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ABERRATION (Tim Boxell 1997) - young woman vacations in cabin where she dwelled as a child; is attacked by monstrous mutant lizards. New Zealand/U.K. co-production.

THE ABOMINABLE DR.PHIBES (Robert Fuest 1971) - disfigured, vengeful genius Phibes (Vincent Price) re-stages the ten Biblical plagues visited upon Pharaoh.

THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN (Val Guest 1957) - Hammer's film version of Nigel Kneale's t.v. play 'The Creature'.

ABSOLUTION (Anthony Page 1978) – Richard Burton stars as Catholic priest at boys’ boarding school, tormented by one of the pupils who has confessed to murdering a local tramp. Scripted by Anthony Shaffer. 

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AFRAID OF THE DARK (Mark Peploe 1991) - Oscar-winning screenwriter of THE LAST EMPEROR helms occasionally sleazy shocker about a murderer at large in a community for the blind; but things are not quite what they seem...

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ALIAS JOHN PRESTON (David Macdonald 1956) - Christopher Lee stars in psychological horror drama about an amnesiac with Jekyll and Hyde tendencies. Lee claims to have been paid £75 for his work on this one!

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ALIEN (Ridley Scott 1979) - Sigourney Weaver and the crew of the 'Nostromo' encounter something nasty in outer space.

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ALIEN MUTATION THINGY (John R Walker 1991) - 102-minute amateur feature, cut down to a ten-minute version in 2010.

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ALIENS (James Cameron 1986) - Sigourney Weaver's Ripley battles more space-beasts in the gung-ho first sequel. U.S./U.K. co-production.

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AMERICAN GOTHIC (John Hough 1987) - Michael J.Pollard steals this 1970s-style item in which a deranged family menaces 3 couples stranded on a remote island.

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (John Landis 1981) - marvellous transformation effects and a sense of humour define this splendid dip into things lycanthropic. You won't forget The Slaughtered Lamb, the Nazi/Muppet dream sequence, or Brenda Bristols in a hurry...

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AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN PARIS (Anthony Waller 1997) - delayed and disappointing sequel to the Landis hit, from the director of the promising MUTE WITNESS. A mess, bogged down with too many unimpressive CGI werewolf effects. U.K./France/U.S./Luxembourg co-production.

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THE ANATOMIST (Leonard William 1961) - one of several stabs at the Burke and Hare story, this one featuring a top-notch cast including Alastair Sim, Jill Bennett and George Cole.

 

~~AND NOW THE SCREAMING STARTS! (Roy Ward Baker 1973) - strange curses and severed hands abound in this below-par Amicus gothic piece.

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AND SOON THE DARKNESS (Robert Fuest 1970) - two English girls are menaced by mystery assailant during cycling holiday in France.

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AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (Peter Collinson 1974) - Charles Aznavour sings and then everybody gets bumped off in producer Harry Alan Towers' second attempt at filming Agatha Christie's thriller. See also TEN LITTLE INDIANS (1965 and 1989)

APPETITE (George Milton 1997)  - An assorted selection of guests stay at a small hotel where room 207 is reputed to be haunted. Anyone who stays in the room will dream the dreams of the previous occupants. Scripted by Charly Cantor, later director of BLOOD. 

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THE APPOINTMENT (Lindsay Vickers 1981) - Edward Woodward stars in supernatural tale dealing with strange premonitions.

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APRIL FOOL'S DAY (George Dugdale, Mark Ezra, Peter Litten 1985) - faux-American stalk-and-slash fare set at school reunion where a harlequin-costumed killer takes revenge on former classmates. With Caroline Munro.

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THE ASPHYX (Peter Newbrook 1972) - experiments in immortality as two scientists attempt to capture the soul at the point of death. With Robert Stephens and Robert Powell.

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ASSAULT (Sidney Hayers 1971) - Frank Finlay hunts a killer/rapist targeting schoolgirls as victims.

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ASYLUM (Roy Ward Baker 1972) - good Amicus anthology with a clever 'guess who?' gimmick. 'Frozen Fear' and 'Mannikins Of Horror' are the stand-out stories from the pen of Robert Bloch.

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AT THE EARTH'S CORE (Kevin Connor 1976) - tacky subterranean monster fun, with Peter Cushing enjoying himself!

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AT THE VILLA ROSE (Maurice Elvey 1920) - adaptation of the novel by A.E.W.Mason. Spiritualism, murder, séance.

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THE AVENGING HAND (Charles Calvert 1915) - Britain's first feature-length horror movie - spirit of an Egyptian princess haunts London, seeking her severed hand.

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THE AWAKENING (Mike Newell 1980) - poor adaptation of Bram Stoker's "The Jewel Of Seven Stars".

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Post-2000

 

AAAAAAAAH! (Steve Oram 2015)  - absurdist fantasy set in a world where human beings act and converse in the manner of apes. Julian Rhind-Tutt, Toyah Willcox, Julian Barratt and others get to exercise their actor's workshop chops on camera, and all leads to a shocking horror climax.

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THE ABANDONED (Nacho Cerdà 2006)  - Spanish/Bulgarian/UK co-production, feature directed by the controversial Cerdà (AFTERMATH, GENESIS). Adopted woman returns to her Russian homeland, but steps into a nightmare where she and everyone around her seem to be under attack from threatening doppelgangers. An influence on the Jordan Peele hit US several years later?

 

ABDUCTED BY THE DALEKS (Don Skaro 2005) - outrageous sex-film cash-in on the success of the BBC's recent 'Doctor Who' revival, in the vein of the same director's FANTOM KILER series (filmed under the pseudonym 'Roman Nowicki'). Four Eastern European women are kidnapped and held captive in a Dalek spaceship; meanwhile, a serial killer stalks the woods below…

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AFTERDEATH (Gez Medinger and Robin Schmidt 2015) - five young people wake on a beach, and realise that they may be dead and trapped in a version of Hell, in perpetual darkness and menaced by a demonic shadow creature.

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AIRBORNE (Dominic Burns 2012)  - hijacked plane is carrying unusual cargo, a vase containing the trapped spirit of an ancient 'death god' - which breaks loose and begins to possess the passengers, causing carnage. Mark Hamill, Julian Glover and Andrew Shim feature among the cast.

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ALCHEMY (Colton Sears 2005) - "Latent telekinetic powers affect three sisters in a lonely hamlet. Will they use their talents for good or evil?". Cornish-set horror film, shot on mini-DV and running for 50 minutes. From the director of BURIAL.

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ALIEN: COVENANT (Ridley Scott 2017)  - another disastrous entry in the ALIEN franchise. Michael Fassbender and Katherine Waterston star.

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ALLUSION (Jason Impey, Stevie Pearson and Tony Newton 2016)  - Compilation feature? This includes Impey's FLUID BOY but Jason did post online at the time that he was also filming new snuff-style footage specifically for this project.

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ALONE (Philip Claydon 2001)  - Stalker/serial killer is pursued by police inspector. Miriam Margolyes and John Shrapnel star in horror film penned by Paul Hart-Wilden. Soundtrack by Rick Wakeman, who also cameos in the movie.

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AN AMERICAN HAUNTING (Courtney Solomon 2005) - Donald Sutherland and Sissy Spacek in supernatural movie based on the true story of the 19th-century Bell Witch of Tennessee. Canadian/Romanian/U.K co-production.

