The Final Girls: A Horror Film Podcast

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).

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.

Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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Please indulge me in 5mins of self promotion because my new book is out today! Feeding the Monster: Why Horror Has a Hold on Us is out in bookshops and everywhere today.

Feeding the Monster is about horror films and feelings, a love letter to horror culture and an exploration of why horror has become the defining film genre of the last decade. If you like this podcast, you might like it.

Listeners get a 30% discount on Feeding the Monster on the Faber.co.uk website using promo code PODCAST30

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.

Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.

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Podcaster and friend of the pod Steph McKenna joins Anna to go deep into the b̶e̶s̶t̶ first season of True Detective (2014). Check out our chat about True Detective: Night Country too.

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.

Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.

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BFI's Ruby McGuigan joins Anna to go deep into both seasons of Mindhunter (2017-19). 

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.

Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.

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The Faculty of Horror's Alexandra West joins Anna to discuss the brilliance of Creep (2014) and her own Peachfuzz-adjacent experience.

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.

Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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A bonus (and spoiler-ific) discussion about Longlegs, the most hyped about horror movie of the year, with podcaster Steph McKenna.

Longlegs is out in UK cinemas from the 12th July.

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.

Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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Horror legend Alexandra Heller-Nicholas to discuss the deeply upsetting The Snowtown Murders (2011).

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Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.

Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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It's halfway through the year, so podcast faves Isaura Barbé-Brown and Becky Darke reunite to discuss the state of the horror nation so far, the best (and the worst) and what we're looking forward to. 

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.

Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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An exclusive (and spoiler-free!) interview with Longlegs writer-director Osgood Perkins.

Longlegs is out in UK cinemas from the 12th July. 

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.

Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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The Independent's Clarisse Loughrey joins me for a double-bill of bangers: Bong Joon Ho's Memories of Murder (2003) and David Fincher's Zodiac (2007).

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.

Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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Brilliant critic Savina Petkova stops by to discuss and defend the prolific serial killing girl Esther from Orphan (2009) and its prequel Orphan: First Kill (2022)

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.

Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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Bloody Book Club, our monthly series of interviews with horror authors, welcomes Elle Nash, author of Deliver Me, Animals Eat Each Other, Gag Reflex and the short story collection Nudes.

We talk about the process of writing Deliver Me, getting inspiration from headlines, the Ozarks, writing about pregnancy and motherhood and so much more.

Deliver Me is out now. 

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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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Noted found footage defends MaryBeth McAndrews joins me to discuss the serial killer mockumentary double bill: Belgian extreme horror Man Bites Dog (1992) and love letter to slasher films Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006).

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.

Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.

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Author Heather Parry joins me to discuss the most unlikely double bill of this show's history: Tarsem Singh's psychological horror The Cell (2000) and Tom Tykwer's adaptation of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006).

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.

Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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Film analyst, writer and podcaster BJ Colangelo joins me to talk about an unlikely double bill: May (2002), about a lonely young woman who wants to make a friend out of body parts, and Monster (2003), inspired by the real-life serial killer Aileen Wuornos. 

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.

Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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An exclusive (and spoiler-free!) interview with The Watched director Ishana Night Shyamalan.  The Watched is out in UK cinemas from 7th June.

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.

Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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Film analyst and podcaster Mary Wild joins me to discuss one of the all-time great serial killer movies: Mary Harron's American Psycho (2000). We cover the film's journey and influence, from the adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' controversial novel to the memes and influencers inspired by it.

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.

Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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Bloody Book Club, our monthly series of interviews with horror authors, welcomes Eliza Clark, author of Boy Parts, Penance and the upcoming short story collection She's Always Hungry. 

We talk about the process of writing Penance, useless research rabbit holes, the true crime content machine, and reading books so good it almost makes you want to quit writing altogether.

Penance is out now in paperback. 

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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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Actor and writer Isaura Barbé-Brown pops by to dissect one of the most iconic grifter/serial killers of page and screen: Tom Ripley.

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.

Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.

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Scholar and critic Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn pops by to discuss one of the most influential serial killer movies of all time: David Fincher's Se7en (1995).   

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.

Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.

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Critic and podcaster Becky Darke goes through the Chuck Family Tree, from the original Child's Play (1988) and its sequel Child's Play 2 (1990) to the expanded Chuckyverse, his partner-in-crime Tiffany and their child Glen/Glenda.

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.

Music by "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.

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An exclusive interview with Love Lies Bleeding co-writer and director Rose Glass (spoilers from 25:03). 

Listen to our in-depth review of Love Lies Bleeding on our Patreon. 

Love Lies Bleeding is 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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Author Kirsty Logan joins me for the biggest monster of them, Dr. Hannibal Lecter. We discuss the TV series based on the work of Thomas Harris, Hannibal (2013-2015). We discuss the entire series in detail.

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Artwork: Ewa Ferdynus.

Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.

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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.

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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).

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Artwork: Ewa Ferdynus.

Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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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).

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Artwork: Ewa Ferdynus.

Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.

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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.

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Artwork: Ewa Ferdynus.

Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.

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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. 

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Artwork: Ewa Ferdynus.

Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.

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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

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Editor Maha Albadrawi joins to discuss two films about obsessive men who lock young women in their basements... for love.  

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Artwork: Ewa Ferdynus.

Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.

