Bloody Good British Horror Films

In 'The Boy,' an American nanny discovers her new job in Britain requires her to care for a life-sized doll as a member of the family. To her horror, the doll may be alive! Here are more British horror movies (either made by British filmmakers or set or shot on location). Some are well-known, others obscure, but all simply terrifying, mate.

Set in: A remote English village

Filmed in: British Columbia, Canada

Young attorney Daniel Radcliffe travels to a remote village to prepare an old house for sale, only to discover that the home harbors a vengeful ghost.

Set in: The fictional Eel Marsh Island

Filmed in: Northamptonshire, England

An Oxford University professor enlists his students to help him conduct experiments on a disturbed young woman, unlocking unimaginable terrors.

Set in: Oxford, England

Filmed in: Oxford, England

If you think the people who show up in the desert for Burning Man are way freaky, wait 'til you check out this bunch.

Set in: Summerisle, Scotland (the fictional one, not the real one)

Filmed in: Scotland

Forget the hunky 'Twilight' boys who run and morph into CGI wolves. This, people, is what a truly terrifying physical transformation from man to wolf looks like.

Set in: Britain

Filmed in: (Mostly) Britain

Not to be confused with 'Shaun the Sheep.' Simon Pegg is no sheep, but a leader of the pack. That just happens to be dealing with zombies out for human flesh.

Set in: London

Filmed in: London

After seeing Pinhead in this movie, you'll think twice before going to the acupuncturist. Seriously, all those needles sticking out of your skin? Shudder!

Set in: England

Filmed in: London

Postapocalyptic zombies! A highly contagious virus! Societal collapse! Hey, wasn't there a hugely successful Brad Pitt movie kinda like this?

Set in: London

Filmed in: London

The moral of this story: don't go wandering into caves. Especially if you're a young, nubile woman. You never know what kind of things live - and crawl - in there.

Set in: The Appalachians

Filmed in: England, Scotland

The epitome of 1980s cool was this erotic horror movie that features a love triangle between vampires Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie and a gerontologist played by Susan Sarandon. Cue the Bauhaus, please.

Set in: New York, England

Filmed in: New York, England

Back before vampires were all sparkly and brooding with great hair, they were genuinely scary bloodsuckers, as seen in this first in the series of Hammer horror films about Dracula.

Set in: Romania

Filmed in: London

The curse of Frankenstein just might be that he never got to sparkle, brood or whip off his shirt before riding a motorcyle to save a mopey teen girl.

Set in: A European village

Filmed in: England

This gothic horror flick was considered daring at the time for its depiction of lesbian vampire love. Hey, it's not like they chose to be vampires.

Set in: Germany 

Filmed in: Hertfordshire, England

Why? Because the doc transferred the brain of one person into another, creating a monster hell-bent on destruction? Please, we all make mistakes.

Set in: Europe

Filmed in: England

If you go on ArchieMcPhee.com, you can order a similarly realistic-looking horse head or even a unicorn mask if you want to. Equally disturbing in appearance.

Set in: England

Filmed in: England