Howard J. Ford’s Monster Horror ‘Bone Keeper’ Premieres at FrightFest Glasgow

A sinister presence awakens deep beneath the caves in Bone Keeper.

Howard J. Ford’s Monster Horror Bone Keeper Set for World Premiere at FrightFest Glasgow

UK horror fans are getting first crack at a new underground nightmare.

Howard J. Ford, one half of the Ford Brothers duo behind the modern zombie classic The Dead, is returning with a full-blown creature feature. His latest film, Bone Keeper, is set to world premiere at FrightFest Glasgow on March 6, where it’s already locked in a sold-out screening—a strong early signal that genre audiences are ready to descend.

Following its festival debut, Bone Keeper will hit UK digital platforms on April 6, courtesy of Plaion Pictures.

For fans of British horror—or anyone with a soft spot for cave-set nightmares—the trailer should feel immediately familiar. Remote woodland. A deep, shadowy cave system. A history buried beneath rock and superstition. But Ford isn’t just revisiting old terrain—he’s letting something ancient, cosmic, and monstrous loose beneath it.

Written and directed by Ford (DarkGame, Escape), the film stars Sarah Alexandra Marks, Louis James, Tiffany Hannam-Daniels, and British screen legend John Rhys-Davies, whose presence alone adds genre gravitas.

The story spans decades. In 1976, James Wheeler enters a cave determined to uncover the truth behind a mysterious legend. He never returns. All that remains is a single frame of Super 8 footage—capturing the silhouette of something inhuman.

Years later, Wheeler’s granddaughter and a group of explorers return to investigate the myth of the “Bone Keeper.” What starts as curiosity quickly turns into survival horror as they realize the cave isn’t empty—and they’re no longer the hunters.

The setup taps directly into classic British and European creature horror traditions, but the trailer hints at something more cosmic in scale, beginning with a fireball crashing into the woods and awakening whatever has been waiting below for centuries.

Ford stepping into big creature-feature territory feels like a natural evolution of his work—less about zombies roaming open landscapes, more about claustrophobia, myth, and the terror of being trapped underground with something that knows the terrain better than you ever will.

We’ve got the trailer and images ready for you to dig into, and we’re genuinely curious what UK horror fans think of this one. Is Bone Keeper a return to old-school monster movie energy, or something nastier hiding beneath the surface?

Bone Keeper

World Premiere: FrightFest Glasgow – Friday, March 6 (Sold Out)

UK Digital Release: Monday, April 6

Let us know what you think of the trailer—and whether you’re ready to go underground.