The Final Girls: A Horror Film Podcast

A new mini-series dedicated to the influential book by Kier-la Janisse, House of Psychotic Women. Filmmaker Prano Bailey-Bond ( Censor ), joins Anna to discuss the haunting Let's Scare Jessica to Death, the impact it had on the making of Censor and the legacy of the book.  → Watch all the films featured in the book HERE . → Buy the expanded edition of House of Psychotic Women HERE . → Attend the M...

A new mini-series dedicated to the influential book by Kier-la Janisse, House of Psychotic Women. In this first episode, a conversation between writer Sophie Monks Kaufman and lecturer and podcaster Mary Wild about discovering the book, the cinephile memoir, and what makes it, even ten years on, such a peerless piece of work. → Watch all the films featured in the book HERE . → Buy the expanded edi...

A bonus exclusive interview with THE Jamie Lee Curtis about the final instalment in the Halloween franchise, Halloween Ends, out in UK cinemas now. We talk about seeking out scary stories, the emotional crux of the trilogy and the secret love story written into Halloween Ends. A full review of Halloween Ends can be found on our Patreon.  Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slashe...

A deep dive review of Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong's new Netflix horror series, The Midnight Club , with writer, broadcaster and our Flanaverse reporter Louise Blain. Spoilers from 0:36:02 The Midnight Club is available to watch on Netflix now. *** Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring...

David Cronenberg has returned to the horror space with Crimes of the Future . We chatted to Alexandra Anger and Monica Pavez, the team behind the strange and beautiful prosthetics, as well as Cronenberg's longtime producer, Robert Lantos. Both interviews are SPOILER-FREE.  You can listen to a deep dive review of the film on our Patreon.  Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slashe...

A bonus exclusive interview with Hanna Bergholm, director of Hatching, out in UK cinemas now. Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** 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....

A bonus exclusive interview with Halina Reijn, director of Bodies Bodies Bodies, out in UK cinemas now.  SPOILER WARNING: We talk about the ending from 0:22:09 Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism, founded by Anna Bogutskaya and Olivia...

Writer and actor Isaura Barbé-Brown joins Anna to go deep and long on Jordan Peele's third feature, Nope (2022), which has just hit UK cinemas. The first part of the conversation is SPOILER-FREE, and then from we got FULL SPOILERIFIC. Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the inter...

Our farewell to messy teens and the killers who can't stop chasing them, a medley of our contributor's thoughts on the state and the future of teen horror. With thanks to Clarisse Loughrey, BJ Colangelo, Yhara Zayd, Isaura Barbé-Brown, Mary Wild and Louise Blain.  We're doing our first live show at the London Podcast Festival! And it's all about Jamie Lee Curtis. Get your tickets here . Produced a...

In the last full episode of the teen horror season we (finally!) cover the hit series Yellowjackets with the show's number one online cheerleader, Jordan Crucchiola. We're doing our first live show at the London Podcast Festival! And it's all about Jamie Lee Curtis. Get your tickets here .  Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** The Final...

We're back on our teen slasher bullshit with the teen horror body swap comedy Freaky (2020). Joining us is the hilarious writer and podcaster Becky Darke to talk about why this film works and who she would body swap with given the chance.  Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the...

A bonus episode interview with the author of A Certain Hunger, Chelsea G. Summers . Her book has been called the "feminist American Psycho ", and is a riot of a novel about sex, hunger, murder and cannibalism.  Dorothy Daniels has always had a voracious – and adventurous – appetite. From her idyllic farm-to-table childhood (homegrown tomatoes, thick slices of freshly baked bread) to the heights of...

In this episode, we're doing something different, and tackling a real-life horror: the Slender Man, the Internet's first boogeyman, the real-life attempted murder it inspired, perpetrated by two girls and the media storm that followed. Writer and broadcaster Louis Blain joins us to discuss the real life case, the ill-advised horror film Slenderman (2018) and the true crime documentary Beware the S...

First time guest, BFI Programmer Kim Sheehan joins us to discuss two films about cruel, cruel summers but very different aesthetic, Summer of 84 (2018) and Knives and Skin (2019) Watch Pop Culture Detective's "Stalking for Love" video essay HERE Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective explorin...

Podcaster and writer Becky Darke joins us for an extremely deep dive on the horror, the making and the release of Black Christmas (2019).    Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** 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...

Host and Dashcam screenwriter Gemma Hurley joins us for a discussion on the teen girl possessed in Verónica (2017), the chilling Spanish horror from Paco Plaza.   Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism, founded by Anna Bogutskaya and Oli...

A bonus exclusive interview with Alex Garland, writer/director of Men , out in UK cinemas now. SPOILER WARNING: We talk broadly about the film's visuals and ending.  Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism, founded by Anna Bogutskaya and...

Writer and broadcaster Louise Blain joins us for a deep dive into what makes Stephen King's It (the book, the mini-series and the movies) so terrifying.  Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism, founded by Anna Bogutskaya and Olivia Howe...

A new format! Anna talks about all the horror and genre-adjacent films she watched at the recent Cannes Film Festival. 0:02:32 Final Cut 0:08:56 Ennys Men 0:14:40 Falcon Lake 0:18:47 The Five Devils 0:23:52 Interview with Léa Mysius 0:28:26 Holy Spider 0:40:23 Crimes of the Future Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** The Final Girls are...

Writer and podcaster Jordan Crucchiola comes back to the podcast to deep dive into the female friendship between two serial killer teen girls in Tragedy Girls (2017).  Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism, founded by Anna Bogutskaya an...

Video essayist and writer Yhara Zayd returns to dive deep into what's gone wrong and what's so relatable about the teen boys of I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016) and Super Dark Times (2017). Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism, founded...

Film producer Jen Handorf makes her return to the podcast to discuss our most unhinged comedy-horror double-bill yet.  Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** 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 project...

Film critic Leila Latif returns to discuss the reimagining/requel of Evil Dead (2013) and M. Night Shyamalan's return to form with Split (2016).  Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** 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...

Actual horror legend Alexandra Heller-Nicholas to discuss the underrated slasher The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) and its requel of the same name from 2014. Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism, founded by Anna Bogutskaya and Olivi...

A bonus exclusive interview with writer/director Mariama Diallo, whose debut film Master is out now on Prime Video . Watch her short film Hair Wolf online here . This interview is SPOILER-FREE.  Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism, fo...