As far as British horror films go, nothing comes close to "Night of the Demon" (1957)

Based on the M R James story Casting the Runes which is rumoured to have inspired the Ring cycle...

And don't forget "Dead Of Night", the compilation of horror stories by Cavalcanti and other directors - the haunted mirror story is still a shocker.

I was fortunate enough to catch this on the big screen a few years ago (if the club screen of the Tyneside Cinema counts as big) and whilst all the favourite scenes were magnified into the sort of glory you'd expect, the biggest surprise was the golfers story which hitherto was the weak link in the chain. Not so on the big screen - the bleak winter landscapes took on an epic quality that gets quite lost on the small screen. A true classic. I'm a big fan of portmanteau horror films, and whilst nothing beats Dead of Night, having Alan 'Fluff' Freeman and Roy Castle in the cast Dr Terror's House of Horrors has a special place in my heart...