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The Final Girls: A Horror Film Podcast

The Final Girls: A Horror Film Podcast

By: Anna Bogutskaya
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A weekly podcast dedicated to exploring horror film and TV history through a female lens. Each series we dissect a trope to death through deep dive conversations hosted by film critic and author Anna Bogutskaya.Anna Bogutskaya Art
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  • BONUS • Julia Ducournau on the fictional disease of ALPHA
    Nov 19 2025

    A bonus exclusive interview with Julia Ducournau (Palme D'Or winning writer/director of Raw, Titane) about her new film Alpha, out in UK cinemas now.


    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 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

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    23 mins
  • MACHINES 26 • Unfriended (2014) + Searching (2018)
    Oct 17 2025

    After a short-ish break we return with author Lucy Rose to talk about two screenlife horrors: Unfriend (2014) and Searching (2018), starring everyone's favourite John Cho.

    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

    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 20 mins
  • MACHINES 25 • Ex Machina (2014)
    Aug 22 2025

    Film critic and host of The Losers' Club and The Lady Killers podcast, Jenn Adams, returns to talk about the Frankenstein movie of the 2010s: Alex Garland's Ex Machina (2014).

    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

    Show More Show Less
    1 hr and 37 mins
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Particularly loving their teen horror movie strand, this is fun, funny and insightful. Two thumbs up - and thanks for expanding my film horizons!

Really fun!

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