Trailer of 'Ghosts: The Possession of Button House' (2026)

Button House is once again in danger. The haunted manor that served as home to a handful of spirits trapped in time (and to the couple who inherited it without asking) across four series of 'Ghosts' (BBC, 2019–2023) now becomes the setting for a film that expands that story into feature-length format. The trailer opens with a classic B-movie horror image: children venturing into a dark wood and arriving at a house that appears to be abandoned. What the trailer hints at, reading between the lines, is that Button House has fallen into the hands of a property developer, and that this sets in motion a threat serious enough for someone to ask, "is anyone there?" The answer, as ever in this universe, is yes. And there are rather a lot of them.

The screenplay is written by the six original creators of the series: Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard, and Ben Willbond, who also reprise their characters on screen. They are joined by Charlotte Ritchie as Alison Cooper and Kiell Smith-Bynoe as Mike Cooper, the couple who manage the manor in the story. Lolly Adefope, Sidhant Anand, and Alexa Goodall complete the confirmed cast. Direction falls to Simon Hynd, who takes the helm of a franchise with a well-established fanbase in the United Kingdom.

The production is handled by Alison Carpenter and Andy Brunskill for Monumental Television and BBC Film. Filming took place in Surrey, in the same locations used for the television series. The film opens in cinemas across the UK and Ireland on 23 October 2026, coinciding with Halloween eve.