BONUS • Best Horror Films of 2022

The Final Girls assemble to present their favourite horror films of the year.

Show Notes

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

Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya

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

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Creators and Guests

Host

Anna Bogutskaya

Writer, Film Critic and Host of The Final Girls

Guest

Becky Darke

Podcaster & writer: film, horror, 90s. @pointhorrorpod • @eerieindianapod • @evolutionpod • @TheFinalGirlsUK

Guest

Clarisse Loughrey

@Independent film critic ✨ co-host @FadetoBlackPod @BSBookPod ✨ she/her

Guest

Dr Sorcha Ní Fhlainn

Senior Lecturer in #Film & founding member @gothicmmu @ManMetUni. Gaeilgeoir. Books incl:#CliveBarker; #PostmodernVampires,#BTTF. #Gothic1980s. BBC Film Critic.

Guest

Isaura Barbé-Brown

Actor. Writer. Baby Girl. Luber Roklin-Gersh-JAG she/her 🇸🇨🇯🇲

Guest

Jordan Crucchiola

Being a feminist doesn't mean you hate men, it means you can walk through walls & can never die @annadrezen Co-hosting Aughtsterion | Shouting on @disaster_pod

Guest

Leila Latif

Film critic, writer, broadcaster, haver of hot takes. Contributing Editor @TotalFilm. Host of Truth & Movies: A @LWLies Podcast. https://t.co/qqmklg4iZi

Guest

Louise Blain

Rogue writer & presenter. BBC Radio 3 Sound of Gaming | GamesRadar | BBC Radio Scotland | T3 | BBC Radio 4 | Netflix UK | Evolution of Horror | NME 🏳️‍🌈

Guest

Mary Wild

Freudian cinephile. Pop psychoanalyst. Scorpio. Creator of the Projections lecture series @FreudMusLondon Cohost @ProjectionsPod Contributor @EvolutionPod

Guest

Steph McKenna

Loud co-host @TheThirst & The Writing Life @writerscentre. Editor @outsider_zine. Constant reader. Shy writer. she/her. Views my own.

What is The Final Girls: A Horror Film 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.