Writing

Stephen Volk

Acting credits

In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 poster
7.0

In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999 celebrates and explores the movies that defined the era: from Scream’s genre-shattering impact to J-Horror’s global emergence, from mind-bending twists to Y2K apocalyptic dread, and from blockbuster hits to straight-to-video gems.

In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999

2025

Tales of the Uncanny poster
7.0

A detailed look at the history of horror anthology films.

Tales of the Uncanny

2020

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994 poster
7.9

Film icons and genre experts share observations, experiences, and analysis to help reframe, deconstruct, and re-contextualize the "lost" decade of horror: the '90s.

In Search of Darkness: 1990-1994

2024

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NR

A deep dive into the notorious Halloween 1992 supernatural hoax aired on BBC.

Ghostwatch

The Found Footage Phenomenon poster
5.8

The documentary tracks the origins of the found footage technique and how it transformed with technological changes throughout the last few decades.

The Found Footage Phenomenon

2021

Do You Believe In Ghosts?: 30 Years of Ghostwatch poster
NR

A 30th anniversary documentary about Ghostwatch.

Do You Believe In Ghosts?: 30 Years of Ghostwatch

2022

Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night poster
8.4

A drama-documentary telling the story of the celebrated gathering in Geneva, 1816 which led to the creation of both Frankenstein and the first modern vampire story.

Frankenstein and the Vampyre: A Dark and Stormy Night

2014

Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains poster
NR

Two decades after its unprecedented television broadcast, the cast, crew and fans of the notorious BBC 'Halloween Hoax' Ghostwatch look back at the show's unique production and legendary aftermath in this brand-new retrospective documentary. Includes never-before-seen material and interviews!

Ghostwatch: Behind the Curtains

2012

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NR

Documentary by filmmaker Sarah Appleton.

Man With a Movie Camera: The Found Footage Legacy of 'Man Bites Dog'

2025

Behind the camera

The Awakening poster
6.4

In post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.

The Awakening

2011

The Guardian poster
5.7

Phil and Kate select the winsome young Camilla as a live-in nanny for their newborn child, but the seemingly lovely Camilla is not what she appears to be...

The Guardian

1990

Gothic poster
5.7

Living on an estate on the shores of Lake Geneva, Lord Byron is visited by Percy and Mary Shelley. Together with Byron's lover Claire Clairmont, and aided by hallucinogenic substances, they devise an evening of ghoulish tales. However, when confronted by horrors, ostensibly of their own creation, it becomes difficult to tell apparition from reality.

Gothic

1987

The Kiss poster
5.8

After the death of her mother, a teenage girl is faced with bizarre supernatural occurrences when her mother's estranged sister arrives and begins to infiltrate her and her father's lives.

The Kiss

1988

Ghostwatch poster
7.0

For Halloween 1992, the BBC decides to broadcast an investigation into the supernatural, hosted by TV chat-show legend Michael Parkinson. Parky (assisted by Mike Smith, Sarah Greene & Craig Charles) and a camera crew attempt to discover the truth behind the most haunted house in Britain. This ground-breaking live television experiment does not go as planned, however.

Ghostwatch

1992

Octane poster
5.0

After a family visit, stressed businesswoman Senga Wilson is driving with her rebellious daughter, Nat, down an ominous highway in the middle of the night. After they pick up a weird teenage hitchhiker, their journey goes awry. Nat decides to give her mom the slip and runs off with the hitchhiker at a rest stop. In a desperate search to find her daughter, Senga learns that Nat has been drawn into an evil cult.

Octane

2003

My Haunted House poster
NR

A normal 14-year-old boy named Charlie happens to live in a haunted house with his embarrassing supernatural family - the Frankenstein's Monster, Count Dracula, a mummy, and a zombie.

My Haunted House

2018

Cyclops poster
NR

Sex offender Carl Gatliss is paroled with a tiny camera implanted behind his retina to monitor his every move and send it back to probation officers Esther and Ken,who are watching on a screen. After he breaks parole by visiting his victim to make amends Ken wants him returned to prison but Esther prevents it. As a result Gatliss obsesses about Esther,killing his girlfriend for her and ultimately arriving at her house when she is alone and vulnerable.

Cyclops

2001

Baby on Board poster
NR

A haunting and emotional encounter between a police officer and a young father in the dead of night.

Baby on Board

2023

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9.0

A little boy who doesn't want to resign to his father's death believes that his father's twin brother is his dad....

The Deadness of Dad

1997