The Final Girls: A Horror Film Podcast

A SPOILERIFIC deep dive into the second part of the Netflix horror trilogy, Fear Street 1978 with Dr. Alison Peirse going over the difference between classic and nineties slashers, the updated Final Girl, and the unexpected nastiness of the film.

Listen to the Fear Street 1994 deep dive HERE. 

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.

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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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 A SPOILERIFIC deep dive into the first part of the Netflix horror trilogy, Fear Street 1994 with Isaura Barbé-Brown going over the nineties slasher inspirations, R.L. Stine's brand of teen horror, the gore, the multiple killers, the music and nostalgic aesthetics and our predictions for Fear Street 1978.  

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.

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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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After 20 episodes, 40 films, and a few bonus episodes, we're DONE with vampires. But before stake this season, we've got one more bonus episode for you. 

We're joined in this episode by the brilliant writer, presenter and broadcaster Louise Blain to go through the films, series and video games that didn’t get their own full episode - but maybe should’ve. 

 
This season was made possible with the support of Arrow Video.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.

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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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Inspired by Emerald Fennell's revenge thriller Promising Young Woman, out in the UK on Sky Cinema, we present a mini-podcast dedicated to diving deep into the myriad of layers and themes of the film, written and directed by Emerald Fennell.

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Writer/podcaster Jordan Crucchiola, writer, podcaster and filmmaker BJ Colangelo and The Final Girls co-founder Anna Bogutskaya discuss the divisive reaction to Promising Young Woman. Be warned: this episode is SPOILERIFIC from the very start.

Everyone has an opinion about this film. It's created huge cultural conversation. We discuss Cassie's rage, the choice to never show Nina, how the film is NOT a rape-revenge movie and how it tackles internalised misogyny and rape culture. 

TW: there is discussion of sexual assault and rape.

Jordan's thread collating all takes on Promising Young Woman can be found HERE

Read BJ's piece on the film's controversial ending HERE.

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The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism.

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

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Follow Anna on @annabdemented and Olivia is on @livihowe 

Inspired by Emerald Fennell's revenge thriller Promising Young Woman, out in the UK on Sky Cinema TODAY, we present a mini-podcast dedicated to diving deep into the myriad of layers and themes of the film, written and directed by Emerald Fennell.

Writer/podcaster Jordan Crucchiola and The Final Girls co-founder Anna Bogutskaya discuss the divisive reaction to Promising Young Woman.

Everyone has an opinion about this film. It's created huge cultural conversation. We discuss the Variety incident, Promising Young Woman's triumph at the BAFTAs and the Academy Awards, and what has made it so divisive with critics and audiences alike. 

Be warned: this episode is SPOILERIFIC.

Jordan's thread collating all takes on Promising Young Woman can be found HERE

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The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism.

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

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Support us on Patreon. Subscribe to our newsletter for new, original writing on horror.

Follow Anna on @annabdemented and Olivia is on @livihowe 

Inspired by Emerald Fennell's revenge thriller Promising Young Woman, out in the UK on Sky Cinema TODAY, we present a mini-podcast dedicated to diving deep into the myriad of layers and themes of the film, written and directed by Emerald Fennell.

Writer/podcaster Jordan Crucchiola and The Final Girls co-founder Anna Bogutskaya discuss what Promising Young Woman has to say about masculinity.

We discuss the nice guy trope, meta-casting rom-com actors into predatory roles, the rom-com within the revenge film, the legacy of Seth Cohen and Xander Harris, gentle coercion and more. 

Be warned: this episode is SPOILERIFIC.

Jordan's thread collating all takes on Promising Young Woman can be found HERE

TW: sexual assault, rape, suicide

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The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism.

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

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Support us on Patreon. Subscribe to our newsletter for new, original writing on horror.

Follow Anna on @annabdemented and Olivia is on @livihowe 

Inspired by Emerald Fennell's revenge thriller Promising Young Woman, out in the UK on Sky Cinema TODAY, we present a mini-podcast dedicated to diving deep into the myriad of layers and themes of the film, written and directed by Emerald Fennell. 

First up, a mostly spoiler-free discussion about the film and why it strikes such a chord, and how it has ignited a widespread conversation.

Featuring writer/podcaster Jordan Crucchiola, The Independent's Chief Film Critic Clarisse Loughrey, and is produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.

We discuss Carey Mulligan's performance and star persona, Cassie as the hero and the villain of her own story, grief as a corruption force, revenge films, the millenial aesthetic and the music.

The first part of the discussion is SPOILER-FREE. 

The full spoilerific discussion begins from 1:24:35

Jordan's thread collating all takes on Promising Young Woman can be found HERE

TW: sexual assault, rape, suicide

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The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism.

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

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Support us on Patreon. Subscribe to our newsletter for new, original writing on horror.

Follow Anna on @annabdemented and Olivia is on @livihowe 

Our main vampire season might be over, but we've got a couple of bonus episodes yet to come.

Actor and writer Isaura Barbé-Brown joins us for a celebration of the trashy, bloody and extremely horny vampire show True Blood. In first parter we cover, roughly, True Blood seasons 1-4. 

Digressions include: an attempted defence of Vampire Bill's accent, Eric's hair drama, the Skarsgaard Stare and Alcide and Jason fanfic. 

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.

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The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism.

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

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Support us on Patreon. Subscribe to our newsletter for new, original writing on horror.

Follow Anna on @annabdemented and Olivia is on @livihowe 

For the last episode of our vampire season, film critic and Bloody Women Commissioning Editor Leila Latif joins us for a deep dive into two vampire films that came out the same year but couldn't be more different from each other.

A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night from 00:04:34
What We Do In The Shadows from 00:36:05

This season is made possible with the support of Arrow Video. Our pick this week is Lords of Chaos, a true crime horror film based on the real life Norwegian Death Metal crimes.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism.

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

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Support us on Patreon. Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly dose of curated horror treats.

Follow Anna on @annabdemented and Olivia is on @livihowe 

Joining us is special guest and vampire expert Dr. Sorcha Ní Fhlainn to discuss Neil Jordan's second vampire film Byzantium and Jim Jarmusch's arthouse take on vampiric ennui Only Lovers Left Alive (2013).

Byzantium (2012) from 00:04:27
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) from 00:32:08

If you want to explore the vampire more, we recommend Ní Fhlainn's books Postmodern Vampires and the short story collection Visions of the Vampire: Two Centuries of Immortal Tales.

This season is made possible with the support of Arrow Video. This week's pick is the excellent follow-up to Hitchcock's classic, Psycho II. 

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.

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The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism.

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

Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Support us on Patreon. Subscribe to our newsletter for new, original writing on horror.

Follow Anna on @annabdemented and Olivia is on @livihowe