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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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Jo Reid has recently graduated with an Msc in Film, Exhibition and Curation at Edinburgh University. She is interested the weird, the tacky, and the cheesy, and exploring the possibilities of exhibiting digital media such as games and fan content.

Jo Reid

Steve Oram Alice Lowe Sightseers

Editorials

‘Sightseers’ and the Horrors of Intimacy

Writer, actress, &amp; educator. Writer &amp; director of @BystandersFilm. Intersectional feminist. Lead writer at @xmorbidbeautyx. Stephen King&#8217;s It expert. She/her.

Jamie Alvey

Let’s Scare Jessica To Death

Finding Myself in ‘Let’s Scare Jessica to Death’

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

Emily Bergl The Rage Carrie 2

Uterus Horror

Trauma and Toxic Masculinity in ‘The Rage: Carrie 2’

Erin Devany is an aspiring filmmaker with a love for horror and a passion for all things creative. Her work captures bands, friends, art, pets, portraits, and many of her own creative endeavors. She can currently be found freelancing her work out of the DFW area.

Erin Devany

From Within

Religion Begets Trauma in ‘From Within’

Mary Beth McAndrews is a film writer, with a love for horror, based in Washington, DC. She has written for outlets such as RogerEbert.com, Paste Magazine, and Film School Rejects. She is also the co-host of the Scarred For Life podcast and Watched Once, Never Again.

Mary Beth McAndrews

Aleksandra Cwen Hagazussa

‘Hagazussa’ Melds Heathens and Rape-Revenge

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

Wild Zero Guitar Wolf

Finding a Love Without Borders in ‘Wild Zero’

Ed Grabianowski is an author and freelance writer. He’s worked as a contributing writer for io9 and HowStuffWorks (you may know him as The Grabster if you’re a Stuff You Should Know fan). His fiction has appeared in Black Static, David Wellington’s Fear Project, and other publications and anthologies, including Fear After Fear, a collection of his flash horror stories.

Ed Grabianowski

Rawhead Rex

‘Rawhead Rex,’ Folk Horror Classic

Annette LePique is an arts writer and educator based in Chicago. Her research interests include cinema, race, time, hysteria, and the ill body. She has written for Cleo Film Journal, Another Gaze Feminist Film Journal, is a frequent contributor to Chicago Artist Writers, and a Features Writer at Sixty Inches from Center.

Annette LePique

David Mooney The Baby

Female Rage in Ted Post’s ‘The Baby’

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

Sweatshop

Podcasts

Episode 40: Mike Snoonian on ‘Sweatshop’

Rob Hunter&#8217;s writing can be found in places like Slashfilm, Thrillist, and Crooked Marquee, but it&#8217;s Film School Rejects/One Perfect Shot that he calls his online home. As the site&#8217;s Chief Film Critic he covers films from all sources including theatrical, VOD, home video, and film festivals like Sundance, Fantasia, and Fantastic Fest. The bulk of his top ten favorite films fluctuates on any given day, but his number one has remained the same for over two decades and it&#8217;s Broadcast News.

Rob Hunter

Jeff Goldblum Mister Frost

‘Mister Frost’ Offers No Sympathy for the Devil

Jenn is a writer and podcaster from Nashville, TN. She co-hosts both Psychoanalysis: A Horror Therapy Podcast examining mental health topics through the lens of the horror genre and The Loser’s Club: A Stephen King Podcast taking frequent deep dives into the work and adaptations of her favorite author. She is a senior writer for Consequence of Sound and will gladly talk your ear off about final girls, feminism, and Stephen King.

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