British horror timeline
(a complete chronological list of British horror features)
(particularly significant short films are listed in capital letters)
(all titles prior to 1914, and many between 1915-1930, run less than 40 minutes and are entered in the 'short films' section of the main site)
1898
Faust And Mephistopheles
1899
The Haunted Curiosity Shop
The Miser's Doom
1901
The Glutton's Nightmare
The Magic Sword
1902
Maria Martin: Or The Murder In The Red Barn
1904
The Mistletoe Bough
1905
D.T.s Or The Effects Of Drink
1907
The Doll's Revenge
The Madman's Bride
1908
The Devil's Bargain
The Man And His Bottle
The Red Barn Crime: Or Maria Martin
1910
The Duality Of Man
Faust
The Lobster Nightmare
Love Of A Hunchback
1911
Faust
Jones' Nightmare
1912
One Too Exciting Night
1913
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
Dr. Trimball's Verdict
The Grip Of Iron
Maria Marten: Or The Murder In The Red Barn
The Tempter
The Vampire
1914
The Basilisk
The Bells
The Fakir's Spell
The Suicide Club
1915
The Avenging Hand
A Cry In The Night
The Devil's Bondman
Faust
Heba The Snake Woman
The Monkey's Paw
Pimple Sees Ghosts
1916
Crime And The Penalty
The Picture Of Dorian Gray
She
The Wheel Of Death
1918
Faust
The Haunted Hotel
1919
The Beetle
1920
At The Villa Rose
Desire
The Face At The Window
The Grip Of Iron
1921
The Devil's Foot
The Hound Of The Baskervilles
The Other Person
Sting Of Death
Voice From The Dead
The Yellow Face
GRAND GUIGNOL (series)
1923
The Mystery Of Fu Manchu (series)
Faust
The Mistletoe Bough
The Monkey's Paw
St. Elmo
1924
The Further Mysteries Of Fu Manchu (series)
1925
She
1926
Haunted Castles (series)
The Lodger
Sweeney Todd
1927
Faust
The Ghost Train
Prelude
1928
Maria Marten
Sweeney Todd
1929
Black Waters
Chamber Of Horrors
Dark Red Roses
The Hound Of The Baskervilles
1930
Mystery At The Villa Rose
1931
The Bells
The Ghost Train
The Hound Of The Baskervilles
1932
Castle Sinister
Condemned To Death
The Face At The Window
The Frightened Lady
The Lodger
The River House Ghost
The Suicide Club
Thark
1933
The Ghost Train
The Ghoul
The Shadow
1934
The Medium
The Secret Of The Loch
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Unholy Quest
1935
Faust Fantasy
Maria Marten: Or The Murder In The Red Barn
THE STRANGE CASE OF MR. TODMORDEN
1936
The Crimes Of Stephen Hawke
Juggernaut
The Man Behind The Mask
The Man Who Changed His Mind
Murder By Rope
Mystery Of The Marie Celeste
Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
1938 Dead Men Tell No Tales
Sexton Blake And The Hooded Terror
The Terror
They Drive By Night
GHOST TALES RETOLD (series)
1939
Dark Eyes Of London
The Face At The Window
House Of Mystery
Trunk Crime
1940
The Case Of The Frightened Lady
Chamber Of Horrors
Crimes At The Dark House
The Ghost Of St. Michael's
Spellbound
1941
The Ghost Train
Old Mother Riley's Ghosts
Tower Of Terror
1942
The Night Has Eyes
1943
My Learned Friend
1944
Candles At Nine
A Place Of One's Own
1945
Dead Of Night
The Latin Quarter
1946
Curse Of The Wraydons
1947
The Ghost Of Rashmon Hall
Uncle Silas
1948
Daughter of Darkness
Fall Of The House Of Usher
The Fatal Night
The Greed Of William Hart
Haunted Palace
Holidays With Pay
House Of Darkness
The Monkey's Paw
The Queen Of Spades
Things Happen At Night
Three Weird Sisters
ESCAPE FROM BROADMOOR
1950
Dark Interval
Room To Let
Shadow Of The Past
1951
Death Is A Number
The Tales Of Hoffman
RETURN TO GLENNASCAUL
1952
The Ghost Ship
Mother Riley Meets The Vampire