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An exclusive interview with Sydney Sweeney, the star and producer of Immaculate, and director Michael Mohan.

PLUS a spoiler-free review of the film with Bloody Disgusting's Meagan Navarro.

Listen to the full review on Patreon.

Immaculate is 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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Video-essayist Izzy Custodio joins the podcast to go deep on Michael Powell's Peeping Tom (1960) and friend of the pod and podcaster Becky Darke comes by to discuss the other serial killer movie of 1960, Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960).

Discover what films we're covering on our Letterboxd.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.

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Film critic Christina Newland joins Anna to discuss Charles Laughton's sole directorial effort, the fairytale horror masterpiece The Night of the Hunter (1955). PS: There's a little bit of background noise in the first five minutes that couldn't be removed.   

Catch-up with the films we're covering on our Letterboxd.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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The Final Girls is a weekly podcast exploring the history of horror film.

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Happy Oscars Weekend to all those who celebrate. As always, horror is nowhere to be seen amongst the nominees. So we've decided to take matters into our own hands... and host our very own HORROR OSCARS, including similar amounts of chaos.

The hilarious and smart friends of the pod Becky Darke and Isaura Barbé-Brown join Anna to nominate and award the best horror films of the year.

00:00:00 State of horror in 2023 and why the Oscars hate genre movies
00:19:07 Best Original Screenplay 
00:33:17 Best Supporting Actress
00:49:27 Best Supporting Actor
01:00:31 Best Sequel/Requel/Remake/Adaptation
01:27:19 Best Actress
01:40:00 Best Actor
01:51:24 The John Kramer Award for Pettiest Villain
02:05:05 Best Director
02:20:14 Best Picture

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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Film critic Leila Latif joins Anna to discuss Alfred Hitchcock's serial killers in Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Rope (1948) and Frenzy (1972). 

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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Vulture's TV critic and writer Roxana Hadadi joins Anna to discuss True Detective: Night Country in its entirety (spoilers from 00:41:00). 

Read Roxana's review of the show and her interview with showrunner Issa López.   

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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Film critic, author and film historian Pamela Hutchinson joins Anna to discuss The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) and M (1931). 

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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The seventh series of The Final Girls podcast will look at the most vicious and memorable serial killers of horror film and TV history, journeying from the silent to the Marvel era.

New episode every Friday. 

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio.

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The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism, founded by Anna Bogutskaya and Olivia Howe.

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We wrap up our series dedicated to hag horror with a deep dive into Ma (2019) and discuss what could be next for hagsploitation. With a special contribution from critic and podcaster Mary Wild and producer Jen Handorf. 

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Music: "Bloodlust" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and @lofigeek

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The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism, founded by Anna Bogutskaya and Olivia Howe.

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In the penultimate episode of the series, we get into how hagsploitation turned to body horror, and ruined its characters in the process. We cover The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014), The Visit (2015), The Grandmother (2021), The Elderly (2022), Old People (2022), X (2022) and Barbarian (2022). With a special contribution from culture writer Billie Walker, who penned a great essay on the new hagsploitation that you can read here. 

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Music: "Bloodlust" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and @lofigeek

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The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism, founded by Anna Bogutskaya and Olivia Howe.

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In this episode we go how American Horror Story's first seasons reimagined and reinvigorated the hagsploitation film, with contributions from film critic and podcaster Clarisse Loughrey. 

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Music: "Bloodlust" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and @lofigeek

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The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism, founded by Anna Bogutskaya and Olivia Howe.

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In this episode we go into female friendship and rivalry in hag horror, covering Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice (1969), What's the Matter with Helen (1971) and Death Becomes Her (1992), with contributions from filmmaker Jen Handorf.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Music: "Bloodlust" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and @lofigeek

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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 here: thefinalgirls.co.uk

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In this episode we cover the peak hag era, discussing the films Strait-Jacket (1964), The Killing Kind (1973), Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker (1981) and The Fan (1981), with contributions from podcaster and writer Mary Wild.

CW: assault, incest, homophobia. 

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Music: "Bloodlust" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and @lofigeek

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The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism, founded by Anna Bogutskaya and Olivia Howe.

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In this episode we the peak hag era, discussing the films Strait-Jacket (1964), The Night Walker (1964), Lady in a Cage (1964) and Fanatic (1965), with contributions from podcater and writers Maha Albadrawi and Mary Wild. 

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Music: "Bloodlust" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and @lofigeek

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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 here: thefinalgirls.co.uk

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In this episode we cover the last era of Bette Davis' illustrious career, the one where she had a clawhold on horror. We cover Dead Ringer (1964), The Nanny (1965), The Anniversary (1968), Scream, Pretty Peggy (1973), Burnt Offerings (1976), The Watcher in the Woods (1980) and, briefly, Wicked Stepmother (1989).

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Music: "Bloodlust" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and @lofigeek

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The one where we cover the release and fallout of Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) and the making of Hush...Hush...Sweet Charlotte (1964).

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Music: "Bloodlust" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and @lofigeek

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The first episode dedicated to the apex mountain of hagsploitation, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962).

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Music: "Bloodlust" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and @lofigeek

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Looking at the two precedents to the hagpsploitation genre: All About Eve (1950) and Sunset Boulevard (1950).

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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The sixth season of podcast will be looking at the origins, themes and legacy of hagsploitation. 

