
Borley Rectory: The Awakening
UK : 1h 28m : 2025 : Directed by Steven M. Smith
10.00 : The Ballroom, The Palace Hotel : Tickets £7.00
Starring Julian Glover and Patsy Kensit and SFF patron Vicki Michelle
In 1900, young Reverend Henry Bull and his sister, Kitty, are tasked with taking over the duties of their family home in Essex, a majestic Victorian mansion built on the site of an old monastery. Unaware of the sinister forces that lurk within, the pair are soon confronted by terrifying paranormal activities that threaten their loved ones.


+ Knell
UK : 13m : 2025 : Directed by Dean Ferris
A short folk horror story that follows a couple on a walk through the woods.


+ Medieval Maze WORLD PREMIERE
UK : 5m : 2025 : Directed by Nina Romain
When two friends visit a recreated medieval village off the beaten track for a fun day out, they're horrified to find they have been trapped in the past with their 1700s doppelgängers lying in wait for them - and some mazes you can't escape from.


+ Mirror, Mirror: Matryoshka WORLD PREMIERE
UK : 8m : 2025 : Directed by Martin W Payne
It's just another normal day for Amy - wake up, see cosplay costume, create a character face, file it for another day, sleep, renew, wake...


Frenzy Moon UK PREMIERE
USA : 1h 21m : 2025 : Directed by Gregory Lamberson
12.30 : The Ballroom, The Palace Hotel : Tickets £7.00
Six college students and a mysterious hunter battle a pack of werewolves.



+ Franky
UK : 11m : 2025 : Directed by Dopflam
On a cloudy evening in the town of Little Lockbath, a doctor performs a selfish experiment to deal with his recent grief.


+ El Revisor (The Inspector) UK PREMIERE
Spain : 13m : 2025 : Directed by Jandro
A fake gas inspector visits vulnerable elderly people to take advantage of them. It is now the turn of Carmen, a charming grandmother who keeps great antiques.


+ Night Feeding
USA : 6m : 2023 : Directed by Sarah K Reimers
A new mother struggles through the 4am feeding time.


All You Need is Blood
USA : 1h 40m : 2023 : Directed by Bucky Le Boeuf
15.00 : The Ballroom, The Palace Hotel : Tickets £7.00
An aspiring teen filmmaker casts the perfect lead for his breakout zombie film: his undead dad.


+ Kindness WORLD PREMIERE
UK : 2m : 2026 : Directed by Geoff Harmer
All she wanted, was for her mother to show her kindness.


Exhibition of Evil
UK : 1h 10m : 2026 : Directed by Sam Mason-Bell + various
17.30 : The Ballroom, Park Inn by Radisson Palace : Tickets £7.00
A curator unveils a most sinister collection, each with its own tale of terror.



+ Antebody
USA : 17m : 2004 : Directed by James P. Gleason
The police may know how Marty died, Lois may know how Marty lived, but there's something you don't know about Martin David Ambro...


+ Law & Beaver 'Pilot Episode' UK PREMIERE
USA : 14m : 2025 : Directed by Claude D. Miles
The Castoroides (Beaver) based Law & Order parody you didn’t know you needed but now can’t live without! It’s just like Law & Order but with a cute lil’ Beaver puppet as the Accused. Witness the Drama and Madness that is Law & Beaver!


+ Better Anything
UK : 13m : 2024 : Directed by Jonjo Lyons
A couple dig a grave in the woods.


+ Cambion
UK : 10m : 2024 : Directed by Thomas Lee Rutter & In a House of Heartbeats
An exploration of the folklore around the incubus and succubus, and their dreaded offspring, the cambion! Told in three movements (cambion; rituals; faeries), this music video from cinematic post-metallers In A House Of Heartbeats features footage from the film The Pocket Film Of Superstitions by Thomas Lee Rutter.


Horror-on-Sea: 13 Bloody Years
UK : 1h m (tbc) : 2026 : Directed by Alex Churchyard
20.00 : The Ballroom, The Palace Hotel : Tickets £7.00
Horror on Sea: 13 Bloody Years" is a documentary celebrating the Horror-on-Sea Film Festival, it features numerous figures from the indie horror community, including directors and actors, and aims to showcase the festival's impact on its community.



+ Fox and the Hen
UK : 20m : 2025 : Directed by Matt Warner
Lost in the rain-soaked North Wales after becoming separated from a Hen Party, Stevie and Jody take shelter in a weather-beaten shack. When the shack’s owner Seth finds them, the women begin to suspect his hospitality masks a more sinister intent.


+ Say Bye Bye to Blood Sausage UK PREMIERE
UK : 5m : 2025 : Directed by Calieb F. Thresher
A raunchy date has a gruesome end in this campy, shock-shlock splatter short.


+ She-Bear B/W WORLD PREMIERE
UK : 11m : 2025 : Directed by Madelaine Mehlum
A woman is left for dead after an attack in the woods.


Southern Nightmare
USA : 1h 40m : 2025 : Directed by Charlie Steeds
22.30 : The Ballroom, The Palace Hotel : Tickets £7.00
Sherri and Anna Beth are two best friends on a road trip to Texas, but a brief stop in rural Georgia has horrifying consequences when the girls find themselves imprisoned and enslaved by a trio of deranged rednecks. Chained, drugged, and forced to give up their bodies for work and pleasure, their southern nightmare begins.


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