The Final Girls

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

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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). 

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.

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

→ Listen to our weekly horror film podcast.

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content. 

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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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, Instagram and Facebook.

→ Support us on Patreon.

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

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.

***

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

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

→ Listen to our weekly horror film podcast.

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content. 

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. 

Follow us on Letterboxd to see what films we're covering.

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.

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

→ Listen to our weekly horror film podcast.

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content. 

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.

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

→ Listen to our weekly horror film podcast.

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content. 

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.

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

→ Listen to our weekly horror film podcast.

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content. 

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.

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

→ Listen to our weekly horror film podcast.

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content. 

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

→ Listen to our weekly horror film podcast.

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content. 

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.

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

→ Listen to our weekly horror film podcast.

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content. 

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

***

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

→ Listen to our weekly horror film podcast.

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content. 

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

***

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

→ Listen to our weekly horror film podcast.

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content. 

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 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

→ Listen to our weekly horror film podcast.

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content. 

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

***

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

→ Listen to our weekly horror film podcast.

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content. 

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

***

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

→ Listen to our weekly horror film podcast.

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content. 

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. 

***

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

→ Listen to our weekly horror film podcast.

→ Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

→ Support us on Patreon for bonus content. 

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.

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

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

***

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

→ Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

→ Support us on Patreon.

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

***

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

→ Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

→ Support us on Patreon.

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.