'Exit 8' Review: Meet Your New Favorite Liminal Space Genki Kawamura's 'Exit 8' is more a thought exercise than an emotional journey, but that's enough to maintain our interest.

"It shouldn’t be long before EXIT 8 sits alongside Vincenzo Natali’s CUBE as cult classic cinematic mystery boxes." Let's get liminal, liminal / I wanna get liminal.

'Faces of Death' Review: Meta-Sequel Weaponized by Apathy Daniel Goldhaber and Issa Mazzei's 'Faces of Death' strikes an uncertain chord, but there's no denying its power.

"Goldhaber and Mazzei use the 1978 film as a jumping off point, but the specifics of the movie seem to matter little to the filmmakers – and even less to the characters themselves." FACES OF DEATH is hardly interested in its status as a meta-sequel. But is that good or bad?

While it certainly isn't without issue, I love this movie.

We talked about it on the Feminine Critique, paired with Ugly Stepsister, and it just made me love it more!

Great write up!

'HIM' Review: Maybe Football Has Always Been Body Horror Justin Tipping's 'HIM' proves that every sports biopic has a secret horror movie that's just dying to get out.

"Football was always the breeding ground for horror; it just took someone this long to figure it out." It's been six months since HIM was released in theaters. Are we ready to admit it's one of the best horror movies of 2025?

ETERNAL EVIL OF ASIA is a blast and a great intro to Cat III films for people who want the weird without the brutality. Happy to have the chance to write about it for my @certifiedforgot.bsky.social column!

Turning a Savage Subgenre Silly with ‘The Eternal Evil of Asia’ In this edition of Hopping Mad, Rob Hunter explores 'The Eternal Evil of Asia,' a Cat III shocker that delivers more fun than cruelty.

"THE ETERNAL EVIL OF ASIA is as over the top as it gets, but it’s a Cat III shocker that delivers more smile-inducing fun than wince-inducing cruelty." @fakerobhunter.bsky.social returns with a look at another cult classic.

Ted Nicolaou's 'TerrorVision' Pulls No Punches on 1980s America Film critic Jessica Scott explains why Ted Nicolaou's 'TerrorVision' deserves a second look as a bloody takedown of 1980s consumer culture.

"Nicolaou’s film never takes itself seriously for a single second, but as pointed commentary, it doesn’t take American society seriously either." We have one rule: when in doubt, watch TERRORVISION.

'Exit 8' Review: Meet Your New Favorite Liminal Space Genki Kawamura's 'Exit 8' is more a thought exercise than an emotional journey, but that's enough to maintain our interest.

"EXIT 8 isn’t a film built around story so much as perspective." Neon's latest import is a clever adaptation of a popular indie horror game.

I walked out to a desolate parking lot after seeing Land of the Dead in theaters, apparently a massive storm swept through and it looked like the end times. A+ would experience again

LAND OF THE DEAD whips ass, actually.

This resurrection weekend, give Romero's deliciously unsubtle Land of the Dead another life.

'Resurrection' Is the Best 'Se7en' Successor | Certified Forgotten Paul Doro digs into Russell Mulcahy's 'Resurrection,' a movie that deserves to be remembered as the best of the 'Se7en' successors.

"Prudhomme announces that the killer is recreating the resurrection with stolen body parts and that their work will culminate on Easter." If you're looking for holiday-themed horror films, might we recommend the Christopher Lambert vehicle RESURRECTION?

We're Already Living in the 'Land of the Dead' Christine Makepeace revisits George Romero's 'Land of the Dead' and explains why the end of the world is no reason to play dead.

"Even at the end of their world, they aren’t content to stay dead. We shouldn’t be either." Here's @xtinemakepeace.bsky.social on LAND OF THE DEAD, George Romero's post-POST-apocalyptic zombie movie.

‘The Wailing’ Is a Generational Identity Crisis | Certified Forgotten Justin Kyle explains why Na Hong-jin's 'The Wailing' has as much to say about generational divides as it does about religious horror.

"Once again, we see a tug-of-war between an older style Korea and a newer cultural transformation, a vibrant clash of two distinct eras." Make your parents proud and visit the church of THE WAILING this Easter weekend.

'Hunting Matthew Nichols' Review: A Solid Exercise in Docu-Horror Markian Tarasiuk's 'Hunting Matthew Nichols' looks for inspiration in true crime documentaries - and it mostly works.

"There are worse things to be than a film that wears its admiration for THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT on its sleeve." HUNTING MATTHEW NICHOLS promises documentary-style horror for the true crime era. It mostly delivers.

Yes! This is a seriously underrated movie. I wrote a piece about it a few years ago for the now-defunct website Horrorwood Presents, and it definitely deserves more attention. It's a horror movie about the failure of municipal infrastructure.

