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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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Dr Kate Bowen is an author, poet, and academic from South Australia with a life-long love of horror. Kate&#8217;s writing is informed by her PhD in American cinema and gender studies and 8 years of research experience as a feminist film scholar at The University of Adelaide. In 2018, Kate spoke at the Revelation International Film Festival in Perth, Western Australia as one of the academic pioneers of research into found footage horror films and their relationship with Laura Mulvey&#8217;s theory of the male gaze. Her work appears extensively in horror magazine We Are Horror as one of the contributors to the magazine&#8217;s inception in 2020 and later in 2021 as a monthly columnist. Horror magazines Grim and Ghouls have also hosted Kate&#8217;s writing and her articles can also be found at Certified Forgotten, The Artifice, and Film Cred. Kate is currently writing a book chapter expanding her research into Southern Gothic horror and cannibalism as a gendered phenomenon in the Wrong Turn series.

Kate Bowen

The Autopsy of Jane Doe

Editorials

Reading the Female Body in ‘The Autopsy of Jane Doe’

Mark Pariselli is an award-winning writer and director based in Toronto. He graduated magna cum laude from York University with a BFA in Film Production. He is a Berlinale Talents alumnus and his work has been presented at numerous film festivals, including Frameline: The San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ Film Festival, Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival, BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival, Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival, Brooklyn Horror Film Festival and Toronto After Dark Film Festival. Retrospective programs of his short films have been presented in Toronto, Sicily, New York City and Montreal. He has served on the juries of the Sicilia Queer Film Festival, ImageOut: The Rochester LGBT Film &amp; Video Festival and Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival. His writing on film has been featured on Talkhouse, Bloody Disgusting, Rue Morgue and Certified Forgotten.

Mark Pariselli

The Doom Generation

How Gregg Araki’s ‘The Doom Generation’ Steered My Queer Identity and Filmmaking

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<div dir="auto">Amber Isaac is Infrarrealista Review’s Book Reviews Editor and poetry instructor. She is the author of Peppermint from Plancha Press and Remember the Internet: r/WatchPeopleDie from Instar Books.</div>
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Amber Isaac

Nowhere

The Alien Horror of Gregg Araki’s ‘Nowhere’

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

The Crimson Rivers 2 Jean Reno

Podcasts

Episode 33: Jonathan Barkan on ‘Crimson Rivers 2: Angels of the Apocalypse’

Chris McMullen

Tim James Funny Man

Simon Sprackling’s ‘Funny Man’ Puts Freddy To Shame

Lindsay Traves is a Toronto-based writer. After submitting her Bachelor’s thesis, “The Metaphysics of Schwarzenegger Movies,” she decided to focus on writing about her passions; sci-fi, horror, sports, and comic books. You can find her writing on CGMagazine, Pajiba, What to Watch, Grim Magazine, StarTrek.com, and Bloody Disgusting and can follow her work on Twitter and Instagram. You can also check out her podcast, The Pod and The Pendulum, at your usual podcast spots and find The Smash List on YouTube for tech reviews.

Lindsay Traves

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

The Future of Horror Hinges on the ‘Friday the 13th’ Lawsuit

Jenny Nulf

Garance Marillier Raw

Video Essay: The Art Of The Female Cannibal Movie

Valerie Ettenhofer is a Los Angeles based writer who can currently be spotted covering television, horror movies, movie news, and more at sites including Slashfilm, Film School Rejects, and The Playlist. Valerie is a voting member of the LGBTQ+ critics circle GALECA, as well as the documentary and television branches of the Critics Choice Association. When she’s not making spreadsheets about TV shows in her spare time, Valerie publishes a weekly Substack newsletter titled “Hey, What Are You Watching?” You can also find her on social media @aandeandval.

Valerie Ettenhofer

Gong Yoo Silenced

Finding Strength in Illness With ‘Silenced’

Brett Gallman

Dark Ride

How ‘Dark Ride’ Helped the Slasher Survive

Conor Small

Three Nights of Death: Folk Horror in Mosfilm’s ‘Viy’

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.

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Sophia Lillis It

Uterus Horror

The Enduring Power of Beverly Marsh in ‘It’

Christine Makepeace (<a href="http://www.christinemakepeace.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.christinemakepeace.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1745962351495000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2aDbZJlXY5HlfUgsvhf9aL">www.christinemakepeace.com</a>) is a screenwriter and film essayist living in the Southern California desert. Christine’s work has been featured at Dread Central, Certified Forgotten, Movie Jawn, Film School Rejects, and Crooked Marque among others. She is the former EIC and founder of the film magazine Paracinema.

Christine Makepeace

The Final Girls

‘The Final Girls’ Finds Acceptance in Slashers

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