New episode every Friday.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Music: "Bloodlust" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio. 

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Coming soon... a new horror podcast I've created, produced and hosted. 

EERIE is an 8-episode anthology audio series of original horror stories from some of the most exciting contemporary voices in horror, pulled from literature, film & TV. Brand new original stories commissioned from authors Julia Armfield, Kirsty Logan and Alison Rumfitt, theatremaker Willy Hudson, actors Marli Siu and Jemma Moore, filmmaker Paris Zarcilla, and even a twisted little story from me. 

Each story brings a different flavour of scary, from the haunting to the grotesque, to suit different sensibilities and fright thresholds. Every listener will find something that truly creeps them out. 

The first episode will be released Monday 2nd October, with new episodes released twice weekly in the lead up to Halloween. Episodes will be available across all podcast platforms.

Listen, subscribe and rate wherever you get your scary stories: https://pod.link/1707870813 

Anna is joined by Becky Darke get deep into the nightmare worlds of Beau is Afraid, out now in UK cinemas.

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An exclusive spoiler-free interview with the author of The Power, Naomi Alderman, and Raelle Tucker, showrunner of the TV series based on the book, streaming now on Prime Video. 

Watch The Power on Prime Video.

A full review of The Power can be found on our Patreon.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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A bonus episode interview with the author of Death of a Bookseller, Alice Slater. 

We discuss Alice's love of horror films, true crime fandom, unlikeable protagonists and the process of writing the book. 

There will be spoilers for the book in the last section of the book that are clearly signalled (spoilers from 00:33:51)

Death of a Bookseller is out now in the UK.

Welcome to Dead By Dawn, a limited podcast series exploring the depth of the Evil Dead franchise, from the original cult movie to the upcoming Evil Dead Rise.   

Hosted by horror fans and podcasters Mike Muncer, Anna Bogutskaya and Chris Hewitt

Listen and subscribe to Dead By Dawn: An Evil Dead Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.

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Watch Evil Dead Rise in cinemas from 21 April 2023 

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Dead By Dawn: An Evil Dead Podcast is supported by Studiocanal 

Hosts: Mike Muncer, Anna Bogutskaya and Studiocanal  
Artwork Design: Mike Lee-Graham

Producers: Mike Muncer and Anna Bogutskaya

Editor: Mike Muncer

Anna and The Final Girls' contributors pick their favourite horror films of the year, presented in no particular order: 

00:01:33 Sorcha Ní Fhlainn on The Black Phone
00:06:40 Becky Darke on Bodies Bodies Bodies
00:09:33 Steph McKenna on Bones and All
00:12:56 Louise Blain on Deadstream
00:16:58 Leila Latif on Nope
00:23:54 Clarisse Loughrey on Crimes of the Future
00:29:53 Jordan Crucciola on X
00:36:40 Isaura Barbé-Brown on Barbarian
00:41:07 Mary Wild on Speak No Evil
00:43:41 Anna Bogutskaya on Huesera

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An exclusive spoiler-free interview with the brilliant writer-director Nikyatu Jusu about her Sundance award-winning horror film Nanny, and the star of the film, Anna Diop. 

Watch Nanny on Amazon Prime.

A full review of Nanny can be found on our Patreon.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

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The final episode in our mini-series dedicated to the influential book by Kier-la Janisse, House of Psychotic Women, is an interview with the author herself. This is a recording from the conversation we had during Matchbox Cine's Weird Weekend, in Glasgow.  

→ Watch all the films featured in the book HERE.

→ Buy the expanded edition of House of Psychotic Women HERE.

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Music: "Prince of Darkness" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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A new mini-series dedicated to the influential book by Kier-la Janisse, House of Psychotic Women. Filmmaker Alice Lowe joins Anna to go into her take on Heavenly Creatures, the female imagination, and her own ambitions as a filmmaker. 

→ Watch all the films featured in the book HERE.

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A new mini-series dedicated to the influential book by Kier-la Janisse, House of Psychotic Women. Filmmakers Kane Senes and Hannah Barlow, co-directors of Sissy,  join Anna to discuss the lasting impact of Carrie, its influence Sissy and how they discovered their film was featured in the book.

→ Watch all the films featured in the book HERE.

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A deep dive review of the new reimagining of Hellraiser, directed by David Bruckner. Becky Darke joins Anna for a furious review demanding more bums. Beware: spoilers from the very beginning of the chat.

Hellraiser is available to watch on Amazon Prime.

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A new mini-series dedicated to the influential book by Kier-la Janisse, House of Psychotic Women. Filmmaker Deborah Haywood (Pin Cushion), joins Anna to discuss the grotesquerie of David Cronenberg's The Brood, why it stayed with her, and the body horror of motherhood.

→ Watch all the films featured in the book HERE.

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→ Attend the Matchbox Cine UK-wide tour HERE.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

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Music: "Prince of Darkness" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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A new mini-series dedicated to the influential book by Kier-la Janisse, House of Psychotic Women. Filmmaker Prano Bailey-Bond (Censor), joins Anna to discuss the haunting Let's Scare Jessica to Death, the impact it had on the making of Censor and the legacy of the book. 

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→ Attend the Matchbox Cine UK-wide tour HERE.

