Lock Up is a British psychological horror feature film currently in pre-production, targeting production in 2027. Written and directed by Ben Grace, the film is planned as his debut feature.
Dark secrets emerge when a vulnerable employee is forced to help dangerous criminals search for a mysterious item hidden deep inside a self-storage facility.
Blending psychological horror, dark humour and heightened realism, Lock Up transforms the familiar environment of a commercial self-storage facility into a claustrophobic and increasingly alien nightmare. Set among sterile corridors, flickering fluorescent lights and hundreds of forgotten possessions, the film explores the unsettling spaces that exist beneath the surface of everyday modern Britain.
Shot on 16mm film, Lock Up embraces the raw, textured qualities of analogue cinematography to create a tactile and immersive visual experience. As the story progresses, the facility’s ordered geometry begins to fracture, with its seemingly endless corridors becoming a landscape of confusion, disorientation and existential dread.
At its heart, Lock Up is a story about memory, identity and the fear of losing yourself. The film uses its physical environment to mirror the psychological deterioration of its characters, gradually blurring the boundaries between what is familiar and what is real.