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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

Jerry Sampson is a freelance writer, horror writer, screenwriter, and editor. Her love for film and the horror genre leads her to explore and question the darkness that lies in the shadows of human existence. She studies the concept of inherited trauma and finds that theme coming up unconsciously in much of her work. Jerry is a contributing writer for Ghouls Magazine. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband and cat-child.

Jerry J. Sampson

Editorials

Religion, Shame, and Self-Acceptance in ‘Thirst’

Mikey P. Jr. is a fan of Latin American cinema and horror films. He is the host of The Descent podcast and is either running his Etsy shop or after his children.

Mikey P. Jr.

Bus Life Meets Folk-Horror in ‘Diablo Rojo PTY’

Jo Reid has recently graduated with an Msc in Film, Exhibition and Curation at Edinburgh University. She is interested the weird, the tacky, and the cheesy, and exploring the possibilities of exhibiting digital media such as games and fan content.

Jo Reid

‘Sightseers’ and the Horrors of Intimacy

Writer, actress, &amp; educator. Writer &amp; director of @BystandersFilm. Intersectional feminist. Lead writer at @xmorbidbeautyx. Stephen King&#8217;s It expert. She/her.

Jamie Alvey

Finding Myself in ‘Let’s Scare Jessica to Death’

Erin Devany is an aspiring filmmaker with a love for horror and a passion for all things creative. Her work captures bands, friends, art, pets, portraits, and many of her own creative endeavors. She can currently be found freelancing her work out of the DFW area.

Erin Devany

Religion Begets Trauma in ‘From Within’

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

‘Hagazussa’ Melds Heathens and Rape-Revenge

Harmony M. Colangelo is here to do some kickass writing and bartending, and she’s not done a lot of bartending this year. You can see those worlds collide in the recipe book A Year of Queer Cocktails. She has been published in Bloody Disgusting, Certified Forgotten, We Are Horror, and The Bite.

Harmony Colangelo

Finding a Love Without Borders in ‘Wild Zero’

Ed Grabianowski is an author and freelance writer. He’s worked as a contributing writer for io9 and HowStuffWorks (you may know him as The Grabster if you’re a Stuff You Should Know fan). His fiction has appeared in Black Static, David Wellington’s Fear Project, and other publications and anthologies, including Fear After Fear, a collection of his flash horror stories.

Ed Grabianowski

‘Rawhead Rex,’ Folk Horror Classic

Annette LePique is an arts writer and educator based in Chicago. Her research interests include cinema, race, time, hysteria, and the ill body. She has written for Cleo Film Journal, Another Gaze Feminist Film Journal, is a frequent contributor to Chicago Artist Writers, and a Features Writer at Sixty Inches from Center.

Annette LePique

Female Rage in Ted Post’s ‘The Baby’

Rob is a member of the Critics Choice Association and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. While many of Rob&#8217;s contemporaries got into the movie coverage game right after college, Rob spent his formative years managing retail stores and working in the Peet&#8217;s Coffee IT department. That changed in late 2007 when he reached out to a young film site called Film School Rejects about writing opportunities. They didn&#8217;t pay at the time, but free movies and a chance to share his opinions were more than enough for a hobby. He went full-time as a writer some years later and ultimately called FSR his online home for seventeen years.

Rob Hunter

‘Mister Frost’ Offers No Sympathy for the Devil

Jenn is a writer and podcaster from Nashville, TN. She co-hosts both Psychoanalysis: A Horror Therapy Podcast examining mental health topics through the lens of the horror genre and The Loser’s Club: A Stephen King Podcast taking frequent deep dives into the work and adaptations of her favorite author. She is a senior writer for Consequence of Sound and will gladly talk your ear off about final girls, feminism, and Stephen King.

Jenn Adams

The Monstrous Minds of ‘Daniel Isn’t Real’ and ‘The Babadook’

Markus Amalthea Magnuson is a film writer and technologist from Stockholm, Sweden. He holds a BA and MA in Cinema Studies and wrote his master&#8217;s thesis on cyborgs and gender in film and television. He is the Head of Short Film Programming at the genre festival Monsters of Film and curates notable science fiction movies at scifiagenda.com.

Markus Amalthea Magnuson

‘The Laplace’s Demon’ Finds Fear in the Inevitable