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THE AMITYVILLE ASYLUM (Andrew Jones 2013)  - British continuation of the 'Amityville' saga, from prolific director Jones. Woman takes a job as a cleaner at a mental institution in Amityville, which unsurprisingly turns out to be affected by supernatural events.

 

AMITYVILLE PLAYHOUSE (John R. Walker 2015)  - young girl inherits a theatre in Amityville, which turns out to be haunted. Low budget British movie filmed mainly in Canada, with a couple of scenes shot in the UK (one featuring former members of the cast of cult TV show 'Timeslip', the other featuring the movie's screenwriter Steve Hardy) 

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ANAZAPTA (Alberto Sciamma 2001)  - 14th-century drama, set in war-torn and plague-ridden England. Has been compared with HOUR OF THE PIG, JABBERWOCKY, WITCHFINDER GENERAL etc.

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ANGEL (Ray Burdis 2015)  - institutionalized girl who killed her abusive grandmother is released as an adult but goes on a killing spree - government agent is ordered to track her down and kill her. Horror scenes mix with social and political angles in this thriller starring John Hannah.

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ANIMAL SOUP (David V.G. Davies and J.A.K.)  - amateur gore/torture porn movie with woodland hikers being threatened, abused and killed by degenerate psycho locals. 67 minutes running time, though apparently a longer 83 minute version was also briefly available.

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ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE (John McPhail 2017)  - rather twee 'zombie musical' set in the Scottish town of Little Haven at Christmas, with the local school teens fending off a horde of living dead. An expansion of the BAFTA-nominated short film ZOMBIE MUSICAL. 

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ANNIHILATION (Alex Garland 2018)  - US/UK production which had a brief theatrical release in some parts of the world but was mainly seen via Netflix. Natalie Portman and Jennifer Jason Leigh star in this rather ponderous and pretentious offering, in which a team of scientists investigate 'the Shimmer', a mysterious zone containing mutated plants and animals.

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APOSTLE (Gareth Evans 2018)  - period horror piece from the director of the RAID films. In 1905, a man sets out for a Welsh island in a bid to rescue his sister from a sacrificial cult, but finds more than he bargained for.

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APPARITION OF EVIL (Brel Offkel 2014)  - 74-minute micro-budget feature shot in Ashton-under-Lyne. "Unlock a world of paranormal terror in this tale of a researcher who discovers evidence of ghostly horrors, APPARITION OF EVIL explores the sinister realm between life and death".

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ARMISTICE (Luke Massey 2013)  - a Royal Marine finds himself imprisoned in a strange house, and forced to fight against an inhuman creature day after day after day. Aka THE CAPTIVE or WARHOUSE.

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ART OF DARKNESS (Steve Laurence 2012)  - very routine 'mad artist holds female captive' psycho-thriller. Aka ART HOUSE MASSACRE.

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THE ASYLUM (John Stewart 2000)  - horror feature starring Ingrid Pitt, Robin Askwith, Patrick Mower.

ASYLUM NIGHT (Brad Watson 2004) - British horror, screened at Basildon UCI cinema during 2004. Starring Lauren Bigby, James MacLeod, Elliot Hill. (Ref: Southend Evening Echo; Dave Simpson)

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ATTACK OF THE ADULT BABIES (Dominic Brunt 2018)  -  a family attempting to evade a pair of Russian hitmen become involved with a group of rich high-flying elite types who like to dress as babies. The cruel matron who runs the facility is not averse to murder, even killing off the nurses who assist in her work; and when the upper class gents soil their nappies, the contents are put to good use! Wild, wild horror comedy from the 'Emmerdale' TV star, featuring amongst other delights the big screen appearance of cult comedian Charlie Chuck and a more than welcome stop-motion animation climax by Lee Hardcastle.

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ATTACK THE BLOCK (Joe Cornish 2011) -  John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker and Nick Frost star in this British science-fiction horror piece - a teenage gang attempt to defend their corner of London from invading alien creatures.

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THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE (André Øvredal 2016)  - a coroner and his son are asked by the local sheriff to quickly establish the cause of death of a young unidentified woman, whose out-of-place corpse has been found amid the carnage of a bloody multiple murder. Very impressive faux-American shocker filmed in London, starring Emille Hirsch and Brian Cox.

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AUX (John Adams 2018)  - two boy playing in the woods happen upon a military bunker and unwittingly revive a zombie-like auxiliary soldier from World War II. Aka SOLDIER OF WAR

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AVP: ALIEN VS. PREDATOR (Paul W.S. Anderson 2004) - the long-awaited clash of the monsters. Canadian/U.K./German/Czech co-production. 

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AWAIT FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS (Johnny Kevorkian 2018)  - on Christmas morning, a family awake to discover that a black substance surrounding their home is keeping them trapped indoors; their television set then issues the message "Stay indoors and await further instructions". 

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AWAITING (Mark Murphy 2015)  - car accident victim is taken to an isolated house by his rescuer, who turns out to be an unstable psycho in a strange father/daughter relationship.

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THE AWAKENING (Nick Murphy 2011) - originally proposed by writer Stephen Volk as a sequel of sorts to 'The Turn of the Screw', this supernatural tale set in the years after the First World War is a stately and often scary ghost story. Rebecca Hall plays a debunker of paranormal events, called in to investigate supposed hauntings at a boy's boarding school.

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AXED (Ryan Lee Driscoll 2012)  - having lost his job in the city, and struggling financially, a man drives his wife and children out to a remote spot... low-budget horror thriller with contemporary concerns.

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Pre-2000

 

THE BAD SISTER (Laura Mulvey, Peter Wollen 1983) - arty drama, commissioned in the early days of Channel 4. Disowned heiress moves to London, is plagued by disturbing childhood memories, mysterious death of mother, and the appearance of a witch-like figure. Ponderous and dull.

      

BAFFLED! (Philip Leacock 1971) - Leonard Nimoy as racing driver who uses his powers of ESP to assist a young girl menaced by a mystery stalker at a British seaside resort.

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BARRY McKENZIE HOLDS HIS OWN (Bruce Beresford 1974) - second big-screen outing for Barry Humphries' bonzer Aussie cartoon creation, as seen in the long-running 'Private Eye' strip. Bazzer and his auntie, Edna Everage, meet Donald Pleasence as Count Plasma, Transylvanian bloodsucker. Gross, totally offensive, and one of the funniest movies you'll ever see. Just how much lager does Clive James consume during the course of this film?

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THE BEAST IN THE CELLAR (James Kelly 1970) - Beryl Reid and Flora Robson add some real class to this rural shocker.

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THE BEAST MUST DIE (Paul Annett 1974) - clever opening sequence, and of course the William Castle-style 'werewolf break', identify this so-so Amicus stab at lycanthropy.

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THE BEETLE (Alexander Butler 1919) - early silent feature - soul of an Egyptian princess, seeking vengeance against a British M.P., possesses the title creature.

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BEG! (Robert Golden 1994) - black comic satire based on experimental stage production, set in private hospital where murders occur and where dogs are sewn into corpses...

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THE BELLS (Oscar Werndorff, Harcourt Templeman 1931) - filmed in 3 languages, one of several versions of the Erckmann and Chatrian play 'Le Juif Polonais'. Murderer Mathias haunted by visions of his victim.

