British Horror films

Hammer Horror Films 1950's:

Cult Horrors:
Wickerman- 1973: Someone visits a small Scottish Island to investigate the report of a missing child.
Witchfinder General- 1968: A horrific tale of evil set during the English Civil War.

Contemporary:

Byzantium- 2013: A modern twist on a vampire horror incorporating romance and action.

Eden Lake-2008: A couple go away for a weekend by a lake where they meet a gang who cause serious injury.

Dog Soilders- 2002: a small squad of British soilders encounter a bloody massacre whilst on a nighttime training mission in the Scottish Highlands.

28 Days Later- 2002: A group of misguided animal rights activists free a caged chimp infected with a virus from a medical research lab.

The Children- 2008: A film where children turn against their parents and do strange things, such as mis-behaving and injuring people. They dominate over the adults, changing the stereotype in the media where children are seen as vulnerable and innocent.

The Hole- 2009: Some teenagers find a hole in a basement where a series of horrific events take place. Inside the hole are where the teenagers biggest fears are, eg. clowns.

The Descent-2005: A group of women visit North Carolina to investigate caves. When they're in the cave they realize they're not alone.

Woman In Black- 2012: A film following on from the theatre production. The woman in black is a supernatural ghost who lives inside a haunted house and some horrible events happen to the man staying in the house.

Low Budget films:

Kill List- 2011: Some dark events take place from a contract killer and his business partner as they carry out a new assignment.

Cherry Tree Lane- 2010: Horrific events take place in a couples home when someone knocks on their door.

Typically British horrors have low budgets and are set on location. They don't rely on big Hollywood names to promote their film and they don't depend on much CGI or graphics to make a statement. The majority of these films have co- productions where three or four production companies join to create the film, usually because they aren't big enough to create these on their own. In Kill List the two companies which joined were Rook Films and Warp X. In Cherry Tree Lane companies Limelight and Steel Mill Pictures joined.