Certified Forgotten is a weekly podcast with a focus on underseen horror films. Hosts Matthew Monagle (@mattmonagle) and Matt Donato (@DoNatoBomb) speak with creators, filmmakers, and critics about their lifelong relationships to the horror genre. Each episode also highlights another unique genre title with ten or fewer reviews on the aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. Previous guests include April Wolfe (screenwriter, Black Christmas); Tyler MacIntyre (writer-director, Tragedy Girls); Brad Henderson (Acquisitions, Vinegar Syndrome); and David Dastmalchian (actor-creator). Special episodes of Certified Forgotten have been included as part of the programming of the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival, 2021 Reel Love Film Festival and the 2021 North Bend Film Festival.
Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge with Louis Peitzman
Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge (1989) · Jul 24, 2026
Uncertified: Evil Dead Burn
Evil Dead Burn (2026) · Jul 17, 2026
Reflections of Evil with Mike Mendez
Reflections of Evil (2002) · Jul 11, 2026
Uncertified: Backrooms
Backrooms (2026) · Jun 12, 2026
Uncertified: Obsession
Obsession (2026) · May 23, 2026
Uncertified: Affection
Affection (2026) · May 19, 2026
Resident Evil: Damnation with BJ and Harmony Colangelo
Resident Evil: Damnation (2012) · May 8, 2026
Uncertified: Lee Cronin's The Mummy
Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026) · May 2, 2026
Uncertified: Faces of Death (2026)
Faces of Death (2026) · Apr 24, 2026
Uncertified: Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
Ready or Not: Here I Come (2026) · Mar 21, 2026
The Cremator with Tori Potenza
The Cremator (1969) · Feb 27, 2026
Uncertified: Cold Storage
Cold Storage (2026) · Feb 20, 2026
Uncertified: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2026) · Feb 13, 2026
Death Ship with Harmony Colangelo
Death Ship (1980) · Feb 6, 2026
Uncertified: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) · Jan 23, 2026
Los Bastardos with Ryan Prows
The Bastards (2008) · Jan 16, 2026
Uncertified: Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)
Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) · Dec 13, 2025
Uncertified: Five Nights at Freddy's 2 with BJ Colangelo
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (2025) · Dec 5, 2025
The Peanut Butter Solution with Meredith Borders
The Peanut Butter Solution (1985) · Nov 28, 2025
Black Mountain Side with Colin Le Sueur
Black Mountain Side (2016) · Nov 14, 2025
Uncertified: Predator: Badlands
Predator: Badlands (2025) · Nov 7, 2025
Out of the Dark with Jarrod Hornbeck
Out of the Dark (1988) · Oct 31, 2025
Uncertified: Queens of the Dead
Queens of the Dead (2025) · Oct 24, 2025
The Pit with Micheline Pitt-Norman & R.H. Norman (V/H/S/Halloween)
The Pit (1981) · Oct 17, 2025
Butterfly Kisses with Jonathan Janz (Veil)
Butterfly Kisses (2017) · Oct 10, 2025
Metamorphosis with Kate Sánchez
Metamorphosis (2019) · Sep 19, 2025
Shaky Shivers with Amelia Emberwing
Shaky Shivers (2023) · Aug 15, 2025
Uncertified: I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)
I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) · Jul 18, 2025
Uncertified: 28 Years Later
28 Years Later (2025) · Jun 20, 2025
Uncertified: Dangerous Animals
Dangerous Animals (2025) · Jun 13, 2025
Noroi: The Curse with Paul Gandersman & Peter Hall (Man Finds Tape)
Noroi: The Curse (2005) · Jun 6, 2025
Terrified with Dorina aka "DJ Bruja"
Terrified (2018) · May 31, 2025
Uncertified: Final Destination Bloodlines
Final Destination Bloodlines (2025) · May 23, 2025
Monster Man with B.J. Colangelo
Monster Man (2003) · May 16, 2025
Uncertified: The Ugly Stepsister
The Ugly Stepsister (2025) · May 9, 2025
Pale Blood with Matthew Jackson
Pale Blood (1990) · May 2, 2025
Uncertified: Sinners
Sinners (2025) · Apr 26, 2025
Blood Punch with Megan Norman
Blood Punch (2014) · Apr 18, 2025
Shatter Dead with Aimee Kuge (Cannibal Mukbang)
Shatter Dead (1994) · Apr 4, 2025