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BERSERK (Jim O'Connolly 1967) - circus shenanigans teaming Joan Crawford with Diana Dors and throwing in Michael Gough and a few gruesome killings for good measure.

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BEYOND BEDLAM (Vadim Jean 1994) - muddled, confusing horror whish largely appears to take place within the psyche of a brutal serial killer. Keith Allen impresses as a low-rent Hannibal Lecter, Liz Hurley is o.k. as the heroine, but as for one-time soap star Anita Dobson, oh dear... 

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BIZARRE (Antony Balch 1970) - weird sex/horror anthology, narrated by a mummy with the voice of Valentine Dyall; vignettes include a photographer using instrument of torture 'the Spanish Horse', a scientist giving birth to a monster, and a gardener who cultivates human souls.

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THE BLACK PANTHER (Ian Merrick 1977) - ripped-from-yesterday's-headlines account of the Lesley Whittle kidnap case, handled with commendable sensitivity by scripter Michael Armstrong.

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BLACK RAINBOW (Mike Hodges 1989) - supernatural thriller shot in North Carolina for Britain's Goldcrest Films. Rosanna Arquette as a medium in bible belt America who begins to foresee violent murders.

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THE BLACK TORMENT (Robert Hartford-Davis 1964) - period costumer with Heather Sears haunted by ghost of her new husband's former wife.

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BLACK WATERS (Marshall Neilan 1929) - characters stranded on board an eerie yacht just off San Francisco are bumped off one by one. The first British sound feature, though shot in the U.S. due to the greater availability of sound recording equipment. 

BLIND TERROR (Richard Fleischer 1971) - Mia Farrow as blind woman tracked by a killer who has murdered her family.

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THE BLOOD BEAST TERROR (Vernon Sewell 1967) - monster moth-creature in this creaky, below-par affair.

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BLOOD FROM THE MUMMY'S TOMB (Seth Holt 1971) - much-troubled Hammer production, based on Stoker's "The Jewel Of Seven Stars" and memorably toplining t.v.'s 'Hai Karate' girl Valerie Leon.

BLOOD JUNKIES (Bruce Naughton 1993)  - Skinhead vampire, a member of an ancient order of knights, attacks AIDS victims for their blood. Low-budget Scottish shocker, shot on 16mm and unreleased for several years. (At one point the rights for the movie appeared to have been successfully sold to American distributors, but they turned out to be a bunch of religious cranks who specialise in purchasing 'satanic' films and then destroying them...)

BLOOD OF FU MANCHU (Jess Franco 1968) - Christopher Lee back behind the droopy moustache for one of two cheapo instalments lensed by the prolific Spaniard Franco. 

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BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE (Henry Cass 1958) - Donald Wolfit in substandard attempt to imitate the Hammer style.

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BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW (Piers Haggard 1970) - Linda Hayden leads a bunch of juvenile devil worshippers in this fan favourite; similar old-time setting, and atmosphere, to WITCHFINDER GENERAL.

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BLOOD TIDE (Richard Jeffries 1980) - Anglo-Greek production pitting James Earl Jones against a legendary sea monster.

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BLOODBATH AT THE HOUSE OF DEATH (Ray Cameron 1983) - great opening scene as cowled monks slaughter their way through the corridors of 'Headstone Manor', but it's downhill thereafter in this misguided vehicle for madcap d.j. Kenny Everett. Vincent Price is wasted as 'The Sinister Man'.

BLOODSTREAM (Michael J. Murphy 1985)  - From the director of INVITATION TO HELL and THE LAST NIGHT, this was Murphy’s attempt to consciously make a ‘video nasty’! “I had been badly treated by distributors and took my revenge by making a film about them and their family members being murdered in the most vile ways possible... even burnt their pet dog”  - Murphy, quoted at www.zone-sf.com in an interview with Paul Higson. 

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BLOODY NEW YEAR (Norman J.Warren 1986) - deserted island hotel, somehow stuck in the year 1959, is the focus for weirdness and horror. Mixes some clever original ideas with rip-offs of contemporary Hollywood terror hits.

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BLUE BLOOD (Andrew Sinclair 1973) - Oliver Reed usurps his master's position as head of a country estate in this exploitation revamp of THE SERVANT, with stray satanist touches designed to appeal to the horror crowd.

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BLUE FEAR (Darren Ward 1994) - home-made 'giallo'-style thriller, distributed via mail order video sales. Witness to a drug-related murder suspects the killer is someone close to them. Ward's "Giallo Films" also produced PAURA IL DIAVOLO, another Italian-influenced item, and 1995 gunplay/action offering BITTER VENGEANCE.

THE BODY BENEATH (Andy Milligan 1970)  -  U.K.-produced vampire movie from Milligan, New York’s king of no-budget horror.

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THE BODY STEALERS (Gerry Levy 1969) - Tigon quickie - parachutists abducted during descent are being replaced by aliens.

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BORN OF FIRE (Jamil Dehlavi 1987) - Peter Firth stars as a flautist who discovers that music is about to cause the destruction of the Earth. Dismal apocalyptic fantasy, made for Channel 4. Saving grace - some of the most gorgeous locations you'll ever see in a movie. Nice travelogue, shame about the film.

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BOY MEETS GIRL (Ray Brady 1994) - controversial, three-hander torture drama which caused a stir among genre fans, not to mention at the offices of the BBFC!

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THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (Franklin J.Schaffner 1978) - from Ira Levin's novel; Dr.Josef Mengele experiments in creating clones of Adolf Hitler. Among the glitzy, big-name cast (Olivier, Peck, Mason) you'll also find those ubiquitous Britsploitation greats Michael Gough and Linda Hayden.

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BREEDERS (Paul Matthews 1997)  - More monster mayhem shot in the U.K. for the American market – originally intended as a sequel to GRIM, though the eventual production has no connection to Matthews’ earlier film. Features familiar t.v. face Samantha Janus.

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THE BRIDE (Franc Roddam 1985) - Sting and Jennifer Beals in an ill-advised, would-be 'sequel' to the classic BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN.

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THE BRIDES OF DRACULA (Terence Fisher 1960) - Peter Cushing returns as Van Helsing, to combat the vampiric Baron Meinster (David Peel). Hammer horror at its finest, with classic scenes galore - perhaps most notably, Van Helsing himself tainted by the vampire's bite... 

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THE BRIDES OF FU MANCHU (Don Sharp 1966) - second in the series featuring Christopher Lee as the evil Oriental mastermind.

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BRITANNIA HOSPITAL (Lindsay Anderson 1982) - vicious political satire, swiping at the government, bureaucracy, and the unions in equal measure. Third of the 'Mick Travis' trilogy (following IF.... and O LUCKY MAN!); major subplot has mad scientist Graham Crowden and his research team attempting to construct Frankenstein-type monster, leading to some excessively gory scenes in the lab!

BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING (Otto Preminger 1965) - young mother seeking her missing child in London finds no-one will even admit to her daughter's existence. Satisfying psychological mystery with a good psycho role for Keir Dullea and a scene-stealing show from Noel Coward.

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BURKE AND HARE (Vernon Sewell 1971) - semi-comic re-telling of the bodysnatchers' saga.

BUTTERFLY KISS (Michael Winterbottom 1994)  - body-pierced psychotic and her willing partner-in-crime travel up and down Britain’s motorways murdering truckers and travelling salesmen. One of the decade’s few genuinely evocative, truly British shockers. Starring Amanda Plummer and Saskia Reeves. 