Stolen Face
1953
Gilbert Harding Speaking Of Murder
Three's Company
THE TELL-TALE HEART
1954
Devil Girl From Mars
The Night My Number Came Up
Three Cases Of Murder
THE MIRROR AND MARKHEIM
1955
The Quatermass Experiment
Richard III
CROSSROADS
1956
Alias John Preston
The Curse Of Frankenstein
Fire Maidens From Outer Space
The Gamma People
X - The Unknown
THE BESPOKE OVERCOAT
1957
The Abominable Snowman
Cat Girl
The House In The Woods
The Man Without A Body
Quatermass 2
Womaneater
1958
Blood Of The Vampire
Corridors Of Blood
Dracula
Fiend Without A Face
Grip Of The Strangler
Jack The Ripper
Night Of The Demon
The Revenge Of Frankenstein
The Strange World Of Planet X
The Trollenberg Terror
1959
Cover Girl Killer
First Man Into Space
The Giant Behemoth
The Headless Ghost
Horrors Of The Black Museum
The Hound Of The Baskervilles
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
The Mummy
Peeping Tom
The Stranglers Of Bombay
Suddenly, Last Summer
The Ugly Duckling
1960
The Brides Of Dracula
Circus Of Horrors
City Of The Dead
Curse Of The Werewolf
Doctor Blood's Coffin
The Flesh And The Fiends
The House In Marsh Road
The Snake Woman
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Two Faces Of Dr. Jekyll
Village Of The Damned
1961
The Anatomist
Gorgo
The Hands Of Orlac
House Of Mystery
The Innocents
Konga
The Man In The Back Seat
Mysterious Island
Night Of The Eagle
Shadow Of The Cat
Taste Of Fear
Terror Of The Tongs
What A Carve-Up!
1962
Kiss Of The Vampire
Night Creatures
The Phantom Of The Opera
Vengeance
THE PIT
1963
Children Of The Damned
The Damned
Day Of The Triffids
The Devil Doll
The Earth Dies Screaming
The Haunting
Jason And The Argonauts
Maniac
The Old Dark House
Paranoiac
The Unearthly Stranger
1964
The Black Torment
Catacombs
The Curse Of Simba
Curse Of The Mummy's Tomb
Devils Of Darkness
Dr. Terror's House Of Horrors
The Evil Of Frankenstein
The Gorgon
The Horror Of It All
Hysteria
Masque Of The Red Death
Night Must Fall
Nightmare
The Tomb Of Ligeia
Where Has Poor Mickey Gone?
Witchcraft
1965
Bunny Lake Is Missing
City Under The Sea
The Collector
Curse Of The Fly
Die Monster Die
Dr. Who And The Daleks
Dracula, Prince Of Darkness
The Face Of Fu Manchu
Fanatic
The Nanny
The Night Caller
Rasputin The Mad Monk
Repulsion
She
The Skull
A Study In Terror
Ten Little Indians
The War Game
DREAM A40
1966
The Brides Of Fu Manchu
Carry On Screaming
Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.
The Deadly Bees
Frankenstein Created Woman
The Frozen Dead
The Hand Of Night
Invasion
Island Of Terror
It!
Naked Evil
One Million Years B.C.
The Plague Of The Zombies
The Projected Man
The Psychopath
The Reptile
Theatre Of Death
The Witches
1967
Berserk
The Blood Beast Terror
Corruption
Dance Of The Vampires
Doctor Faustus
Eye Of The Devil
The Mummy's Shroud
Night Of The Big Heat
The Penthouse
Quatermass And The Pit
The Return Of Dracula
Ruddigore
The Shuttered Room
The Sorcerers
The Terrornauts
They Came From Beyond Space
Torture Garden
The Vengeance Of Fu Manchu
The Vengeance Of She
The Vulture
1968
Blood Of Fu Manchu
The Castle Of Fu Manchu
Curse Of The Crimson Altar
The Devil Rides Out
Dracula Has Risen From The Grave
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed
Justine
The Lost Continent
Twisted Nerve
Venus In Furs
Witchfinder General
THE IMAGE
1969
The Body Stealers
The Corpse
Crescendo
The Haunted House Of Horror
I Start Counting
Legend Of The Witches
Night, After Night, After Night.
