Director: Ryan Coonan
A small Australian town, a badge inherited under pressure, and bodies turning up in pieces — "Rippy" (2024) turns a rural crime post into a horror-comedy pressure cooker.
What is Rippy about?
Rippy follows a newly appointed young sheriff who took the job largely to honor her late father's reputation in the district. She barely has time to settle behind the desk before locals start turning up mutilated, and the town's usual suspects — poachers, drifters, feuding neighbors — all have their own reasons to look guilty. Michael Biehn and Aaron Pedersen anchor the ensemble as figures from the town's older guard who each seem to know more than they say, while Tess Haubrich plays the sheriff working to prove herself capable in a job everyone assumes she inherited rather than earned. As the attacks escalate from unsettling to openly gruesome, the film leans into pitch-black comic timing between the scares, using the isolation of the outback setting to keep the circle of suspects — and potential victims — uncomfortably small. Director Ryan Coonan keeps the tone slippery, refusing to settle into straight slasher rhythms or straight comedy, which is part of what makes the mystery at its center hard to call early.
Cast & crew
Michael Biehn brings a weathered, watchful presence that plays well against the younger cast, and Aaron Pedersen's local-cop energy gives the ensemble a grounded center. Tess Haubrich carries the lead role's shift from self-doubt to resolve, with Angie Milliken and Mungo McKay rounding out a small-town gallery of neighbors who all have something to hide.
Context & significance
Rippy arrived in 2024 as part of a run of Australian genre features mixing rural horror with dark comedy, a lane that has produced several notable outback thrillers in recent years. Its 83-minute runtime keeps the mystery tight rather than padded, and its setting does a lot of the atmospheric work without relying on effects-heavy set pieces.
Where & how to watch
Rippy is available to watch on K-Time with a free account login — no separate download or extra step required. The K-Time interface is built around a Farsi-first browsing experience for the Iranian diaspora, so subtitles, search, and navigation are all designed to feel native rather than bolted on, even for an English-language title like this one.