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Freelance contributor at The Film Experience, Words found on Roger Ebert, /Film, Digital Spy, etc., Rotten Tomatoes-approved, GALECA/OFTA member.

Matthew St. Clair

Rebecca Hall The Night House

Editorials

‘The Night House’ and Living With Anxiety

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

Brittany Murphy Cherry Falls

The Freudian Psychodrama of ‘Cherry Falls’

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

Assassination Nation

‘Assassination Nation’ Is an American Horror Story

Kayleigh Donaldson is a features writer for Pajiba.com, where she specialize in chatting about celebrities, the entertainment industry, and whatever takes her fancy. She also writes film and TV features for Screen Rant and is the co-host of The Hollywood Read podcast.

Kayleigh Donaldson

Clare Higgins Hellbound: Hellraiser 2

‘Hellraiser’s Julia: The Underrated Villainess of Horror

Ariel is a lifelong horror enthusiast from the American midwest. She will watch almost anything, but particularly loves found footage, slashers, and the SAW franchise.

Ariel Powers-Schaub

Butterfly Kisses

‘Butterfly Kisses’ Captures the Compulsion to Create

Erin Matthews is a freelance writer, creative communicator and confirmed ghost story and horror film addict .

Erin Matthews

Ted Raimi Intruder

“In This Economy?” Revisiting ‘Intruder’ in 2022

Pure Into the Dark

Uterus Horror

‘Pure’ Rips the Heart Out of Virginity Pledges

Violet is a freaky feminist with a found footage heart. Her background is in rhetoric and composition, and she moonlights at haunted attractions when she isn&#8217;t lesson planning. She&#8217;s Co-Editor of Hear Us Scream: The Voices of Horror, a horror outlet and personal essay anthology series.

Violet Burns

Be My Cat: A Film for Anne

‘Be My Cat: A Film for Anne’ Is Peak Found Footage

Shae is a writer based in New York City with a focus in film and television. She has published reviews and other written work for Screen Slate, Screen Rant, and other renowned film journals. She has particular expertise in independent and experimental cinema, having worked under organizations like Le Cinema Club, a streaming platform, and the Film-maker&#8217;s Cooperative, a 16mm archive.

Shae Sennett

Visitor Q

The Grotesque Perversion of ‘Visitor Q’

Melanie Moyer is a Philadelphia-based writer of Millennial dread and queers in genre fiction. When not working on projects, or at her day job as an advertising copywriter, Melanie enjoys cooking, exploring Philly&#8217;s food scene, and talking about horror on her podcast, Splatter Chatter.

Melanie Moyer

The Houses October Built

Thrill-Seeking and Self-Destruction in ‘The Houses October Built’

Chloe Waryan (she/they) is a librarian from the American Midwest. Chloe writes about horror movies and books on the blog, Chloe&#8217;s Not Scared. She also loves to listen to podcasts, thrift, and bike.

Chloe Waryan

The Watcher in the Woods

‘The Watcher in the Woods’ Is Smart Gateway Horror

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)

The Blair Witch Project

Reinterpreting ‘The Blair Witch’ Franchise as Fae Horror