‘May’ Is a Grotesque Plea for Kindness
October 24th, 2024 • Molly Henery
Molly Henery breaks down Lucky McKee’s ‘May’ as a perfect example of Uterus Horror – and a grotesque plea for empathy.
Molly Henery
Molly Henery is a film critic, entertainment writer, and author of both nonfiction and fiction with a Master'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 is watching and writing about on her social media.
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‘You Won’t Be Alone’ Explores What It Means To Be Human
August 29th, 2024 • Molly Henery
Molly Henery’s Uterus Horror series returns with this heartfelt dive into Goran Stolevski’s ‘You Won’t Be Alone.’
The Universal Unease of ‘We’re All Going To the World’s Fair’
June 27th, 2024 • Molly Henery
Molly Henery explores the unease of Jane Schoenbrun’s ‘We’re All Going To the World’s Fair,’ a horror story for the online among us.
‘The Lure’ Is a Tragic Retelling of ‘The Little Mermaid’
May 24th, 2024 • Molly Henery
Molly Henery examines the sisterhood at the heart of Agnieszka Smoczynska’s ‘The Lure’ in this edition of Uterus Horror.
‘Mirror Mirror’ Reflects the Horror of Being a Teenager
April 30th, 2024 • Molly Henery
Molly Henery adds Marina’s Sargenti’s ‘Mirror Mirror’ to her Uterus Horror canon and digs into the darkness of being a teenager.
In ‘Perpetrator,’ Empathy Is a Gift—And a Weapon
February 27th, 2024 • Molly Henery
Molly Henery explores Jennifer Reeder’s ‘Perpetrator’ and its radical portrayal of empathy for her Uterus Horror series.
‘Return To Oz’ Still Breeds Adolescent Horrors
February 2nd, 2024 • Molly Henery
Molly Henery sets her sights on the always-traumatizing ‘Return To Oz’ in the latest edition of her Uterus Horror series.
In ‘Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning,’ Men Are the Real Monsters
December 28th, 2023 • Molly Henery
Molly Henery completes her ‘Ginger Snaps’ essay series with a look at the horror western prequel, ‘Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning.’
Breaking Free From Trauma in ‘We Are What We Are’
November 20th, 2023 • Molly Henery
Molly Henery writes about the depiction of cannibalism, trauma, and adolescence in Jim Mickle’s ‘We Are What We Are.’
Coming of Age With ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’
October 31st, 2023 • Molly Henery
For a special Halloween edition of her Uterus Horror column, Molly Henery digs into the movie version of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer.’