A fresh start in a remote village turns into a fight for survival in Lumme, a 2024 Turkish horror-thriller from director Atakan Şatıroğlu.
What is Lumme about?
A man relocates his new wife and two young daughters to a quiet village, hoping for a simpler life away from old troubles. The move seems ordinary at first: new neighbors, an unfamiliar house, the slow work of settling in. But the family has arrived somewhere already claimed. A spirit tied to the land has been waiting for young bodies to inhabit, and the daughters' arrival puts them squarely in its path. As small disturbances build into something the parents can no longer explain away, the household is forced to confront a threat that predates them and does not intend to let them leave quietly.
About the cast
Berkay Berkman and Feriştah Senem Yıldırım lead as the parents navigating the village's growing unease, with Defne Polat and Sudenaz Soysal among the younger cast. Ümit Acar, Begüm İnci, Demir Meriç, and Bahadır Polat round out the ensemble.
Context & significance
Lumme sits in a wave of recent Turkish horror productions that lean on rural folklore rather than urban settings, drawing dread from isolation and the sense that a place itself can hold a grudge. At 90 minutes, the film keeps its focus tight on one household rather than sprawling into a larger mythology, letting the tension build around the family's routine rather than a wide cast of victims. That smaller scale also keeps the horror personal: the threat is not an abstract curse on a town but something that has singled out these two children specifically, which sharpens the stakes for the parents at the center of the story.
Watching Lumme on Ktime
Lumme streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so viewers can follow the family's ordeal in Farsi without losing the film's atmosphere. A free K-Time account is all that is needed to watch; the film's page itself is open to browse without logging in first, and the interface is built around a Farsi-first experience for the diaspora audience.