The Final Girls: A Horror Film Podcast

Our first episode of 2022 is a take on two... questionable bangers. 

Film critic Leila Latif joins us to take on Urban Legend (1998) and horror stoner comedy Idle Hands (1999) to figure out if they're as bad as we remember them being. 

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.

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It's the end of the year! 

Horror writer, film analyst and co-host of This Ends At Prom podcast BJ Colangelo joins the podcast for the first time to go deep on Disturbing Behaviour (1998). The second part of the episode is a reprise from our FEMALE MONSTERS series, film critic Leila Latif's take on The Faculty (1998). Between these two films, it's the most nineties teen casting ever. 

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

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A bonus episode interview with the author of The Last House on Needless Street, Catriona Ward. 

Praised by Stephen King, her latest novel has been called the Gothic Masterpiece of 2021. 

This is the story of a murderer. A stolen child. Revenge. This is the story of Ted, who lives with his daughter Lauren and his cat Olivia in an ordinary house at the end of an ordinary street.

We discuss Catriona's love of horror, the process of writing horror, serial killers and their pets, Stephen King's endorsement of her book, the gothic novel and what it takes to write from the POV of a cat. 

There will be spoilers for the book in the second part of the interview but these are clearly signalled. 

The House on Needless Street is out now in the UK.

A bonus exclusive interview with Julia Ducournau, writer/director of Raw, about her new film Titane, out in UK cinemas now.

We talk about female violence, about choreographing a massacre, dance horror, and about the mythological and Biblical influences in Titane.

Beware, this interview is 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.

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Horror fan Ally Penelope joins the podcast for the first time to tackle the perfect anti-Christmas viewing, the most meme-able 90s slasher double-bill. 

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.

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

Welcome to Hello Sidney, a limited podcast series supported by Paramount that cuts deep into one of the most iconic horror franchises ever made.

In this first episode, we go back to the film that kickstarted the franchise and revitalised horror in the 1990s. Written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Wes Craven, Scream (1996) made slashers cool again. 

Hosted by horror fans and podcasters Mike Muncer, Anna Bogutskaya and Louise Blain. 

Listen and subscribe to Hello Sidney: The Scream Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.

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Scream releases in cinemas in the UK on 14 January 2022.

Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Scream (1996) in 4K, available to download and keep on Apple. 

Hello Sidney: The Scream Podcast is supported by Paramount 

Hosts: Mike Muncer, Anna Bogutskaya and Louise Blain 
Artwork Design: Mike Lee-Graham

Producers: Mike Muncer and Anna Bogutskaya

Editor: Mike Muncer

Ghost Face is a Registered Trademark of Fun World Div., Easter Unlimited, Inc. ©1999. All Rights Reserved.

Welcome to Hello Sidney, a limited podcast series supported by Paramount that cuts deep into one of the most iconic horror franchises ever made.

Hosted by horror fans and podcasters Mike Muncer, Anna Bogutskaya and Louise Blain.

Launching on Wednesday, every episode will go in depth on each Scream film in anticipation of the brand new Scream, coming to cinemas in January 2022.

Listen and subscribe to Hello, Sidney: The Scream Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.

Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts. 

Scream releases in cinemas in the UK on 14 January 2022. 

Hello Sidney: The Scream Podcast is supported by Paramount 

Hosts: Mike Muncer, Anna Bogutskaya and Louise Blain 

Producers: Mike Muncer and Anna Bogutskaya

Editor: Mike Muncer

Ghost Face is a Registered Trademark of Fun World Div., Easter Unlimited, Inc. ©1999. All Rights Reserved.

We revisit the film that started off the entire podcast with writer/actor Isaura Barbé-Brown. We go hard on Chris Hooker, and try to understand why Nancy wanted so much power. 

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.

Two teenage girls find special powers: one uses it to take revenge

First-time guest Arden Fitzroy joins Anna to discuss the underseen goth teen nightmare Mirror, Mirror (1990), and in the second half Jordan Crucchiola passionately defends the merits of the big-screen Buffy in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992).

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

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Grab tickets for our next event in London - a preview of TITANE - on 15 December.

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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.

Two very different groups of teens, two very different types of monsters in this horror-adjacent teen dream double-bill.

Joining us this week is The Independent Chief Film Critic Clarisse Loughrey to talk about what these two outliers have in common, the true horror of being a teenager, and the how these films have aged.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

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Grab tickets for our next event in London - a preview of TITANE - on 15 December. 

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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.