Director: Tony Goldwyn
A quiet act of curiosity turns into a slow-burn haunting in "Ezra" (2024), a horror thriller about an heirloom that should have stayed sealed.
What is Ezra about?
Newly married and settling into a house full of someone else's belongings, a woman named for the film's central figure unpacks an antique wooden chest without asking where it came from. Inside sits a battered relic tied to a man named Abraham Ezra, whose presence in the home does not stay contained to the object for long. As small disturbances escalate — misplaced objects, half-heard voices, a sense of being watched inside her own walls — she begins piecing together who Ezra was and why his story refuses to end quietly. The people around her, including her husband, are slow to believe what she describes, which pushes her to investigate alone. Director Tony Goldwyn builds dread through atmosphere and restraint rather than jump scares, leaning on a cast anchored by Rose Byrne, Robert De Niro, and Vera Farmiga to keep the domestic setting believable even as the supernatural elements take hold.
Cast & crew
The ensemble carries real weight for a mid-budget horror release: Robert De Niro and Whoopi Goldberg appear alongside Rose Byrne and Vera Farmiga, with Rainn Wilson and Bobby Cannavale rounding out a cast that gives the haunted-house premise more dramatic grounding than genre norms usually allow. Tony Goldwyn, who directs, also takes a supporting role.
Context & significance
Released in 2024 and running just under two and a half hours, "Ezra" sits in the possession-horror lineage but frames its scares around inherited grief and the objects people carry from the dead rather than pure shock. It holds a 6.6 rating on IMDb, reflecting a film that trades some pacing for mood.
Where & how to watch
"Ezra" streams on K-Time with a Persian dub and Farsi subtitles, so viewers can follow the story either fully localized or in the original English with Farsi text. A free K-Time account is all that's needed to start watching — the site's Farsi-first interface makes browsing and playback simple for Persian-speaking audiences.