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British cinema: Horror
From Beyond the Grave (1973)
Kevin Connor
Edward Charlton cannot believe his good fortune when he persuades a crusty old antiques dealer to sell him a 400-year-old mirror for twenty pounds, a fraction of its true value...
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Kevin Connor
The Ghoul (1933)
T. Hayes Hunter
Professor Morlant is an eccentric Englishman who has acquired a morbid fascination with the powers of the ancient Egyptian gods...
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T. Hayes Hunter
The Gorgon (1964)
Terence Fisher
The mist-shrouded village of Vandorf harbours an ancient evil of which no one dares speak, even when a series of mysterious deaths begins, reviving memories of an old and terrifying legend...
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Terence Fisher
Hands of the Ripper (1971)
Peter Sasdy
Anna is no more than a toddler when she witnesses her mother's savage death at the hands of her father, who is none other than the notorious serial killer Jack the Ripper...
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Peter Sasdy
The Haunting (1963)
Robert Wise
Dr John Markway is a professor of anthropology with a keen interest in the paranormal. For years he has been looking for proof that will convince a sceptical scientific community of the existence of supernatural phenomena...
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Robert Wise
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
Terence Fisher
When Sir Charles Baskerville dies in mysterious circumstances one evening, his friend Dr Mortimer is convinced that he is the latest victim of an old family curse... [More...]
Terence Fisher
When Sir Charles Baskerville dies in mysterious circumstances one evening, his friend Dr Mortimer is convinced that he is the latest victim of an old family curse... [More...]
The House That Dripped Blood (1971)
Peter Duffell
Investigating the mysterious disappearance of a temperamental film star named Paul Henderson, a Scotland Yard detective arrives at a house which, according to the records at the local police station, has had a troubled past... [More...]
Peter Duffell
Investigating the mysterious disappearance of a temperamental film star named Paul Henderson, a Scotland Yard detective arrives at a house which, according to the records at the local police station, has had a troubled past... [More...]
The Innocents (1961)
Jack Clayton
England in the late 1800s. Miss Giddens, an independently minded woman in her early thirties, accepts the position of governess to two young children living on a large country estate... [More...]
Jack Clayton
England in the late 1800s. Miss Giddens, an independently minded woman in her early thirties, accepts the position of governess to two young children living on a large country estate... [More...]
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
Roger Corman
12th Century Europe is being scourged by many plagues, the most fearsome of which is the Red Death. When Prince Prospero learns that this plague has reached the villages surrounding his castle, he orders his men to burn them to the ground... [More...]
Roger Corman
12th Century Europe is being scourged by many plagues, the most fearsome of which is the Red Death. When Prince Prospero learns that this plague has reached the villages surrounding his castle, he orders his men to burn them to the ground... [More...]
The Nanny (1965)
Seth Holt
Joey Fane is the ten-year old son of a wealthy middle class couple living in an affluent part of London. For the past two years, he has been confined to an institution for children with mental disorders... [More...]
Seth Holt
Joey Fane is the ten-year old son of a wealthy middle class couple living in an affluent part of London. For the past two years, he has been confined to an institution for children with mental disorders... [More...]
Night of the Demon (1957)
Jacques Tourneur
Dr John Holden, an American psychologist specialising in the paranormal, arrives in England to attend a convention on the Occult... [More...]
Jacques Tourneur
Dr John Holden, an American psychologist specialising in the paranormal, arrives in England to attend a convention on the Occult... [More...]
Nightmare (1964)
Freddie Francis
17-year-old Janet is attending a boarding school when she begins suffering a series of nightmares in which she ends up imprisoned in a padded cell with her mother... [More...]
Freddie Francis
17-year-old Janet is attending a boarding school when she begins suffering a series of nightmares in which she ends up imprisoned in a padded cell with her mother... [More...]
The Omen (1976)
Richard Donner
When his son dies in childbirth, the wealthy American politician Robert Thorn agrees to adopt another child in its place, to spare his wife Katherine grief... [More...]
Richard Donner
When his son dies in childbirth, the wealthy American politician Robert Thorn agrees to adopt another child in its place, to spare his wife Katherine grief... [More...]
Paranoiac (1963)
Freddie Francis
Since the tragic death of their parents in a plane crash, Simon and Eleanor Ashby have lived under the care of their kindly Aunt Harriet at their large country house... [More...]
Freddie Francis
Since the tragic death of their parents in a plane crash, Simon and Eleanor Ashby have lived under the care of their kindly Aunt Harriet at their large country house... [More...]
Peeping Tom (1960)
Michael Powell
Mark Lewis is a shy young man who works as a focus puller at a film studio but has aspirations of becoming a film director... [More...]
Michael Powell
Mark Lewis is a shy young man who works as a focus puller at a film studio but has aspirations of becoming a film director... [More...]
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
John Gilling
Sir James Forbes, a distinguished professor of medicine, is surprised when he receives a letter from a former pupil, Dr Peter Thompson, inviting him to look into a spate of mysterious deaths in a small Cornish village... [More...]
John Gilling
Sir James Forbes, a distinguished professor of medicine, is surprised when he receives a letter from a former pupil, Dr Peter Thompson, inviting him to look into a spate of mysterious deaths in a small Cornish village... [More...]
