• MACHINES 26 • Unfriended (2014) + Searching (2018)
    Oct 17 2025

    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.

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    Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya
    Research Assistant: Frankie Wakefield



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    Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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    The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring horror film history through a feminine lens.

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • MACHINES 25 • Ex Machina (2014)
    Aug 22 2025

    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.

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    Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya
    Research Assistant: Frankie Wakefield



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    Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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    The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring horror film history through a feminine lens.

    → Support us on Patreon for bonus content.

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

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    1 hr and 37 mins
  • MACHINES 24 • Prometheus (2012) + Alien: Covenant (2017)
    Aug 15 2025

    The Independent's Chief Film Critic Clarisse Loughrey comes onboard the Alien space ship to mount a passionate defense of the Alien prequels Prometheus (2012) and Alien: Covenant (2017), and argue that it's the best adaptation of the Frankenstein myth.

    New episode every Friday.

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    Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya
    Research Assistant: Frankie Wakefield



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    Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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    The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring horror film history through a feminine lens.

    → Support us on Patreon for bonus content.

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

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    1 hr and 37 mins
  • MACHINES 23 • Black Mirror (2011-)
    Aug 8 2025

    Horror scholar, writer and co-host of This Ends at Prom joins Anna to look at ourselves in Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror, covering the series themes and deep-diving into some iconic episodes like "San Junipero", "The National Anthem" and "USS Callister".

    New episode every Friday.

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    Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya
    Research Assistant: Frankie Wakefield



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    Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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    The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring horror film history through a feminine lens.

    → Support us on Patreon for bonus content.

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

    → Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

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    1 hr and 54 mins
  • MACHINES 22 • Pulse (2001) + One Missed Call (2003)
    Aug 1 2025

    Friend of the show, podcaster Steph McKenna joins Anna to discuss two cornerstone J-horrors: the internet ghosts of Pulse (2001) and the cursed voicemail of One Missed Call (2003).

    New episode every Friday.

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    Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya
    Research Assistant: Frankie Wakefield



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    Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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    The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring horror film history through a feminine lens.

    → Support us on Patreon for bonus content.

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

    → Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

    → Read Feeding the Monster

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    1 hr and 38 mins
  • MACHINES 21 • Resident Evil (2002)
    Jul 25 2025

    Friend of the show Isaura Barbé-Brown and Anna clock in at the Umbrella Corporation to discuss the first Resident Evil (2002) and how it kickstarted the billion-dollar franchise starring Milla Jovovich.

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    Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya
    Research Assistant: Frankie Wakefield



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    Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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    The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring horror film history through a feminine lens.

    → Support us on Patreon for bonus content.

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

    → Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

    → Read Feeding the Monster

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • MACHINES 20 • Hollow Man (2000) + The Invisible Man (2020)
    Jul 18 2025

    This week, we’re stripping it all back (literally) with a look at two very different takes on invisibility, male ego, and coercion: Paul Verhoeven’s Hollow Man and Leigh Whannell’s The Invisible Man, both reimagining H.G.Wells' classic tale of a mad scientist who discovers invisibility and then comes to regret it. Joining a very sick Anna is friend of the show Ruby McGuigan.

    New episode every Friday.

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    Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya
    Research Assistant: Frankie Wakefield



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    Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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    The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring horror film history through a feminine lens.

    → Support us on Patreon for bonus content.

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

    → Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

    → Read Feeding the Monster

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    1 hr and 44 mins
  • MACHINES 19 • The Horrors of Y2K
    Jul 11 2025

    The early 2000s were many things: 9/11, camera phones, government surveillance, MSN Messenger, low-rise jeans, Big Brother and the most extra horror films you can think of. Author Kirsty Logan joins the podcast to go over what makes this moment in horror history so unique, by looking at a wave of horror films from the early 2000s that channelled the paranoia and confusion of the emerging digital age: My Little Eye (2002), The Collingswood Story (2002), Feardotcom (2002).

    New episode every Friday.

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

    Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya
    Research Assistant: Frankie Wakefield



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    Music: "Neon Alley" by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

    ***

    The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring horror film history through a feminine lens.

    → Support us on Patreon for bonus content.

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

    → Follow us on Twitter and Instagram.

    → Read Feeding the Monster

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    1 hr and 33 mins