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Music: "Prince of Darkness" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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A new mini-series dedicated to the influential book by Kier-la Janisse, House of Psychotic Women. In this first episode, a conversation between writer Sophie Monks Kaufman and lecturer and podcaster Mary Wild about discovering the book, the cinephile memoir, and what makes it, even ten years on, such a peerless piece of work.

→ Watch all the films featured in the book HERE.

→ Buy the expanded edition of House of Psychotic Women HERE. 

→ Attend the Matchbox Cine UK-wide tour HERE.

→ Read Sophie Monks Kaufman's interview with Kier-la HERE.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

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Music: "Prince of Darkness" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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A bonus exclusive interview with THE Jamie Lee Curtis about the final instalment in the Halloween franchise, Halloween Ends, out in UK cinemas now.

We talk about seeking out scary stories, the emotional crux of the trilogy and the secret love story written into Halloween Ends.

A full review of Halloween Ends can be found on our Patreon. 

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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A deep dive review of Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong's new Netflix horror series, The Midnight Club, with writer, broadcaster and our Flanaverse reporter Louise Blain.

Spoilers from 0:36:02

The Midnight Club is available to watch on Netflix now.

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David Cronenberg has returned to the horror space with Crimes of the Future. We chatted to Alexandra Anger and Monica Pavez, the team behind the strange and beautiful prosthetics, as well as Cronenberg's longtime producer, Robert Lantos.

Both interviews are SPOILER-FREE. 

You can listen to a deep dive review of the film on our Patreon. 

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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A bonus exclusive interview with Hanna Bergholm, director of Hatching, out in UK cinemas now.

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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A bonus exclusive interview with Halina Reijn, director of Bodies Bodies Bodies, out in UK cinemas now. 

SPOILER WARNING: We talk about the ending from 0:22:09

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Writer and actor Isaura Barbé-Brown joins Anna to go deep and long on Jordan Peele's third feature, Nope (2022), which has just hit UK cinemas.

The first part of the conversation is SPOILER-FREE, and then from we got FULL SPOILERIFIC.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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Our farewell to messy teens and the killers who can't stop chasing them, a medley of our contributor's thoughts on the state and the future of teen horror. With thanks to Clarisse Loughrey, BJ Colangelo, Yhara Zayd, Isaura Barbé-Brown, Mary Wild and Louise Blain. 

We're doing our first live show at the London Podcast Festival! And it's all about Jamie Lee Curtis. Get your tickets here.

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Music: "Slasher" and "Invasion" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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In the last full episode of the teen horror season we (finally!) cover the hit series Yellowjackets with the show's number one online cheerleader, Jordan Crucchiola.

We're doing our first live show at the London Podcast Festival! And it's all about Jamie Lee Curtis. Get your tickets here. 

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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We're back on our teen slasher bullshit with the teen horror body swap comedy Freaky (2020). Joining us is the hilarious writer and podcaster Becky Darke to talk about why this film works and who she would body swap with given the chance. 

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

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A bonus episode interview with the author of A Certain Hunger, Chelsea G. Summers.

Her book has been called the "feminist American Psycho", and is a riot of a novel about sex, hunger, murder and cannibalism. 

Dorothy Daniels has always had a voracious – and adventurous – appetite. From her idyllic farm-to-table childhood (homegrown tomatoes, thick slices of freshly baked bread) to the heights of her career as a food critic (white truffles washed down with Barolo straight from the bottle) Dorothy has never been shy about indulging her exquisite tastes – even when it lead to her plunging an ice pick into her lover’s neck.

We discuss how the novel started, female serial killers in pop culture, the reception of the book on social media, and how it didn't start as a horror novel at all. 

A Certain Hunger is out now in the UK.

In this episode, we're doing something different, and tackling a real-life horror: the Slender Man, the Internet's first boogeyman, the real-life attempted murder it inspired, perpetrated by two girls and the media storm that followed. Writer and broadcaster Louis Blain joins us to discuss the real life case, the ill-advised horror film Slenderman (2018) and the true crime documentary Beware the Slenderman (2016) that followed.

Read Kathleen Hale's article on the case in Hazzlitt.

CW: we discuss the Slenderman stabbings in graphic detail 

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First time guest, BFI Programmer Kim Sheehan joins us to discuss two films about cruel, cruel summers but very different aesthetic, Summer of 84 (2018) and Knives and Skin (2019)

Watch Pop Culture Detective's "Stalking for Love" video essay HERE

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Podcaster and writer Becky Darke joins us for an extremely deep dive on the horror, the making and the release of Black Christmas (2019). 

 
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Host and Dashcam screenwriter Gemma Hurley joins us for a discussion on the teen girl possessed in Verónica (2017), the chilling Spanish horror from Paco Plaza.

 
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A bonus exclusive interview with Alex Garland, writer/director of Men, out in UK cinemas now.

SPOILER WARNING: We talk broadly about the film's visuals and ending. 

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Writer and broadcaster Louise Blain joins us for a deep dive into what makes Stephen King's It (the book, the mini-series and the movies) so terrifying. 

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A new format! Anna talks about all the horror and genre-adjacent films she watched at the recent Cannes Film Festival.

