The Final Girls: A Horror Film Podcast

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.

  1. 19/11/2025 ·  BONUS

    BONUS • Julia Ducournau on the fictional disease of ALPHA

    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 *** Music: "Slasher" 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

    23 min

  2. 17/10/2025

    MACHINES 26 • Unfriended (2014) + Searching (2018)

    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 BogutskayaResearch 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

    1hr 20min

  3. 22/08/2025

    MACHINES 25 • Ex Machina (2014)

    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 BogutskayaResearch 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

    1hr 37min

  4. 15/08/2025

    MACHINES 24 • Prometheus (2012) + Alien: Covenant (2017)

    The Independent's Chief Film Critic Clarisse Loughrey comes onboard the Alien space ship to mount a passionate defense of the Alien prequels Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017), and argue that it's the best adaptation of the Frankenstein myth.  New episode every Friday. Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering. Produced and presented by Anna BogutskayaResearch 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

    1hr 37min

  5. 08/08/2025

    MACHINES 23 • Black Mirror (2011-)

    Horror scholar, writer and co-host of This Ends at Prom joins Anna to look at ourselves in Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror, covering the series themes and deep-diving into some iconic episodes like "San Junipero", "The National Anthem" and "USS Callister".  New episode every Friday. Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering. Produced and presented by Anna BogutskayaResearch 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

    1hr 54min

  6. 01/08/2025

    MACHINES 22 • Pulse (2001) + One Missed Call (2003)

    Friend of the show, podcaster Steph McKenna joins Anna to discuss two cornerstone J-horrors: the internet ghosts of Pulse (2001) and the cursed voicemail of One Missed Call (2003). New episode every Friday. Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering. Produced and presented by Anna BogutskayaResearch 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

    1hr 38min

  7. 25/07/2025

    MACHINES 21 • Resident Evil (2002)

    Friend of the show Isaura Barbé-Brown and Anna clock in at the Umbrella Corporation to discuss the first Resident Evil (2002) and how it kickstarted the billion-dollar franchise starring Milla Jovovich.  New episode every Friday. Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering. Produced and presented by Anna BogutskayaResearch 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

    1hr 20min

  8. 18/07/2025

    MACHINES 20 • Hollow Man (2000) + The Invisible Man (2020)

    This week, we’re stripping it all back (literally) with a look at two very different takes on invisibility, male ego, and coercion: Paul Verhoeven’s Hollow Man and Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man, both reimagining H.G.Wells' classic tale of a mad scientist who discovers invisibility and then comes to regret it. Joining a very sick Anna is friend of the show Ruby McGuigan.  New episode every Friday. Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering. Produced and presented by Anna BogutskayaResearch 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

    1hr 44min
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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.

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