Plug into The Matrix with Anna and guest Becky Darke to discuss Y2K paranoia, long leather coats, the game-changing action scenes, and how hot everyone is in this film. Read Emily St. James' excellent piece on The Matrix as a trans allegory . 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 f...
Jun 19, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Season 8Ep. 17
Anime fan and Dread Central's Editor-in-Chief MaryBeth McAndrews pops in to educate Anna on two masterpieces of the genre: Ghost in the Shell (1995) and Perfect Blue (1997). Read MaryBeth's piece about how Perfect Blue predicted fan culture for Polygon. 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...
Jun 13, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Season 8Ep. 16
Blumhouse Games Creative Lead and friend of the pod Louise Blain takes the time to discuss her foundational videotape horror, The Ring (2002) and the original Ring (1998). 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. →...
Jun 05, 2025•51 min•Season 8Ep. 15
The Ladykillers ' Jenn Addams pop by to talk about a double bill of cyberpunk cult classics: Ghost in the Machine (1993) and Virtuosity (1995). 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 b...
May 30, 2025•1 hr 16 min•Season 8Ep. 14
FANGORIA's Amber T joins Anna for an excellent chat about two questionable 90s relics: The Lawnmower Man (1992) and Brainscan (1994). 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 conte...
May 23, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 8Ep. 13
The Losers' Club co-host Rachel Reeves helps Anna unpack the brilliance of seminal cyberpunk anime Akira (1988). 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 a...
May 16, 2025•1 hr 26 min•Season 8Ep. 12
We welcome author Heather Parry to discuss two men-machine fusion fiestas: Paul Verhoeven's RoboCop (1987) and the cult Japanese horror Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1987). Buy Heather's book Electric Dreams: Sex Robots and the Failed Promises of Capitalism and read the essay "Everyone is Beautiful and No One is Horny" . 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 All...
May 08, 2025•1 hr 37 min•Season 8Ep. 11
Acclaimed author Julia Armfield joins Anna to discuss a double-bill of not-so-acclaimed tech horrors from the eighties: cult classic Chopping Mall (1986) and Stephen King's only foray into filmmaking, Maximum Overdrive (1986). New episode every Friday. Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering . Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya . *** Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring horror film history through...
May 02, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 8Ep. 10
Terminator superfan Dr. Sorcha Ní Fhlainn is back to discuss The Terminator (1984) and its perfect sequel Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991). New episode every Friday. Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering . Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya . *** 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 ou...
Apr 05, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Season 8Ep. 9
Vulture critic Roxana Hadadi joins Anna to debate one of the all-time greatest sci-fi movies, Blade Runner (1982) and its sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017). New episode every Friday. Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering . Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya . *** 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 ...
Mar 29, 2025•1 hr 33 min•Season 8Ep. 8
Filmmaker Jen Handorf gives her take on Westworld (1973) the movie and Westworld (2016-22) the TV show. New episode every Friday. Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering . Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya . *** 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 →...
Mar 22, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Season 8Ep. 7
Izzy Custodio (BeKindRewind) pops by to give her take on two bleak films from the 1970s: The Stepford Wives and Demon Seed. New episode every Friday. Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering . Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya . *** 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: t...
Mar 15, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Season 8Ep. 6
Anna is joined by the BFI's Ruby McGuigan on the bravest mission of all: two women talking about Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey on the internet. New episode every Friday. Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering . Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya . *** 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 m...
Mar 07, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 8Ep. 5
Anna is joined by Fangoria writer Amber T to discuss two enormous monsters of the atomic age: the giant ants of Them! (1954) and the first appearance of giant lizard pal Godzilla in Godzilla (1954). New episode every Friday. Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering . Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya . *** 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 ...
Feb 28, 2025•57 min•Season 8Ep. 4
Bloody Book Club, our monthly series of interviews with horror authors, welcomes Kirsty Logan, to talk about her new short story collection: No & Other Love Stories. Kirsty Logan is a Scottish writer of novels and short stories. She is the author of Now She is Witch, a medieval witch revenge quest, Things We Say In The Dark , The Gloaming , The Gracekeepers , A Portable Shelter , and The Rental Heart & Other Fairytales . Kirsty was also previously a guest on the podcast to talk about SIL...
Feb 26, 2025•45 min
A deep dive into how all tech horror roads lead back to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818) and its most famous cinematic adaptation, James Whale's Frankenstein (1931) with film critic Clarisse Loughrey. New episode every Friday. Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering . Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya . *** 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. → Supp...
Feb 21, 2025•1 hr 26 min•Season 8Ep. 3
An exclusive (and spoiler-free!) interview with The Monkey writer-director Osgood Perkins. The Monkey is out in UK cinemas from the 21st February *** Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya . Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus . Music by "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 → Follow us on Twitter and Instagram . → Support us on Patreon for bonus content....
