204 episodes

A weekly podcast dedicated to exploring horror film history, one trope at a time. Each series we dissect a trope to death through deep dive conversations hosted by film writer Anna Bogutskaya.

The Final Girls: A Horror Film History Podcast Anna Bogutskaya

    • TV & Film
    • 5.0 • 5 Ratings

A weekly podcast dedicated to exploring horror film history, one trope at a time. Each series we dissect a trope to death through deep dive conversations hosted by film writer Anna Bogutskaya.

    BLOODY BOOK CLUB • Alexandra West (Gore-Geous: Personal Essays on Beauty and Horror)

    BLOODY BOOK CLUB • Alexandra West (Gore-Geous: Personal Essays on Beauty and Horror)

    Bloody Book Club, our monthly series of interviews with horror authors, is back with special guest Alexandra West, talking about her new non-fiction book Gore-Geous: Personal Essays on Beauty and Horror, out now.
    We talk about the process of choosing films to write about and the process of writing about yourself without giving too much away. 
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    Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 
    Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus
    Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.
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    The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.
    → Support us on Patreon for bonus content.
    → Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.
    → Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk

    • 40 min
    SERIAL KILLERS 9 • The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and the Hannibal Lecter Cinematic Universe

    SERIAL KILLERS 9 • The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and the Hannibal Lecter Cinematic Universe

    Author Kirsty Logan joins me for the biggest monster of them, Dr. Hannibal Lecter. We discuss The Silence of the Lambs (1991) in depth, plus briefly cover the Hannibal Lecter Cinematic Universe: Manhunter (1986), Hannibal (2001), Red Dragon (2002) and Hannibal Rising (2007).
    Discover what films we're covering next on our Letterboxd.
    Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 
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    Artwork: Ewa Ferdynus.
    Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.
    ***
    The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.
    → Support us on Patreon for bonus content.
    → Follow us on Twitter and Instagram. → Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk

    • 2 hrs
    SERIAL KILLERS 8 • The Hitcher (1986) + The Stepfather (1987)

    SERIAL KILLERS 8 • The Hitcher (1986) + The Stepfather (1987)

    Scholar Stacey Abbott joins me two movie serial killers: the chaos of The Hitcher (1986), where Rutger Hauer kills on the highway and the conservative fantasies of Terry O'Quinn in The Stepfather (1987).
    Discover what films we're covering next on our Letterboxd.
    Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 
    ***
    Artwork: Ewa Ferdynus.
    Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.
    ***
    The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.
    → Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk
    → Listen to our weekly horror film podcast.
    → Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.
    → Support us on Patreon for bonus content. 

    • 1 hr 25 min
    SERIAL KILLERS 7 • The Boston Strangler (1986) + Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

    SERIAL KILLERS 7 • The Boston Strangler (1986) + Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986)

    Film critic and writer Katie Rife joins me to discuss very different two portraits of serial killers: the highly fictionalised The Boston Strangler (1968), starring Tony Curtis, and the acclaimed Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), with the iconic Michael Rooker.
    Discover what films we're covering next on our Letterboxd.
    Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 
    ***
    Artwork: Ewa Ferdynus.
    Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.
    ***
    The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.
    → Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk
    → Listen to our weekly horror film podcast.
    → Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.
    → Support us on Patreon for bonus content. 

    • 54 min
    SERIAL KILLERS 6 • 10 Rillington Place (1971) + The Vanishing (1988)

    SERIAL KILLERS 6 • 10 Rillington Place (1971) + The Vanishing (1988)

    Actor and writer Isaura Barbé-Brown goes deep on two quietly distressing films: 10 Rillington Place (1971), which dramatises the real-life murderer John Christie, and the much-acclaimed Spoorloos (1988), a Dutch horror film that was dubbed by Stanley Kubrick to be the "most terrifying film" he'd ever seen. PLUS a little spoilery rant about the American remake The Vanishing (1993).
    Discover what films we're covering next on our Letterboxd.
    Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 
    ***
    Artwork: Ewa Ferdynus.
    Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.
    ***
    The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.
    → Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk
    → Listen to our weekly horror film podcast.
    → Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.
    → Support us on Patreon for bonus content. 

    • 2 hrs 10 min
    BONUS • Interview with THE FIRST OMEN director Arkasha Stevenson

    BONUS • Interview with THE FIRST OMEN director Arkasha Stevenson

    An exclusive (and spoiler-free!) interview with The First Omen director Arkasha Stevenson.  The First Omen is out in UK cinemas now.
    Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya
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    Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
    ***
    The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.
    → Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk
    → Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.
    → Support us on Patreon for bonus content. 

    • 27 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
5 Ratings

5 Ratings

Eibhlinn85 ,

Love it!

Found this via the Evolution of Horror podcast on which Anna Bogutskaya is a frequent guest. She is a fantastic host and I love this podcast. It’s interesting and has great analysis and lets us share our appreciation for the horror genre. I binged it much too fast however and now I’m stuck having to wait between episodes. 😢

GH777 ,

Great podcast

I discovered this pod recently via Evolution of Horror. It’s up there with Faculty of Horror for insightful, feminist critiques. Host and guests are always interesting, unique and fun to listen to. And Anna has a voice that could melt butter, so that doesn’t hurt!

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