The Oblong Box
Scream And Scream Again
Whirlpool
1970
And Soon The Darkness
The Beast In The Cellar
Bizarre
Blood On Satan's Claw
The Body Beneath
Cry Of The Banshee
Die Screaming Marianne
Fragment Of Fear
Goodbye Gemini
The Horror Of Frankenstein
The House That Dripped Blood
I Monster
Incense For The Damned
The Man Who Haunted Himself
Mumsy Nanny Sonny And Girly
Scars Of Dracula
Taste The Blood Of Dracula
Trog
The Vampire Lovers
The Virgin Witch
When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth
1971
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Assault
Baffled!
Blind Terror
Blood From The Mummy's Tomb
Burke And Hare
A Clockwork Orange
Countess Dracula
Creatures The World Forgot
Crucible Of Terror
Demons Of The Mind
Deviation
The Devils
Dr. Jekyll And Sister Hyde
Endless Night
The Fiend
Fright
Hands Of The Ripper
Lust For A Vampire
Macbeth
The Night Digger
Night Hair Child
The Nightcomers
The Possession Of Joel Delaney
Revenge
Secret Rites
Straw Dogs
Tam Lin
10 Rillington Place
To Kill A Clown
Twins Of Evil
Vampire Circus
Venom
What Became Of Jack And Jill?
Who Slew Auntie Roo?
HEX
1972
The Asphyx
Asylum
The CreepingFlesh
Death Line
Disciple Of Death
Dr. Phibes Rises Again
Doomwatch
Dracula A.D. 1972
Fear In The Night
The Flesh And Blood Show
Frenzy
Horror Express
Neither The Sea Nor The Sand
Nothing But The Night
Psychomania
Shadow Of Satan
Skinflicker
Straight On Till Morning
Tales From The Crypt
Tower Of Evil
THE MAN AND THE SNAKE
1973
And Now The Screaming Starts
Blue Blood
Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter
Dark Places
Don't Look Now
Dracula
Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell
Horror Hospital
The House In Nightmare Park
The Legend Of Hell House
Night Watch
The Satanic Rites Of Dracula
Scream…And Die!
The Sex Victims
The Sinful Dwarf
Tales That Witness Madness
Theatre Of Blood
Vault Of Horror
Voices
The Wicker Man
THE RETURN
1974
And Then There Were None
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
The Beast Must Die
Craze
Deadly Strangers
Frankenstein: The True Story
Frightmare
From Beyond The Grave
Ghost Story
The Ghoul
The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad
House Of Whipcord
The Land That Time Forgot
Legend Of The Seven Golden Vampires
Madhouse
The Mutations
Persecution
Phase IV
Son Of Dracula
Symptoms
Vampira
Vampyres
Whispers Of Fear
1975
Dracula, Demon Of The Night
Expose
I Don't Want To Be Born
Legend Of The Werewolf
The Lifetaker
Lisztomania
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Sex Express
The Spiral Staircase
Take An Easy Ride
1976
At The Earth's Core
The Devil's Men
Face Of Darkness
Full Circle
House Of Mortal Sin
The Omen
Queen Kong
The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea
Satan's Slave
Schizo
To The Devil A Daughter
RED
1977
The Black Panther
The Hound Of The Baskervilles
Jabberwocky
The People That Time Forgot
Secrets
Sinbad And The Eye Of The Tiger
Spectre
Tintorera
The Uncanny
THE KISS
1978
Absolution
The Cat And The Canary
The Comeback
Dominique
Holocaust 2000
Killer's Moon
The Medusa Touch
Murder By Decree
The Playbirds
Prey
The Shout
Warlords Of Atlantis
A CHILD'S VOICE
THE FORBIDDEN
THE LAKE
PANIC
1979
Alien
The Boys From Brazil
Dracula
The Legacy
The Quatermass Conclusion
Terror
THE DUMB WAITER
VICTIMS
1980
The Awakening
Blood Tide
The Curse Of King Tutankhamen's Tomb
Death Ship
The Experiment
The Godsend
Inseminoid
The Monster Club
Saturn 3
The Shining
The Watcher In The Woods
BLACK ANGEL
BLOOD LUST
CRY WOLF
DARK WATER
DREAMHOUSE
HORRID INTERMISSIONS
LINDERIDGE 137
1981
An American Werewolf In London
The Appointment
Clash Of The Titans
Death Shock
The Final Conflict
The Orchard End Murder
The Secret Of Seagull Island
THE PLEDGE
POSSESSIONS
RETRIBUTION
VAMPYR
1982
Britannia Hospital
The Hunchback Of Notre Dame
Invitation To Hell
The Last Night
The Sender
Venom
Xtro
THE BLOODY CHAMBER
THE COTTAGE
DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRIES?
