Who are your heroes?
The A-Z of
British Horror Heroes
From Peter Cushing to Reece Shearsmith, Prano Bailey-Bond to Caroline Munro. Presenting our A-Z of British Horroe Heroes, as chosen by you, the fans of British Horror…
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The International Horror Festival of Wales Team
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Robert Aickman
Author
1914-1981
Notable works
Dark Entries: Curious and Macabre Ghost Stories (1958)
Powers of Darkness: Macabre Stories (1966)
Cold Hand in Mine: Eight Strange Stories (1975)
Joan Aiken
Author
1924-2004
Notable works
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (The Wolves Chronicles, #1) (1962)
Black Hearts in Battersea (The Wolves Chronicles, #2) (1964)
Midnight Is a Place (1976)
A Necklace of Raindrops and Other Stories (1968)
Jack Asher
Cinematographer
1916-1991
Notable works
Reach for the Sky (1956)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Dracula (1958)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
The Brides of Dracula (1961)
Roy Ashton
Make-up artist
1909-1995
Notable works
The Curse Of The Werewolf (1961)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
Tales From The Crypt (1972)
Asylum (1972)
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Prano Bailey-Bond
Writer/Director
Notable works
Short Lease (2010)
Nasty (2015)
Censor (2021)
Roy Ward baker
Director
1916-2010
Notable works
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
The Vampire Lovers (1970)
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
Asylum (1972)
the Monster Club (1981)
Clive Barker
Author/Director
Notable works
Cabal (novel) (1986)
Books of Blood (fiction series) (1984-85)
Hellraiser (1987)
Nightbreed (1990)
Asylum (1972)
Ralph Bates
Actor
1940-1991
Notable works
The Curse Of The Werewolf (1961)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
Tales From The Crypt (1972)
Asylum (1972)
James Bernard
Composer
1925-2001
Notable works
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
Dracula (1958)
The Gorgon (1964)
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Hammer House of Horror (1980)
Elizabeth Bowen
Author
1899-1973
Notable works
The Cat Jumps and Other Stories (1934)
The Demon Lover and Other Stories (1945)
John Bowen
playwright/novelist
1924-2019
Notable works
Play For Today: ‘Robin Redbreast’ (1970)
Dead of Night: ‘A Woman Sobbing’ (1972)
A Ghost Story for Christmas: ‘The Treasure of Abbot Thomas’ (1974)
Play For Today: ‘A Photograph’ (1977)
A Ghost Story for Christmas: ‘The Ice House’ (1978)
Les Bowie
Special Effects Artist
1913-1979
Notable works
The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
Vampire Circus (1972)
To The Devil A Daughter (1976)
Lawrie Brewster
Producer/director
Notable works
Lord of Tears (2013)
The Unkindness of Ravens (2017)
The Black Gloves (2018)
For We Are The Many (2020)
The Devil’s Machine (2020)
Ghost Crew (2022)
Dominic Brunt
Actor/director
Notable works
Inbred (2011)
Before Dawn (2012)
Bait (2014)
Attack of the Adult Babies (2017)
Wolf Manor (2022)
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Ramsey Campbell
Author
Notable works
The Doll Who Ate His Mother (1976)
The Hungry Moon (1986)
Ancient Images (1989)
The Count of Eleven (1991)
House on Nazareth Hill (1996)
The Grin of the Dark (2007)
Celluloid Screams
HORROR FILM FESTIVAL team
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Lawrence Gordon Clark
director / producer
Notable works
The Stalls of Barchester (1971)
A Warning to the Curious (1972)
Lost Hearts (1973)
The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974)
The Ash Tree (1975)
The Signalman (1976)
Stigma (1977)
Casting The Runes (1979)
Joan Collins
Actor/Author
Notable works
Tales From The Crypt (1972)
Fear In The Night (1972)
Tales that Witness Madness (1973)
Dark Places (1974)
Empire Of The Ants (1977)
Peter Cushing
Actor
1913-1994
Notable works
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Dracula (1958)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965)
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
From Beyond The Grave (1974)
Hammer House of Horror (1980)
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Walter de la Mare
Author
1873-1956
Notable works
The Riddle and Other Stories (1923)
The Connoisseur and Other Stories (1926)
The Scarecrow and Other Stories (1945)
Terence Dicks
Author/Screenwriter
1935-2019
Notable works
Doctor Who (television series:1968-83)
Doctor Who (novelisations)
Doctor Who (audio dramas)
Daphne Du Maurier
Author / Playwright
1907-1989
Notable works
Jamaica Inn (1936)
Rebecca (1938)
The Apple Tree (1952)
Not After Midnight (1971)
Jeremy Dyson
Author/Screenwriter
Notable works
The League of Gentlemen (1999-2017)
Funland (2005)
Ghost Stories (2017)
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Denholm ellliot
Actor
1922-1992
Notable works
The House That Dripped Blood (1972)
The Vault of Horror (1973)
To The Devil A Daughter (1952)
A Ghost Story for Christmas: ‘The Signalman’ (1976)
Hammer House of Horror: ‘Rude Awakening’ (1980)
The Evolution of Horror
Podcast
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Podcast episodes
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Fenella Fielding
Actor
1927-2018
Notable works
The Old Dark House (1972)
Carry On Screaming! (1973)
terence Fisher
Director
1904-1980
Notable works
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Dracula (1958)
The Brides of Dracula (1960)
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Freddie francis
Cinematographer/Director
1927-2018
Notable works
The Innocents (1961)
Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965)
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
Trog (1970)
Tales from the Crypt (1972)
The Elephant Man (1980)
Cape Fear (1991)
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Mark Gatiss
Actor/writer/director
Notable works
The League of Gentlemen (1999-2017)
Nighty Night (2004-05)
Crooked House (2008)
A History of Horror (2010)
Sherlock (2010-17)
Dracula (2020)
A Ghost Story for Christmas: The Mezzotint (2021)
Judy Geeson
Actor
Notable works
Berserk! (1967)
10 Rillington Place (1970)
Doomwatch (1972)
Fear in the Night (1972)
Inseminoid (1981)
The Plague Dogs (1982)
mia goth
actor
Notable works
Nymphomaniac (2013)
The Survivalist (2015)
A Cure for Wellness (2017)
Suspiria (2018)
X (2022)
Pearl (2022)
Infinity Pool (2023)
Charles grey
Actor
1928-2000
Notable works
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Theatre of Blood (1973)
Tales That Witness Madness (1973)
The Beast Must Die (1974)
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
The Legacy (1978)
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rebecca hall
actor
Notable works
The Prestige (2006)
Dorian Gray (2019)
The Awakening (2011)
The Gift (2015)
Linda Hayden
actor
Notable works
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
The Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971)
Madhouse (1974)
Exposé (1976)
James Herbert
author
1943-2013
Notable works
The Rats (1974)
The Fog (1975)
Lair (1979)
The Dark (1980)
The Secret of Crickley Hall (2006)
Anthony Hinds
producer/screenwriter
1922-2013
Notable works
X The Unknown (1956)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968)
The Ghoul (1975)
Matthew Holness
actor/comedian/director
Notable works
Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace (2004)
Possum (2018)
The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
Garth Marenghi’s TerrorTome (2022)
