Director: Keith Boynton
Not every haunted house has a ghost in it — The Haunted House (2025) plays that gap for laughs and scares as a bank clerk wanders into a home that isn't nearly as supernatural as it first appears.
What is The Haunted House about?
The short comedy-horror film follows an ordinary bank clerk whose detour into an eerie, seemingly abandoned house sets off a chain of increasingly strange encounters. What looks at first like classic haunted-house territory — creaking floors, shadowy figures, unexplained noises — turns out to be tangled up with a group of thieves using the property as cover. Grayson Gwaze leads the cast through the escalating confusion, with Cedric Gegel, Kaitlyn Lunardi, and Meghan Reed adding to a small ensemble built for quick, punchy comic timing rather than slow-burn dread. At just 21 minutes, the film moves fast, using its short runtime to keep the joke-to-scare ratio tight without overstaying its premise.
Cast & crew
Gwaze plays the unsuspecting clerk at the center of the chaos, while Gegel, Lunardi, Reed, and director Keith Boynton himself appear in supporting roles that keep the tone light even as the situation spirals. Jamie Bernadette, Myles Hamilton, and Mashka Wolfe round out the cast in a production built around ensemble timing rather than a single lead carrying every scene.
Context & significance
Keith Boynton directs the short with a clear comic sensibility, using the haunted-house setup as a springboard for absurdist misdirection rather than genuine scares. The short format suits the premise, letting the film commit fully to its joke without needing to sustain tension across a feature-length runtime.
Where & how to watch
The Haunted House (2025) is available to stream on K-Time with a free account login, browsable through a Farsi-language interface built for the Iranian diaspora. Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles are both available for this title.