Matthew Monagle

Matthew Monagle Certified Forgotten Aug 5, 2026 2.5/5 The movie’s big finale is its low point, a kiss of death for a movie built on the promise that more is more. Go to Full Review Namaslay (2026) - - - -

Matthew Monagle Certified Forgotten Aug 3, 2026 3/5 Time might be kind to 'Soulm8te,' especially as much of modern entertainment continues to circle the drain of puritanism. Go to Full Review Soulm8te (2026) 38% - -

Matthew Monagle Certified Forgotten Jul 13, 2026 4/5 Vaniček and company continue to prove that rejecting the overt horror-comendy conventions of the early 'Evil Dead' movies was the franchise’s smartest move yet. Go to Full Review Evil Dead Burn (2026) 70% - -

Matthew Monagle Certified Forgotten Jun 22, 2026 4/5 Fast and Grimmer keep us enthralled in every scene, asking us to commit fully to the story of what comes after trauma. Go to Full Review CAMP (2025) 89% - -

Matthew Monagle Certified Forgotten Jun 22, 2026 2.5/5 There are little flourishes throughout the film that will endear it to anyone raised on 2000s direct-to-video slashers. Go to Full Review Pitfall (2025) 55% - -

Matthew Monagle Certified Forgotten Jun 21, 2026 4/5 An astounding debut for all involved. Go to Full Review Misper (2025) - - - -

Matthew Monagle Certified Forgotten Jun 20, 2026 3.5/5 In a genre where so many filmmakers want to be two things – story and allegory – Cherney is content to just be a little spooky. Go to Full Review The Mid-Night Driver (2026) - - - -

Matthew Monagle Certified Forgotten Jun 16, 2026 3/5 The most haunting aspect of Sender is how mundane its mystery is. Go to Full Review Sender (2026) 80% - -

Matthew Monagle Certified Forgotten Jun 2, 2026 2.5/5 Reinsve is never given enough emotional scaffolding to create something narratively load-bearing. Go to Full Review Backrooms (2026) 85% - -

Matthew Monagle Certified Forgotten May 27, 2026 3/5 'Passenger' is competent studio fare, running through the paces of a yesteryear creature feature without talking down to its audience. Go to Full Review Passenger (2026) 44% - -

Matthew Monagle Certified Forgotten May 27, 2026 4.5/5 It isn’t often that a film can ride a wave of festival hype into theaters and still manage to overdeliver. Go to Full Review Obsession (2025) 93% - -

Matthew Monagle Certified Forgotten Apr 11, 2026 3/5 it’s easy to recognize greatness in a film that does everything right. It’s much harder – and, frankly, much more entertaining – to wrestle with a movie that swings through its pitches almost as often as it connects. Go to Full Review Faces of Death (2026) 69% - -

Matthew Monagle Certified Forgotten Apr 7, 2026 3.5/5 Exit 8 isn’t a film built around story so much as perspective. Go to Full Review Exit 8 (2025) 92% - -

Matthew Monagle Certified Forgotten Mar 31, 2026 3/5 There are worse things to be than a film that wears its admiration for 'The Blair Witch Project' on its sleeve. Go to Full Review Hunting Matthew Nichols (2024) 89% - -

Matthew Monagle Certified Forgotten Mar 21, 2026 3.4/5 This documentary reminds us that film canons are living and breathing artifacts that are structured by intent. Go to Full Review 1000 Women in Horror (2025) 100% - -

Matthew Monagle Certified Forgotten Mar 20, 2026 3.5/5 Some sequels succeed by expanding greatly on its established world. Other sequels succeed by just doubling down on what works. Go to Full Review Ready or Not 2: Here I Come (2026) 75% - -

Matthew Monagle Certified Forgotten Mar 12, 2026 2/5 Even after tallying up the film’s audio tricks, 'undertone' is five pounds of movie in a twenty pound bag. Go to Full Review The Undertone (2025) 74% - -

Matthew Monagle Certified Forgotten Feb 27, 2026 2.5/5 It may have an outlandish premise, but the execution is solidly by the book, and the film struggles to carve out a space for itself with these two competing ideals. Go to Full Review Diabolic (2025) 66% - -

Matthew Monagle Certified Forgotten Feb 5, 2026 3/5 Fischbach gambled on himself and won - and audiences won too, as there is now one more piece of truly original sci-fi horror worth adding to the rotation. Go to Full Review Iron Lung (2026) 63% - -

Matthew Monagle Certified Forgotten Jan 23, 2026 2.5/5 There is a spark of the divine in the production, an inventiveness in bringing the city of Silent Hill alive on the screen that makes it impossible to rule out altogether. Go to Full Review Return to Silent Hill (2026) 18% - -