Best British Horror Movies
This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best British Horror Movies" contains films with the following parameters. Style: suspenseful, suspense, scary, serious, psychotronic and slasher. Plot: supernatural, murder, danger, fear, death, monster, blood, supernatural horror, survival and violence. Genre: Horror, Thriller and Sci-Fi. Country: UK, USA and Canada.
Best British Horror Movies
TOP Movies: The Isle (2018), The Confessional (1976), Eden Lake (2008), The Monkey (2025), I, Monster (1971), Aliens (1986), The Void (2016), Alice in Terrorland (2023), Witchcraft (1964), Altar (2014), The Gorge (2025), Lore (2023), A Quiet Place: Day One (2024), The 13th (2017), Creature (2022), The Morrigan (2025), The Cellar (2024), Helloween (2025), Psychomanteum (2018), Plan Z (2016).
List of Best Movies
12K
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
1840 and another ship crashes on the rocks of an almost deserted island in Scotland. Three sailors survive the wreck and make it to shore where the few locals take them in as they wait for the mainland boat to come for them. But the sailors' ...
Style:
melancholic, serious, suspenseful, suspense, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
ghost story, island, abandoned, folk horror, scotsman, boat, fear, danger, group of strangers, death, salvation, revenge from beyond the grave ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
scotland
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A troubled young girl goes to confession at the local church. Unfortunately, the sexually frustrated priest she confesses to becomes obsessed with her. At first, the priest stalks the girl, but later it is revealed that he will stop at nothing, ...
Style:
slasher, cult classic, grindhouse, scary, mind bending ...
Plot:
serial killer, church, murder, skirt, girl, mental disorder, virus, priest, confession, catholic priest, suicide, psychopath ...
Time:
70s
Is relevant?
108K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Eden Lake is a relentlessly tense and immaculately paced horror-thriller about modern youth gone wild. When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of local kids. ...
Style:
brutal, suspense, bad ending, scary, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
survival, torture, camping, chase, forest, youth, fear, gory, revenge, teenager, maniac, danger ...
Time:
year 2008, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
united kingdom, england, britain
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When twin brothers find a mysterious wind-up monkey, a series of outrageous deaths tear their family apart. Twenty-five years later, the monkey begins a new killing spree forcing the estranged brothers to confront the cursed toy.
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, lighthearted, splatter, grindhouse ...
Plot:
monkey, death, death of mother, twins, accidental death, bully, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, cursed object, cursed, motel, cheerleader ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 2020s, year 2016
Place:
maine
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Christopher Lee stars in this Amicus production of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” where the names have been changed to Dr. Marlowe and Mr. Blake. Lee as Dr. Marlowe experiments with intravenous drugs that are suppose to release inner ...
Style:
medical horror, classic horror, gothic horror, grindhouse, gothic ...
Plot:
jekyll and hyde, mad scientist, split personality, doctor, monster, murder, mad doctor, friendship, battles, disorder, supernatural, femme fatale ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 1971
Place:
europe, england, london
Is relevant?
835K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is ...
Style:
futuristic, scary, suspense, space horror, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
alien, strong female character, space travel, creature, female warrior, survival, space and aliens, outer space, monster, space, creature feature, spaceship ...
Time:
22nd century, 20th century, year 1986, future
Place:
space western
Is relevant?
47K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the middle of a routine patrol, officer Daniel Carter happens upon a blood-soaked figure limping down a deserted stretch of road. He rushes the young man to a nearby rural hospital staffed by a skeleton crew, only to discover that patients and ...
Style:
dark, lovecraft, creepy, spooky, satanic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
body horror, hospital, cosmic horror, another dimension, monster, macabre, violence, blood, small town, isolation, insanity, mutation ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A recently bereaved teenage girl goes to live with her aunt in a secluded woodland house, unaware that sinister forces lurk within.
Style:
psychological, mystic, suspenseful, mystical, thrilling ...