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Post-2000

 

BAD MOON RISING (Alasdair MacKay 2021) - Dani Thompson stars in this story of a reality-TV ghost hunting team who get more than they bargained for.

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THE BAD NUN (Scott Jeffrey 2018)  - originally entitled THE WATCHER, this Rebecca Matthews production is a typical quickie slasher affair, with Matthews herself (as 'Becca Hirani') as a young woman staying at a B&B who has to deal with a persistent nun knocking at the door - but is the nun all they seem? Obviously, this was packaged to look like it had something to do with Blumhouse's hit from around the same period...

 

BAD PLACE (Darren Winter 2003) - "thirty-somethings come up against the ghost of a child-murderer in an haunted house" - 73-minute DV feature made on the Isle Of Wight. Ref: Paul Higson

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BANE (James Eaves 2008)  - "A woman awakes in a cell with three others to find she is part of a horrible experiment"

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BANNISTER DOLLHOUSE (MJ Dixon 2019)  - Mycho Entertainment Group offering, connected to their earlier SLASHER HOUSE 2. "After the death of their eldest sister the women of the Bannister family begin to feel that something is very wrong, Molly is getting sick, there are strange noises in the night, a constant feeling that they are being watched and what's with that doll, that seems to be everywhere they go? How is it connected to them and how will they survive the nightmare that is the Bannister DollHouse?"
 

BANSHEE (Ben Cobb 2003)  - gory, hour-long shocker “about a cursed beauty”, screened at various British film festivals. Supposedly inspired by the work of Herschell Gordon Lewis. (Ref: Paul Higson) 

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THE BARBER (Michael Bafaro 2001) - disturbing horror-drama set in Alaska, starring Malcolm McDowell. Canadian-U.K. co-production.

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THE BARGE PEOPLE (Charlie Steeds 2019)  - as two sisters and their boyfriends relax on a barge, they are unaware that flesh-eating aquatic mutations lurk beneath the water's surface. 

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BASEMENT (Asham Kamboj 2010)  - group of young friends are lured to an underground basement for a sinister experiment. Starring king of the geezers Danny Dyer.

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BATHORY (Juraj Jakubisko 2007) - Anna Friel stars as the Bloody Countess in this Slovak/Czech/UK/Hungarian production.

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BATTLE OF THE BONE (George Clarke 2008)  - Northern Ireland's divided communities unite when faced with the threat of drug-crazed zombies. Low-budgeter made for about £10,000.

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BEACON 77 (Brad Watson 2009)  - also known as THE 7TH DIMENSION. Publicity blurb: "Two young women arrive at a curious penthouse apartment, led by one's crush on her tutor. However, her love interest doesn't live alone. He's part of a trio of computer hackers about to embark on the ultimate job on the world's most mysterious mainframe. Whilst doing so, they unlock more than they bargain for with supernatural and ultimately fatal results".

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BEAST (Chris Jupp 2009)  - remake of the 2007 Michael J. Murphy film SKARE. All of the footage shot for Murphy's original 2001 version of SKARE went missing, and Jupp asked if he could base a new movie on the script. Mike bet him £10 that he wouldn't complete; four years later, Chris finished his movie - but Murphy had also refilmed SKARE himself during Chris' production period! 

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BEAST IN THE BASEMENT (Robbie Moffatt 2010)  - also known as CONQUERING HEROES, this remake of THE BEAST IN THE CELLAR features younger women as the central characters, and a decidedly less hairy and more normal-looking 'beast', but is quite impressive in its own small way.

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BEFORE DAWN (Dominic Brunt 2013)  - couple who go away in an attempt to patch up their failing relationship find themselves in the midst of a zombie outbreak. Low-budget living dead fare from Brunt, who has since managed to balance a career as a TV soap opera star (as a main cast member of 'Emmerdale') with sideline forays into exploitation/horror cinema.

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BENEATH STILL WATERS (Brian Yuzna 2005) - Spanish/U.K. co-production from Yuzna's Fantastic Factory. Small village is flooded; forty years later, during nearby celebrations to commemorate the event, zombies and other creatures rise from the deep to attack the adjacent town…

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BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO (Peter Strickland 2012) - strange occurrences on the set of a 1970s Italian horror movie called 'The Equestrian Vortex' - or is it all happening inside the head of a meek English sound recordist? Toby Jones stars in this mesmerising puzzle.

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BEYOND THE RAVE (Matthias Hoene 2008)  - the much-trumpeted return of Hammer Films disappointed many fans, but there's lots to like in this modern vampire item. Soldier spends a night searching for his girlfriend, who was last seen partying with a mysterious group of hardcore ravers. Originally released as a series of MySpace webisodes before coming to DVD as a fully-edited feature. Ingrid Pitt made a cameo appearance.

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BICYCLE DAY (Damian Morter 2011)  - lads on a camping trip have their drinks spiked with LSD (the film's title refers to Albert Hoffmann's pioneering 1943 acid-dropping and bicycle-riding experiment) - and things then get gory. Ultra low-budget horror feature supposedly made for £90. From the director of the later THE ESCHATRILOGY.

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THE BIG FINISH (Lea Heather 2000) - two outsider friends decide to perform a series of practical jokes and pranks on their last day at college, filming the events of the day as they avenge the humiliations they have suffered - but things get violently out of hand. Black comedy with very grim and effective horror/torture final act. 

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THE BIRDBROOK GHOST HUNT (Richard Morley 2010)  - hour-long 'reality' ghost-hunting/seance bit of fakery screened at the Southend Film Festival in 2010 and featuring festival director Paul Cotgrove among the table-tapping participants. Spectre of 17th-century witchfinder Matthew Hopkins is conjured up...

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BITE NIGHT (Maria Lee Metheringham 2019)  - filmed under the title PARTY OF VALICE, featuring vampires, punks, and a female rock band in a 95-minute movie inspired by 80s horror.

 

BLACK DEATH (Christopher Smith 2010)  - one of the best horror movies of the 21st century, In plague-ridden England of 1348, a group of soldiers travel to a village to apprehend a necromancer who is to be tried and executed by the Church. Smith and his cast bring an authenticity to the proceedings and the movie matches WITCHFINDER GENERAL in managing to combine 'folk horror' elements with extreme violence. According to the credits this is a German movie (100% of the funding came from that country), although the project was initially set up and developed by the London-based Ecosse Films. 

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THE BLACK GLOVES (Lawrie Brewster 2017)  - prequel to Brewster's 2013 film LORD OF TEARS, again featuring the Owl Man character.

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BLACK SHUCK (Paul T.T. Easter 2012)  - low-budget found footage horror as the police find the video diary of a researcher investigating the Suffolk legends about Black Shuck, a large ghostly black dog.

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BLACK SITE (Tom Paton 2018)  - Lovecraftian SF/horror actioner with a crack military unit battling strange creatures from another dimension.

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BLACKWOOD (Adam Wimpenny 2014)  - family move to house in the country, and the father begins to experience spooky visions. 

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BLAZE OF GORY (2016)  - feature length collection of shorts by various directors, mainly on a theme of sexual violence. Segments include 'Snow', 'Sick Little Boy', 'Masque Of The Red Rape', 'Beer Cellar', and MJ Dixon's 'If You Were Here'.