0:02:32 Final Cut
0:08:56 Ennys Men
0:14:40 Falcon Lake
0:18:47 The Five Devils
0:23:52 Interview with Léa Mysius
0:28:26 Holy Spider
0:40:23 Crimes of the Future

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Writer and podcaster Jordan Crucchiola comes back to the podcast to deep dive into the female friendship between two serial killer teen girls in Tragedy Girls (2017). 

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Video essayist and writer Yhara Zayd returns to dive deep into what's gone wrong and what's so relatable about the teen boys of I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016) and Super Dark Times (2017).

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Film producer Jen Handorf makes her return to the podcast to discuss our most unhinged comedy-horror double-bill yet. 

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Film critic Leila Latif returns to discuss the reimagining/requel of Evil Dead (2013) and M. Night Shyamalan's return to form with Split (2016). 

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Actual horror legend Alexandra Heller-Nicholas to discuss the underrated slasher The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976) and its requel of the same name from 2014.

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A bonus exclusive interview with writer/director Mariama Diallo, whose debut film Master is out now on Prime Video.

Watch her short film Hair Wolf online here.

This interview is SPOILER-FREE. 

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

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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. 

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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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. 

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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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

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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).

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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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.

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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.

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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 description of extreme violence and some discussion of incest.

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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). 

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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. 

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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

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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. 

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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. 

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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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. 

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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. 

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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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. 

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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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's love of horror, the process of writing horror, serial killers and their pets, Stephen King's endorsement of her book, the gothic novel and what it takes to write from the POV of a cat. 

There will be spoilers for the book in the second part of the interview but these are clearly signalled. 

The House on Needless Street is out now in the UK.

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. 

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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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. 

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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 Muncer, Anna Bogutskaya and Louise Blain. 

Listen and subscribe to Hello Sidney: The Scream Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.

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Scream releases in cinemas in the UK on 14 January 2022.

Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Scream (1996) in 4K, available to download and keep on Apple. 

Hello Sidney: The Scream Podcast is supported by Paramount 

Hosts: Mike Muncer, Anna Bogutskaya and Louise Blain 
Artwork Design: Mike Lee-Graham

Producers: Mike Muncer and Anna Bogutskaya

Editor: Mike Muncer

Ghost Face is a Registered Trademark of Fun World Div., Easter Unlimited, Inc. ©1999. All Rights Reserved.

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 to Hello, Sidney: The Scream Podcast wherever you get your podcasts.

Find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts. 

Scream releases in cinemas in the UK on 14 January 2022. 

Hello Sidney: The Scream Podcast is supported by Paramount 

Hosts: Mike Muncer, Anna Bogutskaya and Louise Blain 

Producers: Mike Muncer and Anna Bogutskaya

Editor: Mike Muncer

Ghost Face is a Registered Trademark of Fun World Div., Easter Unlimited, Inc. ©1999. All Rights Reserved.

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. 

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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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).

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Grab tickets for our next event in London - a preview of TITANE - on 15 December.

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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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

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Grab tickets for our next event in London - a preview of TITANE - on 15 December. 

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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The monstrous spirit of a slain child murderer Freddy Krueger seeks revenge by invading the dreams of teenagers whose parents were responsible for his untimely death.

Joining us this week is film critic, author and scholar Dr. Sorcha Ní Fhlainn to go into the gore, dream logic of Wes Craven's masterpiece, how Nancy stands out from other final girls and what exactly makes Freddy Krueger so terrifying.

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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Arnie thought he'd met the perfect girl. Turns out, she had a body by Plymouth and a soul by Satan.

Joining us this week is film critic and our Stephen King correspondent Dr. Kelli Weston to go into the terrifying teen angst of Christine (1983).

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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Happy Halloween!

To mark this spooky weekend, we bring  you the live podcast recording of our crossover Scream event with our pals Mike Muncer (Evolution of Horror) and Becky Darke (Don't Point That Horror at Me).

Don't miss our live-tweet of Censor at MUBI on Halloween 7PM GMT. You can get 30 days free of MUBI here: https://mubi.com/promos/thefinalgirls 

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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It's a sorority for a very special kind of girl... one that doesn't mind pulling a murderous prank on their den mother. 

Joining us this week is video essayist and writer Yhara Zayd to talk about the film's film noir influences, sorority horror and who is the real villain of The House on Sorority Row. 

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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A bonus exclusive interview with THE Jamie Lee Curtis, Laurie Strode herself, about the new film Halloween Kills, out in UK cinemas now.

We talk about her not knowing what a 'final girl' was, a show she developed called 'The Final Girls' and why people have loved Laurie Strode since 1978.  

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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When you think of slumber parties, you think of murder... right?

Joining us this week is podcaster Mary Wild to go deep on the feminist intentions of The Slumberparty Massacre, the similarities of the driller killer to BOB from Twin Peaks and its dark, dark humour. With a much less deep discussion on the musical psycho horror show that is The Slumberparty Massacre II and its leather daddy killer. 

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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Joining us this week is writer/actor Isaura Barbé-Brown. We get into the mind of the murderer (again) with Prom Night, discuss the benefits of disco, and fight for the status of the film as an inventive slasher. Plus a first watch of slasher spoof film Student Bodies (1981) and the bits of it that haven't aged well at all.

