Unrestricted View Horror Film Festival 2026: Opening Night

UVHFF is back for its 11th year with another showcase of the very best in independent horror filmmaking. Our opening screening brings you a selection of outstanding UK horror shorts:

After Birth (Lucy Cudden, UK)
Ma is having a bad day, and she's barely holding on.

Grandma is Thirsty (Kris Carr, UK)
All George wants is to stop getting pushed around by the local bullies. So when a pair of weird twins offer to introduce him to their grandma — who can “make him big & strong” — he jumps at the chance.

The Humbug (Cole Paviour, UK)
Two elderly women in a care home grapple with magical mint humbugs, setting off an absurd journey through pleasure and peril.

Foreign Bodies (Lysander Wong, UK/Hong Kong)
A simple itch descends into an outbreak with many legs. Certain things will always find their way to the surface.

Homonym (Lily Howkins, UK)
Accused of murder, teenager Sam protests her innocence; claiming a malevolent presence in her family home is responsible. Unable or unwilling to accept her story, the police dismiss it. But as events take a sinister turn, they’re forced to reconsider.

Dissonance (Edward Zorab, UK)
Salomé, the orphan of a legendary musician, records at an infamous countryside studio. What begins as an opportunity to connect with her past soon takes a dark turn

A Hand to Hold (Philip Clyde-Smith, UK)
Moira, an elderly Irish woman, finds herself literally attached to her deceased husband Patrick. When his hand refuses to let go after death, it leads to increasingly grotesque events.