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BLESSED (Simon Fellows 2004) - Fionnula Flanagan, Heather Graham, Andy Serkis and David Hemmings star in Romanian/U.K. co-production. Woman is impregnated with the Devil's DNA at a fertility clinic. 

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BLOOD (Charly Cantor 2000)  -  genetic scientist creates a human female with the intention of discovering a cure for all known diseases  -  but her blood works as a powerful narcotic, and she is abducted by addicts who wish to drink from her veins…

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BLOOD AND BONE CHINA (Chris Stone 2012)  - period-set vampire movie, set in Stoke-on-Trent in 1897 and incorporating the famous local pottery industry into the plot.

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BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE (Katja von Garnier 2007) - very dull, would-be 'romantic' werewolf movie based on novel by Annette Curtis Klause. U.S./U.K./German/Romanian co-production.

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BLOOD & STRAW (2006)  - 56-minute low budget horror from Twit Twoo Films

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BLOOD & STRAW: CROSSROADS (Tom Stavely 2011)  - low budget horror feature from the director of VAMPIRE HUNTER WERBALS.

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BLOOD & STRAW: POSSESSED BY THE NIGHT (Ewen Rigg 2009)  - 40-minute entry in Twit Twoo Films' low-budget series. "A scarecrow attacks Crowspass, it's up to our heroes to figure out the clues and save the day"

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BLOOD & STRAW: TERROR IN CROWSPASS (Ewen Rigg 2009)  - 73-minute low-budgeter featuring a scary scarecrow on its poster art. Tagline "When love hurts, it kills..."

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BLOOD & STRAW: TROUBLE'N'STRIFE (2012)  - produced by Tom Stavely, 44-minute instalment in the Twit Twoo amateur horror franchise.

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BLOOD HARVEST (George Clarke 2016)  - Belfast-set movie with detective investigating a serial of murders and pondering whether vampires might be responsible...

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BLOOD MOON (Jeremy Wooding 2014)  - effective werewolf western, shot at the Laredo Wild West Town attraction in Kent.

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BLOOD MYTH (Sean Brown and Luke Gosling 2019)  - journo and his pregnant girlfriend visit a small village where a person has gone missing in each of the last 29 years. Low budget riff on familiar folk horror concepts. 

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BLOOD ON SATAN'S PAW (Richard Mansfield 2017)  - the comic title is by far the best thing about this snoozer, overlong even at 70 minutes. Man stalked through the woods by bear-headed demon called Mister Bones

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BLOOD RELATIVE (Miles Richardson 2003) - London-shot vampire movie from Megropolis 1 Productions.

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BLOODED (Edward Boase 2011)  - pro-hunting toffs are themselves hunted and tortured, by a group of animal rights activists who film the events as propaganda for their cause. This movie was accompanied by a BLAIR WITCH PROJECT-imitative online campaign using YouTube videos and the like.

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BLOODLINES (Geoff Cockwill 2003) - "a newly-made vampire's journey into the world of the undead and his quest to find someone good among the evil and find his place and learn his skills in this new world". Screened at the NFT, London in August 2003.

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BLOODMYTH (John Rackham 2005) - "Juliet Corman, instructor for a survival training company invites her sister Holly along to the first course in a new centre in woodland in Kent, not knowing that waiting for them is a killer experimenting with ancient Celtic methods of human sacrifice. One by one, their companions are killed and Jules and Holly left to deal with the killer alone" - British Films Catalogue.

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THE BONE SNATCHER (Jason Wulfsohn 2003)  - Canadian/UK production shot in South Africa. Mineworkers are being killed by creatures made up of swarms of ant-like insects congregating around the bones of their victims.

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BOOK OF BLOOD (John Harrison 2009)  - Jonas Armstrong, Sophie Ward and Clive Russell star in this above-average Clive Barker adaptation, based on 'The Book of Blood' and 'On Jerusalem Street (a Postscript)' from Barker's 'Books of Blood' short story collection.

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BOOK OF MONSTERS (Stewart Sparke 2018)  - an 18th birthday party gets out of hand when the teenage partygoers are slaughtered by various creatures bursting into the house where the festivities are taking place. What has all this to do with childhood memories and a mysterious book containing horrific sketches and detailed information about combating the beasts? Lively and exciting monster romp, great fun.

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BORDELLO DEATH TALES (James Eaves, Alan Ronald, Pat Higgins)  - horror anthology with three episodes 'The Ripper', 'Stitchgirl', and 'Vice Day'.

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THE BORDERLANDS (Elliot Goldner 2013)  - one of the most admired British horror films of the 21st century, released as FINAL PRAYER in the States. Well above average 'found footage' movie (though quite who found the footage is an interesting question by the time we reach the shocking finale!). The Vatican sends in a team to investigate reports of supernatural activity at a remote Devon church, where the local priest informs them about 'a miracle' before leaping to his death from the roof, setting this gripping character-based story into motion.

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BORLEY RECTORY (Ashley Thorpe 2018)  - feature debut of Thorpe, whose short films have proved popular when screened at festivals etc - this longer-form item runs just over 70 minutes and tells the history of what is reputedly 'the most haunted house in England'. Starring Reece Shearsmith and Jonathan Rigby, the latter as real-life ghost hunter Harry Price. Narrated by Julian Sands.

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BOTCHED (Kit Ryan 2007)  - Stephen Dorff stars in this multi-national co-production (with UK involvement), as a thief working for a businessman - after failing to carry out one heist, he is ordered to steal an antique cross from a Moscow penthouse, which turns out to be guarded by a crazy, armour-clad killer. Carnage ensues, predictably.

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BOYZ IN THE WOOD (Ninian Doff 2019)  - Scottish comedy starring Eddie Izzard as 'The Duke'. Four tearaway schoolboys are forced to take part in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, but are menaced and stalked through the woods.

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BRAINCELL (Alex Birrell 2010)  - "At a university in Liverpool, a wave of violence is spread due to the strange experiments of Dr. Joseph Cornwall. His estranged niece Hannah arrives from the United States to live with her uncle and soon after, she uncovers a horrifying mystery" - IMDb.

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BRIDE OF SCARECROW (Louisa Warren 2019)  - sequel to CURSE OF THE SCARECROW. As a radio show host finds she has inherited a Welsh farmhouse, the killer scarecrow has risen once more... and is seeking a bride.

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BROKEN (Simon Boyes and Adam Mason 2006) - woman and her daughter are abducted and taken to a remote forest by a sadistic, psychotic figure who forces her to undertake a series of gruelling trials. 

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THE BRØKEN (Sean Ellis 2008)  - Lena Headey stars in psychological horror tale with doppelganger elements, mirror imagery etc. 

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THE BUNKER (Rob Green 2001)  - German soldiers in World War II take refuge from the Allies in an underground munitions bunker, built on the site of a mediaeval plague pit. "A thinking person's horror movie" - Alan Jones, 'Starburst' #273. From the director of the 1994 short THE BLACK CAT, an equally claustrophobic psychological shocker.

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BURIAL (Colton Sears 2003) - "archaeological dig turns up killer ghost of a Viking warrior" (ref: Paul Higson)

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BYZANTIUM (Neil Jordan 2012)  - mother and daughter vampires (Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan) flee from London, taking refuge in a run-down hotel on the south coast. Another pretentious stab at horror from director Jordan.

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CANDLES AT NINE (John Harlow 1944) - young woman must spend a month in her murdered uncle's mansion in order to inherit the property.

