 2 and save humanity from an intergalactic conspiracy by battling monsters, aliens, and bizarre creatures.
dlvr.it
February 13, 2026 at 5:59 PM
HIGH ON LIFE 2 is chaotic and some of the most fun I have had with a video game in a while.
Read my spoiler-free article about it over on Fango👇
Read my spoiler-free article about it over on Fango👇
If there's one movie I hope audiences support in theaters this weekend, it's GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE.
Gore Verbinski is back with a vengeance. It's not only a blast, but contains some really poignant and oh-so-dark commentaries about A.I. that hit like a haymaker.
Gore Verbinski is back with a vengeance. It's not only a blast, but contains some really poignant and oh-so-dark commentaries about A.I. that hit like a haymaker.
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die Review - IGN
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die review: AI dooms us all yet again in Gore Verbinski's new sci-fi movie starring Sam Rockwell, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Peña, Zazie Beetz and Juno Temple.
www.ign.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:23 PM
If there's one movie I hope audiences support in theaters this weekend, it's GOOD LUCK, HAVE FUN, DON'T DIE.
Gore Verbinski is back with a vengeance. It's not only a blast, but contains some really poignant and oh-so-dark commentaries about A.I. that hit like a haymaker.
Gore Verbinski is back with a vengeance. It's not only a blast, but contains some really poignant and oh-so-dark commentaries about A.I. that hit like a haymaker.
In time for Valentine's Day on Shudder is the science-freaky horror romance, HONEY BUNCH.
Made by the couple behind Violation, starring another couple (Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie), it's a strange brew of marital "bliss" and captivating intimacy.
I liked it! More at @dailydead.bsky.social.
Made by the couple behind Violation, starring another couple (Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie), it's a strange brew of marital "bliss" and captivating intimacy.
I liked it! More at @dailydead.bsky.social.
Review: HONEY BUNCH is a Twisty Horror Romance - Daily Dead
The audacity of Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli, a filmmaking couple on the rise, is not to be underestimated. Their devastating debut, Violation, is a tough act to follow in terms of swingi...
dailydead.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:02 AM
In time for Valentine's Day on Shudder is the science-freaky horror romance, HONEY BUNCH.
Made by the couple behind Violation, starring another couple (Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie), it's a strange brew of marital "bliss" and captivating intimacy.
I liked it! More at @dailydead.bsky.social.
Made by the couple behind Violation, starring another couple (Grace Glowicki and Ben Petrie), it's a strange brew of marital "bliss" and captivating intimacy.
I liked it! More at @dailydead.bsky.social.
Really happy SWEETNESS is finally getting released (this weekend).
Works as a Gen Z take on Misery with a pop idol, and star Kate Hallett runs away with her role as an obsessed, unpredictable fangirl.
Works as a Gen Z take on Misery with a pop idol, and star Kate Hallett runs away with her role as an obsessed, unpredictable fangirl.
'Sweetness' Review: Thrills in a Candy-Coated Psychotic Shell
'Sweetness' packs an acidic punch, taking a harrowing tween approach to nasty celebrity kidnapping nightmares.
collider.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Really happy SWEETNESS is finally getting released (this weekend).
Works as a Gen Z take on Misery with a pop idol, and star Kate Hallett runs away with her role as an obsessed, unpredictable fangirl.
Works as a Gen Z take on Misery with a pop idol, and star Kate Hallett runs away with her role as an obsessed, unpredictable fangirl.
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If my one move was running around banging pots and pans over Spyglass’ position on Palestine, I probably wouldn’t hit the step and repeat of a Saban Films event and then have the biggest PR company in genre email everyone pics of me at that event so they could see how full of shit I am.
February 11, 2026 at 7:41 PM
If my one move was running around banging pots and pans over Spyglass’ position on Palestine, I probably wouldn’t hit the step and repeat of a Saban Films event and then have the biggest PR company in genre email everyone pics of me at that event so they could see how full of shit I am.
