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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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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

Webcast Paul McGhie

Episode 25: Mary Beth McAndrews Logs Onto ‘Webcast’

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

Webcast

Editorials

‘Webcast’ Marries Found Footage and Folk Horror

Sreemoyee Mukherjee

Bulbbul

Reclaiming My Grandmother’s Superstitions: ‘Bulbbul’ and South Asian 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

Slumber Party Massacre II

Uterus Horror

‘Slumber Party Massacre II’ Is the Ultimate  Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo

Cast a Deadly Spell Fred Ward Julianne Moore

Episode 24: Jerry Smith Will ‘Cast a Deadly Spell’

Harper Smith is a film composer and journalist from California. When not writing about films and the music found within them, they release instrumental music as RainyDaysForGhosts.

Harper Smith

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‘Cast a Deadly Spell’ Is the Best of a Bygone Era of HBO Originals

Stephen Whitty is a columnist and critic for national and international outlets.

Stephen Whitty

Elisabeth Shue First Born

Marriage Is Motherhood’s Original Trauma in ‘First Born’

Kyle Tam

Kris Aquino Feng Shui

How Chito S. Rono’s ‘Feng Shui’ Is Diminished By Its Cultural Stereotypes

Dead Mary Steven McCarthy

Podcasts

Episode 23: Zena Dixon Summons ‘Dead Mary’

Joe George holds a PhD in American Literature and has been teaching English for over ten years. His writing has appeared in places such as Slate, StarTrek,com, Shudder’s The Bite, and Syfy Wire. He regularly contributes words to outlets including Think Christian, Bloody Disgusting, Living Lutheran, and Tor.com.

Joe George

Malefique

Unfolding The Character-Driven Surrealism of Eric Valette’s ‘Maléfique’

BJ Colangelo is an award winning filmmaker and film analyst specializing in dismissed cinema and television. She writes about horror, wrestling, musicals, adult animation, sex and gender, kicking pancreatic cancer’s ass, and being a fat queer in places like Fangoria, Vulture, The Daily Dot, Autostraddle, Playboy.com, and a handful of books college students get assigned to read. She’s also the co-host of the teen girl movie podcast, This Ends at Prom, with her wife, Harmony.

BJ Colangelo

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Punishing the Male Gaze in John Carchietta’s ‘Teenage Cocktail’

Episode 22: BJ Colangelo Stirs Up a ‘Teenage Cocktail’

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