Director: Danielle Krudy, Bridget Savage Cole
A first restaurant should be the fulfillment of a dream, but for the chef at the center of "House of Spoils," opening night comes with something far more unsettling than bad reviews.
What is House of Spoils about?
A determined young chef finally gets her shot: her own restaurant, built from scratch with a financial backer whose motives never quite feel clean. From day one she is fighting on every front, wrangling a chaotic kitchen staff, managing an investor who keeps pushing his own agenda, and battling the creeping self-doubt that comes with betting everything on a single opening night. Then the pressure turns strange. The restaurant occupies a property with its own history, and the spirit of the estate's previous owner appears determined to see the venture fail, disrupting service, tainting ingredients, and turning small kitchen accidents into something closer to sabotage. "House of Spoils" folds supernatural horror into the high-stress world of professional cooking, using the grind of a restaurant launch as fertile ground for dread. The result plays like a workplace nightmare where the real threat may be indistinguishable from the pressure the chef already carries.
Cast & crew
Ariana DeBose stars as the chef navigating both her kitchen and its unwelcome guest, with Barbie Ferreira, Arian Moayed, Marton Csokas, Amara Karan, Mikkel Bratt Silset, Gabriel Drake, and Imola Gáspár rounding out the cast.
Context & significance
"House of Spoils" is a 2024 American production running 101 minutes, blending horror and thriller elements within the culinary-workplace setting that has become a distinct niche in modern genre filmmaking. It holds an IMDb rating of 5.0, positioning it as a mid-tier horror title whose appeal leans more on atmosphere and psychological pressure than shock scares.
Where & how to watch
K-Time carries "House of Spoils" with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, giving Farsi-speaking viewers a choice in how they experience the film. This page is free to browse without an account, but starting playback requires logging into a free K-Time account. The wider platform, built around a Persian-language interface, is designed specifically for the Iranian diaspora audience.