British Horror | The Bedlam Files

THE BED SITTING ROOM

In which the UK’s new wave science fiction scene came (briefly) to Hollywood, courtesy of director Richard Lester

A collection about which the cliché “expect the unexpected” fits quite well

In which Edgar Wright does Dario Argento, with London’s Soho district standing in for Turin in DEEP RED and Munich in SUSPIRIA

The making of SHAUN OF THE DEAD is covered with admirable thoroughness in this beautifully designed book

A veritable master class in psycho-horror that holds up beautifully

Sometimes accidental brilliance is the most irresistible sort.

Impossible though it might seem to believe nowadays, this British horror fest was once considered the height of shock

An exhaustive documentary that purports to explore the roots and manifestations of “Folk Horror” in film

A highly elliptical affair that mixes outright surrealism with traditional horror movie trappings

This British oddity represents yet another case of promising material given indifferent treatment