The Final Girls: A Horror Film Podcast

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.

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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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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. 

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus

Music: "Time to Leave" 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, 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. 

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus

Music: "Time to Leave" 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, 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 book is a collection of interconnected short stories swirling around a haunted hotel in the Fens, a place of mythos, rumours and secrets. 

The Hotel is out on October 17th. You can also listen to it on Radio 4. 

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus

Music: "Time to Leave" 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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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 Alice Slater
Penance by Eliza Clark

Clips: Mindhunter, True Detective, Manhunter (1986), Ripper, Whitechapel, Jack the Ripper, The Simpsons, Hannibal, Dahmer, Seven, Copycat, Zodiac, The Cell and The Batman.

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If you enjoy this episode, drop us a line on [email protected]. If you find a good Jack the Ripper movie, please let me know immediately. 

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.

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Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. 

Artwork by Ewa Ferdynus.

Music: "Erebus" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio and CO.AG MUSIC 

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

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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.

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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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→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk

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.

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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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→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

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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.

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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.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content.

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk

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.

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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.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content.

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk

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

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.

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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.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content.

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk