The Final Girls: A Horror Film Podcast

Plug into The Matrix with Anna and guest Becky Darke to discuss Y2K paranoia, long leather coats, the game-changing action scenes, and how hot everyone is in this film. 

Read Emily St. James' excellent piece on The Matrix as a trans allegory. 

New episode every Friday.

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya
Research Assistant: Frankie Wakefield

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Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring horror film history through a feminine lens.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content.

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

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→ Read Feeding the Monster

Anime fan and Dread Central's Editor-in-Chief MaryBeth McAndrews pops in to educate Anna on two masterpieces of the genre: Ghost in the Shell (1995) and Perfect Blue (1997). Read MaryBeth's piece about how Perfect Blue predicted fan culture for Polygon.

New episode every Friday.

Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya
Research Assistant: Frankie Wakefield

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Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring horror film history through a feminine lens.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content.

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

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Read Feeding the Monster

Blumhouse Games Creative Lead and friend of the pod Louise Blain takes the time to discuss her foundational videotape horror, The Ring (2002) and the original Ring (1998).

New episode every Friday.

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya
Research Assistant: Frankie Wakefield

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Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring horror film history through a feminine lens.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content.

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

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Read Feeding the Monster

The Ladykillers' Jenn Addams pop by to talk about a double bill of cyberpunk cult classics: Ghost in the Machine (1993) and Virtuosity (1995). 

New episode every Friday.

Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya
Research Assistant: Frankie Wakefield

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Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

***

The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring horror film history through a feminine lens.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content.

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

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Read Feeding the Monster

FANGORIA's Amber T joins Anna for an excellent chat about two questionable 90s relics: The Lawnmower Man (1992) and Brainscan (1994).

New episode every Friday.

Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya
Research Assistant: Frankie Wakefield

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Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

***

The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring horror film history through a feminine lens.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content.

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

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Read Feeding the Monster

The Losers' Club co-host Rachel Reeves helps Anna unpack the brilliance of seminal cyberpunk anime Akira (1988). 

New episode every Friday.

Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya
Research Assistant: Frankie Wakefield

***

Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

***

The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring horror film history through a feminine lens.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content.

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

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Read Feeding the Monster

We welcome author Heather Parry to discuss two men-machine fusion fiestas: Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop (1987) and the cult Japanese horror Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1987).

Buy Heather's book Electric Dreams: Sex Robots and the Failed Promises of Capitalism and read the essay "Everyone is Beautiful and No One is Horny". 

New episode every Friday.

Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya
Research Assistant: Frankie Wakefield

***

Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

***

The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring horror film history through a feminine lens.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content.

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

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Read Feeding the Monster

Acclaimed author Julia Armfield joins Anna to discuss a double-bill of not-so-acclaimed tech horrors from the eighties: cult classic Chopping Mall (1986) and Stephen King's only foray into filmmaking, Maximum Overdrive (1986).

New episode every Friday.

Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

***

Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

***

The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring horror film history through a feminine lens.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content.

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

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Read Feeding the Monster

Terminator superfan Dr. Sorcha Ní Fhlainn is back to discuss The Terminator (1984) and its perfect sequel Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991). 

New episode every Friday.

Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

***

Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

***

The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring horror film history through a feminine lens.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content.

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

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Read Feeding the Monster

Vulture critic Roxana Hadadi joins Anna to debate one of the all-time greatest sci-fi movies, Blade Runner (1982) and its sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017).

New episode every Friday.

Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

***

Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

***

The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring horror film history through a feminine lens.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content.

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

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Read Feeding the Monster