To celebrate the upcoming release* of "Ghost Stories," which has been called “The Best British Horror movie for years" and currently has 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, here are 11 British horror films from the past 30(ish) years to check out.
*UK: Friday 13th April; US: 20th April. But I get to see it tonight!
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Event Horizon (1997)
A rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned...with someone or something new on-board.
Dog Soldiers (2001)
A routine military exercise turns into a nightmare in the Scotland wilderness.
28 Days Later (2002)
Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
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Shaun of the Dead (2004)
A man decides to turn his moribund life around by winning back his ex-girlfriend, reconciling his relationship with his mother, and dealing with an entire community that has returned from the dead to eat the living.
The Descent (2005)
A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.
Eden Lake (2008)
Refusing to let anything spoil their romantic weekend break, a young couple confront a gang of loutish youths with terrifyingly brutal consequences.
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Attack the Block (2011)
A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion. Okay, I guess this is more sci-fi than horror but whatever, I love it and it's essential viewing for EVERYONE.
Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
A sound engineer's work for an Italian horror studio becomes a terrifying case of life imitating art.
Under the Skin (2013)
A mysterious young woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. However, events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery.
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The Hallow (2015)
A family who moved into a remote mill house in Ireland finds themselves in a fight for survival with demonic creatures living in the woods.
The Ritual (2017)
A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.
SOURCES: Event Horizon:1, 2; Dog Soldiers:1, 2; 28 Days Later:1, 2; Shaun of the Dead:1, 2; The Descent:1, 2; Eden Lake:1, 2; Attack the Block: 1, 2; Berberian Sound Studio:1, 2; Under the Skin:1, 2; The Hallow:1, 2; The Ritual:1, 2
Horror movie post???
*UK: Friday 13th April; US: 20th April. But I get to see it tonight!
A rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned...with someone or something new on-board.
Dog Soldiers (2001)
A routine military exercise turns into a nightmare in the Scotland wilderness.
28 Days Later (2002)
Four weeks after a mysterious, incurable virus spreads throughout the UK, a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary.
Shaun of the Dead (2004)
A man decides to turn his moribund life around by winning back his ex-girlfriend, reconciling his relationship with his mother, and dealing with an entire community that has returned from the dead to eat the living.
The Descent (2005)
A caving expedition goes horribly wrong, as the explorers become trapped and ultimately pursued by a strange breed of predators.
Eden Lake (2008)
Refusing to let anything spoil their romantic weekend break, a young couple confront a gang of loutish youths with terrifyingly brutal consequences.
Attack the Block (2011)
A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion. Okay, I guess this is more sci-fi than horror but whatever, I love it and it's essential viewing for EVERYONE.
Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
A sound engineer's work for an Italian horror studio becomes a terrifying case of life imitating art.
Under the Skin (2013)
A mysterious young woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. However, events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery.
The Hallow (2015)
A family who moved into a remote mill house in Ireland finds themselves in a fight for survival with demonic creatures living in the woods.
The Ritual (2017)
A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.
SOURCES: Event Horizon:1, 2; Dog Soldiers:1, 2; 28 Days Later:1, 2; Shaun of the Dead:1, 2; The Descent:1, 2; Eden Lake:1, 2; Attack the Block: 1, 2; Berberian Sound Studio:1, 2; Under the Skin:1, 2; The Hallow:1, 2; The Ritual:1, 2
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New Hyde Hospital’s psychiatric ward has a new resident. It also has a very, very old one.
The small New England town of Coventry had weathered a thousand blizzards...but never one like this. Icy figures danced in the wind and gazed through children's windows with soul-chilling eyes. People wandered into the whiteout and were never seen again. Families were torn apart, and the town would never be the same.
Rolf Rudolph Deutsch is going to die. But when Deutsch, a wealthy magazine and newpaper publisher, starts thinking seriously about his impending death, he offers to pay a physicist and two mediums, one physical and one mental, $100,000 each to establish the facts of life after death.
Deep in the jungle of Peru, where so much remains unknown, a black, skittering mass devours an American tourist whole. Thousands of miles away, an FBI agent investigates a fatal plane crash in Minneapolis and makes a gruesome discovery. Unusual seismic patterns register in a Kanpur, India earthquake lab, confounding the scientists there. During the same week, the Chinese government “accidentally” drops a nuclear bomb in an isolated region of its own country. As these incidents begin to sweep the globe, a mysterious package from South America arrives at a Washington, D.C. laboratory. Something wants out.
Peter is quick, daring, and full of mischief—and like all boys, he loves to play, though his games often end in blood. His eyes are sparkling gold, and when he graces you with his smile you are his friend for life, but his promised land is not Neverland. Fourteen-year-old Nick would have been murdered by the drug dealers preying on his family had Peter not saved him. Now the irresistibly charismatic wild boy wants Nick to follow him to a secret place of great adventure, where magic is alive and you never grow old. Even though he is wary of Peter's crazy talk of faeries and monsters, Nick agrees. After all, New York City is no longer safe for him, and what more could he possibly lose?
Evil is invisible, and it is everywhere.
