Zone Vision Networks Ltd. agreed to acquire the Horror Channel for an undisclosed sum on 17 June 2005.

It became a part of the AMC Networks International UK content division of Liberty Global in 2005.

The change forms part of a larger reshuffle of AMCNI's UK channels taking place on that day.

[20] Since its inception in 2004, The Horror Channel had screened a wide array of, not only horror classics, but horror-themed, supernatural, slasher, cult, and b movies, mixed with genres of sci-fi, fantasy, adventure, thriller and drama.

Early acquired films for the network included Carnival of Souls (1962), Night of the Living Dead (1968), The City of the Dead (1960), Vampyr (1932), The Ghoul (1933), The Killer Shrews (1959), Lady of Burlesque (1943), Pumpkinhead (1988), Bloody Birthday (1981), Creepshow 2 (1987), Brain Damage (1988), Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (1988), Frogs (1972), Slugs (1988), Body Count (1988), Flowers in the Attic (1987), Turkey Shoot (1982), Demon Wind (1990), and Troll 2 (1990).

The channel was also notable for its showing of European Cinema in its early years; this included The Devil's Nightmare (1971), Nude for Satan (1974), Black Magic Rites (1973), The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine (1974), The Bloodsucker Leads the Dance (1975), and Cold Eyes of Fear (1971), as well as a collection of films from French director Jean Rollin; theses consisted of The Rape of the Vampire (1968), The Nude Vampire (1970), Requiem for a Vampire (1971), The Iron Rose (1973), The Demoniacs (1974), The Grapes of Death (1978), Fascination (1979), and The Living Dead Girl (1982), which were initially shown as part of "The Jean Rollin Season", while two more of his films, Killing Car (1993) and The Two Orphan Vampires (1997), screened at a later time.

Rebranded as simply Horror Channel in 2010, a number of classic horror films began to premiere on the channel, some of which included The Evil Dead, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Happy Birthday to Me and The Incredible Melting Man.

Following this, Horror Channel has premiered many popular films; Pan's Labyrinth, Halloween II, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Rabid, Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things, Peeping Tom, Blue Steel, Wolf Creek and Jeepers Creepers, On 30 June 2022, Horror was rebranded as Legend[21][22] to reflect its schedule of sci-fi, fantasy, thriller, action and cult series.

On 26 April 2023,[27][28] RealityXtra 2 was replaced by HorrorXtra on Freeview, with the channel starting a daytime schedule which included programmes such as Knight Rider[29] and Mutant X,[30] alongside late night genre films such as The Final Wish[31] and Nicolas Cage's The Humanity Bureau.

As of June 2024,[33][34] Legend Xtra[35] is broadcasting series such as Farscape, The Twilight Zone[36] and [37] The Six Million Dollar Man[38] with mini-series such as Frank Herbert's Children of Dune[39] also turning up in the schedule.