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‘Run’ (2020) is a brilliant horror thriller which has tones of ‘Misery’, including the smart protagonist. I haven’t seen a horror film in a while that had such a smart protagonist, making all the right decisions and being a true survivor despite her disabilities.
- 28 Days Later (2002) Danny Boyle’s rip-roaring pseudo-zombie flick is considered one of the finest British horror films of recent times, and this reputation is most certainly justified.
- Berberian Sound Studio (2012) Wonderfully weird from start to finish, Berberian Sound Studio stars Toby Jones as an unsuspecting sound engineer who accidentally finds himself involved with a suspiciously authentic-looking Italian giallo movie.
- Kill List (2011) Watching Ben Wheatley’s Kill List is a bit like eating a piece of meat that’s slightly off. Part of you is aware that there’s something not quite right as you’re tucking in, but it’s not enough to stop you in your tracks.
- Village Of The Damned (1960) Even if you haven’t seen Village of the Damned, chances are you’ll still recognise the eerie image of glowing eyes emanating from the pale faces of mop-topped children.
Great North: A Run, a River, a Region. A look at the 40-year history of the Great North Run, a half-marathon from Newcastle to South Shields. Gina McKee.
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- Ghostwatch
- Village of The Damned
- 10 Rillington Place
- The Descent
- Don’T Look Now
- Kill List
- Dog Soldiers
- The Omen
- Shaun of The Dead
- 28 Days Later
Director:Lesley Manning Ghostwatch is a mockumentary horror film which aired on BBC One on Halloween 1992. Starring British television favourites such as Michael Parkinson and Craig Charles, Ghostwatch sees a group of reporters investigating a supposed haunted house in London in which things start to go awry. Ghostwatch makes this list because it w...
Director:Wolf Rilla Who doesn’t love creepy children? Based on the 1957 sci-fi horror novel The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham, Wolf Rilla combines Cold War paranoia with the fears of being a parent in The Village of the Damned, a movie about a small British village being terrorised by mysterious blonde haired, silver eyed psychic children. Villag...
Director:Richard Fleishcer There’s nothing more terrifying than true life horror. 10 Rillington Place tells the horrifying story of real life serial killer John Christie (portrayed by Richard Attenborough), who murdered at least eight people at his flat in Rillington Place, London. Also starring John Hurt as Timothy Evans, the film does a great job...
Director:Neil Marshall Do you have claustrophobia? Well, you will after you watch Neil Marshall’s 2005 movie The Descent. The film follows a group of friends who venture on a spelunking trip into the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. The group soon become trapped in an unknown cave system and quickly realise that they are not alone in the da...
Director:Nicholas Roeg Nicholas Roeg’s occult horror movie is a great example of how British horror movies can be a form of art. Starring Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie as a couple struggling to come to terms with the death of their daughter, Don’t Look Now mixes horror with the emotions that come with grief and the effect that loss can have ...
Director:Ben Wheatley Kill List is certainly a unique indie takeon the horror genre. The film follows Jay, a former soldier and out of work hitman who’s haunted by an unknown trauma. With money running low, his wife urges him to pick up a gun one more time, an idea he isn’t keen on. Desperate, Jay takes a job with an old friend and from that moment...
Director: Neil Marshall Dog Soldiers is Neil Marshall’s second entry on this list and the more entertaining of the two. A group of soldiers on exercises in the Scottish Highlands soon become targeted by a pack of werewolves. Trapped in an abandoned home with limited supplies and dissension growing, the group must survive against their furry foes un...
Director:Richard Donner The Omen stars Gregory Peck as a father who secretly adopts a child after his own dies in childbirth, only to soon discover that he is fathering the Antichrist, Damien. Even though it was met with mixed reviews upon release, The Omen has become a classic example of the supernatural horror movie over the years, often being co...
Director:Edgar Wright A love letter to George A. Romero’s …of The Dead series, Shaun of the Dead is a wonderfully British horror comedy which sees a man’s normal boring life interrupted by a zombie apocalypse causing him to step up as a hero to protect his friends, reignite the passion between him and his girlfriend, and, you know, survive. Shaun o...
Director:Danny Boyle Widely regarded as the movie that revived the zombie movie genre, Danny Boyle gave us not only one of the best British horror movies of all time but one of the most terrifying additions to horror: zombies that run. An incurable disease known as “Rage” spreads through the country, causing a complete societal collapse. 28 days la...
Sep 16, 2021 · The film, scripted by Terry Deary and narrated by Gina McKee, begins with a paean to the river Tyne. Then GREAT NORTH: A run, a river, a region takes a detour round the collapse of the...
Sep 11, 2021 · With the help of archive footage, the 1 hour 25 minute film tells the story - set in the context of the North East's changing social, cultural and industrial landscape - of how what began as a...
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Sep 8, 2021 · A film celebrating the Great North Run's 40th anniversary will premiere at the Tyneside Cinema. ‘Great North: A Run, A River, A Region’ shows how the event has changed the region's social...
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