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PODCAST

The Final Girls: A Horror Film Podcast

Anna Bogutskaya

A weekly podcast dedicated to exploring horror film and TV history through a female lens. Each series we dissect a trope to death through deep dive conversations hosted by film critic and author Anna Bogutskaya.

tv & film film history

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40:46

BLOODY BOOK CLUB • Alexandra West (Gore-Geous:...

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2024/04/30

Bloody Book Club, our monthly series of interviews with horror authors, is back with special guest Alexandra West, talking about her new non-fiction book Gore-Geous: Personal Essays on Beauty and Horror, out now. We talk about the process of choosing films to write about and the process of writing about yourself without giving too much away. ***Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. Artwork by Ewa FerdynusMusic: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.***The Final Girls is a weekly

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120:45

SERIAL KILLERS 9 • The Silence of the Lambs (1991)...

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2024/04/25

Author Kirsty Logan joins me for the biggest monster of them, Dr. Hannibal Lecter. We discuss The Silence of the Lambs (1991) in depth, plus briefly cover the Hannibal Lecter Cinematic Universe: Manhunter (1986), Hannibal (2001), Red Dragon (2002) and Hannibal Rising (2007). Discover what films we're covering next on our Letterboxd.Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. ***Artwork: Ewa Ferdynus.Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.***The Final Girls is a weekly podcast

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85:22

SERIAL KILLER 8 • The Hitcher (1986) + The Stepfather...

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2024/04/18

Scholar Stacey Abbott joins me two movie serial killers: the chaos of The Hitcher (1986), where Rutger Hauer kills on the highway and the conservative fantasies of Terry O'Quinn in The Stepfather (1987). Discover what films we're covering next on our Letterboxd.Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. ***Artwork: Ewa Ferdynus.Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.***The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.→ Find out more about our projects

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54:29

SERIAL KILLERS 7 • The Boston Strangler (1986) +...

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2024/04/11

Film critic and writer Katie Rife joins me to discuss very different two portraits of serial killers: the highly fictionalised The Boston Strangler (1968), starring Tony Curtis, and the acclaimed Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), with the iconic Michael Rooker. Discover what films we're covering next on our Letterboxd.Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. ***Artwork: Ewa Ferdynus.Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.***The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring

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130:12

SERIAL KILLERS 6 • 10 Rillington Place (1971) + The...

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2024/04/05

Actor and writer Isaura Barbé-Brown goes deep on two quietly distressing films: 10 Rillington Place (1971), which dramatises the real-life murderer John Christie, and the much-acclaimed Spoorloos (1988), a Dutch horror film that was dubbed by Stanley Kubrick to be the "most terrifying film" he'd ever seen. PLUS a little spoilery rant about the American remake The Vanishing (1993). Discover what films we're covering next on our Letterboxd.Produced and presented by Anna

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27:18

BONUS • Interview with THE FIRST OMEN director...

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2024/04/05

An exclusive (and spoiler-free!) interview with The First Omen director Arkasha Stevenson. The First Omen is out in UK cinemas now.Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya***Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio***The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.→ Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content.

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61:35

SERIAL KILLERS 5 • Eyes Without a Face (1960) + The...

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2024/03/29

Editor and video-essayist Maha Albadrawi joins us to go deep into French fantastique Eyes Without a Face (1960) and William Wyler's The Collector (1965). Discover what films we're covering on our Letterboxd.Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. ***Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.***The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.→ Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk→ Listen to our weekly horror film podcast.→ Follow us on

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38:18

BONUS • Interview with Sydney Sweeney and Michael...

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2024/03/25

An exclusive interview with Sydney Sweeney, the star and producer of Immaculate, and director Michael Mohan. PLUS a spoiler-free review of the film with Bloody Disgusting's Meagan Navarro. Listen to the full review on Patreon. Immaculate is out in UK cinemas now. Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya***Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio***The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.→ Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk→

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141:35

SERIAL KILLERS 4 • Psycho (1960) + Peeping Tom (1960)

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2024/03/22

Video-essayist Izzy Custodio joins the podcast to go deep on Michael Powell's Peeping Tom (1960) and friend of the pod and podcaster Becky Darke comes by to discuss the other serial killer movie of 1960, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960). Discover what films we're covering on our Letterboxd.Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. ***Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.***The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.→ Find out more about our projects

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51:44

SERIAL KILLERS 3 • The Night of the Hunter (1955)

