Director: Matt Greene-DeLanghe
How does a child make sense of death? "Skelly," a 2024 family drama, follows a grieving father and son through that question one Halloween season at a time.
What is Skelly about?
When his grandfather dies, a young boy is left with questions no one around him seems ready to answer. His father, still working through his own grief, decides the best way forward is together: the two of them take on the family's annual haunted-house project, the kind of elaborate neighborhood tradition that usually means fake cobwebs, painted tombstones, and a lot of noise. Building it this year becomes something else entirely, a way for father and son to talk about loss without having to say the hard words directly. Along the way the boy collects his own small rituals and superstitions about death, testing what he believes against what the adults around him are willing to admit. Directed by Matt Greene-DeLanghe, the film treats a heavy subject with a light, often funny touch, using the haunted-house setting to let sorrow and humor sit side by side rather than canceling each other out.
Cast & crew
Brian Cox brings gravity to the extended family circle around the boy, while Torrey DeVitto and Andy Comeau play the parents navigating their own versions of grief. Young performer Devin Trey Campbell carries much of the emotional center, supported by John Palladino, Jake Katzman, Judah Abner Paul, and Kathy-Ann Hart.
Context & significance
"Skelly" runs 85 minutes and comes from writer-director Matt Greene-DeLanghe, a U.S. production released in 2024 and currently holding a 6.8 IMDb rating. Its setting inside a home-built haunted house gives an otherwise familiar grief narrative a distinctive, slightly theatrical backdrop, and its family-drama register keeps it approachable for viewers looking for something gentler than typical horror-season fare.
Where & how to watch
"Skelly" is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing, presented through a Farsi-language experience designed for Persian-speaking households. This page can be read by anyone; watching the film itself requires logging into a K-Time account.