THE ALTERNATIVE

This British novel is packaged like one of the innumerable horror potboilers that debuted in the early 1970s (complete with an imposing front cover reference to ROSEMARY’S BABY), but it’s actually a far more thoughtful and intellectual work.

BLOODY WAR

Reading this quintessentially British apocalyptic nightmare, two things immediately became apparent: 1). The English have the market cornered on dystopian narratives, and 2). In recent years such fiction has grown extremely wimpy

CENTURION

This bloody historical epic, the most ambitious film made by the British horrormeister Neil Marshall, is too shallow and ham-fisted for its own good

WITCHFINDER GENERAL

This 1968 gut-wrencher was the final film of Britain’s late Michael Reeves, and one of the highlights of 1960s British horror cinema

MUM & DAD

This British sickie very much fits the definition of what has come to be termed “Torture Porn”

BRIMSTONE AND TREACLE (1976)

This is the Holy Grail for Dennis Potter fans, the original television version of BRIMSTONE AND TREACLE that was banned for years by the BBC

THE STONE TAPE

A signature work from the British writer Nigel Kneale, one of the genre’s true masters. Rigorously constructed, thought provoking and deeply disturbing, this was made for the BBC in 1972, and may just be the finest TV horror movie ever made