Plot:
paranormal activity, bereavement, problem, paranormal phenomena, female protagonist, house, haunted, nightmare, ghost, paranormal, haunted house, mysticism ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
When her grave is disturbed by modern-day land developers, a 300-year-old witch is accidentally resurrected and terrorizes an English village.
Style:
satanic, atmospheric, offbeat, gothic horror, gothic ...
Plot:
witch, occult, folk horror, curses spells and rituals, cemetery, supernatural, magic, coven, undead, dead, living dead, burned alive ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sequel to "Goosebumps".
Style:
scary, semi serious, dark fairy tale, horror comedy, action adventure ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family friendly, teens, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
halloween, ogre, monster, magic, supernatural, giant spider, book, mother, boyfriend, transformation, werewolf, paranormal ...
Is relevant?
4K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young family find themselves in serious danger when they move to an isolated haunted house in the Yorkshire Moors.
Style:
scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, demonic ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, isolation, on the run, danger, vengeance, murder, curses spells and rituals, cursed, supernatural power, haunted ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, yorkshire
Is relevant?
162K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Two highly trained operatives grow close from a distance after being sent to guard opposite sides of a mysterious gorge. When an evil below emerges, they must work together to survive what lies within.
Style:
crying, intense
Plot:
fog, zombie, military, sniper, tower, isolation, love, power of love, helicopter, shooting, rock music, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 2020s
Place:
france, lithuania
Is relevant?
709
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Four young thrill-seeking friends book a horror-themed camping excursion led by Darwin, a strange and eccentric guide, who one night encourages them to tell their scariest story around a fire. As they recount tales of sinister spirits and malevolent ...
Style:
creepy, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, dark ...
Plot:
macabre, storytelling, supernatural, paranormal, ghost, mature, superstition, isolation, folk horror, loss of control, slow burn, ritual ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
As New York City is invaded by alien creatures who hunt by sound, a woman named Sammy fights to survive.
Style:
tense, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
alien, cat, alien invasion, survival, disaster, monster, silence, extraterrestrial, parents, eaten alive, pizza, survival horror ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
new york, harlem, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
When Chris finds out his dead father's legacy is no more than a mysterious riddle only he can solve, he's not interested. He just wants to pay a flying visit to the remote Greek island where his estranged father died, sort out his ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, disturbing, atmospheric, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
death of father, dark secret, bribery, patriarchy, father, family drama, profanity, destiny, district attorney, rapist, press conference, wealth ...
Is relevant?
136
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
On a remote Arctic research station, a captive creature (played by the English National Ballet’s charismatic principal dancer Jeffrey Cirio) is unwittingly enlisted into a military program that subjects him to sinister experiments. Amid this ...
Style:
surreal, bleak, melancholic, tragic ending, experimental ...
Plot:
captivity, outsider, arctic, research facility, escape, isolation, dystopia, forbidden love, body horror, friendship, empathy, claustrophobia ...
Time:
near future
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Follows an archaeologist who travels to Ireland to uncover a long-dead tomb. A threat is released and she will have to fight to keep her teenage daughter from falling under the control of The Morrigan, a vengeful "Pagan War Goddess."
Style:
psychological horror, suspense, gothic
Plot:
supernatural, possession, occult, archaeology, revenge, storm, survival, betrayal, goddess, supernatural horror, folk horror
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young girl wakes up imprisoned underground, with amnesia. She must escape, unravel the mystery behind her captivity, and confront her personal struggles. A suspenseful tale of survival, truth, and inner turmoil unfolds.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, intense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
amnesia, escape, survival, female protagonist, confined space, claustrophobia, isolation, trauma, identity, danger, darkness, flashback ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
During the sinister killer clown craze of 2016, Dr. Ellen Marks, aided by investigative journalist John Parker, trace the source of the phenomena to one of her patients - incarcerated, charismatic serial killer Carl Cane, who is using his insidious ...
Style:
crime thriller, suspenseful, psychological horror, tense, dark ...
Plot:
halloween, serial killer, killer clown, escaped prisoner, master criminal, manipulation, chase, symbolism, masked killer, cult leader, violent, cat and mouse ...
