Carmel

Most of the horror films on sky's horror zone is dreadful, with all the horror films ever made they should stop showing repeat after repeat and show some of the great horror's that were made.

Carmel

Hi i would agree that inseminoid has to be the worst film ever made

spinalman

I'd agree with "28 days Later" and it's sister, "the Hole". Both amateur pretentious tosh...that shouldn't have got funding.

Paul

thirdlady

I saw that movie and it put me to sleep

A.S.Carroll
"Happiness isn't sold in bottles you have to achieve it in your own lifetime!"

Mozkiwi

Actually I first saw this film when I was 23 years old, and only because of the soundtrack.
I don't think it can get much worse than Son of Dracula (1974), with Ringo Starr, Harry Nilsson, and... what on earth was this actor doing in this film: Dennis Price (as Van Helsing)?
I fear the wrath of Mr. Ascoyne D'Ascoyne by referencing this movie!

ChristineCB

1974's SON OF DRAC does get a lot of credit for being a big pile of trash, and even Ringo's post-film comments acknowledged that it was one more brick in the magical mystery wall of "How much can we get away with based on our Beatles fame?"

Quite a lot. Heck. I bought Mr Smartypants MENLOVE AVENUE and he stayed married to me. Of course, I usually have to pound on the door and scream a bit, but after he trapped me in the car with it playing over and over, I understand.

D Cairns

I must put in a word of defence for THE DESCENT: see this on the big screen with a good crowd, and people will be SCREAMING. And one of them may be you. I didn't find all the women to be unattractive, but then I don't require a cast of bimbos to hold my interest.

SHAUN OF THE DEAD was fun too, and a lot more "cinematic" than anything else made in this country that year.

VAMPYRES at least has beautiful landscape shots.

Most horror films aren't very scary, a lot of quite good ones don't make sense, and some "classics" are quite badly acted, so to choose an all-time bad horror movie we need ones that combine bad film-making with bad story and acting and achieve boringness or offensiveness. INSEMINOID, though awful, would only need a decent script to be at least passable.

I would nominate CRAZE, from poor old Freddie Francis, which is sleazy and hammy and tedious and unimaginative, and THE MUTATIONS from Jack Cardiff, which is just deeply exploitative and unpleasant.

wearysloth

Rawhead Rex
would be my choice.

I recall seeing a promo article on a new British horror (circa 1980) called The Pike, which was to be the UK's answer to Jaws. It was to star Joan Collins and was produced by Euan Lloyd.

I don't think the cameras ever turned on it, otheriwise it might well have been a candidate.

Seeking out a robot pike’s hiding place

MarkG

Heathen!

Actually, to be honest, you're right, 'Lifeforce' was a pretty bad movie. But I thought it had a lot of potential that wasn't really exploited (other than the main female character being nude for most of the movie), and suspect a lot of that was the fault of the producers, not the writer and director. It's high on my 'guilty pleasures' list, but unfortunately my DVD player won't play my DVD.

As for 'worst British horror movie ever', it's almost certain to be one that you've never heard of because it was so bad it never got distribution. For 'worst British horror movie that got distribution', I think it would have to be 'Creep'... I've seen some really bad British horror movies in cinemas, but that was the only one I would have walked out of if I could have done. Absolutely appalling pile of steaming pooh that was probably only made because of German tax writeoffs.

For 'most overrated British horror movie', I'd agree with the comments on '28 Days Later'... bad, bad movie that does little but rip off much better movies and wrap a nonsensical plot around it. But still more watchable than 'Creep'.

ChristineCB

Sometimes, threads have been blurting out, laughing out loud and then there's Sgt's comments which makes me wonder if I can resist finding this film only to see this rather bizarre scene.

Or maybe I'll pop in LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA as appeasement.

Mark Antony

I liked City of the Dead. A stylish, atmospheric B thriller.

D Cairns

For a Film Council film, I thought CREEP was surprisingly good! I mean, not good in any other way, but just about watchable. Someone must agree with me as the filmmaker has been given a second chance with SEVERANCE.
THE ASPHYX is hilarious, and contains my favourite stupid line, expostulated by Robert Stephens at a crescendo of passionate intensity: "Was the smudge trying to warn Clive of danger?"
The smudge/Asphyx itself is a superimposed glove puppet.

joe bloke

There was this really crap one with Julian Sands in it, as a vampire. Can't remember what it was called. Something to do with Crocodiles or Alligators. That was pretty awful. And there's this other one - once again, the name is lost on me - with these two sisters, and they've got the family psycho locked up in the basement. . .oh, God, yeah, that was pretty grim. . .

orpheum

In 1962 my first ever double X programme was Terror of the Tongs billed with Gorgon.I remember them both as pretty bad

sippog

Wisdom of Crocodiles with Jude Law - but, yeah, it was pretty unmemorable.