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CAPTAIN KRONOS - VAMPIRE HUNTER (Brian Clemens 1973) - debut, and as it turned out final, adventure for Hammer's swashbuckling monster-hunting hero.

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CARRY ON SCREAMING (Gerald Thomas 1966) - frying tonite...

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THE CASE OF THE FRIGHTENED LADY (George King 1940) - Edgar Wallace adaptation directed by the man behind many Tod Slaughter hits. No Tod here, but Marius Goring makes a creepy substitute.

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THE CASTLE OF FU MANCHU (Jess Franco 1968) - late entry in the Harry Alan Towers-produced series starring Christopher Lee.

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CASTLE SINISTER (Widgey R.Newman 1932) - mad doctor attempts to transplant ape's brain into the head of a girl. Director Newman also scripted 1934's THE UNHOLY QUEST.

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THE CAT AND THE CANARY (Radley Metzger 1978) - remake of the famous old dark house mystery, directed by one-time porn specialist Metzger.

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CAT GIRL (Alfred Shaughnessy 1957) - Barbara Shelley stars in this U.K. shocker owing much to Val Lewton's CAT PEOPLE.

CATACOMBS (Gordon Hessler 1964) - American in Britain kills his wife, intending to set up home with his mistress and hiring an impersonator to cover for his late spouse - but the real body disappears...

CHAMBER OF HORRORS (Walter Summers 1929) - man has nightmare about murdering his mistress and going insane during a night at Madame Tussauds.

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CHAMBER OF HORRORS (Norman Lee 1940) - based on Edgar Wallace's "The Door With Seven Locks".

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CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED (Anton M.Leader 1963) - sequel to 1960's VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED.

 

CHIMERA (Andy Morris 1989)  - home-made horror, co-produced by and starring Marcelle Perks. Shot in Worcester on a budget of £5000, and BBFC-certified (with a PG rating!). A high-pitched noise from a video cassette appears to alter reality, turning a town centre into an area populated by skull-headed beings.

CHIMERA (Lawrence Gordon Clark 1991)  - four-part ITV drama penned by Stephen Gallagher, notable for killing off its entire cast before the end of episode one! Murderous experimental ape-creature. This was released in a 90-minute feature version for overseas markets, sometimes under the title MONKEY BOY.

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CIRCUS OF HORRORS (Sidney Hayers 1960)

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CITY OF THE DEAD (John Moxey 1960) - atmospheric witchcraft outing, the first of many horror productions to involve Milton Subotsky, co-scripter here but eventually boss of Amicus Films.

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CITY UNDER THE SEA (Jacques Tourneur 1965) - girl is kidnapped by monstrous gill-men and taken to undersea kingdom ruled by an ancient sea captain (Vincent Price). Tourneur's last film.

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CLASH OF THE TITANS (Desmond Davis 1981) - a final bow from the king of stop-motion animation, Ray Harryhausen. Kraken, Medusa, and other figures from mythology feature.

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A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Stanley Kubrick 1971) - violent futuristic drama, a brilliant visualisation of Anthony Burgess' novel. Malcolm McDowell is charisma personified as Alex, the 'Droog' leader meting out 'ultra-violence' until government scientists begin their sinister fightback...

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COLD LIGHT OF DAY (Fhiona Louise 1989) - dramatization of the true-life case of mass murderer Dennis Nilsen.

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THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY (Rudolf van den Berg 1995) - Richard E.Grant and Simon ('Hi De Hi') Cadell star in serial killer drama from the Dutch director of the controversial THE JOHNSONS.

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THE COLLECTOR (William Wyler 1965) - U.S. production shot in Britain with British cast. Terence Stamp as pools-winning madman, kidnapping Samantha Eggar to add her to his butterfly collection.

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THE COMEBACK (Pete Walker 1978) - incredible cast, including U.S. easy listening superstar Jack Jones, in a typically gory Walker entry. Scripted by Murray Smith.

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THE COMIC (Richard Driscoll 1985) - set in the near future or in some unspecified alternate reality, this slow-moving outing tells the story of a budding stand-up comedian who resorts to murder, killing a rival and burying him in his garden. Almost booed off screen when shown at the 'Splatterfest' event at London's Scala Cinema in 1990!

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THE COMPANY OF WOLVES (Neil Jordan 1984) - vastly overrated adolescent horror/fantasy based on stories by Angela Carter.

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CONDEMNED TO DEATH (Walter Forde 1932) - condemned murderer hypnotises a judge; after the killer is executed, the magistrate takes on his personality.

THE CORMORANT (Peter Markham 1993) - Ralph Fiennes inherits a Welsh cottage from a late relative, but has to look after his pet cormorant as a condition of the will, eventually becoming obsessed with the bird. Dark symbolism, ghostly visions etc. mark this strange 'Screen Two' BBC drama. 

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THE CORPSE (Viktors Ritelis 1969) - Michael Gough as a sadistic husband/father, murdered by his family, only to apparently return from the dead to continue his torments.

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CORRIDORS OF BLOOD (Robert Day 1958) - Boris Karloff and Christopher Lee in period medical/body-snatching thriller.

CORRUPTION (Robert Hartford-Davis 1967) - Peter Cushing and Sue Lloyd in gruesome laser-surgery shocker.

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COUNTESS DRACULA (Peter Sasdy 1971) - despite the title, based on the history of 'Bloody Countess' Erzebet Bathory.

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COVER GIRL KILLER (Terry Bishop 1959) - marvellous quota quickie with Harry H.Corbett as a clean-up campaigner bumping off models appearing on the cover of the scandalous 'Wow!' magazine. Great fun, especially the 'Miss Torquay' episode and Corbett's 'dirty old man' disguise.

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A CRAWLING MADNESS (Stuart Edwards 197?)  - late seventies 40-minute amateur feature, based on HP Lovecraft and shot in Dudley by Terry-Stuart International Films. Starring Terry Rudge and Zena Curtis. "Set in the mid-17th century... about a couple in love who enrich their lives by grave robbing" 

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CRAZE (Freddie Francis 1974) - Jack Palance as an antique dealer doing the dark bidding of an African idol.

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CREATURES THE WORLD FORGOT (Don Chaffey 1971) - dinosaur-less Hammer venture into prehistory.
 

THE CREEPING FLESH (Freddie Francis 1972) - a minor classic of British gothic, with an original monster, insanity running rampant, and an effective twist ending.

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CRESCENDO (Alan Gibson 1969) - Stephanie Powers in late-period Hammer psychological thriller.

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CRIME AND THE PENALTY (R.H.West 1916) - silent crime/horror affair; abduction plot involving a hypnotised, strangling chimpanzee.

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CRIME TIME (George Sluizer 1996) - Pete Postlethwaite as suburban psycho who cuts out his victims' eyes; Stephen Baldwin portrays the killer on a t.v. crime prevention programme and is drawn into the murderer's murky world.

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CRIMES AT THE DARK HOUSE (George King 1940) - perhaps Tod Slaughter's finest hour, loosely based on Wilkie Collins' 'The Woman In White' but playing up the barnstorming, eye-rolling moments for all they are worth.

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THE CRIMES OF STEPHEN HAWKE (George King 1936) - Tod Slaughter as a money lender who doubles as 'The Spine Breaker', the terror of London.