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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In this episode, Bloody Women Editor Leila Latif joins us for a discussion on the original Friday the 13th - the one with Kevin Bacon, the one without Jason, the mommy of one of the biggest horror franchises.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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A deep dive review of Mike Flanagan's new horror series, Midnight Mass, with writer and broadcaster Louise Blain. 

Spoilers from 0:29:55

Midnight Mass is available to watch on Netflix now.

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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In this episode, podcaster Steph McKenna joins us for a discussion on John Carpenter and Debra Hill's daddy of slasher films, Halloween. We go deep on Laurie Strode and the final girl, what makes Michael Myers so scary, the musical stylings of Mr. Carpenter and so much more. 

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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Inspired by Prano Bailey-Bond's horror film Censor, The Final Girls present a mini-series dedicated to unpicking some of the many layers of this film and why it stuck with us.

In this final episode of the mini-series, we recorded the live conversation we had with director and co-writer Prano Bailey-Bond after a preview screening of Censor at the Prince Charles Cinema.

The discussion contains mild spoilers.

Censor This is produced by The Final Girls with the support of Vertigo Releasing. Edited by Olivia Graham. Music by Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch used with permission.

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A repost from our FEMALE MONSTERS series.

In this episode, film critic Dr. Kelli Weston joins us for a deep, deep dive on the inimitable classic of horror cinema, Brian de Palma's Carrie (1976). We talk about the monstrous feminine, otherness, Sissy Spacek, period horror, who's the real villain in the film and so much more.

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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A deep dive into one of the most influential horror films of all time, Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Joining us this week is writer/actor Isaura Barbé-Brown. We dive deep into Isaura's love of this film, where it stands culturally, how it influenced horror films, and show a little sympathy for overwhelmed Leatherface.

Read Isaura's piece on Bloody Women Film Journal about Sally Hardesty's iconic status as a final girl.

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Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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In this fourth series, we'll be regressing and reliving the bloody, broody and horny moments of our teenage years through horror films. 

New episode every Friday with a special guest to discuss a teen horror (or two).

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Music: "The Shape" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and "Trouble in Woodsboro" by Marco Beltrami

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A deep dive review of the most anticipated horror film of the year: Nia DaCosta's Candyman.

Film critic Dr. Kelli Weston joins us to discuss the film, its themes and connections to the 1992 cult horror of the same name.

Spoilers from 0:57:19 (but don't worry, we don't say his name).

Candyman is out now in UK cinemas.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.

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Inspired by Prano Bailey-Bond's horror film Censor, The Final Girls present a mini-series dedicated to unpicking some of the many layers of this film and why it stuck with us.

In this third episode, Evolution of Horror host Mike Muncer and host Anna Bogutskaya discuss the context of the video nasties in 1980s Britain. Throughout the episode you'll hear from lead actress Niamh Algar, make-up and hair designer Ruth Pease and BBFC's Sarah Peacock.

The discussion is spoiler-free.

Censor This is produced by The Final Girls with the support of Vertigo Releasing. Edited by Olivia Graham. Music by Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch used with permission.

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Inspired by Prano Bailey-Bond's horror film Censor, The Final Girls present a mini-series dedicated to unpicking some of the many layers of this film and why it stuck with us.

In this episode, Projections lecturer and host Mary Wild joins  host Anna Bogutskaya to unpick the psychology of lead character Enid Baines, played by Niamh Algar. Throughout the episode you'll also hear from Niamh, hair and make up designer Ruth Pease and composer Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch.

There are some mild spoilers throughout the discussion. 

Censor This is produced by The Final Girls with the support of Vertigo Releasing. Edited by Olivia Graham. Music by Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch used with permission.

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Inspired by Prano Bailey-Bond's horror film Censor, The Final Girls present a mini-series dedicated to unpicking some of the many layers of this film and why it stuck with us.

In this first episode, The Independent's Chief Film Critic Clarisse Loughrey and host Anna Bogutskaya discuss the horror of Censor. Throughout the episode you'll hear from lead actress Niamh Algar and costume designer Saffron Cullane.

The discussion is mostly spoiler-free. Beware of SPOILERS from 30:40. 

Censor This is produced by The Final Girls with the support of Vertigo Releasing. Edited by Olivia Graham. Music by Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch used with permission.

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A SPOILERIFIC deep dive into the second part of the Netflix horror trilogy, Fear Street 1978 with Isaura Barbé-Brown and Dr. Alison Peirse exploring all the things that make the trilogy work, everything that makes Nick Goode  such a douchebag, and the queer love story that underpins the horror trilogy. 

Listen to the Fear Street 1994 deep dive HERE.

Listen to our Fear Street 1978 deep dive HERE.

Listen to our interview with director Leigh Janiak HERE.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.

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An exclusive SPOILER-FREE interview with Fear Street director Leigh Janiak. 
 
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Listen to our Fear Street 1978 deep dive HERE.

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A SPOILERIFIC deep dive into the second part of the Netflix horror trilogy, Fear Street 1978 with Dr. Alison Peirse going over the difference between classic and nineties slashers, the updated Final Girl, and the unexpected nastiness of the film.

Listen to the Fear Street 1994 deep dive HERE. 

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.

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 A SPOILERIFIC deep dive into the first part of the Netflix horror trilogy, Fear Street 1994 with Isaura Barbé-Brown going over the nineties slasher inspirations, R.L. Stine's brand of teen horror, the gore, the multiple killers, the music and nostalgic aesthetics and our predictions for Fear Street 1978.  