Uncertified: The Rule of Jenny Pen
The Rule of Jenny Pen (2025) · Mar 28, 2025
The Battery with Michelle Swope
The Battery (2012) · Mar 22, 2025
Uncertified: The Monkey
The Monkey (2025) · Feb 28, 2025
Retribution with Elric Kane (The Dead Thing)
Retribution (2007) · Feb 21, 2025
Spoonful of Sugar with Vannah Taylor
Spoonful of Sugar (2022) · Feb 14, 2025
Ghostwatch with Kate Siegel (V/H/S/Beyond)
Ghostwatch (1992) · Feb 7, 2025
Uncertified: Companion
Companion (2025) · Jan 31, 2025
Uncertified: Grafted
Grafted (2024) · Jan 24, 2025
Rawhead Rex with Jordan Downey (V/H/S/Beyond)
Rawhead Rex (1986) · Jan 17, 2025
Uncertified: The Damned
The Damned (2025) · Jan 10, 2025
Entrance with David Dastmalchian (Late Night with the Devil)
Entrance (2012) · Jan 3, 2025
Tammy and the T-Rex with Eric Goldman
Tammy and the T-Rex (1994) · Dec 27, 2024
Uncertified: The Sacrifice Game
The Sacrifice Game (2023) · Dec 20, 2024
Drive Thru with Julieann Stipidis
Drive Thru (2007) · Dec 13, 2024
Scary Movie with Rocco T. Thompson
Scary Movie (1991) · Oct 25, 2024
Uncertified: Strange Darling
Strange Darling (2024) · Oct 15, 2024
Uncertified: V/H/S/Beyond
V/H/S/Beyond (2024) · Oct 4, 2024
Uncertified: Out Come The Wolves
Out Come the Wolves (2024) · Sep 21, 2024
Uncertified: Blink Twice
Blink Twice (2024) · Sep 6, 2024
Death Spa with Heather O. Petrocelli
Death Spa (1988) · Aug 30, 2024
Uncertified: Alien: Romulus
Alien: Romulus (2024) · Aug 23, 2024
Bruiser with Adam Cesare (Clown in a Cornfield)
Bruiser (2000) · Aug 16, 2024
Uncertified: New Life
New Life (2024) · Jul 26, 2024
Uncertified: Longlegs
Longlegs (2024) · Jul 19, 2024
Uncertified: Infested
Infested (2023) · Jul 12, 2024
Landlocked with Richard Whittaker
Landlocked (2021) · Jul 6, 2024
Livid with Jenn Wexler (The Sacrifice Game)
Livid (2011) · Jun 21, 2024
Uncertified: In A Violent Nature
In a Violent Nature (2024) · May 31, 2024
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End with Ariel Powers-Schaub
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007) · May 24, 2024
Uncertified: Abigail
Abigail (2019) · May 17, 2024
When A Stranger Calls Back with Gem Seddon
When a Stranger Calls Back (1993) · May 10, 2024
Black Circle with Sean Redlitz (The Sacrifice Game)
Black Circle (2019) · Apr 12, 2024
The Seventh Curse with Meagan Navarro
The Seventh Curse (1986) · Feb 24, 2024
Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival with BJ Colangelo
Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival (2016) · Feb 9, 2024
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire with Harmony Colangelo
Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1985) · Jan 19, 2024
The Boat with Rob Hunter
The Boat (2023) · Jan 3, 2024
Outpost with John Torrani
Outpost (2008) · Dec 8, 2023
A Horrible Way To Die with Tyler MacIntyre (It's a Wonderful Knife)
A Horrible Way to Die (2010) · Nov 22, 2023
Doom Annihilation with William Bibbiani
Doom: Annihilation (2019) · Oct 20, 2023
Last Shift with Rachel Reeves
The Last Shift (2020) · Sep 13, 2023
From a Whisper to a Scream with Scott Drebit
From a Whisper to a Scream (1987) · Sep 1, 2023
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary with Kim Morrison
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005) · Aug 17, 2023
The Final Terror with C. Robert Cargill (The Black Phone)
The Final Terror (1983) · Jul 21, 2023
Santa Jaws with Michael Varrati (There's a Zombie Outside)
Santa Jaws (2018) · Jun 24, 2023
So Vam with Blayne Waterloo
So Vam (2021) · May 10, 2023
Horsemen with Ari Drew
Horsemen (2009) · Apr 26, 2023
Don’t Go in the Woods with Sezin Koehler
Don't Go in the Woods (2012) · Feb 24, 2023
The Interior with Brad McHargue
The Interior (2015) · Feb 9, 2023
Hellraiser Hellworld with Rosie Knight
Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005) · Dec 9, 2022
Helter Skelter with Tori Potenza
Helter Skelter (2012) · Nov 23, 2022
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island with Joseph Hernandez
