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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.

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Eric Langberg is a writer from Los Angeles by way of Pittsburgh. He loves thinking too much about old movies, trashy reality TV, and pop music, and he&#8217;s excited to be living in LA now because it won&#8217;t be weird when he orders an iced coffee in January. You can find more of his writing at Everything&#8217;s Interesting.

Eric Langberg

Megan Ward Shawn Weatherly Amityville: It's About Time

Megan Ward Shawn Weatherly Amityville It’s About Time

Editorials

In Defense of the ‘Amityville Horror’ Sequels

Nguyen Le is a lover of films, games, and food hailing from a land across the Atlantic. You bet he can make butt-kicking ca phe sua da. Clueless at talking dirty, adequate at talking movies. Nguyen could always use more friends on Twitter and Facebook.

Nguyen Le

Vengeful Heart

‘Vengeful Heart’ and the Rise of Vietnamese Horror

Molly Henery is a film critic, entertainment writer, and author of both nonfiction and fiction with a Master&#8217;s degree in professional creative writing. Molly began writing horror film reviews for her own website, The Blogging Banshee, before eventually branching out and writing for other outlets including Fangoria, Dread Central, Nightmarish Conjurings, and more. She is most well-known for her “Uterus Horror” column on Certified Forgotten which examines a different film each month in a subgenre of horror Molly named and defined. Molly has made a name for herself as a horror genre expert which has allowed her to be a guest on numerous podcasts, is a cast member of Mental Health and Horror: A Documentary, and co-authored the upcoming book, Queer Horror: A Film Guide. Keep up on what Molly Henery is watching and writing about on her social media.

Molly Henery

Sonia Suhl When Animals Dream

Uterus Horror

Teen Wolves Are People Too in ‘When Animals Dream’

Paul Lê

White: Melody of Death

‘White: Melody of Death’ Sings the Horrors of K-Pop

Harmony M. Colangelo is here to do some kickass writing and bartending, and she’s not done a lot of bartending this year. You can see those worlds collide in the recipe book A Year of Queer Cocktails. She has been published in Bloody Disgusting, Certified Forgotten, We Are Horror, and The Bite.

Harmony Colangelo

‘Bit’ Marks a New Era for Vampire and Trans Cinema

Rosie Knight

T. Ryder Smith Brainscan

‘Brainscan’ and the Paranoia of Video Game Violence

Matthew is a Philadelphia-based film critic and the co-founder of Certified Forgotten. You can find his writing at publications like Inverse, Polygon, IGN, and more. When not writing about horror movies, he can often be found obsessing over horror comics or roleplaying games.

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Matthew Monagle

Fugue Jack Foley

Episode 30: Lindsay Traves Succumbs To a ‘Fugue’

Chris Luciantonio

2LDK

Hell is Other Roommates: Proximity and Peril in ‘2LDK’

Glenn Dunks is a film and television critic from Melbourne, Australia. Over 15 years, his work has appeared across online, radio, print, podcasts and streaming. He has won two Australian Film Critics Association Awards for his coverage of documentary and Australian cinema. As well as covering Australian, LGBTQ and non-fiction film and TV for a variety of local publications, his work has appeared in The Guardian and Vanity Fair, and he is the chief documentary reviewer for The Film Experience. Glenn is a member of the prestigious FIPESCI organization and has sat on juries at the San Francisco, Stockholm and Leipzig film festivals. He has covered various international film festivals, including New York, Melbourne, Sydney, DOC NYC and many regional and speciality festivals. In addition to his work as a critic, Glenn has worked across marketing for internationally-renowned events including the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, and in 2017 he authored Cannes Film Festival: 70 Years for Wilkinson Publishing.

Glenn Dunks

WNUF Halloween Special

Unreal Screens: ‘GhostWatch’ and ‘WNUF Halloween Special’

Matthew Monagle Certified Forgotten

Episode 29: The Matthew Monagle Horror-igin Story

Patrick Brennan

Deborah Winters Blue Sunshine

Drugs, ‘Blue Sunshine,’ and the Failure of the Hippie Generation

Gem Seddon is a freelance writer with an information science background. Over the last ten years, her bylines have appeared at Total Film, GamesRadar+, TechRadar, Inverse, Mental Floss, Certified Forgotten, Dread Central, WhatCulture, Filmjacker, and more.

Gem Seddon

When a Stranger Calls Back Jill Schoelen

Gaslighting the Final Girl in ‘When a Stranger Calls Back’

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