KILLER PUNCH
1983
The Bad Sister
Bloodbath At The House Of Death
Don't Open Till Christmas
The Hound Of The Baskervilles
House Of The Long Shadows
Qualen
Screamtime
Slayground
1984
The Company Of Wolves
The Masks Of Death
Night Train To Murder
Scream For Help
Sleepwalker
Sphere - The Spores Of Doom
Suffer Little Children
Unfair Exchanges
1985
Bloodstream
The Bride
The Comic
Déjà Vu
The Doctor And The Devils
Frightmares
The Hills Have Eyes, Part II
Legend
Lifeforce
Murder Elite
Slaughter High
Underworld
Young Sherlock Holmes
WINGS OF DEATH
1986
Aliens
Bloody New Year
Daemon
Gothic
In The Shadow Of Kilimanjaro
Into The Darkness
Link
Mr. Corbett's Ghost
Nightmare Weekend
THE MARK OF LILITH
1987
American Gothic
Born Of Fire
Ghost Stories From The Pickwick Papers
Goodnight, God Bless
Hellraiser
Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
The Phantom Of The Opera
Rawhead Rex
White Of The Eye
HORRORSHOW
1988
Dream Demon
The Eye Of Satan
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
High Spirits
Jack The Ripper
Lair Of The White Worm
Paperhouse
Unmasked Part 25
Urge To Kill
1989
Black Rainbow
Chimera
Cold Light Of Day
Don't Scream It's Only A Movie
Edge Of Sanity
The Girl In A Swing
Howling V: The Rebirth
I Bought A Vampire Motorcycle
Last Day At The Beach
Living Doll
Moonchild
Ten Little Indians
The Witches
The Woman In Black
1990
Dawn
Hardware
Jekyll And Hyde
Killing Time
The Lorelei
Mr. Frost
Nightbeast
Nightbreed
The Phantom Of The Opera
The Reflecting Skin
The Revenge Of Billy The Kid
Torment
CARUNCULA
1991
Afraid Of The Dark
Chimera
The Final Temptation
Firestar: First Contact
The Lawnmower Man
Naked Lunch
Split Second
BAD KARMA
1992
Alien³
Dust Devil
Frankenstein: The Real Story
Second Sight
Suddenly, Last Summer
Tale Of A Vampire
The Turn Of The Screw
DRILLBIT
FOOD
LONELY HEARTS
1993
Beyond Bedlam
Blood Junkies
The Cormorant
White Angel
Zombie Genocide
1994
Beg!
Blue Fear
Boy Meets Girl
Butterfly Kiss
Dark Waters
Death Machine
Demonsoul
Funny Man
Howling VII: Mystery Woman
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Mute Witness
Paura Il Diavolo
Shallow Grave
THE BLACK CAT
1995
The Cold Light Of Day
Hard Edge
Haunted
The Haunting Of Helen Walker
Night Stalkers
The Passion Of Darkly Noon
Rite Of Spring
1996
Crime Time
Darklands
Driftwood
The Eliminator
Grim
Mary Reilly
Project: Assassin
Proteus
Snow White: A Tale Of Terror
Sweet Angel Mine
Wilderness
Zombie Toxin
1997
Aberration
An American Werewolf In Paris
Appetite
Breeders
Event Horizon
Heart
I Zombie - The Chronicles Of Pain
Urban Ghost Story
BIRDS OF PREY
FLYING SAUCER ROCK'N'ROLL
1998
Fantom Kiler
Gods And Monsters
The Killer Tongue
Razor Blade Smile
The Watcher
The Wisdom Of Crocodiles
Witchcraft X: Mistress Of The Craft
DESSERTS
ON EDGE
UNSIGNED
WET AND DRY
1999
Blood
eXistenZ
Into The Light
The Intruder
Only Darkness
Ravenous
Titus
GREEN FINGERS
THE UNINVITED
2000
The Asylum
The Big Finish
Craven Place
Dark Light
Foiled
Lighthouse
Little Otik
The Little Vampire
Sanitarium
Shadow Of The Vampire
The Thirteenth Sign
Written In Blood
Zombie Love Stories
BLACK XXX-MAS
GHOSTHUNTER
SISTER LULU
SOUL PATROL
2001
Alone
The Barber
The Bunker
Cathula
Cradle Of Fear
Dark Eyes
Dead Creatures
Dead Dog Blues
Dead In The Water
The Dead Room
Deja Vu
Dog Soldiers
Don't Look Back
Dust
Fall Of The Louse Of Usher
Fantom Kiler 2
Hellbreeder
The Hole
Hotel
Inside Outside Lydia's Head
Jack Of Diamonds
Kannibal
Long Time Dead
My Little Eye
Never Play With The Dead
Revelation
Ripper: Letter From Hell
Skare
Slumber Party
Superstition
Wishmaster 3: Beyond The Gates Of Hell
THE CAT WITH HANDS
G.M.
