The Final Girls: A Horror Film Podcast

True crime, horror films and horror culture collide in one episode.

Show Notes

In this episode, we're doing something different, and tackling a real-life horror: the Slender Man, the Internet's first boogeyman, the real-life attempted murder it inspired, perpetrated by two girls and the media storm that followed. Writer and broadcaster Louis Blain joins us to discuss the real life case, the ill-advised horror film Slenderman (2018) and the true crime documentary Beware the Slenderman (2016) that followed.

Read Kathleen Hale's article on the case in Hazzlitt.

CW: we discuss the Slenderman stabbings in graphic detail 


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 are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism, founded by Anna Bogutskaya and Olivia Howe.

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Creators and Guests

Host
Anna Bogutskaya
Writer, Film Critic and Host of The Final Girls
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 🏳️‍🌈

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.