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.

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After 20 episodes, 40 films, and a few bonus episodes, we're DONE with vampires. But before stake this season, we've got one more bonus episode for you. 

We're joined in this episode by the brilliant writer, presenter and broadcaster Louise Blain to go through the films, series and video games that didn’t get their own full episode - but maybe should’ve. 

 
This season was made possible with the support of Arrow Video.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.

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Inspired by Emerald Fennell's revenge thriller Promising Young Woman, out in the UK on Sky Cinema, we present a mini-podcast dedicated to diving deep into the myriad of layers and themes of the film, written and directed by Emerald Fennell.

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Writer/podcaster Jordan Crucchiola, writer, podcaster and filmmaker BJ Colangelo and The Final Girls co-founder Anna Bogutskaya discuss the divisive reaction to Promising Young Woman. Be warned: this episode is SPOILERIFIC from the very start.

Everyone has an opinion about this film. It's created huge cultural conversation. We discuss Cassie's rage, the choice to never show Nina, how the film is NOT a rape-revenge movie and how it tackles internalised misogyny and rape culture. 

TW: there is discussion of sexual assault and rape.

Jordan's thread collating all takes on Promising Young Woman can be found HERE

Read BJ's piece on the film's controversial ending HERE.

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Inspired by Emerald Fennell's revenge thriller Promising Young Woman, out in the UK on Sky Cinema TODAY, we present a mini-podcast dedicated to diving deep into the myriad of layers and themes of the film, written and directed by Emerald Fennell.

Writer/podcaster Jordan Crucchiola and The Final Girls co-founder Anna Bogutskaya discuss the divisive reaction to Promising Young Woman.

Everyone has an opinion about this film. It's created huge cultural conversation. We discuss the Variety incident, Promising Young Woman's triumph at the BAFTAs and the Academy Awards, and what has made it so divisive with critics and audiences alike. 

Be warned: this episode is SPOILERIFIC.

Jordan's thread collating all takes on Promising Young Woman can be found HERE

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Inspired by Emerald Fennell's revenge thriller Promising Young Woman, out in the UK on Sky Cinema TODAY, we present a mini-podcast dedicated to diving deep into the myriad of layers and themes of the film, written and directed by Emerald Fennell.

Writer/podcaster Jordan Crucchiola and The Final Girls co-founder Anna Bogutskaya discuss what Promising Young Woman has to say about masculinity.

We discuss the nice guy trope, meta-casting rom-com actors into predatory roles, the rom-com within the revenge film, the legacy of Seth Cohen and Xander Harris, gentle coercion and more. 

Be warned: this episode is SPOILERIFIC.

Jordan's thread collating all takes on Promising Young Woman can be found HERE

TW: sexual assault, rape, suicide

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Inspired by Emerald Fennell's revenge thriller Promising Young Woman, out in the UK on Sky Cinema TODAY, we present a mini-podcast dedicated to diving deep into the myriad of layers and themes of the film, written and directed by Emerald Fennell. 

First up, a mostly spoiler-free discussion about the film and why it strikes such a chord, and how it has ignited a widespread conversation.

Featuring writer/podcaster Jordan Crucchiola, The Independent's Chief Film Critic Clarisse Loughrey, and is produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.

We discuss Carey Mulligan's performance and star persona, Cassie as the hero and the villain of her own story, grief as a corruption force, revenge films, the millenial aesthetic and the music.

The first part of the discussion is SPOILER-FREE. 

The full spoilerific discussion begins from 1:24:35

Jordan's thread collating all takes on Promising Young Woman can be found HERE

TW: sexual assault, rape, suicide

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Our main vampire season might be over, but we've got a couple of bonus episodes yet to come.

Actor and writer Isaura Barbé-Brown joins us for a celebration of the trashy, bloody and extremely horny vampire show True Blood. In first parter we cover, roughly, True Blood seasons 1-4. 

Digressions include: an attempted defence of Vampire Bill's accent, Eric's hair drama, the Skarsgaard Stare and Alcide and Jason fanfic. 

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.

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For the last episode of our vampire season, film critic and Bloody Women Commissioning Editor Leila Latif joins us for a deep dive into two vampire films that came out the same year but couldn't be more different from each other.

A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night from 00:04:34
What We Do In The Shadows from 00:36:05

This season is made possible with the support of Arrow Video. Our pick this week is Lords of Chaos, a true crime horror film based on the real life Norwegian Death Metal crimes.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Joining us is special guest and vampire expert Dr. Sorcha Ní Fhlainn to discuss Neil Jordan's second vampire film Byzantium and Jim Jarmusch's arthouse take on vampiric ennui Only Lovers Left Alive (2013).

Byzantium (2012) from 00:04:27
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) from 00:32:08

If you want to explore the vampire more, we recommend Ní Fhlainn's books Postmodern Vampires and the short story collection Visions of the Vampire: Two Centuries of Immortal Tales.

This season is made possible with the support of Arrow Video. This week's pick is the excellent follow-up to Hitchcock's classic, Psycho II. 

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.

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Film critic and Bloody Women Commissioning Editor Leila Latif joins us for a deep dive into two vampire horror films that live in that delightful and delicious grey area between arthouse and horror cinema.