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2024/03/15

Film critic Christina Newland joins Anna to discuss Charles Laughton's sole directorial effort, the fairytale horror masterpiece The Night of the Hunter (1955). PS: There's a little bit of background noise in the first five minutes that couldn't be removed. Catch-up with the films we're covering on our Letterboxd.Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. ***Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.***The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.→ Find

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151:36

BONUS • The Horror Oscars 2024

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2024/03/10

Happy Oscars Weekend to all those who celebrate. As always, horror is nowhere to be seen amongst the nominees. So we've decided to take matters into our own hands... and host our very own HORROR OSCARS, including similar amounts of chaos. The hilarious and smart friends of the pod Becky Darke and Isaura Barbé-Brown join Anna to nominate and award the best horror films of the year. 00:00:00 State of horror in 2023 and why the Oscars hate genre movies00:19:07 Best Original Screenplay

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76:49

SERIAL KILLERS 2 • Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Rope...

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2024/03/08

Film critic Leila Latif joins Anna to discuss Alfred Hitchcock's serial killers in Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Rope (1948) and Frenzy (1972). Discover what films we're covering on our Letterboxd.Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. ***Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.***The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.→ Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk→ Listen to our weekly horror film podcast.→ Follow us on Twitter and

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70:08

BONUS • True Detective: Night Country (2024)

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2024/03/04

Vulture's TV critic and writer Roxana Hadadi joins Anna to discuss True Detective: Night Country in its entirety (spoilers from 00:41:00). Read Roxana's review of the show and her interview with showrunner Issa López. Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya***Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio***The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.→ Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk→ Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and

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77:01

SERIAL KILLERS 1 • The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)...

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2024/03/01

Film critic, author and film historian Pamela Hutchinson joins Anna to discuss The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) and M (1931). Discover what films we're covering on our Letterboxd.Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. ***Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.***The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film. → Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk→ Listen to our weekly horror film podcast.→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.→

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3:03

Introducing... SERIAL KILLERS

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2024/02/28

The seventh series of The Final Girls podcast will look at the most vicious and memorable serial killers of horror film and TV history, journeying from the silent to the Marvel era. New episode every Friday. Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering. Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. ***Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.***The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism, founded by Anna Bogutskaya

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38:45

HAGS 10 • Ma (2019) and the future of hagsploitation

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2024/02/02

We wrap up our series dedicated to hag horror with a deep dive into Ma (2019) and discuss what could be next for hagsploitation. With a special contribution from critic and podcaster Mary Wild and producer Jen Handorf. Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. ***Music: "Bloodlust" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and @lofigeek***The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism, founded by Anna Bogutskaya and Olivia Howe.→ Find out more

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34:46

HAGS 09 • Elder body horror in The Taking of Deborah...

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2024/01/27

In the penultimate episode of the series, we get into how hagsploitation turned to body horror, and ruined its characters in the process. We cover The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014), The Visit (2015), The Grandmother (2021), The Elderly (2022), Old People (2022), X (2022) and Barbarian (2022). With a special contribution from culture writer Billie Walker, who penned a great essay on the new hagsploitation that you can read here. Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. ***Music:

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43:52

HAGS 08 • How the Hags Flocked to TV and American...

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2024/01/20

In this episode we go how American Horror Story's first seasons reimagined and reinvigorated the hagsploitation film, with contributions from film critic and podcaster Clarisse Loughrey. Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. ***Music: "Bloodlust" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and @lofigeek***The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism, founded by Anna Bogutskaya and Olivia Howe.→ Find out more about our projects here:

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54:16

HAGS 07 • Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice (1969),...

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2024/01/06

In this episode we go into female friendship and rivalry in hag horror, covering Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice (1969), What's the Matter with Helen (1971) and Death Becomes Her (1992), with contributions from filmmaker Jen Handorf. Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. ***Music: "Bloodlust" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and @lofigeek***The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism, founded by Anna Bogutskaya and Olivia Howe.→

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51:19

HAGS 06 • The Killing Kind (1973), Butcher Baker...

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2023/12/23

In this episode we cover the peak hag era, discussing the films Strait-Jacket (1964), The Killing Kind (1973), Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker (1981) and The Fan (1981), with contributions from podcaster and writer Mary Wild.CW: assault, incest, homophobia. Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. ***Music: "Bloodlust" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and @lofigeek***The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism, founded by Anna

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