The Home is a 2025 American horror-thriller directed by James DeMonaco, running 95 minutes, in which a young man takes a job at a retirement facility only to discover that its elderly residents and staff harbor genuinely disturbing secrets beneath a veneer of calm.
What is The Home about?
Max is desperate for work and takes a position at a quiet, well-kept retirement home on the outskirts of town. From his first shift, small details feel wrong — residents who never seem to sleep, caretakers who give evasive answers to simple questions, corridors that fall silent whenever he approaches. As Max grows closer to a few of the more lucid residents, he begins piecing together a picture far darker than neglect or mismanagement. The facility hides something predatory at its core, and Max must decide how far he is willing to go to expose it — or whether getting out alive is the only goal left.
About the cast
Director James DeMonaco, best known for the Purge franchise, brings his signature tension-through-setting craft to this contained horror premise. Pete Davidson leads as Max, playing against type in a straight dramatic role, supported by veteran character actors Bruce Altman and John Glover, who lend the story its most unsettling performances as long-term residents with hidden depths.
Context & significance
Horror films set inside institutions — hospitals, asylums, care homes — occupy a reliable corner of the genre because they exploit anxieties most audiences share: dependence, isolation, and the fear of what happens behind closed doors. For diaspora viewers who have watched elderly relatives navigate unfamiliar systems in a new country, that institutional dread carries extra weight. The Home is available on K-Time with a full Persian dub, making it an easy watch for Persian-speaking households where not every member is comfortable with English. DeMonaco keeps the tone grounded and the threat believable, avoiding the supernatural in favor of human menace.
Watching The Home on Ktime
The Home is available now on K-Time with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles. Watch on your browser, TV, or phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download required. Start a subscription and cancel anytime.