“I can’t stay here.” “There’s no reason to be afraid.” Gravitas Ventures has unveiled an official trailer for a film called Hauntology, an indie horror project originally pitched as a “Queer Horror Road Trip Movie.” It’s an anthology feature with various horror segments – an older sister takes her fearless runaway sibling Venus on a road trip, to share the most chilling tales surrounding their hometown. Jazmin takes Venus on a journey around Ohio, where Jazmin tells supernatural tales featuring characters have more in common with Venus than they first realize. Hauntology features four ghostly vignettes and another wrap-around story – a series of ghost stories taking them to four very haunted places. The movie stars Jaidyn Triplett as Venus Price, Samantha Russell as Jazmin, and Naomi Grossman as Annalisa, with Zoey Luna, Samantha Robinson, Nancy Loomis, Kurt Oberhaus, among others. An original feature made with crowdfunding, this queer horror film will be debuting on VOD in the fall to watch. “Some things you can’t run away from.”

Here’s the two official trailers (+ poster) for Parker Brennon’s film Hauntology, direct from YouTube:

Hauntology is a feature-length horror anthology, with a story that follows 11-year-old Venus (they/them) and their older sister Jazmin (she/her). Jazmin sees Venus wheeling a suitcase on the sidewalk and stops to make Venus a deal. If Venus will listen to all of Jazmin’s ghost stories, and still wants to run away after, Jazmin won’t stop them. However, if Venus gets scared, they have to go back home. A horror road trip begins, as Jazmin takes Venus to four very haunted places. Each spot they visit has its own ghost story and unique queer perspective. What Venus doesn’t know is Jazmin has an agenda of her own for the night. The two will ultimately find themselves face-to-face with the most notorious ghost in town. Hauntology is written and directed by genre filmmaker Parker Brennon, making their feature directorial debut after a number of other short films previously. Produced by Robert Jarosinski, Victoria McDevitt, Ryan Satre, and Parker Brennon. With crowdfunding from Kickstarter. This first premiered at the 2024 Dances With Films Festival earlier this year. Gravitas will debut Hauntology direct-to-VOD starting September 17th, 2024.