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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.

Certified Forgotten

Musa Chaudhry

Editorials

When ‘Hell’s Ground’ Brought Splatter Horror to Pakistan

Jessica Scott is a Tomatometer-approved film critic and culture writer who focuses primarily on feminist issues, mental health representation, and queer issues in the horror genre. She has bylines online and in print at publications including /Film, Daily Grindhouse, Dread Central, Inverse, Certified Forgotten, Ghouls Magazine, Grim, and Nightmarish Conjurings. She is a content editor and staff writer at Film Cred.

Jessica Scott

‘It’s My Party and I’ll Die If I Want To’ Still Rips

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

Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed Tatiana Maslany

Uterus Horror

How ‘Ginger Snaps 2’ Finds Comfort In Independence

Beanie Aurora White is a prose and short fiction writer from Wiltshire. She has recently graduated from Royal Holloway University with an MA in Creative Writing. She has work in The Ghastling and is currently working on a YA horror/fantasy series and an anthology of short fiction looking at women and trauma under the guise of surrealist based horror.

Beanie Aurora White

‘Possum’ and the Destruction of Trauma

Mónica Teresa Ortiz is a poet born and raised in Texas. Ortiz was a 2021–2022 journalist in residence with Freedomways and a 2021–2022 artist in residence with UT Austin&#8217;s Planet Texas 2050. They have work forthcoming in Hayden Ferry&#8217;s Review and Scalawag.

Mónica Teresa Ortiz

‘Season of the Witch’ Is an Early Entry in Second-Wave Feminism

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

‘Get In’ Twists the Home Invasion Genre Into Knots

Wang Sum Luk is an undergraduate at Oxford University who recently served as the Deputy Editor of Cherwell, Oxford&#8217;s oldest student newspaper. He writes about all things to do with film and culture.

Wang Sum Luk

‘The Exorcist III’ Knows We Don’t Need It

Emmett O’Regan is a writer and film journalist from Los Angeles. When not proselytizing to friends and family on the works of John Carpenter, he can be found running unnecessarily long distances or eating pasta with his partner and their dog/gremlin Gizmo.

Emmett O’Regan

Kelly Reilly Michael Fassbender Eden Lake

Broken Britain, Hoodie Horror, and the Muddled Class Politics of ‘Eden Lake’

Danielle Cappolla is a freelance writer and editor based in New Jersey. She has a B.A. in English from Fordham University and a M.S. in Education and Special Education. She is currently a TV/Film Writer at Tilt Magazine. Her interest in the horror genre began when she started reading R.L. Stine&#8217;s books in third grade.

Danielle Cappolla

The Psychology of Choice in ‘Would You Rather’

Lívia is a nerd with an MA in Filmmaking and a couple of award-winning short films under her belt. She has contributed to independent publications such as Sapphic Nation, Rock &amp; Art UK, Remezcla, and others, focusing mainly on the horror genre, LGBTQ+, and feminist topics.

Livia Reim

Lucy Boynton I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

How Trauma Shapes Perceptions of Body, Identity and Time in ‘I am The Pretty Thing That Lives in The House’

Tori Potenza is a queer critic and academic based in Philadelphia. Tori is a writer with bylines in MovieJawn and Hear Us Scream. Much of their work focuses on sex and gender themes in films, with a particular focus on the horror genre.

Tori Potenza

‘Lisa’ Is a Bizarre Intersection of ’80s Thrillers and ’90s Kids Movies

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.

Matthew Monagle

Podcasts

Podcast Episode: Brad McHargue on ‘The Interior’

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