Ahead of hitting Digital and On-Demand platforms on February 27 via Quiver Entertainment, Noseeums, the upcoming Southern Gothic horror movie from director Raven DeShay Carter, gets a chilling new trailer.
Noseeums stars Aleigha Burt, Jasmine Gia Nguyen, Tabby Getsy and Jessie Roddy, with a story by Jason-Michael Anthony and a script by Anthony and Hendreck Joseph. Described as “Get Out meets Candyman“, Noseeums‘ official logline reads as follows:
Fresh from her toxic relationship, a curious college student, Ember reluctantly agrees to a weekend trip with her roommate and wealthy white “friends” to a secluded lake house in the Florida backwoods. Once she arrives at this unsettling land, it becomes familiar as she unearths troubled spirits that owned it and seeks to reclaim it.
Noseeums, which premiered at London's FrightFest last year, is Carter's feature directorial debut. In a director's statement, she reveals more of what drew her to Anthony's script, and her own movie inspirations behind the directorial direction:
When Jason – Michael approached me with this fresh story concept, the story immediately compelled me. Originally titled Biting Midges, I loved the themes of property, ancestral ties, and female rage.
We had eight weeks to develop compelling characters and a strong plot within the horror genre. This also looked like us watching films. Not just horror films but good films in general, such as Past Lives, Enemy, Talk to Me, and No Country for Old Men, to name a few. I love telling bold and playful stories that dissect real issues with complex characters involved.
Anthony adds:
I’ve always wanted to tell a compelling ghost story centered around Blackness. In a way, it’s restorative justice, and it's imperative to embrace the land that Black bodies have cultivated while exposing the underbelly of rage that many Black Americans feel but aren't about to express because of respectability politics. This story is for them. This story is for us.
Check out the new trailer for Noseeums below, and for more, here's all the horror movies we're excited for coming our way in 2026.
