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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

Jay Norton has written for publications such as Into the Spine and Halftone Magazine about video games, movies, and anything else out there. You can find them on Twitter talking about those same things with far less dignity.

Jay Norton

Editorials

‘Creep 2’ Has a Lot To Say About Horror Sequels

Christine Makepeace (<a href="http://www.christinemakepeace.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.christinemakepeace.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1745962351495000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2aDbZJlXY5HlfUgsvhf9aL">www.christinemakepeace.com</a>) is a screenwriter and film essayist living in the Southern California desert. Christine’s work has been featured at Dread Central, Certified Forgotten, Movie Jawn, Film School Rejects, and Crooked Marque among others. She is the former EIC and founder of the film magazine Paracinema.

Christine Makepeace

In ‘Paranormal Activity 3,’ Family Comes First

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

‘Eve’s Bayou’ Finds the Tragedy in Adolescence

Ciara Moloney (<a href="https://ciaramoloney.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ciaramoloney.net</a>) is a film critic and scholar based in Dublin. She is chief film critic for Current Affairs magazine, and her work has also appeared in Paste, Cineaste, IndieWire, Crooked Marquee, and MUBI Notebook. She thinks Arnie&#8217;s accent work in Red Heat is severely underrated.

Ciara Moloney

In ‘The Last Horror Film,’ Sleaze Meets  the Meta-Slasher

Adrian Manuel is a freelance culture writer. He’s written for Dread Central, Inverse, Film Cred, and many other film publications. He lives in Maui.

Adrian Manuel

‘The Mothman Prophecies’ Offers Cosmic, Cryptid Horrors

Xanthe Pajarillo is a director-writer and Air Force veteran from Germany and Virginia. She directed the 2021 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, co-hosts the Kindergeist Podcast with her 14-year-old niece and has written for Bloody Disgusting, Fangoria and Ghouls Magazine. She holds an MFA from USC School of Cinematic Arts and a BFA from CalArts.

Xanthe Pajarillo

‘Pathogen,’ Zombies, and the Preteen Gaze

Sezin Devi (Koehler) is the author of upcoming &#8216;Much Ado About Keanu: A Critical Reeves Theory&#8217; (Chicago Review Press, 2024), the first ever in-depth sociocultural study of Keanu Reeves&#8217; entire creative catalog. She also has bylines with Entertainment Weekly, The Daily Beast, Scalawag Magazine, Black Girl Nerds, and many more. Sezin currently writes from a hidden Bay Area mountain town where she can almost see the ocean from her back porch.

Sezín Devi (Koehler)

In ‘Don’t Go in the Woods,’ Slasher Meets Musical

Anna McKibbin is a freelance film and culture journalist. She is especially passionate about classic film stars and how they wielded their offscreen personas to shape their onscreen performances.

Anna McKibbin

Battlefields and Broken Covenants in ‘The Feast’

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

Finding Empathy in the Madness of ‘Kotoko’

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

Legs, Body, Arms: The Body Horror of ‘The Novice’

Meg has been writing professionally about all things film-related since 2016. She was most recently a Senior Contributor at Film School Rejects as well as a Curator for One Perfect Shot. She has attended international film festivals such as TIFF, Hot Docs, and the Nitrate Picture Show as a member of the press. In her day job as an archivist and records manager, she regularly works with physical media and is committed to ensuring ongoing physical media accessibility in the digital age.

Meg Shields

An Official Ranking of the ‘Mad God’ Kissers

Claire C. Holland is a poet and writer from Philadelphia, currently living in Los Angeles. Claire’s writing explores stigmatized issues at the junction of feminism, sexuality, and horror, and has been featured in numerous outlets. She is also the author of an Elgin Award-nominated book of poetry, &#8216;I Am Not Your Final Girl.&#8217;

Claire C. Holland

Good for Her: Unleashing the Sexually Transgressive Woman