Quatermass 2 (1957)
Val Guest
Professor Bernard Quatermass's ambition to build a colony on the Moon appears to be thwarted as government funds are diverted to other projects... [More...]
Val Guest
Professor Bernard Quatermass's ambition to build a colony on the Moon appears to be thwarted as government funds are diverted to other projects... [More...]
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
Roy Ward Baker
Whilst workmen are building an extension to the London Underground, a prehistoric human skull is discovered. Palaeontologist Matthew Roney is called in and he concludes that the skull is over five million years old... [More...]
Roy Ward Baker
Whilst workmen are building an extension to the London Underground, a prehistoric human skull is discovered. Palaeontologist Matthew Roney is called in and he concludes that the skull is over five million years old... [More...]
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
Val Guest
Professor Bernard Quatermass is both excited and concerned when a rocket that he designed and launched crash-lands in the south of England... [More...]
Val Guest
Professor Bernard Quatermass is both excited and concerned when a rocket that he designed and launched crash-lands in the south of England... [More...]
The Reptile (1966)
John Gilling
On the death of his brother, Harry Spalding and his wife Valerie elect to move into his cottage, in a remote Cornish village... [More...]
John Gilling
On the death of his brother, Harry Spalding and his wife Valerie elect to move into his cottage, in a remote Cornish village... [More...]
Repulsion (1965)
Roman Polanski
Carol and Helen Ledoux are two Belgian sisters who live in London and share a mansion apartment near to the South Kensington beauty parlour where Carol works as a manicurist... [More...]
Roman Polanski
Carol and Helen Ledoux are two Belgian sisters who live in London and share a mansion apartment near to the South Kensington beauty parlour where Carol works as a manicurist... [More...]
The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958)
Terence Fisher
Sentenced to death for his diabolical experiments, Baron Frankenstein narrowly escapes his execution and sets up a medical practice in another town, working under an assumed name, Dr Stein... [More...]
Terence Fisher
Sentenced to death for his diabolical experiments, Baron Frankenstein narrowly escapes his execution and sets up a medical practice in another town, working under an assumed name, Dr Stein... [More...]
Sapphire & Steel - Assignment Four [TV] (1981)
David Foster
Sapphire and Steel arrive at a seemingly deserted old building, the ground floor of which functions as a shop that buys and sells lost property... [More...]
David Foster
Sapphire and Steel arrive at a seemingly deserted old building, the ground floor of which functions as a shop that buys and sells lost property... [More...]
Sapphire & Steel - Assignment Two [TV] (1979)
Shaun O'Riordan
Sapphire and Steel arrive at a disused English railway station which is completely deserted apart from the presence of one George Tully, a 50-something investigator into the paranormal... [More...]
Shaun O'Riordan
Sapphire and Steel arrive at a disused English railway station which is completely deserted apart from the presence of one George Tully, a 50-something investigator into the paranormal... [More...]
The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
John Gilling
Anxious to get his hands on his wife Ella's fortune, Walter Venable murders her in cold blood with the help of his servants Clara and Andrew... [More...]
John Gilling
Anxious to get his hands on his wife Ella's fortune, Walter Venable murders her in cold blood with the help of his servants Clara and Andrew... [More...]
The Shining (1980)
Stanley Kubrick
Jack Torrance is delighted when he is offered the job of winter caretaker at the Overlook, a sprawling luxury hotel set in a remote mountain location in Colorado... [More...]
Stanley Kubrick
Jack Torrance is delighted when he is offered the job of winter caretaker at the Overlook, a sprawling luxury hotel set in a remote mountain location in Colorado... [More...]
The Stone Tape [TV] (1972)
Peter Sasdy
A research team of a British electronics company intent on developing a revolutionary new recording medium moves into a Victorian mansion that has been deserted since the end of the Second World War... [More...]
Peter Sasdy
A research team of a British electronics company intent on developing a revolutionary new recording medium moves into a Victorian mansion that has been deserted since the end of the Second World War... [More...]
Straight on Till Morning (1972)
Peter Collinson
Tired of her humdrum life in Liverpool, twenty-year-old Brenda Thompson says goodbye to her mother and heads down south to start a new life in swinging London... [More...]
Peter Collinson
Tired of her humdrum life in Liverpool, twenty-year-old Brenda Thompson says goodbye to her mother and heads down south to start a new life in swinging London... [More...]
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
Freddie Francis
Visiting some ancient catacombs, five strangers are taken to the Crypt Keeper, a hooded old man who recounts a story in which each of them meets a gruesome demise... [More...]
Freddie Francis
Visiting some ancient catacombs, five strangers are taken to the Crypt Keeper, a hooded old man who recounts a story in which each of them meets a gruesome demise... [More...]
Taste of Fear (1961)
Seth Holt
Not long after the dead body of a young woman is fished out of a lake in Switzerland, Penny Appleby arrives at her father's house in the south of France, hoping to make a reconciliation with her estranged father Penny is surprised to learn that her father is away, but her stepmother, Jane, gives her a friendly welcome... [More...]
Seth Holt
Not long after the dead body of a young woman is fished out of a lake in Switzerland, Penny Appleby arrives at her father's house in the south of France, hoping to make a reconciliation with her estranged father Penny is surprised to learn that her father is away, but her stepmother, Jane, gives her a friendly welcome... [More...]