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CRUCIBLE OF TERROR (Ted Hooker 1971) - former d.j. Mike Raven as a mad artist in this rehash of generic 'wax museum' clichés.

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CRY OF THE BANSHEE (Gordon Hessler 1970) - druid cult curses the family of a 16th century magistrate, sending out werewolf-like demon 'The Sidhee' to do them harm.

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THE CURSE OF FRANKENSTEIN (Terence Fisher 1956) - a landmark in the genre, this remains one of the most handsomely mounted - and best - horror productions ever to emerge from the U.K.

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THE CURSE OF KING TUTANKHAMEN'S TOMB (Philip Leacock 1980) - members of Egyptian archaeological dig are killed off by scorpions, snakes, and the like. Produced by Peter Graham Scott for our own HTV, in association with America's Columbia and Stromberg-Kerby Productions. With Raymond Burr, Eva Marie Saint, Angharad Rees, Harry Andrews and Tom Baker among the star cast.

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THE CURSE OF SIMBA (Lindsay Shonteff 1964) - big-game hunting and African voodoo are the ambitious elements of this cheapie shot on Hampstead Heath as a companion film to Shonteff's DEVIL DOLL.

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CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR (Vernon Sewell 1968) - underrated 'witchcraft in a country mansion' offering with a horror fan's dream cast - Barbara Steele, Boris Karloff, and Christopher Lee included.

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THE CURSE OF THE FLY (Don Sharp 1965) - U.K.-lensed, Vincent Price-less sequel to the American hits THE FLY and RETURN OF THE FLY.

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CURSE OF THE MUMMY'S TOMB (Michael Carreras 1964) - weak Hammer bandage-fest.

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CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF (Terence Fisher 1960) - Oliver Reed's big break.

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CURSE OF THE WRAYDONS (Victor Gover 1946) - more Tod Slaughter torture.
 

 

 

 

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CALL OF THE HUNTER (Anthony Straeger 2009)  - group making a documentary about folklore figure Herne The Hunter conjure him up via Ouija board, leading to possession, bloody violence, and Herne demanding that everyone should search for an object of importance to him. 

 

THE CALLER (Matthew Parkhill 2011)  - part-British co-production with Puerto Rico, filmed in the latter part of the world. Woman finds an antique telephone and begins to receive calls on the device from a stranger named Rose. Eventually Rose claims to be calling from the past - and when contact is cut off, she threatens to take a terrible revenge, not on our heroine but on her younger self... 

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CAMERA TRAP (Alex Verner 2014)  - "A documentary crew plunging into the depths of central Asia to capture footage of a rare leopard discover something far more terrifying and bestial"

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CAN I USE YOUR PHONE? (Mumtaz Yildirimlar 2020)  - the prolific producer/director Yildirimlar shot this 48-minute no-budget slasher horror thriller as a time-filler project during the 2020 coronavirus outbreak.

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THE CANAL (Ivan Kavanagh 2014)  - Irish movie co-produced by the UK's Western Edge Pictures. Film archivist who suspects his wife is having an affair sees a reel of film from 1902 revealing that his house was the site of a brutal murder. He senses a spectral presence in the property - and then his wife goes missing,leaving him as a murder suspect.

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CANNIBALS AND CARPET FITTERS (James Bushe 2017) - hilarious horror comedy in which some carpet fitters visit the home of a family of cannibals. An expansion of a 2014 short of the same title. If you can appreciate a"pretzel/Fritzl" gag you'll enjoy this one.

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CARMILLA (Emily Harris 2019)  - "could use a little less corseting and a lot more bite" - Amber Wilkinson, 'Eye For Film' website. 'Inspired by' the works of Sheridan le Fanu, this is heavy on the sapphic romance and scant when it comes to shocks.

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CARNAL MONSTERS (Joe Cash 2021) - "A group of girls come across two people who have been tortured only to find out they themselves are about to be picked off one by one in the most bizarre ways."

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CARNIVORE: WEREWOLF OF LONDON (Simon Wells 2017)  - a couple attempting to keep their flagging relationship alive go out to stay in a cottage in the woods - with the titular creature roaming around outside.

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THE CARRIER (Anthony Woodley 2012)  - as a viral plague ravages the Earth below, passengers on board a 747 flight bicker and argue amongst themselves. Talky SF/horror item from the director of the similarly-structured OUTPOST 11.

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THE CASEBOOK OF EDDIE BREWER (Andrew Spencer 2012)  - TV documentary crew follows a paranormal investigator as he goes about his work. A grand performance by Ian Brooker in the title role really makes something out of this slight supernatural drama.

 

CATHULA (Phil Barry 2001)  - “An unsuspecting girl finds an amulet which leads her to Cathula’s resting place – once disturbed, Cathula is awoken with one aim in life, to turn the world into vampires of sex”. Feature-length hardcore porn vampire movie starring Cathy Barry.   

 

CATHULA 2: VAMPIRES OF SEX (Phil Barry 2004)  - Cathy Barry returns in another hardcore romp, this time with Cathula seeking an ancient book belonging to a vampire clan 

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CAUGHT (Jamie Patterson 2017)  - journalist duo are visited at their home by another couple, the latter acting strangely and creepily throughout. "what begins with an informal interview descends into a nightmarish fight for survival" - plot summary at IMDb. UK science fiction/horror.

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CHARISMATA (Andy Collier & Toor Mian 2017) - "a police detective's sanity unravels as she investigates ritualistic murders"

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CHEMICAL WEDDING (Julian Doyle 2008) - Simon Callow has a ball as a meek university professor who, via a bit of Nigel Kneale-esque technology, somehow transforms into Aleister Crowley. From the director of LOVE POTION (and editor on many Monty Python projects). Hugely entertaining and truly shocking in places. Written by Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden.

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CHERRY TREE LANE (Paul Andrew Williams 2010)  - home invasion 'hoodie horror' played out in real time, with a smattering of class commentary thrown in.  

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THE CHILDREN (Tom Shankland 2008) - winter-set killer kid movie in the DEVIL TIMES FIVE tradition. Nice British spin on this theme.

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CITADEL (Ciaran Foy 2012) - Irish/UK hoodie horror filmed in Glasgow. Agoraphobic widower must defend his baby daughter from the attentions of the same feral gang that murdered his wife.

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CLARITY (S.N. Sibley 200?) - unreleased 56-minute feature by the Sunderland-based director of A HOME FOR THE BULLETS, using Goblin music on the soundtrack. Based on the Italian film HOUSE OF THE YELLOW CARPET.

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THE CLEANSING (Antony Smith 2019)  - in 14th century Wales, a 16 year old girl accused of witchcraft encounters a healer who teaches her how to take revenge on her persecutors.

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CLEAVER: RISE OF THE KILLER CLOWN (MJ Dixon 2015)  - babysitter and her charge are menaced by killer clown on Halloween night. American-set 71-minute feature from MJ's 'Mycho Entertainment Group', and one of their very best productions.

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CLEAVERS: KILLER CLOWNS (MJ Dixon 2019)  - "Jody Ann Howells, a survivor of the Still Rivers Massacre is on the hunt for the man who turned her hometown into a nightmare, but a figure connected to that night may be her only hope in saving an all American Family who have found themselves in the clutches of The Cleaver". More from Mycho Entertainment Group. 
 

THE CLOWN (Dominic Holmes 2007)  - 82-minute horror feature available on YouTube, from Wolverhampton-based director Holmes.

