MACHINES 07 • Westworld (1973) & Westworld (2016-22)
Released on 03/22/2025
Filmmaker Jen Handorf gives her take on Westworld (1973) the movie and Westworld (2016-22) the TV show.
New episode every Friday.
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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.
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Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
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MACHINES 06 • The Stepford Wives (1975) + Demon Seed (1977)
Released on 03/15/2025
Izzy Custodio (BeKindRewind) pops by to give her take on two bleak films from the 1970s: The Stepford Wives and Demon Seed.
New episode every Friday.
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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.
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Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
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MACHINES 05 • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Released on 03/07/2025
Anna is joined by the BFI's Ruby McGuigan on the bravest mission of all: two women talking about Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey on the internet.
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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.
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Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
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MACHINES 04 • Them! (1954) + Godzilla (1954)
Released on 02/28/2025
Anna is joined by Fangoria writer Amber T to discuss two enormous monsters of the atomic age: the giant ants of Them! (1954) and the first appearance of giant lizard pal Godzilla in Godzilla (1954).
New episode every Friday.
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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.
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Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
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BLOODY BOOK CLUB • Kirsty Logan (No & Other Love Stories)
Released on 02/26/2025
Bloody Book Club, our monthly series of interviews with horror authors, welcomes Kirsty Logan, to talk about her new short story collection: No & Other Love Stories.
Kirsty Logan is a Scottish writer of novels and short stories. She is the author of Now She is Witch, a medieval witch revenge quest, Things We Say In The Dark, The Gloaming, The Gracekeepers, A Portable Shelter, and The Rental Heart & Other Fairytales. Kirsty was also previously a guest on the podcast to talk about SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and HANNIBAL series.
No & Other Love Stories is out now.
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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.
Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus
Music: "Time to Leave" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.
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MACHINES 03 • Frankenstein (1931) and the origins of tech horror
Released on 02/21/2025
A deep dive into how all tech horror roads lead back to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818) and its most famous cinematic adaptation, James Whale's Frankenstein (1931) with film critic Clarisse Loughrey.
New episode every Friday.
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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.
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Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
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BONUS • Interview with THE MONKEY director Osgood Perkins
Released on 02/20/2025
An exclusive (and spoiler-free!) interview with The Monkey writer-director Osgood Perkins.
The Monkey is out in UK cinemas from the 21st February
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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.
Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.
Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.
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MACHINES 02 • Metropolis (1927)
Released on 02/14/2025
A deep dive into Fritz Lang's silent science fiction epic Metropolis (1927) with film critic and historian Pamela Hutchinson.
New episode every Friday.
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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.
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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.
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MACHINES 01 • Introduction
Released on 02/09/2025
An introduction to the films, themes and fears that the MACHINES series will explore as we journey through the intersections of horror and technology, from the first robots of the silent era, to the most recent AI villains
New episode every Friday.
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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.
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Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio, Alpha Nine (August Wilhelmsson), "You're Not Hiding Very Well" (Trevor Kowalski), "Path to the Abyss" (Christopher Moe Ditlevsen), "Mirror 45" (Lennon Hutton) and "Someone There" (Victor Lundberg).
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The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring horror film history through a feminine lens.
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Introducing new series... MACHINES
Released on 02/03/2025
The eight series of The Final Girls podcast will explore the intersections of horror and technology, from the first robots of the silent era, to the most recent AI villains
New episode every Friday.
Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering.
Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.
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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.
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