12 Classic British Horror Films You Need To See

12. From Beyond The Grave

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According to Hollywood, anthology films never work and fail commercially, so it fell to Amicus to make the pictures that came to define the genre (Dr Terror’s House Of Horrors, Torture Garden, The House That Dripped Blood etc.), the most fun of which is From Beyond The Grave.

Clever, atmospheric and (at times) very funny, the film comprises four stories (based on the work of R Chetwynd-Hayes) linked by Peter Cushing’s antique shop, Temptations Ltd, which has “lots of bargains. All tastes catered to – and a big novelty surprise comes with every purchase.”

The guest stars include David Warner (who purchases a haunted mirror), Donald Pleasance (who shows a child “an act of kindness” by murdering his parents) and Ian Ogilvy (who installs a door that opens on another that opens on another dimension). Special mention, however, must be made of Margaret Leighton as Madame Orloff, a flaky clairvoyant who specializes in exorcising elementals.