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CLOWNFACE (Alex Bourne 2019)  - "A deranged serial killer known as "Clownface" terrorises the residents of a small town".

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COCKNEYS VS. ZOMBIES (Matthias Hoene 2012)  - the title says it all in this popular horror comedy, renowned for its 'zimmer frame' gag featuring the great Richard Briers. A bunch of young bank robbers and the residents of an old folks' home battle the living dead.

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COLD AND DARK (Andrew Goth 2004)  -  Police detective realises that his partner is using supernatural means to combat criminals. With Luke Goss, Kevin Howarth and Matt Lucas. 

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COLIN (Marc Price 2008) - the home-made zombie movie reputedly shot for just £45 on a Panasonic mini-dv camcorder, before securing festival screenings and a UK theatrical release. A la Andrew Parkinson's I ZOMBIE: THE CHRONICLES OF PAIN, the story is told from the lead zombie's point of view.

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COMEDOWN (Menhaj Huda 2012)  - six friends set up a pirate radio station in an abandoned tower block but are menaced by a psychopathic killer.

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COMMUNITY (Jason Ford 2012)  - rumours are rife about acts of violence and missing people at the Draymen housing estate in Essex. Two intrepid film students decide to visit to film a documentary about the area, but soon find that the stories they have heard are merely the tip of the iceberg. A popular audience hit at horror movie festivals and a film which deserves a higher profile than it ultimately received.

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CONJOURING THE GENIE (Scott Jeffrey 2021) - young woman unleashes a wish-granting demon from an ancient amulet, but the trickster turns around the various wishes of her friends towards deadly outcomes. Aka DEVIL DJINN.

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CONJURING: THE BOOK OF THE DEAD (Richard Driscoll 2019) - allegedly based on MR James' novel (sic) 'Casting the Runes', this dreadful Driscoll hotchpotch seems to stitch together seventy minutes or so of scraps of offcut footage from various other productions. Norman Wisdom, unbilled, is glimpsed in previously unused scenes clearly shot during the making of THE RAVEN: EVIL CALLS, for example.

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CONTAINMENT (Neil Mcenery-West 2015)  - residents of an urban tower block awaken to discover their doors have been glued shut and that figures in HazMat suits are patrolling the area. Another apocalypse, another virus, more breakdown of society in microcosm, but this one was the recipient of some highly positive reviews. A sort of British THE CRAZIES/RIGHT AT YOUR DOOR/OUTBREAK - Starburst's Paul Mount was impressed by the ending which he stated was even bleaker than that of THE MIST!

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THE CONVENT (Paul Hyett 2018)  - from the director of HOWL and THE SEASONING HOUSE. "During the 17th Century, a young woman, Persephone, is saved from execution and led to a priory to repent her sins but discovers a greater evil lies within". Aka HERETIKS.

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CONVENTION OF THE DEAD (Kelvin Beer 2016)  - bunch of science fiction fans attend their annual convention - which this year takes place just as a zombie apocalypse breaks out.

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THE CORPSE BRIDE (Tim Burton & Mike Johnson 2005) - animated horror-fantasy in the typical Burton style. Man puts a wedding ring on to the finger of a woman's skeleton as a joke, but she returns in ghostly form claiming to be his legal spouse.

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THE COTTAGE (Paul Andrew Williams 2008) - bungling kidnappers Andy Serkis and Reece Shearsmith encounter a psychokiller at the remote title property in this middling but occasionally fun black comedy, also starring Jennifer Ellison. 

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THE COVEN (John Mackie 2015)  - seven teenagers, whose initials spell the word 'Lucifer', are targeted by a devil-worshipping killer biker when they venture into Queen's Wood, Highgate. Starring Dexter Fletcher.

 

CRADLE OF FEAR (Alex Chandon 2001)  - interactive murder website, spider-like creature, transplanted leg with a life of its own, and a burglary gone wrong feature in horror anthology from the director of the superb amateur shorts BAD KARMA and DRILLBIT.

 

CRAVEN PLACE (Mitchell Morgan and Jon Kirby 2000) - supernatural shocker from the makers of ONLY DARKNESS and REQUIEM.

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THE CREATURE BELOW (Stewart Sparke 2016)  - marine biologist discovers an unknown sea creature; smuggling it home, she intends to study the beast but gradually becomes obsessed with it. From the director of BOOK OF MONSTERS.

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CREDO (Toni Harman 2008) - pentagram and Ouija cliches abound in this tale of college students trapped in an abandoned seminary with a demonic presence. Notable for including Stephen Gately of pop band Boyzone way down the cast list. 

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CREEP (Christopher Smith 2004)  - Franka Potente stars as woman trapped in a London Underground station, pursued by a potential attacker; she hides out in the labyrinthine tunnels beneath the city’s streets, but is her nightmare over? 

 

CREEP KILLERS (Adam McAlavey 2004) - 62-minute low-budgeter from Wales. In a post-apocalyptic society, zombie-like 'Creeps' roam the land - two rival gangs compete to clear a building of the Creeps, with a £5000 prize at stake. Troma-like horror comedy.

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CREEPSHOW 4 (John Perry 2018)  - this outrage popped up briefly on YouTube in late 2018 before being swiftly removed. Some chancer has stolen a handful of other people's short films (including the rather good remake of PANIC, LEFT TURN), tacked them together, stuck on the Warner Bros logo, and used artwork from the CREEPSHOW franchise as well as pitching this cut-and-shunt job as a part of that franchise. The world of the British horror anthology has been a rather shady realm in the past but never quite this desperate.

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CRISPY'S CURSE (John Williams 2017) - entertaining horror comedy featuring a back from the grave killer clown and Christian heavy metal band Messiah Fist. 

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CROW (Wyndham Price 2016)  - property developer tries to evict squatters from his land, with folk horror rituals and deaths ensuing.

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CRUCIBLE OF THE VAMPIRE (Ian Ross-McNamee 2019) - starring Katie Goldfinch and Neil Morrissey. "Young museum curator, Isabelle, is sent to inspect a part of what seems to be a strange crucible buried near an eerie old manor".

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CRYING WOLF (Tony Jopia 2015) - werewolf comedy horror in 3D,  including Caroline Munro among its cast 

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THE CRYPT (Mark Murphy 2014)  - "The Church sends in a team to investigate the tragic deaths of a young group found in the crypt of a Convent". 3D horror feature.

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CRYPTIC (Freddie Hutton-Mills, Bart Ruspoli 2014)  - a bunch of criminals are tasked with guarding a coffin, and tensions mount between them as time passes, with some talk of a vampire... 

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THE CURED (David Freyne 2017)  - Irish/French/US/UK co-production, in the aftermath of a zombie-causing plague that has swept Europe, with the infected now being rehabilitated into society.

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THE CURSE OF BA'AL (Joe Wheeler 2012)  - in between churning out his 'Jengo' movies, amateur director Wheeler offered up this low-budget horror item too. 

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THE CURSE OF JENGO (Joe Wheeler 2015)  - the fourth of Wheeler's films about Jengo, a nightmare figure who possesses his victims and urges them to murder. Unclear whether this low-budgeter has ever actually been made available or screened anywhere, though it does appear to have been completed in 2015. We have yet to witness the announced titles 'Jengo Hooper Returns' or 'Jengo Hooper's 'Cannibal Cafe' '.

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