Produced by Tranquilmoon Productions, The Ungrieved is a psychological horror written by Michael J Farrell (Devil’s Game) with a cast including Nicola Wright (Bambi The Reckoning), Andrew Rolfe (Winnie the Pooh Blood & Honey 2) and Lucas Allermann (Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmares), and is directed by David Gregory (Zombies of the Third Reich) with cinematographer Liam Hejsak (Cinderella’s Revenge).
Longline: Seven years after his son’s disappearance, a father returns to his mother’s house, where the tragedy unfolded. As he confronts her fading mind, he questions his own memories as his family must face the horrifying truth and trauma that haunts them all.
Short synopsis : Following his father’s death and mother’s worsening dementia, Paul Ellis with his family are forced to return to his remote family home where seven years earlier their son Tom disappeared under mysterious circumstances. With the aim to arrange a carer for her and return to London as soon as possible, their stay quickly becomes something more unsettling as they start to see and hear things that convince them that their son could still be alive and living there. As they begin to doubt each other lines blur between reality and fiction. Could Tom really be there hiding after all these years or is something more sinister now awake and trying to destroy them?
Long synopsis : After his father’s death and his mother’s worsening dementia, Paul Ellis returns with his family to the remote family home they fled seven years ago – the same place where their son, Tom, vanished without a trace. What was meant to be a brief visit to arrange care for his mother turns into something far darker when they begin hearing footsteps in empty rooms and seeing figures where no one should be. The deeper they sink into the house’s silence, the more convincing the signs become: someone is there with them. Someone who knows their routines. Someone who seems to want their attention. As doubts fracture the family and their grip on reality slips, one question becomes impossible to ignore: has Tom been hiding in the shadows all these years, or has something else moved into the spaces he left behind…something sinister, watchful, and determined to pull the family apart?
Director’s statement : The stories I’ve helped tell in my career have mostly been in horror. Loud, aggressive, creature-driven stories. Zombies, creature, usually anything with teeth. But over time, through things I’ve lived and things I’ve seen, it became clear that the worst horrors don’t come from monsters. They come from people. Often from the people we trust. The Ungrieved comes from that realisation. It’s a psychological horror film about what happens behind closed doors, in families, in relationships—where harm is quieter, slower, and harder to see coming. That’s the kind of fear that sticks. I’ve always been drawn to strong images and big ideas, but I want them grounded in real, human stories. This film tries to keep that balance: cinematic visuals, classic horror foundations, but rooted in the kind of everyday darkness we don’t like to talk about – David Gregory.
The Ungrieved is scheduling for release in Fall 2026
