STARS of the award-winning supernatural thriller Unhallowed Ground gathered at a gala evening to celebrate the film’s upcoming release.

The evening was hosted by popular BBC presenters, Sunny and Shay Grewal and was attended by some members of the cast including Rachel Petladwala, Paul Raschid and Ameet Chana.

Other stars of stage and screen included Abigail Cruttenden, Rebecca Saire, Sarah Greene, Ronny Jhutti and Bhasker Patel.

Unhallowed Ground releases in selected screens nationwide on June 12.

The film won Best Horror Film’ at the prestigious London Independent Film Festival and its young and talented cast picked up two awards at the British Independent Film Festival, with Marcus Griffiths winning ‘Best Supporting Actor’ for his portrayal of feisty Aki Adebola, while his co-star Rachel Petladwala won ‘Best Supporting Actress’ for her role as sporty student Meena Shah.

Set in an historic British boarding school, Unhallowed Ground follows six students from two prestigious single sex private schools, spend a night patrolling the eerie grounds of Dhoultham School as part of an initiative with the British Army to empower them with basic military training.

As each hour passes and the teenagers complete their mundane tasks, they witness a series of increasingly disturbing occurrences: slamming doors, flickering lights and ghostly apparitions.

As they spend more and more time together, personal conflicts are magnified and the school’s gruesome history erupts with deadly consequences.

Meanwhile, two brazen burglars have chosen this very night to carry out a heist on the school archive room. As the supernatural encounters begin to take an increasingly malevolent turn, the students realise they must escape Dhoultham.