Out this week is COLD STORAGE—an icky, ooey-gooey outbreak thriller with delightfully chaotic vibes.
It's fun! Held back at times by unmemorable digital effects, but that's a budget and timing issue. David Koepp's adapted screenplay is a blast, and the gross-out laughs are infectious.
It's fun! Held back at times by unmemorable digital effects, but that's a budget and timing issue. David Koepp's adapted screenplay is a blast, and the gross-out laughs are infectious.
Review: COLD STORAGE Unleashes a Gooey Good Time - Daily Dead
Can a science fiction thriller about exploding, bile-bloated corpses and intergalactic spores be described as “delightful”? Well, Cold Storage had me grinning like a kiddo on Christmas morning. Britis...
dailydead.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Out this week is COLD STORAGE—an icky, ooey-gooey outbreak thriller with delightfully chaotic vibes.
It's fun! Held back at times by unmemorable digital effects, but that's a budget and timing issue. David Koepp's adapted screenplay is a blast, and the gross-out laughs are infectious.
It's fun! Held back at times by unmemorable digital effects, but that's a budget and timing issue. David Koepp's adapted screenplay is a blast, and the gross-out laughs are infectious.
Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.
February 11, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.
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"it’s generating so much stuff back into the internet that it’s starting to drink its own piss. I want to buy an Encyclopedia Britannica, pre-AI, just so I can be like, We used to know this shit."
This is a really funny interview and I'm very excited to see it this week 📽️
This is a really funny interview and I'm very excited to see it this week 📽️
Gore Verbinski Sounds Off on AI as He Launches ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’
The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ filmmaker is back after nearly a decade, and is ready to skewer how technology has taken over our lives (even more) in that time: “Why is AI helping me write a song or t...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:45 PM
"it’s generating so much stuff back into the internet that it’s starting to drink its own piss. I want to buy an Encyclopedia Britannica, pre-AI, just so I can be like, We used to know this shit."
This is a really funny interview and I'm very excited to see it this week 📽️
This is a really funny interview and I'm very excited to see it this week 📽️
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Brett Ratner, the sex pest who came out of retirement to direct the Melania movie that Jeff Bezos spent $75 million on as thousands of people at Amazon and the Washington Post lost their jobs, helped produce an ad in which rapist Mike Tyson spewed fatphobic dreck for Secretary Bear Carcass
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Brett Ratner, the sex pest who came out of retirement to direct the Melania movie that Jeff Bezos spent $75 million on as thousands of people at Amazon and the Washington Post lost their jobs, helped produce an ad in which rapist Mike Tyson spewed fatphobic dreck for Secretary Bear Carcass
I like how no matter which team wins, an ex-New York quarterback is getting a Super Bowl ring.
February 8, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I like how no matter which team wins, an ex-New York quarterback is getting a Super Bowl ring.
First livestream in a few weeks—life is getting (somewhat) back to normal.
Gonna go into THE STRANGERS - CHAPTER 3, some WHISTLE talk, and Sundance recaps! Going live now until 1:00 PST!
Gonna go into THE STRANGERS - CHAPTER 3, some WHISTLE talk, and Sundance recaps! Going live now until 1:00 PST!
The Strangers Chapter 3 Review: The Worst Movie of 2026?
YouTube video by Perri Nemiroff
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:02 PM
First livestream in a few weeks—life is getting (somewhat) back to normal.
Gonna go into THE STRANGERS - CHAPTER 3, some WHISTLE talk, and Sundance recaps! Going live now until 1:00 PST!
Gonna go into THE STRANGERS - CHAPTER 3, some WHISTLE talk, and Sundance recaps! Going live now until 1:00 PST!
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If you see the latest issue of FANGORIA featuring THE BRIDE! put a copy in the bridal section.
February 8, 2026 at 1:29 AM
If you see the latest issue of FANGORIA featuring THE BRIDE! put a copy in the bridal section.