3rd-7th Dec 2026
A long weekend of movie premieres for you to enjoy at home.
Every year, we discover far more incredible new films than we can fit into our live festival in October.
So, why should the fun stop when the festival ends? Here’s a hand-picked selection of fresh genre premieres for you to enjoy at home before the year is out.
All the thrills, chills and killer discoveries of Grimmfest, without leaving the sofa.
SINGLE screening tickets (£6.50), or purchase a festival PASS that will allow access to the full online event (£58.99).
Once you have purchased a pass or ticket, you will receive an email with full details on how to access the online event.
Buy NowStruggling with a crippling creative block, prescription drug addiction, and mounting pressure from his record label to follow up on a runaway hit, 27-year-old British musician Sam Gallo …
3-7 Dec 2026
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A woman looking for an end to her suffering, checks in to the House of Abraham, home to a mysterious cult that promises a way out. She soon …
3-7 Dec 2026
Online
Two podcasters take their show on the road investigating the supernatural, but as they delve deeper into chilling encounters they begin to question whether their search for the …
3-7 Dec 2026
Online
Two straight-A high school girls break free for a secret weekend, unknowingly attracting the attention of two angry young men.
3-7 Dec 2026
Online
After killing his abusive father to protect his mother, Gyutark serves his youth in prison. Released into a hostile world where he and his ailing mother face persecution …
3-7 Dec 2026
Online
A selection of the very best short films submitted to Grimmfest for 2026. More details to follow.
3-7 Dec 2026
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Another selection of the very best short films submitted to Grimmfest for 2026. More details to follow.
3-7 Dec 2026
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Porn filmmakers in 1981 seek to cash in on the slasher craze by making their own independent ripoff that follows a group of spring breaking college coeds as they …
3-7 Dec 2026
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A young woman recovering from an eating disorder returns to her quiet Jewish community, only to find her town’s new rabbi promoting a mysterious, life-changing diet drink. Eve, …
3-7 Dec 2026
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A family in crisis on Halloween night is thrown into turmoil when a long-estranged relative shows up on their doorstep after committing a horrific crime.
3-7 Dec 2026
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A grieving widow in denial takes a job using experimental tech that taps into residual brain activity after death. Rana Lawson (played by Ali Stolar in her feature …
3-7 Dec 2026
Online
Set in a post-apocalyptic Arctic in the year 2125, the film explores themes of survival and the relationship between humans and technology by tracking the bond between a young …
3-7 Dec 2026
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A lowly ride-share driver’s life is turned upside down when he picks up a mysterious passenger, a serial killer that is targeting ride share drivers. a lowly ride-share …
3-7 Dec 2026
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Mirthe (Caro Derkx), a conflicted moderate worker who secretly records video evidence of animal cruelty at a pig farm. After getting fired, she is recruited into a radical, …
3-7 Dec 2026
Online
In a small Wisconsin lake town, a poverty-stricken felon contracts Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease after ingesting diseased venison. As his descent into madness intensifies, he targets a Chicago musician and …
3-7 Dec 2026
Online
Returning to his hometown to claim an inheritance from his estranged mother, Ben Marsh and his partner, Sam, find themselves entangled in the mad prophecies of the town’s …
3-7 Dec 2026
Online
PLEASE NOTE ALL FILMS WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM MIDDAY THUR 3rd – 8.00PM MON 7th DEC, SO YOU HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO WATCH THEM BEFORE THE WINDOW CLOSES ON THE ONLINE FESTIVAL.
If you can’t find the information you need here, please get in touch: info@grimmfest.com
You will receive an automated email that will give you all the details on how to access the online festival. It may take a while to arrive so don’t worry if it isn’t in your inbox immediately.
Unfortunately not. The festival is Geo-blocked to the UK, so only people in the UK can view the content. This is to make sure the films hold their premiere status in other countries around the world.
Yes, you will be able to cast from your mobile or laptop to a tv if you have a smart tv or Amazon fire stick.
The annual Grimmfest film festival takes place annually, at the Odeon Great Northern in Manchester UK in early October. This year we are also presenting an ONLINE edition from 3th – 7th Dec.
Yes. Passes are onsite now. Individual film tickets coming very soon.
You can access our online event from this page.
Yes. Grimmfest is open for submissions most of the year round. Submissions should be made via Film Freeway, where you will also find all of the necessary information about the submission process, the kinds of films we are looking for, and any spec requirements. Short and feature films with a focus on the fearsome, the fantastic, or the blackly comic are all welcome.
Grimmfest has been running since 2009 and is now considered one of the most prestigious festivals of fantastic film in Europe.
We pride ourselves on presenting the very best in independnet genre cinema and host a broad selection of movie premieres on the big and small screen. As most of the films we screen are yet to be released in the UK, attending Grimmfest online allows you to see them first before they get released to the general public.
Yes: Grimmfest 2026 Part two is an online virtual festival.
Outside of watching movie premieres, you can also watch short film on our online platform or chat to other attendees via our Grimmfest Facebook group over at ‘THE REAPERS ARMS‘.
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