The Final Girls: A Horror Film Podcast

A new mini-series dedicated to the influential book by Kier-la Janisse, House of Psychotic Women. Filmmaker Prano Bailey-Bond (Censor), joins Anna to discuss the haunting Let's Scare Jessica to Death, the impact it had on the making of Censor and the legacy of the book. 

→ Watch all the films featured in the book HERE.

→ Buy the expanded edition of House of Psychotic Women HERE.

→ Attend the Matchbox Cine UK-wide tour HERE.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

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Music: "Prince of Darkness" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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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: thefinalgirls.co.uk

→ Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

→ Support us on Patreon.

A new mini-series dedicated to the influential book by Kier-la Janisse, House of Psychotic Women. In this first episode, a conversation between writer Sophie Monks Kaufman and lecturer and podcaster Mary Wild about discovering the book, the cinephile memoir, and what makes it, even ten years on, such a peerless piece of work.

→ Watch all the films featured in the book HERE.

→ Buy the expanded edition of House of Psychotic Women HERE. 

→ Attend the Matchbox Cine UK-wide tour HERE.

→ Read Sophie Monks Kaufman's interview with Kier-la HERE.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

***

Music: "Prince of Darkness" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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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: thefinalgirls.co.uk

→ Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

→ Support us on Patreon.

A bonus exclusive interview with THE Jamie Lee Curtis about the final instalment in the Halloween franchise, Halloween Ends, out in UK cinemas now.

We talk about seeking out scary stories, the emotional crux of the trilogy and the secret love story written into Halloween Ends.

A full review of Halloween Ends can be found on our Patreon. 

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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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: thefinalgirls.co.uk

→ Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

→ Support us on Patreon.

→ Subscribe to our weekly newsletter for curated horror treats and original writing on horror.

A deep dive review of Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong's new Netflix horror series, The Midnight Club, with writer, broadcaster and our Flanaverse reporter Louise Blain.

Spoilers from 0:36:02

The Midnight Club is available to watch on Netflix now.

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

Music: "Slasher" 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 and Olivia Howe.

→ Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk

→ Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

→ Support us on Patreon.

→ Subscribe to our weekly newsletter for curated horror treats and original writing on horror.

David Cronenberg has returned to the horror space with Crimes of the Future. We chatted to Alexandra Anger and Monica Pavez, the team behind the strange and beautiful prosthetics, as well as Cronenberg's longtime producer, Robert Lantos.

Both interviews are SPOILER-FREE. 

You can listen to a deep dive review of the film on our Patreon. 

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

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Music: "Slasher" 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 and Olivia Howe.

→ Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk

→ Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

→ Support us on Patreon.

→ Subscribe to our weekly newsletter for curated horror treats and original writing on horror.

A bonus exclusive interview with Hanna Bergholm, director of Hatching, out in UK cinemas now.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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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: thefinalgirls.co.uk

→ Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

→ Support us on Patreon.

→ Subscribe to our weekly newsletter for curated horror treats and original writing on horror.

A bonus exclusive interview with Halina Reijn, director of Bodies Bodies Bodies, out in UK cinemas now. 

SPOILER WARNING: We talk about the ending from 0:22:09

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

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Music: "Slasher" 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 and Olivia Howe.

→ Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk

→ Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

→ Support us on Patreon.

→ Subscribe to our weekly newsletter for curated horror treats and original writing on horror.

Writer and actor Isaura Barbé-Brown joins Anna to go deep and long on Jordan Peele's third feature, Nope (2022), which has just hit UK cinemas.

The first part of the conversation is SPOILER-FREE, and then from we got FULL SPOILERIFIC.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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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: thefinalgirls.co.uk

→ Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

→ Support us on Patreon.

→ Subscribe to our weekly newsletter for curated horror treats and original writing on horror.

Our farewell to messy teens and the killers who can't stop chasing them, a medley of our contributor's thoughts on the state and the future of teen horror. With thanks to Clarisse Loughrey, BJ Colangelo, Yhara Zayd, Isaura Barbé-Brown, Mary Wild and Louise Blain. 

We're doing our first live show at the London Podcast Festival! And it's all about Jamie Lee Curtis. Get your tickets here.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

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Music: "Slasher" and "Invasion" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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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: thefinalgirls.co.uk

→ Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

→ Support us on Patreon.

→ Subscribe to our weekly newsletter for curated horror treats and original writing on horror.

In the last full episode of the teen horror season we (finally!) cover the hit series Yellowjackets with the show's number one online cheerleader, Jordan Crucchiola.

We're doing our first live show at the London Podcast Festival! And it's all about Jamie Lee Curtis. Get your tickets here. 

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

***

Music: "Slasher" 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 and Olivia Howe.

→ Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk

→ Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

→ Support us on Patreon.

→ Subscribe to our weekly newsletter for curated horror treats and original writing on horror.