The Final Girls: A Horror Film History Podcast

About The Final Girls: A Horror Film History Podcast

A weekly podcast dedicated to exploring horror film and TV history through a female lens. Each series we dissect a trope to death through deep dive conversations hosted by film critic and author Anna Bogutskaya.

Publisher

Anna Bogutskaya

Category

tv & film · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

29 Oct 2019

Latest episode

19 Nov 2025

Latest episodes

74 of 268 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   19 Nov 2025

   BONUS • Julia Ducournau on the fictional disease of ALPHA

   A bonus exclusive interview with Julia Ducournau (Palme D'Or winning writer/director of Raw, Titane) about her new film Alpha, out in UK cinemas now. Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya (https://twitter.com/annabdemented) *** Music: "Slasher" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio *** The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring horror film history through a feminine lens. → Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/thefinalgirls) for bonus content. → Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk (https://thefinalgirls.co.uk/) → Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/thefinalgirlsuk) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/thefinalgirlsuk/). → Read Feeding the Monster (https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571385768-feeding-the-monster-2/)

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   17 Oct 2025TRANSCRIPT

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

   After a short-ish break we return with author Lucy Rose to talk about two screenlife horrors: Unfriend (2014) and Searching (2018), starring everyone's favourite John Cho. New episode every Friday. Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering (https://letterboxd.com/thefinalgirlsuk/list/season-7-serial-killers/). Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya (https://twitter.com/annabdemented) 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 (https://www.patreon.com/thefinalgirls) for bonus content. → Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk (https://thefinalgirls.co.uk/) → Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/thefinalgirlsuk) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/thefinalgirlsuk/). → Read Feeding the Monster (https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571385768-feeding-the-monster-2/)

3. 

   22 Aug 2025

   MACHINES 25 • Ex Machina (2014)

   Film critic and host of The Losers' Club and The Lady Killers podcast, Jenn Adams, returns to talk about the Frankenstein movie of the 2010s: Alex Garland's Ex Machina (2014). New episode every Friday. Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering (https://letterboxd.com/thefinalgirlsuk/list/season-7-serial-killers/). Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya (https://twitter.com/annabdemented) 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 (https://www.patreon.com/thefinalgirls) for bonus content. → Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk (https://thefinalgirls.co.uk/) → Follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/thefinalgirlsuk) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/thefinalgirlsuk/). → Read Feeding the Monster (https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571385768-feeding-the-monster-2/)

Inside a recent episode

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

Published 17 Oct 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And what's extra interesting about this film in context of that is I so this is where my fancy research comes in I was so interested in terms of like cyber bullying and like our relationship to empathy is the internet making us worse. So I went on my little deep dive and I found out that the answer is no. It's not making us worse statistically there's a great study and I can't I it's on my phone so I can't actually cite it to anybody right now but it isn't real study that people who are empathetic and kind will be empathetic and kind online and their behavior won't change based off of whether they have anonymity or not. […]

Who has been a guest on The Final Girls: A Horror Film History Podcast

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• Violet Lucca
• Amber T
• Rachel Reeves
• Heather Parry

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.7 / 5

142 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

293 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100

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Quality

98

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

96

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