Something deeply strange is happening in British horror fandom. Millennials and Gen Z viewers are obsessively rewatching — and in many cases discovering for the first time — the creepy, lo-fi, often genuinely traumatising television horror that the BBC and ITV produced throughout the 1980s. We look at why this particular era has such an iron grip on the contemporary horror imagination.
Jul 24, 2026
Forget cobwebbed castles and Dracula's cape — a fresh generation of British horror filmmakers is rewriting the rulebook, and the world is paying attention. From Sundance buzz to Netflix deals, UK directors are proving that homegrown horror can compete at the very highest level. Here's how they're doing it.
Jul 24, 2026