Childhood games turn deadly when a small group of Salem teenagers stumbles onto something they shouldn't have in All Fun and Games, a 2023 horror thriller from the UK and the United States.
What is All Fun and Games about?
A cursed knife found by a group of friends in Salem doesn't just bring bad luck — it unleashes something that forces the group into twisted, high-stakes versions of the games they grew up playing. Hide and seek, tag, and other familiar pastimes are rewritten with real danger attached, and the rules stop being something the teens can simply walk away from. As the games escalate, survival becomes the only measure that matters, and the group has to find a way to break whatever hold the knife has taken over their circle before the games claim them one by one. The film uses its Salem setting, with its history of superstition and dread, as a natural backdrop for a story about curses that don't stay contained.
About the cast
Asa Butterfield and Natalia Dyer lead the ensemble, joined by Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Laurel Marsden, Annabeth Gish, Kolton Stewart, Summer H. Howell, and Erik Athavale. The group dynamic among the young cast carries much of the film's tension as the games turn against them.
Context & significance
Co-directed by Eren Celeboglu and Ari Costa, All Fun and Games is a brisk 76-minute horror-thriller that leans into the childhood-games-gone-wrong subgenre, a corner of horror that trades in familiar, nostalgic rituals twisted into sources of dread. Its UK-US production brings together a young cast built for exactly this kind of ensemble scare piece, and the Salem setting gives the story a folkloric edge that separates it from more generic slasher fare.
Watching All Fun and Games on Ktime
All Fun and Games is available on K-Time with a free account login, offered with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles for viewers who want to watch in Farsi. K-Time's browsing and playback experience is fully in Farsi as well, built for the Iranian diaspora's viewing habits.