Night of the Starlings

Our Story

Coal Gulch, New Mexico, 1975.

Rae, a naive 12-year-old, along with her battered Ma, are on the run from Danny, a violent alcoholic. Before even reaching their hide out in a ghost town, Rae is stalked by a wailing ghost in white. It is La Llorona, a tormented spirit doomed to wander riverbanks searching for the child she drowned.

At her ramshackle new home, Rae is greeted by spirits and sinks into a supernatural world. Scary Larry, a hulking misfit suspected of murdering children, has his eye on Rae. So do the ghost sisters Helen and Harriet, who haunt Rae's house, as well as the shamanistic elder, Abuela, and her young grandson, Leroy.

Rae explores the town with her new friend, Berna, 14. They exhume a dark mystery involving an abandoned young mother and baby. Rae alone has the compassion to try to rescue them from impending tragedy. But when Danny finds her, it is Rae that needs rescuing. Enlisted by Rae's courageousness and pure heart, outcasts and spirits rally to her aid.

Inspired by actual events, this Gothic ghost story is filmed in the actual haunted locations in a New Mexico ghost town, where the story occurred. It explores themes of domestic violence and defilement of the female, including Mother Earth.

The Plot

Rae and her mother flee danger, uncovering dark secrets and spirits.

Themes

Domestic violence, Gaia’s healing, and the myth of La Llorona intertwine.

Outcasts and spirits rally to help Rae face her darkest fears.

The Cast