UVHFF 2022 – UK Shorts selection at Screen on the Green
15th November 6pm £8
A Selection of UK short films from Unrestricted View Horror Film Festival 2022
All You Can Eat – directed by Kieran Read (UK), 13 mins.
A young waitress at a fast food diner has a bad feeling about things going on behind the chrome and neon facade of the diner. She finally believes she has the proof she needs to bring this secret to light, but unseen evil forces are unleashed in a blood thirsty attempt to stop her.
Scatterbrains – directed by Myles Horgan (UK), 8 mins.
A woman goes on a dangerous journey to escape her enslavement; only to realise she may have been free all along.
Bloom – directed by Jake Thompson (UK), 7 mins.
Lonely flower Bloom falls in love with John, a divorced Birdwatcher, and plans to keep him to herself at all costs, even if it means murder when John takes a shine to a female birdwatcher Lily.
Yummy Mummy – directed by Gabriela Staniszewska (UK), 14 mins.
Ignored throughout her pregnancy, Lilith senses her identity is being smothered by her burgeoning motherhood. Her anxieties begin to have physical manifestations – then she starts to fall apart – literally.
Lotus – directed by Deri Watt (UK), 3 mins.
A woman tries to unwind with a meditation app. It doesn’t go to plan.
The Microscope – directed by Elliot Vick & Reuben Vick (UK), 10 mins.
An eccentric microscopist finally gets his hands on some rare samples, but he could never have imagined what he’ll see through the lens…
Sucker – directed by Alix Austin (UK), 8 mins.
To her horror, Sam discovers her sister Caitlin has been infested by a monstrous leech creature, that is slowly sucking her life force dry. Caitlin is reluctant to accept help and the sisters quarrel over how to deal with the parasite. Meanwhile, Sam struggles against the creature’s hostile, telepathic takeover, only to find that she herself has become a host…
The Wilds – directed by Grieg Johnson (UK), 15 mins.
Anna receives an urgent phone call from her desperate-sounding and somewhat estranged mother, Helen. Anna’s troubled brother has returned to the family home; Helen needs Anna’s help, and it must be right now – definitely before tonight. The Wilds tells the story of the day Anna Wild finally reconnects with her family; all thanks to a lycanthropy-based emergency.
Knock Knock – directed by Shian Denovan (UK), 5 mins.
When a woman receives an unexpected late-night knock at the door her confusion soon turns to terror.
Mantis – directed by Luigi Sabona (UK), 8 mins.
An uninvited meeting in a dusty London laundrette escalates from tone-deaf flirtations to something more sinister but when the knives are out, who is the prey and who is the victim becomes less clear.
Doggers – directed by Rory Hern (UK), 6 mins.
Two guys, looking to spice up their love life, discover something else waiting for them down in the woods.