Greatest British Horror Films?

[ddock54]

Originally Posted by batman Parts of The Tomb of Ligeia were filmed at Castle Acre in Norfolk. Bats.

I visited the abbey from Tomb of Legia a couple of years ago and its just like walking into the film.I expected Vernon Fell to pop out at any moment and give me the willies.The lady who took the money said she often gets the odd Roger Corman fan visiting ,who was she calling odd?,many have travelled from the States.Corman made Masque of Red death in this country at Shepperton and used the scene dock from A Man for all Seasons ,lush sets indeed....

[batman]

This is a nice link ...

Castle Acre Priory

Bats.

[ddock54]

Originally Posted by batman This is a nice link ... Castle Acre Priory Bats.

Thats the place ,you get a jolly good tour for your money ,and the place was once full of merry monkness until Henry 8 caught wind of wenching and boozing.Elizabeth Shepherd stars in the film who i think was in line for the Emma Peel role in the Avengers..thats Steeds partner before me

[Azanti]

The Lost Continent

No, really

:O)

[batman]

Would that be the one with Hildegard Kneff and the horrible creature down the shaft?

Bats.

[ddock54]

Don,t think so ,this is the one with Dana Gillespie floating her big balloons ...true watch the film...

[D Cairns]

It's BOTH! How can a single film contain such riches? Watch and learn.

[batman]

It's the same film! I don't remember Dana Gillespie being in it though ....

The Lost Continent (1968)

Bats.

[ddock54]

Your right ,both are in it...

[Ginger Steve]

Good to see appreciation of 'Peeping Tom', a film which 'did' for Michael Powell at the time, and a genuinely dark, sad and suspenseful film.
Far as British Horror goes, 'Dead of Night' is beautifully paced and mingles horror (the mirror, the controlling dummy!) with the humour of the wonderful Naunton Wayne and Basil Radford episode.
I know it's filmed in Ireland by the A.I.P., but has anyone caught Dementia 13, which has a first rate and idiosyncratic performance by Patrick Magee

[Cuffy]

Crucible of Terror.

[batman]

Daughter of Darkness. A very under-rated film directed by Lance Comfort. A great performance by Siobhan McKenna and a very good one by Maxwell Reed as a lusty boxer.

Bats.

[Cypher]

Tonight I watched, for the first time in many years, The Innocents. Wow! I had forgotten what a brilliantly atmospheric and truly scary film this is. A real tour de force for Deborah Kerr, and surely ranking very near the top of the list in the supernatural horror genre. Highly recommended for anyone wanting a fright at bedtime!!!

I found The Innocents last week in a new(?) BFI edition including an interesting little booklet with some discussion of the genre and the making of the film itself. It is explained how in modern films the use of colours and special effects can permit almost too much "reality" so that what "once was a collaborative activity [between director and viewer] is in danger of becoming entirely passive, and those muscles of the imagination that were once exercised regularly in the cinema by the likes of The Innocents may begin to waste away entirely". I can imagine many in the Britmovie forum nodding in agreement with this point of view.

Cypher

[DB7]

Originally Posted by Cypher I found The Innocents last week in a new(?) BFI edition including an interesting little booklet with some discussion of the genre and the making of the film itself. It is explained how in modern films the use of colours and special effects can permit

To be fair it was shot by Freddie Francis and he must rank amongst the best in shooting in B&W. Francis' own 'Nightmare' predates The Innocents and shares a lot of its atmosphere but sadly the storyline isn't as strong.