Sunday 5 October 2014

One hundred significant British horror films released since January 2000


This is not the top 100. This is a sample list of 100 impressive, successful, acclaimed or otherwise notable British horror films from the 500 or so released since 1st January 2000. This is just intended as an aide-memoire for kind folks helping me to compile a list of the top 20 modern British horror films. (Dates given are first commercial release.)
  1. Attack the Block (Joe Cornish, 2011)
  2. The Awakening (Nick Murphy, 2011)
  3. Axed aka Deadly Departed (Ryan L Driscoll, 2012)
  4. Bane (James Eaves, 2009)
  5. Before Dawn (Dominic Brunt, 2013)
  6. Berberian Sound Studio (Peter Strickland, 2012)
  7. Black Death (Christopher Smith, 2010)
  8. Blood + Roses (Simon Aitken, 2011)
  9. Bordello Death Tales (Pat Higgins, Al Ronald & James Eaves, 2012)
  10. The Borderlands (Elliot Goldner, 2014)
  11. Broken (Adam Mason & Simon Boyes, 2007)
  12. The Bunker (Rob Green, 2002)
  13. Byzantium (Neil Jordan, 2013)
  14. The Captive aka Armistice aka Warhouse (Luke Massey, 2014)
  15. Chemical Wedding aka Crowley (Julian Doyle, 2008)
  16. Cherry Tree Lane (Paul Andrew Williams, 2010)
  17. The Children (Tom Shankland, 2008)
  18. Cockneys vs Zombies (Matthias Hoene, 2012)
  19. Colin (Marc Price, 2009)
  20. Community aka Final Project (Jason Ford, 2013)
  21. The Cottage (Paul Andrew Williams, 2008)
  22. Cradle of Fear (Alex Chandon, 2002)
  23. Creep (Christopher Smith, 2005)
  24. Cut (Dominic Burns, 2010)
  25. A Day of Violence (Darren Ward, 2010)
  26. The Dead (Howard J Ford & Jonathan Ford, 2011)
  27. Dead Creatures (Andrew Parkinson, 2001)
  28. Dead Man’s Shoes (Shane Meadows, 2004)
  29. The Descent (Neil Marshall, 2005)
  30. The Devil’s Business (Sean Hogan, 2012)
  31. The Devil’s Chair (Adam Mason, 2008)
  32. The Devil’s Music (Pat Higgins, 2010)
  33. The Disappeared (Johnny Kevorkian, 2009)
  34. Doghouse (Jake West, 2009)
  35. Dog Soldiers (Neil Marshall, 2002)
  36. Eden Lake (James Watkins, 2008)
  37. Evil Aliens (Jake West, 2006)
  38. F aka The Expelled (Johannes Roberts, 2010)
  39. The Fallow Field (Leigh Dovey, 2013)
  40. A Field in England (Ben Wheatley, 2013)
  41. Freak Out (Christian James, 2006)
  42. Gangsters, Guns and Zombies (Matt Mitchell, 2012)
  43. Harold’s Going Stiff (Keith Wright, 2012)
  44. The Harsh Light of Day (Oliver S Milburn, 2012)
  45. Heartless (Philip Ridley, 2010)
  46. HellBride (Pat Higgins, 2009)
  47. Heretic (Peter Handford, 2013)
  48. The Hole (Nick Hamm, 2001)
  49. Inbred (Alex Chandon, 2012)
  50. In Fear (Jeremy Lovering, 2013)
  51. KillerKiller (Pat Higgins, 2007)
  52. Kill List (Ben Wheatley, 2011)
  53. The Last Great Wilderness (David Mackenzie, 2003)
  54. The Last Horror Movie (Julian Richards, 2004)
  55. The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse (Steve Bendelack, 2005)
  56. Let Me In (Matt Reeves, 2010)
  57. Lie Still aka The Haunting of #24 (Sean Hogan, 2007)
  58. Lighthouse aka Dead of Night (Simon Hunter, 2000)
  59. Little Deaths (Simon Rumley, Andrew Parkinson & Sean Hogan, 2011)
