A boxer-turned-exorcist with a prison record takes over a parish in a remote corner of Spain, and the quiet he came for lasts about as long as the first episode. 30 Coins is a 2020 Spanish horror series that folds small-town mystery into religious dread.
What is 30 Coins about?
Father Vergara wants to be forgotten. He has fought in the ring, served time, and faced down demons in the literal sense, and now he keeps to himself in a village far from any city. The locals know little about him, which suits him fine. Then odd things begin to happen around the parish, the kind that cannot be explained away by a hard winter or an old feud between neighbours. The series builds its mystery slowly across hour-long chapters, drawing a handful of villagers into Vergara's orbit as it becomes clear that whatever he ran from has arrived in the village as well. Horror, thriller and mystery threads run side by side, and the show treats its supernatural material with a completely straight face.
About the cast
Eduard Fernández heads the ensemble, with Macarena Gómez, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Megan Montaner, Pepón Nieto, Manolo Solo, Cosimo Fusco and Manuel Tallafé filling out the village and the wider network of interests circling around it. Jorge Guerricaechevarria is credited as the series' director. The size of the cast gives the setting a populated, lived-in feel, and the recurring faces across the season let the story spend time on the villagers' lives between the frights.
Context & significance
30 Coins arrived in 2020, at a point when Spanish-language series were reaching large audiences well beyond Spain. Its genre mix is uncommon for television: exorcism-style religious horror laid over a procedural mystery and a conspiracy thriller, all in the same hour. The episodes run around sixty minutes each, which leaves room for atmosphere rather than a jump scare every few minutes. The title recalls the thirty pieces of silver from the biblical account of betrayal, a signal of the direction the show's mythology takes as the season unfolds.
Watching 30 Coins on Ktime
30 Coins streams on K-Time with both a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, so you can hear the dialogue in Farsi or follow the original Spanish audio with Farsi text. Reading this page costs nothing; to play the episodes you sign in with a K-Time account. The interface is in Farsi throughout and is built for Persian-speaking viewers living abroad.