'Savageland' Offers Real-World Horrors | Certified Forgotten Sarah Miles explains how 'Savageland' uses the faux documentary subgenre to craft a perfect political horror story for modern America.

"SAVAGELAND may deal with a horrific and unthinkable situation, but it’s the very real world we live in that provides the backdrop to it." We're just guessing here, but we think SAVAGELAND is going to be one of the decade's standout horror films when all is said and done.

Podcast: 'Chime' Gets Uncertified | Certified Forgotten Kiyoshi Kurosawa's latest horror film, 'Chime,' is only available as a digital token. Is it still worth the rental? The Matts discuss.

Two years ago, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's CHIME was released as an NFT, so we entered our credit card information into a sketchy website so we could talk about it on the podcast. With CHIME (finally) hitting theaters this weekend, now's a great time to catch up on an old episode.

The 'Dark Water' Remake Trades Ghosts for Neuroses - Certified Forgotten Film critic Nguyen Le explores what makes the American remake of 'Dark Water' a fascinating reflection of Western culture.

"One of the starkest differences between the two versions of DARK WATER is the presentation of mental health and events influencing it." Who here things we're overdue for a reevaluation of Walter Salles's DARK WATER adaptation?

The Meta Madness of 'Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi!' | Certified Forgotten Christian Valentin explores the low-budget, high-energy madness of Koji Shiraishi's 'Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi!' saga.

"The genius of SENRITSU KAIKI FILE KOWASUG! begins with its beguiling episodic structure, immersing us in the X-FILES-esque adventures of amateur occult investigators." This remains one of the most-read pieces at Certified Forgotten - and deservedly so.

'Infection' Is a History Lesson In Authoritarianism Ursula Muñoz S. examines the violent history of Venezuelan authoritarianism that drives Flavio Pedota's 'Infection.'

"Although Venezuela recently made international headlines following another stolen presidential election, the country’s political and humanitarian crisis is not new." International horror often gives us a crash course in the history of other countries. INFECTION is a great example.

'The Reaping' Offers Twisted Religious Horror | Certified Forgotten Stephen Hopkins's 'The Reaping' assembles an incredibly talented cast for a twisted, religious coming-of-age horror film.

"Despite the very pro-Christian message of the film, it brings to light some interesting points about how young women are perceived in Christianity." With Easter just around the corner, we're sharing some of our favorite pieces on religious horror.

One of the best horror docs in my opinion. Fantastic.

'1000 Women in Horror' Review: A Much-Needed Canon Refresh '1000 Women in Horror,' the new documentary from Donna Davies and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, returns women to the heart of horror.

"Documentaries like 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR do a wonderful job of interrogating the old guard while carving out space for the next generation of horror greats." Donna Davies's latest film explains why horror has always been by, for, and about women.

'The Cremator' Is a Meditation on Extremist Indoctrination Tori Potenza explains why Juraj Herz's 'The Cremator' remains, sadly, as relevant today as it was a half-century ago.

"Kopfrkingl in THE CREMATOR is scary because he is so malleable, which has much to do with the fact that he does not stand on any strong ideals or sense of self." Here's Tori Potenza on THE CREMATOR, a post-war horror film that's impossible to shake.

'Ready or Not: Here I Come' Review: Better Living Thru Bloodshed Everyone's favorite bad-luck bride is back in 'Ready or Not: Here I Come,' the bloodier and sillier sequel from Radio Silence.

"Freed of the incredulity of its predecessor, READY OR NOT: HERE I COME is able to achieve a level of cartoonish violence that suits the franchise." ICYMI: Radio Silence's latest action-horror hybrid is the rare sequel to outshine the original.

A fun listen, in part because as wrong as Monagle is about READY OR NOT, he's spot fucking on with READY OR NOT: HERE I COME.

(*And* he agrees that both SMILE 2 and BLACK PHONE 2 are better than their predecessors?! Scary.)

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'1000 Women in Horror' Review: A Much-Needed Canon Refresh '1000 Women in Horror,' the new documentary from Donna Davies and Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, returns women to the heart of horror.

"To paraphrase Thomas Jefferson, the tree of horror history must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of film scholars." In his review of 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR, @monagle.bsky.social explains why this new Shudder documentary puts women back at the heart of horror.

Big Problems, Small Joys: The Music of 'Jaws: The Revenge' | Certified Forgotten Charlie Bridgen returns to Certified Forgotten with a passionate defense of 'Jaws: The Revenge' - or at least Michael Small's score.

"Small also wrote his own theme for the great white: an eerie, almost ghostly motif made up of high synthesizer notes suggesting the shark is haunting the Brody family." JAWS: THE REVENGE might not be anyone's franchise favorite, but the music. THE MUSIC.