List of box office number one horror films in the United Kingdom

This is a list (in the right order) of every box office number one horror film in the U.K. that is currently known. It's hard to get comprehensive data for very old films, so some weeks on charts have very few movies listed at all.

The sources for this list are taken from Wikipedia, and 25frame.co.uk as well.

1970s

 * The Legacy
 * Piranha
 * Jaws 2
 * Halloween
 * Alien

1980s

 * The Amityville Horror
 * The Shining
 * The Fog
 * Prom Night
 * Halloween II
 * The Thing
 * Poltergeist
 * The Entity
 * Christine
 * Fright Night
 * Critters
 * The Fly
 * Little Shop of Horrors
 * Jaws: The Revenge
 * The Witches of Eastwick
 * A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
 * Warlock
 * Hellbound: Hellraiser II

1990s

 * Tremors
 * Flatliners
 * Arachnophobia
 * Predator 2
 * The People Under the Stairs
 * Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
 * Alien 3
 * Bram Stoker's Dracula
 * Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth
 * Wes Craven's New Nightmare
 * Demon Knight
 * In the Mouth of Madness
 * From Dusk Till Dawn
 * Dracula: Dead and Loving It
 * The Frighteners
 * Event Horizon
 * Spawn
 * An American Werewolf in Paris
 * Alien: Resurrection
 * The Devil's Advocate
 * Scream 2
 * The Exorcist [re-issue]
 * The Faculty
 * I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
 * The Haunting
 * The Blair Witch Project

2000s

 * Sleepy Hollow
 * Lake Placid
 * Scream 3
 * Hollow Man
 * The Others
 * Blade II
 * The Ring
 * Scary Movie 3
 * Open Water
 * The Grudge
 * Blade: Trinity
 * White Noise
 * Hide and Seek
 * Boogeyman
 * The Ring Two
 * The Hills Have Eyes
 * The Omen
 * Saw III
 * Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
 * Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
 * Cloverfield
 * The Final Destination
 * Paranormal Activity

2010s

 * The Last Exorcism
 * Resident Evil: Afterlife
 * Paranormal Activity 2
 * Saw 3D
 * Scream 4
 * Paranormal Activity 3
 * The Woman in Black
 * The Devil Inside
 * Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
 * Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
 * The Conjuring 2
 * Alien: Covenant
 * It
 * The First Purge
 * The Meg
 * The Nun

2020s

 * The Invisible Man

Trivia
**Note: COVID-19 concerns halted the box office in the United Kingdom, starting in March of 2020.**