In the Grip of Terror
Directed by Lawrie Brewster
INDEPENDENT CINEMA. A BRITISH IMAGINATION.Beauty.
MEGAN TREMETHICK · ACTRESS & FILMMAKERBeauty.
Terror.
True feeling.
Original films. A company of remarkable artists.
A new chapter in British horror.
THE PICTURES
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Black Chariot
Directed by Lawrie Brewster
Spoiling You
Directed by Megan Tremethick
Mr Whispers
Directed by Dorian Todd, Oliver Revie & Seumas MacNeil
THE BIG SCREEN. THE NIGHT IN.
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OUR CONVICTIONSBritish horror deserves
British horror deserves
greater ambition.
We present a completely independent, vertically integrated film studio, developing original films, cultivating screen talent, and bringing our pictures directly to audiences around the world.
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HISTORY & RECOGNITIONMore than a decade
More than a decade
of independent film.
“The film looks glorious.”
on The Black Gloves, 2017
2013 · BRAM STOKER FILM FESTIVAL
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Audience Award
Lord of Tears
2026 · RONDO AWARDSBest Independent Film
The Reign of Queen Ginnarra
2026 · ROMFORD HORROR FESTIVALBest Directorial Debut
Megan Tremethick · Spoiling You
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Support Our FilmsLETTERS FROM OUR WORLD
The studio, in print.
Anna Biller and the Trouble with Calling Everything Camp
Lawrie Brewster on sincerity, theatricality and the assumptions we bring to cinema.
Read the essayIndependent cinema. Considered seriously.
News, interviews and essays from our sister journal of horror cinema and the arts.
Open the ChronicleBourbon, Miss Mutter and a Word from Anna Biller!
A personal dispatch from the British Horror Studio.
Read on PatreonBefore The Love Witch, Anna Biller Put Herself Inside the Fantasy
Performance, glamour and the artistic courage of Anna Biller in Viva.
Read the essayJoseph Renzetti on Winning an Oscar and Surviving Hollywood
Lawrie talks with the composer about film music, professional disappointment and a lifetime of making things.
Read the interviewMegan Tremethick on the Actor’s Craft in an Age of Easy Access
Classical training, emotional conviction and the place of performance in independent horror.
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