2002
Deathwatch
Devil's Gate
Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde
Doctor Sleep
Dominator
Dorian
Evil Elvis
The Eye
Fallen Angels
Fear Dot Com
The Gathering
Ghost Rig
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets
Long Time Dead
Lullaby Of Clubland
Nine Lives
Reign Of Fire
Requiem
Resident Evil
Saul's Pupils
Savage Messiah
Sentinels Of Darkness
Spider
Taunted
Ted Bundy
Through The Looking Glass
28 Days Later…
Until Death
RED LINES
2003
Bad Place
Banshee
Blood Relative
Bloodlines
Burial
Darkhunters
The Devil's Backyard
Dr. Macabre's Tales Of Terror
Fantom Kiler 3
Freak Out
Hacked Off
The Last Horror Movie
The Last Sign
LD 50
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen
London Voodoo
Madhouse
My Little Brother's A Vampire
Octane
Parasite
Penetration Angst
Underworld
The Unseen
2004
Blessed
Cathula 2: Vampires Of Sex
Cold And Dark
Creep
Creep Killers
The Dark Hunter
Dead Man's Shoes
Devil's Harvest
Exhibit A
Eyes Of Crystal
Frankenstein X
Happy Day
Infestation
Last Exit For The Lost
Lovesick: Sick Love
Mindhunters
Mysophobia
The Phantom Of The Opera
The Porcelain Man
Powerless
Puritan
Ripper 2: Letter From Within
Romasanta
Roxi
Scarred
Shaun Of The Dead
Silver Willows
Soul Searcher
Spirit Trap
Toolbox Murders
The Toybox
Trauma
White Noise
The Witches Hammer
2005
Abducted By The Daleks
Alchemy
An American Haunting
Beneath Still Waters
Bloodmyth
Corpse Bride
Cycle
The Dark
Dark Night
The Descent
Doom
Every Picture
Evil Aliens
Expiry Date
Forest Of The Damned
Fragile
Frozen
The Ghost Of Mae Nak
Half Light
Isolation
Jack, The Last Victim
The League Of Gentlemen's Apocalypse
Lie Still
Minotaur
The 9th Passenger
The Nun
The Ouija Board
P
Parallels
Perfect Creature
Red Canopy
Rottweiler
Safety In Numbers
Seed Of Chucky
16 Days 'Til The Rest Of Your Life
Small Town Folk
Snuff-Movie
Stagknight
Summer Of The Massacre
Trashhouse
The Vampire Video Diaries
The Vampires Of Bloody Island
Venus Drowning
Wallace & Gromit: Curse Of The Were-Rabbit
Wild Country
Zombie Village
2006
Broken
Dark Corners
The Evolved
Excreamer
Full Moon Massacre
Gnaw
Hellbride
High Stakes
House Of 9
Killerkiller
The Living And The Dead
Lycanthropy
The Man In A Hat
Messages
Nailed
Night Junkies
Nightshift
The Planet
Pumpkinhead 3: Ashes To Ashes
Pumpkinhead 4: Love Hurts
Reverb
Severance
The Sick House
Tideland
Twisted Sisters
Voodoo Lagoon
Wilderness
The Xlitherman
The Zombie Diaries
2007
Bathory
Blood And Chocolate
Daddy's Girl
Hannibal Rising
Hot Fuzz
Zibahkhana