A newborn's cry and an old, half-forgotten song set off the dread at the center of Lullaby, a 2022 Spanish horror film directed by Alauda Ruiz de Azua. What begins as a mother's search for comfort turns into a confrontation with something the book she found was never meant to share.
What is Lullaby about?
New motherhood already asks for more patience than most people have, and Lullaby leans hard into that exhaustion before it ever raises its voice. A tired mother comes across a lullaby tucked inside an old book and treats it like a small gift, a melody that finally settles her child. The film lets that relief curdle slowly: the same song that soothes the baby seems to open something in the house, and the demon Lilith enters the story as a presence the mother cannot explain away. Rather than lean on jump scares from the first minute, the film stretches the dread through sleepless nights and half-heard sounds, building toward a home that no longer feels safe.
About the cast
Laia Costa carries the film as the mother at its center, with Susi Sánchez, Ramón Barea, Mikel Bustamante, José Ramón Soroiz, Asier Valdestilla, Justi Larrinaga and Isidoro Fernández rounding out the household and the wider circle drawn into the unraveling.
Context & significance
Lullaby comes out of Spain's horror scene, a corner of European genre filmmaking that has leaned into folk-tinged dread: ancient texts, half-remembered rites, demons with names older than the houses they haunt. At a lean 89 minutes, the film keeps its focus tight on one family rather than widening into a larger mythology, a choice that suits a story about how quickly a private space can turn hostile.
Watching Lullaby on Ktime
Lullaby streams on K-Time with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, so viewers who prefer either can pick whichever suits them from the player. Watching does require a free K-Time account; the film page itself is open to read without logging in, and the account only comes into play once you press play. The interface is built for a Farsi-speaking audience, so switching to dub or sub happens without hunting through a foreign-language menu.