Let the Right One In  from 00:08:24
Thirst from 00:47:41

This season is made possible with the support of Arrow Video. Our pick this week is The Villainess, a Western-inspired hyper-violent revenge thriller starring Kim Ok-bin.   

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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The franchise is lead by a leather-clad Kate Beckinsale as the vampyre warrior Selene, who is part of the centuries-old feud between vampires and werewolves. This war might be coming to a head with the appearance of a man who might be able to unite the two monster clans by becoming a … vampire/werewolf/human hybrid. 

We're joined in this episode by the brilliant writer, presenter and podcaster Louise Blain, who gives her hilarious take onthe first three films in the franchise.  

 
This season is made possible with the support of Arrow Video. This week's pick is a campy, pun-filled horror comedy Elvira: Mistress of the Dark

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.

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On the back of Saint Maud's BAFTA nominations and Morfydd's nomination for the EE BAFTA Rising Star Award, we bring you a special bonus interview with the lead actor from Saint Maud, Morfydd Clark, who delivers one the most astounding performances of the year.

You can vote for the BAFTA Rising Star Award HERE.

Listen to our deep dive episode on Saint Maud HERE.

Watch Anna's video essay on Saint Maud, "God's Lonely Woman", HERE.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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I’m joined in this episode by writer and Bloody Women columnist Isaura Barbé-Brown to dive deep into the heist-action-comedy-vampire flick From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) and we move into millenial horror with the underrated 30 Days of Night (2007).

From Dusk Till Dawn  from 00:08:23
30 Days of Night from 00:54:55

This season is made possible with the support of Arrow Video. Our pick this week is Audition, one of the most celebrated and controversial J-horrors ever made! You can also read Isaura's piece on it HERE.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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To coincide with World Book Day, a bonus episode interview with the author of Plain Bad Heroines, Emily M. Danforth (The Miseducation of Cameron Post), out today in the UK!

Flo and Clara, two impressionable students, are obsessed with each other and with a daring young writer named Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. To show their devotion to Mary, the girls establish their own private club and call it the Plain Bad Heroine Society. Described by its author as "Picnic at Hanging Rock + The Blair Witch Project x lesbians". 

We discuss Emily's love of horror, the films that inspired this book, Mary MacLane, unrealiable narrators, the burden of likeability and so much more. 

This interview is totally SPOILER-FREE. 

Plain Bad Heroines is out now in the UK.

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I’m joined in this episode by writer and podcaster Becky Darke for a take on The Bloodthirsty Trilogy, which comprises The Vampire Doll (1970), Evil of Dracula (1971) and Lake of Dracula (1974). 

This season is made possible with the support of Arrow Video. Our pick this week is The Bloodythirsty Trilogy itself, a gorgeous edition that features all three films and a ton of exras.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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We are once again blessed with culture critic, podcaster and producer Jordan Crucchiola's in-depth take on the original Marvel blockbuster, the vampire-action Blade (1998) as well as its sequels, the Guillermo del Toro-directed Blade II (2002) and attempt to reclaim the much maligned Blade: Trinity (2004).

Blade from 00:10:10
Blade II from 01:00:04
Blade: Trinity from 01:27:05

Digressions include: unimpressive Jabba the Hutt, uni butter, Scream, and our dream John Wick/Evil Soviet Ballet School spin-off.
 
This season is made possible with the support of Arrow Video. This week's pick is another classic 90s horror film, Candyman.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya.

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As a Valentine's Day treat, we sat down with the brilliant Grace Barber-Plentie to go into what and why is Twilight (2008).You asked for it (well, someone asked for it).

The full episode is available now on our Patreon.

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Part of our new series devoted to exploring the vampire in horror cinema, we discuss two odd vampire gems from the nineties that sit between horror and arthouse.  

First up, Guillermo del Toro's debut feature Cronos (1993), a timeless vampire film that never actually uses the 'vampire' word. And we go peak nineties indie with Nadja (1994), which features an amazing soundtrack, cast and bonus cameo from executive producer David Lynch. 

Joining us in this episode is Zena Dixon, Editor-in-Chief of Real Queen of Horror, to discuss these two oddball vampire gems. 

Cronos from 00:07:41
Nadja from 0:42:26

This season is made possible with the support of Arrow Video. This week's pick is Brian De Palma's little-known goth rock opera Phantom of the Paradise.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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Part of our new series devoted to exploring the vampire in horror cinema, we go deep on two cinematic adaptations of Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles. 

First up, Neil Jordan's 1994 adaptation of Interview with the Vampire is a gothic masterpiece that has influenced counteless vampire films since. We also discuss its unfortunate sequel, Queen of the Damned, which came in 2007 starring Stuart Townsend as the vampire Lestat and Aaliyah as Akasha, the titular Queen of the Damned. 

Joining us in this episode is film critic Kelli Weston. We discuss the themes of Interview with the Vampire, the softboi energy of Louis, the monstrosity of Claudia the child vampire and the queer reading of the film.

Be warned: the section on Queen of the Damned includes dramatic readings of Lestat's band's lyrics.
 
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Queen of the Damned from 1:11:21

This season is made possible with the support of Arrow Video. This week's pick from their vast catalogue an underrated contemporary gothic horror Crimson Peak. 

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

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