HAGS 07 • Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice (1969), What's the Matter with Helen (1971), Death Becomes Her (1992) and female rivalry
Released on 01/06/2024
In this episode we go into female friendship and rivalry in hag horror, covering Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice (1969), What's the Matter with Helen (1971) and Death Becomes Her (1992), with contributions from filmmaker Jen Handorf.
Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.
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Music: "Bloodlust" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and @lofigeek
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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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HAGS 06 • The Killing Kind (1973), Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker (1981), The Fan (1981) and mommy issues
Released on 12/23/2023
In this episode we cover the peak hag era, discussing the films Strait-Jacket (1964), The Killing Kind (1973), Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker (1981) and The Fan (1981), with contributions from podcaster and writer Mary Wild.
CW: assault, incest, homophobia.
Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.
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Music: "Bloodlust" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and @lofigeek
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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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HAGS 05 • Lady in a Cage (1964), The Night Walker (1964), Fanatic (1965), and peak hag
Released on 12/16/2023
In this episode we the peak hag era, discussing the films Strait-Jacket (1964), The Night Walker (1964), Lady in a Cage (1964) and Fanatic (1965), with contributions from podcater and writers Maha Albadrawi and Mary Wild.
Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.
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Music: "Bloodlust" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and @lofigeek
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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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HAGS 04 • Dead Ringer (1964), The Nanny (1965) and the Bette Davis horror supremacy
Released on 12/02/2023
In this episode we cover the last era of Bette Davis' illustrious career, the one where she had a clawhold on horror. We cover Dead Ringer (1964), The Nanny (1965), The Anniversary (1968), Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973), Burnt Offerings (1976), The Watcher in the Woods (1980) and, briefly, Wicked Stepmother (1989).
Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.
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Music: "Bloodlust" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and @lofigeek
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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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HAGS 03 • Hush...Hush...Sweet Charlotte (1964) and the feud between Bette and Joan
Released on 11/24/2023
The one where we cover the release and fallout of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) and the making of Hush...Hush...Sweet Charlotte (1964).
Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.
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Music: "Bloodlust" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and @lofigeek
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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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HAGS 02 • Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) and the birth of hagsploitation
Released on 11/17/2023
The first episode dedicated to the apex mountain of hagsploitation, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962).
Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.
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Music: "Bloodlust" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and @lofigeek
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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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HAGS 01 • Sunset Boulevard (1950) and the first hag
Released on 11/10/2023
Looking at the two precedents to the hagpsploitation genre: All About Eve (1950) and Sunset Boulevard (1950).
Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.
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Music: "Bloodlust" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and @lofigeek
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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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Introducing... Hags
Released on 11/01/2023
The sixth season of podcast will be looking at the origins, themes and legacy of hagsploitation.
New episode every Friday.
Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.
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Music: "Bloodlust" 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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Introducing... EERIE
Released on 09/20/2023
Coming soon... a new horror podcast I've created, produced and hosted.
EERIE is an 8-episode anthology audio series of original horror stories from some of the most exciting contemporary voices in horror, pulled from literature, film & TV. Brand new original stories commissioned from authors Julia Armfield, Kirsty Logan and Alison Rumfitt, theatremaker Willy Hudson, actors Marli Siu and Jemma Moore, filmmaker Paris Zarcilla, and even a twisted little story from me.
Each story brings a different flavour of scary, from the haunting to the grotesque, to suit different sensibilities and fright thresholds. Every listener will find something that truly creeps them out.
The first episode will be released Monday 2nd October, with new episodes released twice weekly in the lead up to Halloween. Episodes will be available across all podcast platforms.
Listen, subscribe and rate wherever you get your scary stories: https://pod.link/1707870813
BONUS • Beau is Afraid (2023)
Released on 05/19/2023
Anna is joined by Becky Darke get deep into the nightmare worlds of Beau is Afraid, out now in UK cinemas.
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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