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998) · Nov 11, 2022
The Devil’s Carnival with BJ Colangelo
The Devil's Carnival (2012) · Sep 23, 2022
Entrance with Jackson Stewart (Beyond the Gates)
Entrance (2012) · Sep 7, 2022
Graveyard Shift with Meg Shields
Graveyard Shift (1990) · Jul 28, 2022
Bit with Harmony Colangelo
Bit (2019) · Jul 11, 2022
Director’s Cut with Michael Varrati (There's a Zombie Outside)
Director's Cut (2016) · May 26, 2022
Blood of Wolves with Leigh Monson & Amelia Emberwing)
The Blood of Wolves (2018) · Mar 17, 2022
Norway with Brad Henderson
Norway 4k (2021) · Mar 2, 2022
Warning: Do Not Play with Richard Whittaker
Warning: Do Not Play (2019) · Feb 9, 2022
Alien Raiders with Heather Wixson
Alien Raiders (2008) · Jan 27, 2022
Slumber Party Massacre 2 with Ariel Fisher
Slumber Party Massacre II (1987) · Jan 13, 2022
There Are Monsters with Luke Mullen
There Are Monsters (2013) · Dec 8, 2021
Eat Me with Jenn Adams
Eat Me (2018) · Oct 6, 2021
Bag Boy Lover Boy with Dede Crimmins
Bag Boy Lover Boy (2014) · Sep 17, 2021
Wild Zero with Harmony Colangelo
Wild Zero (1999) · Sep 1, 2021
The Siren with April Wolfe (Black Christmas) & Katie Walsh
The Siren (2019) · Aug 4, 2021
Mutant Blast with Amelia Emberwing
Mutant Blast (2019) · Jul 20, 2021
Sweatshop with Mike Snoonian
Sweatshop (2009) · Jun 9, 2021
The Convent with Stephanie Crawford
The Convent (2000) · May 12, 2021
Deep Murder with Trace Thurman
Deep Murder (2019) · Apr 28, 2021
Before the Fall with Becky Sayers
Before the Fall (2004) · Apr 14, 2021
The Hive with Molly Henery
The Hive (2015) · Mar 31, 2021
Population 436 with Christine Makepeace
Population 436 (2006) · Mar 17, 2021
Ju-On: The Curse with Terry Mesnard
Ju-on: The Curse (2000) · Mar 3, 2021
Breaking Surface with Haleigh Foutch & Perri Nemiroff
Breaking Surface (2020) · Feb 24, 2021
The Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse with Jonathan Barkan
Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse (2004) · Feb 3, 2021
The Poughkeepsie Tapes with Ari Drew
The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007) · Jan 22, 2021
It Comes with Rebecca Pahle
It Comes (2018) · Dec 23, 2020
The Devil Lives Here with Tyler MacIntyre (Tragedy Girls)
The Devil Lives Here (2016) · Oct 28, 2020
Shock 'Em Dead with Breanna Whipple
Shock 'Em Dead (1991) · Oct 14, 2020
Cast a Deadly Spell with Jerry Smith
Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) · Sep 16, 2020
Teenage Cocktail with BJ Colangelo
Teenage Cocktail (2016) · Aug 19, 2020
The Nameless with Joe Lipsett
The Nameless (1999) · Aug 5, 2020
Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead with Ted Geoghegan (Brooklyn 45)
Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead (2012) · Jul 8, 2020
Cold Prey with Brian Collins
Cold Prey (2006) · Jun 24, 2020
Burning Bright with Meagan Navarro
Burning Bright (2010) · Jun 10, 2020
Munger Road with Al Lowe
Munger Road (2011) · May 27, 2020
Ojuju with Meredith Borders
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991) · May 13, 2020
Satan's Little Helper with Leigh Monson
Satan's Little Helper (2005) · Apr 29, 2020
Little Deaths with Matt Barone
Little Deaths (2011) · Apr 17, 2020
Rattle the Cage with Kalyn Corrigan
Rattle the Cage (2015) · Apr 1, 2020
Exte: Hair Extensions with Jenny Nulf
Exte: Hair Extensions (2007) · Mar 18, 2020
Patchwork with Amelia Emberwing
Patchwork (2015) · Mar 4, 2020
The Last Will & Testament of Rosalind Leigh with Brad McHargue
The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh (2012) · Nov 20, 2019
Party Hard, Die Young with Ryan Oliver
Party Hard, Die Young (2018) · Nov 6, 2019
Found with Anya Stanley
Found (2012) · Sep 11, 2019
Motivational Growth with Melissa Kay
Motivational Growth (2013) · Aug 14, 2019
High Moon with Meagan Navarro
High Moon (2019) · Jul 31, 2019
Demon Wind with Alisha Grauso
Demon Wind (1990) · Jul 17, 2019
Sauna with Ashlee Blackwell (Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror)
Sauna (2008) · Jul 3, 2019