The Final Girls: A Horror Film Podcast

First-time guest Meaghan Allen joins us to dive into a double bill of Internet horror: Unfriended (2014) and #Horror  (2015).    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 o...

A bonus exclusive interview with writer/director Iris K. Shim, whose debut film Umma will be released exclusively in cinemas on March 25th.  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, founded by Anna Bogutsk...

Writer and actor Isaura Barbé-Brown returns to take one of the most acclaimed horrors of the recent times, which brought a new energy to the teen horror genre.  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 Mimi Cave, director of the dating horror film Fresh , out now on Disney+ We talk about the horrors of dating, pushing Sebastian Stan into the extreme, WTF moments in the script and bougie cannibals. SPOILER WARNING: The first part of the interview is spoiler-free but there are spoilers from 00:XX:00 Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher" by...

Freudian cinephile and podcaster Mary Wild joins Anna to go from gross weird girl horror Excision (2012) to surprisingly wholesome zombie romcom Warm Bodies (2013). 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 O...

Podcaster Steph McKenna joins Anna to go deep on The Cabin in the Woods , meta-horror, horror puzzles and mermen.  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 he...

The Independent 's Chief Film Critics Clarisse Loughrey joins us for a gunky deep dive into Dario Argento's Phenomena (1985) and Mary Harron's The Moth Diaries (2011), two films who center teen girls with mystical connections to bugs.  TW: this episode contains a lot of insect talk. Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** The Final Girls a...

A throwback to the very first pod appearance of aughts horror enthusiast, podcaster and Jennifer's Body scholar Jordan Crucchiola 's in-depth takes on the Karyn Kusama-directed, Diablo Cody-penned, Megan Fox-starring Jennifer's Body (2009), where a teen girl becomes possessed and turns into a succubus after she is sacrificed to Satan. Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher"...

Aughts horror scholar, writer and podcaster Jordan Crucchiola joins us for an impassioned defense of the lost grindhouse slasher All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006), which languished in distribution hell for years, followed by a gross-out discussion of Australian extreme prom nightmare The Loved Ones (2009), with features a rare instance of a 'final boy'! TW: this episode contains graphic descript...

Writer and podcaster Becky Darke dives deep into the only teen girl werewolf franchise we care about: Ginger Snaps (2000), Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004) and the prequel Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning (2004). Featuring extensive opinions from Anna's cat. We covered the first film in depth with Alexandra West (which you can listen to here ).  Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music:...

Writer and presenter Louise Blain returns to touch upon an unfairly looked-down-upon teen horror, once a spec script for The X-Files that turned into a film that is both profound and profoundly schlocky.  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 fe...

A bonus exclusive interview with Romola Garai, writer/director of Amulet , out in UK cinemas now. We talk about female anger, casting the film, fairytale and horror influences. The first part of the interview is spoiler-free but there are spoilers from 00:12:33 Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** The Final Girls are a UK-based film col...

Writer and horror academic Dr. Alison Peirse returns to the pod to talk about the under-seen teen slasher starring Brittany Murphy, Cherry Falls (2000). We touch on how it upends slasher tropes with a killer that targets virgins, its troubled production history, the fashion and fringe choices (a lot of pleather) and its indirect influence on Malignant.  Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya **...

Writer and actor Isaura Barbé-Brown returns to the pod to usher us into the new millennium, with the teen bloodfest that would spawn international controversy and countless imitations.  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...

Horror fan Ally Penelope returns to talk about her love for Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998), especially the LL Cool J subplot, and we tackle the surprisingly empathetic story of The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999), which works if you take the Carrie bits out.  Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** The Final Girls are a UK-based film collectiv...

Our first episode of 2022 is a take on two... questionable bangers.  Film critic Leila Latif joins us to take on Urban Legend (1998) and horror stoner comedy Idle Hands (1999) to figure out if they're as bad as we remember them being.  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 inte...

It's the end of the year!  Horror writer, film analyst and co-host of This Ends At Prom podcast BJ Colangelo joins the podcast for the first time to go deep on Disturbing Behaviour (1998). The second part of the episode is a reprise from our FEMALE MONSTERS series, film critic Leila Latif's take on The Faculty (1998). Between these two films, it's the most nineties teen casting ever.  Produced and...

A bonus episode interview with the author of The Last House on Needless Street, Catriona Ward .  Praised by Stephen King, her latest novel has been called the Gothic Masterpiece of 2021.  This is the story of a murderer. A stolen child. Revenge. This is the story of Ted, who lives with his daughter Lauren and his cat Olivia in an ordinary house at the end of an ordinary street. We discuss Catriona...

A bonus exclusive interview with Julia Ducournau, writer/director of Raw , about her new film Titane, out in UK cinemas now. We talk about female violence, about choreographing a massacre, dance horror, and about the mythological and Biblical influences in Titane . Beware, this interview is SPOILERIFIC.  Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio...

Horror fan Ally Penelope joins the podcast for the first time to tackle the perfect anti-Christmas viewing, the most meme-able 90s slasher double-bill.  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 ....

Welcome to Hello Sidney, a limited podcast series supported by Paramount that cuts deep into one of the most iconic horror franchises ever made. In this first episode, we go back to the film that kickstarted the franchise and revitalised horror in the 1990s. Written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Wes Craven, Scream (1996) made slashers cool again.  Hosted by horror fans and podcasters Mike Mu...

Welcome to Hello Sidney, a limited podcast series supported by Paramount that cuts deep into one of the most iconic horror franchises ever made. Hosted by horror fans and podcasters Mike Muncer, Anna Bogutskaya and Louise Blain. Launching on Wednesday, every episode will go in depth on each Scream film in anticipation of the brand new Scream, coming to cinemas in January 2022. Listen and subscribe...

We revisit the film that started off the entire podcast with writer/actor Isaura Barbé-Brown. We go hard on Chris Hooker, and try to understand why Nancy wanted so much power.  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 Bogu...

Two teenage girls find special powers: one uses it to take revenge First-time guest Arden Fitzroy joins Anna to discuss the underseen goth teen nightmare Mirror, Mirror (1990), and in the second half Jordan Crucchiola passionately defends the merits of the big-screen Buffy in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992). Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Grab tickets for our next event in London -...

Two very different groups of teens, two very different types of monsters in this horror-adjacent teen dream double-bill. Joining us this week is The Independent Chief Film Critic Clarisse Loughrey to talk about what these two outliers have in common, the true horror of being a teenager, and the how these films have aged. Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya *** Grab tickets for our next event...