Raven DeShay Carter’s Biting Horror Film ‘Noseeums’ Premieres at FrightFest London

The horror-thriller film Noseeums by Raven DeShay Carter, making her directorial debut, will have its World Premiere at 2025 FrightFest London.

“I grew up watching horror films with my family and it was one of the things we could all enjoy together. To be able to premiere Noseeums with an audience of passionate genre film lovers is a dream come true” says Raven Carter, director and co-writer.

Noseeums, filmed in Florida, is billed as a fresh take on the horror genre exploring the loss of black land rights in the contemporary south.

When college student Ember is invited to join her white friends for a fun weekend at the country home of school Queen Bee Abigail, she finds the place unsettling and oddly familiar. Drawn to an unkempt grave in the backwoods, Ember begins to be plagued by buzzing, biting, vicious almost invisible, black bugs known throughout Florida as Noseeums. Along with this constant irritation, she starts having premonitions of grisly death and bewildering, chilling flashbacks. Soon, the shocking lore of the land becomes clear as restless spirits seek a festering retribution for past crimes, and Ember embraces long overdue vengeful acts.

Director Carter added, “I feel a younger version of myself was Ember, so it came naturally to direct someone I used to know. We consistently used the term “homecoming” when referring to Ember’s arc because she is an extremely disconnected girl who was always meant to find her way back to her roots. Many people can relate to being disconnected from family and then compensating with surface-level relationships to try and fill holes.”