  60. The Living and the Dead (Simon Rumley, 2007)
  61. London Voodoo (Robert Pratten, 2004)
  62. A Lonely Place to Die aka The Long Weekend (Julian Gilbey, 2011)
  63. Mindflesh (Robert Pratten, 2008)
  64. Monsters (Gareth Edwards, 2010)
  65. Mum and Dad (Steven Sheil, 2008)
  66. My Little Eye (Mark Evans, 2002)
  67. Nature Morte (Paul  Burrows, 2008)
  68. Nazi Zombie Death Tales aka Battlefield Death Tales aka Angry Nazi Zombies (James Eaves, Al Ronald & Pat Higgins, 2012)
  69. Night Junkies (Lawrence Pearce, 2007)
  70. Outpost (Steve Barker, 2008)
  71. Penetration Angst aka Angst (Wolfgang Buld, 2003)
  72. Red Kingdom Rising (Navin Dev, 2014)
  73. The Resident (Antti Jokinen, 2011)
  74. Resurrecting ‘The Street Walker’ (Ozgur Uyanik, 2010)
  75. Retreat (Carl Ribbets, 2011)
  76. Salvage (Lawrence Gough, 2010)
  77. Sawney: Flesh of Man aka Lord of Darkness (Ricky Wood Jnr, 2013)
  78. The Seasoning House (Paul Hyett, 2013)
  79. Severance (Christopher Smith, 2007)
  80. Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004)
  81. Sightseers (Ben Wheatley, 2012)
  82. Soul Searcher (Neil Oseman, 2006)
  83. Stalled (Christian James, 2013)
  84. Summer Scars (Julian Richards, 2008)
  85. Tony (Gerard Johnson, 2010)
  86. Tormented (Jon Wright, 2009)
  87. Tower Block (James Nunn, Ronnie Thompson, 2012)
  88. Triangle (Christopher Smith, 2009)
  89. Truth or Dare aka Truth or Die (Robert Heath, 2012)
  90. UFO aka Alien Uprising (Dominic Burns, 2012)
  91. Vampire Diary (Mark James & Phil O’Shea, 2008)
  92. Wake Wood (David Keating, 2011)
  93. WAZ aka The Killing Gene (Tom Shankland, 2008)
  94. White Settlers (Simeon Halligan, 2014)
  95. Wilderness (Michael J Bassett, 2006)
  96. Wishbaby (Stephen W Parsons, 2009)
  97. The Witches Hammer (James Eaves, 2006)
  98. The Woman in Black (James Watkins, 2012)
  99. The Zombie Diaries (Michael Bartlett & Kevin Gates, 2007)
  100. 28 Days Later (Danny Boyle, 2002)

4 comments:

  1. Children of the damned 1964, The Thing (prequel and Carpenter's)
    can't say there is anything bar the above that I would go for.
    KB

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  2. Heres my top ten...
    1 - Dead Mans Shoes
    2 - A Field in England
    3 - 28 Days Later
    4 - A League of Gentleman's Apocalypse
    5 - The Kill List
    6- Small Town Folk
    7 - Dead End
    8 - GNAW
    9 - A Woman in Black
    10 - Outpost
    Cheers BM

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  3. My top 10:

    1) Monsters
    2) AWoman In Black
    3) Shaun of the Dead
    4) Black Death
    5) 28 Days Later
    6) Severance
    7) In Fear
    8) The Fallow Field
    9) Mum and Dad
    10) Tormented

    Email: hahaharvey@hotmail.com

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  4. 1 – 28 Days Later
    2 – Shaun Of The Dead
    3 – Kill List
    4 – Dog Soldiers
    5 – Severance
    6 – The Borderlands
    7 – Doghouse
    8 – The Dead
    9 – Tower Block
    10 – 13Hrs/Night Wolf

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