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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.

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Editorials

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’

Erin McGurk is a Florida-based film writer and is currently a student studying Film and Media Studies. She is passionate about horror films, her cats, and mediocre comedies from the mid-2000s.

Erin McGurk

Why ‘My Super Psycho Sweet 16’ Needs Its Moment

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

Changing Horror’s Sexual Paradigm in ‘Crone Wood’

Bee Turck

Karen Allen Will Horneff Ghost in the Machine

‘Ghost in the Machine’ Paved the Way for ‘Final Destination’

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

How ‘The Unknown’ Revived Swedish Horror

Monsters, Menstruation, and Cosmic Love in ‘Spring’

How ‘Hell House LLC’ Gives Life to the Abaddon Hotel

Audrey Fox

Robert Sean Leonard My Best Friend Is a Vampire

‘My Best Friend Is a Vampire’ and ’80s Queer Horror

Dr Kate Bowen is an author, poet, and academic from South Australia with a life-long love of horror. Kate&#8217;s writing is informed by her PhD in American cinema and gender studies and 8 years of research experience as a feminist film scholar at The University of Adelaide. In 2018, Kate spoke at the Revelation International Film Festival in Perth, Western Australia as one of the academic pioneers of research into found footage horror films and their relationship with Laura Mulvey&#8217;s theory of the male gaze. Her work appears extensively in horror magazine We Are Horror as one of the contributors to the magazine&#8217;s inception in 2020 and later in 2021 as a monthly columnist. Horror magazines Grim and Ghouls have also hosted Kate&#8217;s writing and her articles can also be found at Certified Forgotten, The Artifice, and Film Cred. Kate is currently writing a book chapter expanding her research into Southern Gothic horror and cannibalism as a gendered phenomenon in the Wrong Turn series.

Kate Bowen

Reading the Female Body in ‘The Autopsy of Jane Doe’