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Britt Sandler is genre specialist and publicist for fun movies like &#8216;Wolfman&#8217;s Got Nards&#8217; and cool festivals like Nightstream. She loves watching people watch &#8216;Hocus Pocus&#8217; for this first time. You can find her on Twitter (@besandler) or follow her cute dog Bodhi on Instagram (@somebodhitolove).

Britt Sandler

Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School

Editorials

‘Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School’ Was Universal Monsters 101

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

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Uterus Horror

‘Jennifer’s Body’ and Other Teenage Hells

Paul Doro&#8217;s writing has appeared in the books Gender, Sexuality, and Queerness in American Horror Story and American Revenge Narratives: A Collection of Critical Essays. He has also written for Shock Till You Drop, Wicked Horror, Creative Screenwriting, and Frames Cinema Journal.

Paul Doro

Resurrection

‘Resurrection’ Is the Best ‘Se7en’ Successor

Alex is a queer femme writer &amp; dog walker living in Toronto, Ontario. She is the creator of @lezzie_borden, an Instagram account dedicated to queer womxn in horror. Her work has appeared in Room, Feels Zine, Dyke Queen &amp; Underblong Journal. She has work forthcoming in a ‘zine dedicated to Guadagnino’s Suspiria, the anthology ‘zine Neon Horror &amp; Grim Magazine.

Alex Hall

The Taking of Deborah Logan

‘The Taking of Deborah Logan’ As Faux-Queer Archive

Maggie Stankiewicz

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Meditations on Guilt in ‘Soul Survivors’

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Gen Z Reclaims the Slasher in ‘Tragedy Girls’

Anya Taylor-Joy The Witch

‘The Witch’ Puts Coven Before Blood

Wally Adams is a freelance writer, teacher, traveler and/or whatever else comes up. While long an enthusiast of world cinema, he’s guilty as charged of having had less interest in horror films than most other genres for a long time (for thinking them too unrealistic). That was until realizing horror films are actually some of the best for tapping into (or devouring) the souls of different people, cultures and beliefs.

Wally Adams

Anirudh Agarwal Bandh Darwaza

‘Bandh Darwaza’ Brought Horror to Bollywood

Matt is a Los Angeles-based film critic currently published on IGN, Inverse, Fangoria, Bloody Disgusting, and many other places. He is a proud member of the Critics Choice Association. Definitely don’t feed him after midnight.

Matt Donato

Halloweentown

Coming of Age With Disney’s Heartwarming ‘Halloweentown’

Erin McGurk is a Florida-based film writer and is currently a student studying Film and Media Studies. She is passionate about horror films, her cats, and mediocre comedies from the mid-2000s.

Erin McGurk

My Super Psycho Sweet 16

Why ‘My Super Psycho Sweet 16’ Needs Its Moment

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 Hive Kathryn Prescott

Podcasts

Episode 36: Molly Henery on ‘The Hive’

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

Crone Wood

Changing Horror’s Sexual Paradigm in ‘Crone Wood’

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