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Melanie Moyer is a Philadelphia-based writer of Millennial dread and queers in genre fiction. When not working on projects, or at her day job as an advertising copywriter, Melanie enjoys cooking, exploring Philly&#8217;s food scene, and talking about horror on her podcast, Splatter Chatter.

Melanie Moyer

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‘Scare Package’ Is a Meta-Horror Echo Chamber

E.L King is Editor-in-Chief at Slay Away and host of the Slay Away horror podcast. They are a writer, film critic, and freelance entertainment journalist with a particular interest in horror studies and film theory. Their film review and essay bylines include Film Cred, MovieJawn, Dread Central, Hear Us Scream, and more.

E.L. King

Teresa Palmer The Twin

‘The Twin’ Is a Twisted Take on Female Hysteria

Kayleigh Donaldson is a features writer for Pajiba.com, where she specialize in chatting about celebrities, the entertainment industry, and whatever takes her fancy. She also writes film and TV features for Screen Rant and is the co-host of The Hollywood Read podcast.

Kayleigh Donaldson

Julie Christie Demon Seed

The Reproductive Terror of ‘Demon Seed’

Abigael Wanjiru is a freelance writer and content creator.

Abigael Wanjiru

Good Manners

‘Good Manners’ Is a Strange, Fractured Fairytale

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

Nicole Kidman Mia Wasikowska Stoker

Uterus Horror

Park Chan-wook’s ‘Stoker’ Turns Prey Into Predator

J. Simpson is a freelance writer and musician, living and working in Portland, OR. Specializing in music journalism, Simpson is constantly expanding the parameters of what that means, using it as a microscope to examine the minutiae of culture. He is the owner and creator of the Forestpunk online journal, which is investigating the intersection of music with ancient hidden philosophies, seeking to define the indescribable, looking for the soul in the machine. He also freelances for a number of websites, including Freq Magazine, Redefine Magazine, and The Active Listener.

J. Simpson

Demonicus

‘Demonicus’ Is Z-Grade Heavy Metal Horror

Samantha Jacobs, MFA, is a freelance writer from South Florida. She is published in several literary magazines and works as a content creator and ghostwriter.

Samantha Jacobs

Wes Craven Fear in the Dark

‘Fear In The Dark’: Horror’s Impact From Those Who Know Best

Guillermo is a freelance entertainment writer based in Madrid, Spain. His writing and festival coverage has been published across various outlets, including Little White Lies, MovieMaker Magazine, Taste of Cinema, Film Cred, JoySauce and Certified Forgotten. When he’s not watching or writing about films, he’s probably talking about them on Letterboxd or Twitter.

Guillermo De Querol

Laura Dern Inland Empire

‘Inland Empire’ Is David Lynch’s Worst Nightmare

Tracy is a full-time librarian and part-time writer based in Chicago. Her writing can be found online at Gayly Dreadful and on her blog at A Huffle of Horror. She is also featured in Hear Us Scream: The Voices of Horror Volume II and the forthcoming academic anthology The Horror that Haunts Us: Nostalgia, Revisionism and Trauma in Contemporary American Horror.

Tracy Gossage

Juliana Harkavy Last Shift

Work is Hell in ‘Last Shift’

Musa Chaudhry

Hell’s Ground

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.

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