The British Horror Films top 100

In early 2006, the posters on the British horror films message board (if you're not a member yet, why not?) ran a poll to discover what their top 100 British horror productions were (including British horror on TV).

The result, whilst not particularly shocking, does act as a good guide for what films and TV are considered unmissable by the vast majority of BHF fans (of which there are more than you'd imagine!

Because this website is pretty much "all about me" and what my tastes are, it's interesting to see what other people think, I'm sure you'd agree. Thanks to "Ogamiitto" for compiling the following list. And Channel 4, eat your heart out...

1. The Wicker Man 1973; Robin Hardy
2. Witchfinder General 1968; Michael Reeves
3. The Haunting 1963; Robert Wise
4. Death Line 1972; Gary Sherman
5. Theatre Of Blood 1973; Douglas Hickox
6. Don't Look Now 1973; Nicolas Roeg
7. Quatermass And The Pit 1967; Roy Ward Baker
8. Dead Of Night 1945; Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer
9. The Devil Rides Out 1968; Terence Fisher
10. Night Of The Demon 1958; Jacques Tourneur
11. Blood On Satan's Claw 1970; Piers Haggard
12. The Innocents 1961; Jack Clayton
13. Tales From The Crypt 1972; Freddie Francis
14. Frightmare 1974; Pete Walker
15. An American Werewolf In London 1981; John Landis
16. The Abominable Dr. Phibes 1971; Robert Fuest
17. Dracula 1958; Terence Fisher
18. Brides Of Dracula 1960; Terence Fisher
19. Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed 1969; Terence Fisher
20. Horror Express 1973; Eugenio Martin
21. Repulsion 1965; Roman Polanski
22. Dead Man's Shoes 2004; Shane Meadows
23. The Plague Of The Zombies 1966; John Gilling
24. Alien 1979; Ridley Scott
25. The Sorcerers 1967; Michael Reeves
26. Beasts: During Barty's Party 1976; Don Taylor
27. Quatermass 2 1957; Val Guest
28. Dr. Terror's House Of Horrors 1965; Freddie Francis
29. Shaun Of The Dead 2004; Edgar Wright
30. From Beyond The Grave 1973; Kevin Connor
31. Peeping Tom 1960; Michael Powell
32. The Curse Of Frankenstein 1957; Terence Fisher
33. Asylum 1972; Roy Ward Baker
34. The Hound Of The Baskervilles 1959; Terence Fisher
35. Masque Of The Red Death 1964; Roger Corman
36. Dracula: Prince Of Darkness 1966; Terence Fisher
37. Village Of The Damned 1960; Wolf Rilla
38. A Ghost Story For Christmas: A Warning To The Curious 1972; Lawrence Gordon Clark
39. Dog Soldiers 2002; Neil Marshall
40. House Of Whipcord 1974; Pete Walker
41. City Of The Dead 1960; John Llewellyn Moxey
42. Captain Kronos - Vampire Hunter 1974; Brian Clemens
43. And Soon The Darkness 1970; Robert Fuest
44. Threads 1984; Mick Jackson
45. Night Of The Eagle 1961; Sidney Hayers
46. Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny And Girly 1969; Freddie Francis
47. House Of Mortal Sin 1976; Pete Walker
48. Kiss Of The Vampire 1963; Don Sharp
49. Dr Who: Pyramids Of Mars 1975; Paddy Russell
50. The Skull 1965; Freddie Francis
51. Dr Who: The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances 2005; James Hawes
52. Twins Of Evil 1971; John Hough
53. The Woman In Black 1989; Herbert Wise
54. The Shining 1980; Stanley Kubrick
55. Sapphire And Steel: The Railway Station-1979; Shaun O'Riordan, David Foster
56. Vampire Circus 1971; Robert Young
57. The Mummy 1959; Terence Fisher
58. A Ghost Story For Christmas: The Signalman 1976; Lawrence Gordon Clark
59. The Lair Of The White Worm 1988; Ken Russell
60. Beasts: Baby 1976; John Nelson
61. 10 Rillington Place 1971; Richard Fleischer
62. The Old Dark House 1932; James Whale
63. Macbeth 1971; Roman Polanski
64. The Abominable Snowman 1957; Val Guest
65. Lifeforce 1985; Tobe Hooper
66. The League Of Gentlemen Christmas Special 2000; Steve Bendelack
67. Whistle And I'll Come To You 1968; Jonathan Miller
68. Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell 1974; Terence Fisher
69. Three Cases Of Murder 1954; Wendy Toye, David Eady, George More O'Ferrall
70. Straw Dogs 1971; Sam Peckinpah
71. 28 Days Later... 2002; Danny Boyle
72. The Quatermass Experiment 1955; Val Guest
73. The Man In The Back Seat 1960; Vernon Sewell
74. The Hound Of The Baskervilles 1998; Enyd Williams BBC Radio
75. Scream And Scream Again 1969; Gordon Hessler
76. Dracula A.D. 1972 1972; Alan Gibson
77. Psychomania 1972; Don Sharp
78. Vault Of Horror 1973; Roy Ward Baker
79. The Beast Must Die 1974; Paul Annett
80. Event Horizon 1997; Paul Anderson
81. The Living Dead At Manchester Morgue 1974; Jorge Grau
82. Taste The Blood Of Dracula 1970; Peter Sasdy
83. House In Nightmare Park 1973; Peter Sykes
84. The Omen 1976; Richard Donner
85. When The Wind Blows 1986; Jimmy T Murakami
86. The Man Who Changed His Mind 1936; Robert Stevenson
87. The Face At The Window 1939; George King
88. The Picture Of Dorian Gray 1945; Albert Lewin
89. The Wicked Lady 1945; Leslie Arliss
90. The Fall Of The House Of Usher 1948; Ivan Barnett
91. 1984 1954; Rudolph Cartier
92. Quatermass And The Pit 1958; Rudolph Cartier
93. Captain Clegg 1962; Peter Graham Scott
94. The War Game 1965; Peter Watkins
95. Dance Of The Vampires aka The Fearless Vampire Killers 1967; Roman Polanski
96. Dead Of Night: The Exorcism 1972; Don Taylor
97. Legend Of Hell House 1973; John Hough
98. The Offence 1973; Sidney Lumet
99. I, Zombie: A Chronicle Of Pain 1998; Andrew Parkinson
100. Circus Of Horrors 1960; Sidney Hayers
100. The Comeback 1978; Pete Walker
100. Dr. Jekyll And Sister Hyde 1971; Roy Ward Baker
100. Edge Of Darkness 1985; Martin Campbell
100. A Ghost Story For Christmas: Lost Hearts 1973; Lawrence Gordon Clark
100. Revenge 1971; Sidney Hayers
100. Satan's Slave 1976; Norman J Warren
100. Schalken The Painter 1979; Leslie Megahey
100. Straight On Till Morning 1972; Peter Collinson
100. The Tales Of Hoffmann 1951; Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
100. What A Carve Up 1962; Pat Jackson