This is not the top 100. This is a sample list of 100 impressive, successful, acclaimed or otherwise notable British horror films from the 500 or so released since 1st January 2000. This is just intended as an aide-memoire for kind folks helping me to compile a list of the top 20 modern British horror films. (Dates given are first commercial release.)
- Attack the Block (Joe Cornish, 2011)
- The Awakening (Nick Murphy, 2011)
- Axed aka Deadly Departed (Ryan L Driscoll, 2012)
- Bane (James Eaves, 2009)
- Before Dawn (Dominic Brunt, 2013)
- Berberian Sound Studio (Peter Strickland, 2012)
- Black Death (Christopher Smith, 2010)
- Blood + Roses (Simon Aitken, 2011)
- Bordello Death Tales (Pat Higgins, Al Ronald & James Eaves, 2012)
- The Borderlands (Elliot Goldner, 2014)
- Broken (Adam Mason & Simon Boyes, 2007)
- The Bunker (Rob Green, 2002)
- Byzantium (Neil Jordan, 2013)
- The Captive aka Armistice aka Warhouse (Luke Massey, 2014)
- Chemical Wedding aka Crowley (Julian Doyle, 2008)
- Cherry Tree Lane (Paul Andrew Williams, 2010)
- The Children (Tom Shankland, 2008)
- Cockneys vs Zombies (Matthias Hoene, 2012)
- Colin (Marc Price, 2009)
- Community aka Final Project (Jason Ford, 2013)
- The Cottage (Paul Andrew Williams, 2008)
- Cradle of Fear (Alex Chandon, 2002)
- Creep (Christopher Smith, 2005)
- Cut (Dominic Burns, 2010)
- A Day of Violence (Darren Ward, 2010)
- The Dead (Howard J Ford & Jonathan Ford, 2011)
- Dead Creatures (Andrew Parkinson, 2001)
- Dead Man’s Shoes (Shane Meadows, 2004)
- The Descent (Neil Marshall, 2005)
- The Devil’s Business (Sean Hogan, 2012)
- The Devil’s Chair (Adam Mason, 2008)
- The Devil’s Music (Pat Higgins, 2010)
- The Disappeared (Johnny Kevorkian, 2009)
- Doghouse (Jake West, 2009)
- Dog Soldiers (Neil Marshall, 2002)
- Eden Lake (James Watkins, 2008)
- Evil Aliens (Jake West, 2006)
- F aka The Expelled (Johannes Roberts, 2010)
- The Fallow Field (Leigh Dovey, 2013)
- A Field in England (Ben Wheatley, 2013)
- Freak Out (Christian James, 2006)
- Gangsters, Guns and Zombies (Matt Mitchell, 2012)
- Harold’s Going Stiff (Keith Wright, 2012)
- The Harsh Light of Day (Oliver S Milburn, 2012)
- Heartless (Philip Ridley, 2010)
- HellBride (Pat Higgins, 2009)
- Heretic (Peter Handford, 2013)
- The Hole (Nick Hamm, 2001)
- Inbred (Alex Chandon, 2012)
- In Fear (Jeremy Lovering, 2013)
- KillerKiller (Pat Higgins, 2007)
- Kill List (Ben Wheatley, 2011)
- The Last Great Wilderness (David Mackenzie, 2003)
- The Last Horror Movie (Julian Richards, 2004)
- The League of Gentlemen’s Apocalypse (Steve Bendelack, 2005)
- Let Me In (Matt Reeves, 2010)
- Lie Still aka The Haunting of #24 (Sean Hogan, 2007)
- Lighthouse aka Dead of Night (Simon Hunter, 2000)
- Little Deaths (Simon Rumley, Andrew Parkinson & Sean Hogan, 2011)
- The Living and the Dead (Simon Rumley, 2007)
- London Voodoo (Robert Pratten, 2004)
- A Lonely Place to Die aka The Long Weekend (Julian Gilbey, 2011)
- Mindflesh (Robert Pratten, 2008)
- Monsters (Gareth Edwards, 2010)
- Mum and Dad (Steven Sheil, 2008)
- My Little Eye (Mark Evans, 2002)
- Nature Morte (Paul Burrows, 2008)
- Nazi Zombie Death Tales aka Battlefield Death Tales aka Angry Nazi Zombies (James Eaves, Al Ronald & Pat Higgins, 2012)
- Night Junkies (Lawrence Pearce, 2007)
- Outpost (Steve Barker, 2008)
- Penetration Angst aka Angst (Wolfgang Buld, 2003)
- Red Kingdom Rising (Navin Dev, 2014)
- The Resident (Antti Jokinen, 2011)
- Resurrecting ‘The Street Walker’ (Ozgur Uyanik, 2010)
- Retreat (Carl Ribbets, 2011)
- Salvage (Lawrence Gough, 2010)
- Sawney: Flesh of Man aka Lord of Darkness (Ricky Wood Jnr, 2013)
- The Seasoning House (Paul Hyett, 2013)
- Severance (Christopher Smith, 2007)
- Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004)
- Sightseers (Ben Wheatley, 2012)
- Soul Searcher (Neil Oseman, 2006)
- Stalled (Christian James, 2013)
- Summer Scars (Julian Richards, 2008)
- Tony (Gerard Johnson, 2010)
- Tormented (Jon Wright, 2009)
- Tower Block (James Nunn, Ronnie Thompson, 2012)
- Triangle (Christopher Smith, 2009)
- Truth or Dare aka Truth or Die (Robert Heath, 2012)
- UFO aka Alien Uprising (Dominic Burns, 2012)
- Vampire Diary (Mark James & Phil O’Shea, 2008)
- Wake Wood (David Keating, 2011)
- WAZ aka The Killing Gene (Tom Shankland, 2008)
- White Settlers (Simeon Halligan, 2014)
- Wilderness (Michael J Bassett, 2006)
- Wishbaby (Stephen W Parsons, 2009)
- The Witches Hammer (James Eaves, 2006)
- The Woman in Black (James Watkins, 2012)
- The Zombie Diaries (Michael Bartlett & Kevin Gates, 2007)
- 28 Days Later (Danny Boyle, 2002)