Place:
london
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A portmanteau style feature length film made up of several very different short horror films shot in the UK.
Style:
disturbing, psychotronic, bleak, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
death, ghost, murder, peril, society, chase, vengeance, deadly creature, supernatural ability, fear, vampire, exorcism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
One man has a plan for a zombie outbreak, when one occurs it will take all his will to stick to it and all of his courage to change it.
Style:
scary, disturbing, psychotronic, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
apocalypse, escape, survival horror, zombie, violence, graphic violence, walking dead, pandemic, survival, peril, death, vestiges of humanity ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
britain
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims were young men who had been to stone. The perpetrator of these deaths was a being so repulsive that she transformed the onlooker using the power of her ...
Style:
gothic horror, suspenseful, gothic, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
greek mythology, supernatural, danger, stalking, ghost, village life, mythology, monster, legends and myths, turned to stone, investigation, village ...
Time:
19th century, 1910s, 1900s, 20th century, victorian era
Place:
germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An architect returns to his ancestoral home to find a werewolf out for revenge; a doctor discovers his new ...
Style:
anthology, suspense, suspenseful, scary, parody ...
Plot:
train, werewolf, vampire, spell, destiny, chimpanzee, tarot card, supernatural, serial killer, danger, card playing, passenger ...
Time:
60s, future
Place:
west indies, scottish highlands, caribbean, new england
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A collection of Trailers from Low Budget Underground Horror Movies from across the globe
Style:
psychotronic, scary, suspenseful, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
monster, supernatural, supernatural power, murder, killing, deadly creature, supernatural ability, characters in danger, curses spells and rituals, paranormal phenomena, society, paranormal investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
The legend of Popeye haunts a group of counsellors as they intend to open a summer camp.
Style:
slasher, dark, tense, suspense, psychological horror ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
urban legend, summer camp, woods, fear, haunting, revenge, isolation, supernatural, folklore, macabre, cat and mouse, small town ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
In an old building, Bill and Blue, a call girl, discover a mutoscope and a secret room that is key to unlocking a dark secret related to Blue's family.
Style:
gothic, suspenseful, psychedelic, psychological horror, mystical ...
Plot:
fear, forbidden love, lovers, society, serial killer, husband wife relationship, prison visit, police investigation, missing girl, prison, adaptation, kidnapped woman ...
Time:
victorian era
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a group of soldiers decide to flee from the Napoleonic Wars, their journey home takes them through the Black Forest, leading them to an ancient evil and a fight for their lives.
Style:
scary, bleak, suspense, spooky
Plot:
napoleonic wars, forest, medieval, fight, supernatural power, killing, paranormal phenomena, society, monster, rescue, demon, creature ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
england, united kingdom
Is relevant?
1.1M
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs ...
Style:
scary, suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, frightening ...
Audience:
kids, manly, adult
Plot:
monster, alien, space travel, outer space, space and aliens, heroine, survival horror, evil alien, spaceship, female protagonist, creature, alien monster ...
Time:
future, 22nd century, 20th century, year 1979, distant future
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The Prince of Darkness casts his undead shadow once more over the cursed village of Kleinenberg when his ashes are splashed with bat's blood and Dracula is resurrected. And two innocent victims search for a missing loved one... loved to death ...
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, rough, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
dracula, vampire, supernatural, castle, good versus evil, priest, village, monster, dangerous attraction, supernatural ability, murder, woman in danger ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 19th century
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sir James Forbes arrives in a remote Cornish village to identify a mysterious plague afflicting the population. Local squire Charles, a disciple of Haitian witchcraft, is using the voodoo magic to resurrect the dead to work in his decrepit and ...
Style:
gothic horror, gothic, slasher, classic horror, suspense ...
Plot:
folk horror, monster, occult, supernatural, living dead, zombie attack, pub, undead, cemetery, epidemic, constable, apocalypse ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 19th century, victorian era, 1860s
Place:
cornwall, england, caribbean, haiti, europe ...
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