Feb 20, 2025•22 min•Season 8Ep. 3
A deep dive into Fritz Lang's silent science fiction epic Metropolis (1927) with film critic and historian Pamela Hutchinson. New episode every Friday. Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering . Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya . *** 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:...
Feb 14, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 8Ep. 2
An introduction to the films, themes and fears that the MACHINES series will explore as we journey through the intersections of horror and technology, from the first robots of the silent era, to the most recent AI villains New episode every Friday. Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering . Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya . *** Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio, Alpha Nine (August Wilhelmsson), "You're Not Hiding Very Well" (Trevor Kowalski), "Path to ...
Feb 09, 2025•32 min•Season 8Ep. 1
The eight series of The Final Girls podcast will explore the intersections of horror and technology, from the first robots of the silent era, to the most recent AI villains New episode every Friday. Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering . Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya . *** 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 c...
Feb 03, 2025•3 min
Bloody Book Club, our monthly series of interviews with horror authors, welcomes Lucy Rose, author of The Lamb. The Lamb is the buzziest horror debut novel about a cannibal mother and daughter. Margot and Mama live by the forest, away from everyone else. When Margot isn’t at school, they spend quiet days together in their cottage, waiting for strangers to knock on their door. Mama feeds them, bathes them, and then – eats them. Lucy is an amazing new talent, writing short stories, making films an...
Jan 29, 2025•40 min•Season 7Ep. 29
An exclusive and spoilerific interview with Longlegs, Urban Legend and Twin Peaks actor Alicia Witt. Longlegs is is now available on DVD, blu-ray and digital. *** Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya . Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus . Music by "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 → Follow us on Twitter and Instagram . → Support us on Patreon for bonus cont...
Nov 02, 2024•33 min
Bloody Book Club, our monthly series of interviews with horror authors, welcomes Samantha Allen, author of the creature novel Patricia Wants to Cuddle. We talk about the sasquatch figure, The Bachelor and the villains of reality TV, Samantha's move from journalism into fiction and much more. Patricia Wants to Cuddle is available in all bookshops. *** Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya . Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus Music: "Time to Leave" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio. *** The Final Girls is ...
Oct 23, 2024•38 min
Bloody Book Club, our monthly series of interviews with horror authors, welcomes Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of the novels Silver Nitrate, Mexican Gothic and The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, amongst others. We talk about cursed films and taking inspiration from classic horror movies, weaving in Lovecraftian influences, dark magic and Nazi history into her novel-homage to horror fandom and film history. Silver Nitrate is available in all bookshops. *** Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya . A...
Oct 17, 2024•35 min
Bloody Book Club, our monthly series of interviews with horror authors, welcomes Daisy Johnson, author of the short story collection The Hotel Johnson, who has been called “the demon offspring of Shirley Jackson and Stephen King," Johnson is the author of short story collection Fen and the novels Everything Under, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Sisters, which was recently adapted into the film SEPTEMBER SAYS, which is screening at the BFI London Film Festival this month. Her new...
Oct 10, 2024•38 min
In the finale for the season, Anna waxes lyrical about what makes a serial killer movie, and how it intersects with horror, biopics and true crime. Plus - why are there no good Jack the Ripper movies? Includes extracts from Clarisse Loughrey , our interview with Eliza Clark , and Jenn Adams . Read more: Violent Delights by Sarah Marshall I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubehold Death of a Bookseller by Alic...
Sep 23, 2024•41 min•Season 7Ep. 28
Every single contributor to this series sends in their recommendation for a serial killer movie/TV show we have not covered on this series. Plus, Anna adds her own cheeky almost rans. Join our Patreon for extra horror content including bonus reviews and a monthly horror book club. Discover what films we're covering next on our Letterboxd. *** Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya . Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus . Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio. *** The Final Girls is a weekly po...
Sep 12, 2024•54 min•Season 7Ep. 27
The Independent's Chief Film Critic Clarisse Loughrey joins me in Gotham to talk about a masked vigilante with a strict moral code. And also we talk about Batman. Join our Patreon for extra horror content including bonus reviews and a monthly horror book club. Discover what films we're covering next on our Letterboxd. *** Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya . Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus . Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio. *** The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the h...
Sep 07, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 7Ep. 26
Writer, actor and friend of the pod Isaura Barbé-Brown puts her stalker cap on to talk about the amateur serial killer Joe Goldberg of the Netflix series You (2018-), which wraps up its run this year. Join our Patreon for extra horror content including bonus reviews and a monthly horror book club. Discover what films we're covering next on our Letterboxd. *** Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya . Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus . Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio. *** The Final Gir...
Aug 22, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 7Ep. 25
Film critic and friend of the pod Leila Latif makes a return to talk about two serial killing mothers: John Waters' Serial Mom (1994) and Alice Lowe's Prevenge (2016). Join our Patreon for extra horror content including bonus reviews and a monthly horror book club. Discover what films we're covering next on our Letterboxd. *** Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya . Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus . Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio. *** The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring ...
Aug 15, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 7Ep. 24
