Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.

Although a little spoilery to include here it is a dozen years old and so it should be no surprise if a few hints have sneaked out over the years. If it worries you then go and watch it now. We can wait for you to get back.

The first of three films by Ben Wheatley that explore Folk Horror from different angles and Kill List has the most obtuse angle of attack as it swerves from kitchen sink drama into gritty crime and then into far stranger territories. It definitely showed that Folk Horror didn’t need much maypole dancing as foreplay for a rise of the dark side of nature worship.

It also helped the cast raise their profiles and go on to range of different projects.