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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

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

Anthony Mackie Forest Whitaker Repentance

Editorials

‘Repentance’ and the Spiritual Fear of Damnation

Bee Delores is a freelance writer based in West Virginia. They are a columnist for Bloody Disgusting and have bylines in /Film, Dread Central, Slay Away with Us, Here Us Scream, and others. In 2023, Bee served on the screening board for Overlook Film Festival. They are also the founder of the indie horror blog B-Sides &amp; Badlands. When they&#8217;re not watching Halloween H20 for the one-millionth time, they are hiking, biking, crocheting, or snuggling their four cats.

Bee Delores

‘The Seventh Victim’ Is a Tragic Tale of Mental Health

Chad Collins has been writing professionally about film, especially horror films, since 2020. He started as a contributor for Dread Central and later branched out with pieces for Gayly Dreadful, Rue Morgue, Certified Forgotten, Anatomy of a Scream, and several others. In 2021, Chad was welcomed on as both a staff writer at Dread Central and a features writer at /Film. Since then, he has been fortunate enough to better enmesh himself into the genre, attending the Sundance Film Festival, where in 2022 he was awarded a Press Inclusion Initiative grant, Fantasia International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, South by Southwest, and several others.

Chad Collins

Time-Travelling Trauma in ‘The House at the End of Time’

Charlie Brigden is a writer who lives in South Wales with his wife, two children, and several pets. For most of his career he has specialized in writing about music in film, and has amassed several bylines for outlets such as Roger Ebert, The Quietus, Polygon, Film School Rejects, and more. He is also the author of several liner notes and essays for soundtracks and Blu-rays from such labels as Mondo DeathWaltz, Milan Records, Arrow Films, and Indicator.

Charlie Brigden

James Horner and the Sound of Horror

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’ Was Universal Monsters 101

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’ 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’ As Faux-Queer Archive

Maggie Stankiewicz

Meditations on Guilt in ‘Soul Survivors’

RC Jara

Brianna Hildebrand Alexandra Shipp Tragedy Girls

Gen Z Reclaims the Slasher in ‘Tragedy Girls’

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

Uterus Horror

‘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

‘Bandh Darwaza’ Brought Horror to Bollywood

Matt is a Los Angeles-based film critic currently published on IGN, AV Club, 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

Coming of Age With Disney’s Heartwarming ‘Halloweentown’