Director: Ross Partridge

Cast: Alice Kremelberg, Michael Chernus, Owen Campbell, Patch Darragh, Ross Partridge

Birthrite is a 2025 American horror-thriller directed by Ross Partridge, following a pregnant woman who inherits her aunt's house and draws her girlfriend into a quiet town's deeply buried evil — one that has waited years to collect on an old karmic debt.

What is Birthrite about?

When a young couple relocates to an inherited family home in a secluded town, the prospect of a fresh start quickly curdles into dread. Strange occurrences accumulate around the expectant mother as locals regard the newcomers with uneasy silence. What begins as nesting and nesting anxiety gradually reveals itself as something far older and more deliberate: a spiritual obligation bound to the land itself, tightening around the couple's unborn child. The film builds its horror through atmosphere and escalating unease rather than sudden shocks, letting the weight of family legacy and hidden community secrets press down on every quiet scene.

Cast & crew

Director Ross Partridge also appears on screen alongside Alice Kremelberg as the lead. The supporting ensemble includes Michael Chernus, Owen Campbell, Patch Darragh, Juani Feliz, Kale Browne, and Jennifer Lafleur — a mix of independent-film veterans who bring measured naturalism to the slow-burn material and resist the impulse to telegraph fear before the script intends it.

Context & significance

Haunted-house and karmic-debt horror has long resonated with diaspora audiences precisely because displacement, inheritance, and the weight of what was left behind are lived experiences — not just metaphors. Birthrite anchors its supernatural premise in a lesbian relationship navigating pregnancy, an angle that feels contemporary without overwhelming the genre core. Persian-speaking viewers who enjoy atmospheric American horror in the tradition of slow-reveal supernatural thrillers will find this one both accessible and genuinely unsettling. The film is available on K-Time with a Persian dub, so you can follow every whispered threat in Farsi — no language barrier stands between you and the dread.

Where & how to watch

Birthrite is available on K-Time with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so you can choose your preferred way to experience it. Stream on the web browser, on your smart TV, or on your Android phone — no VPN required, no geo-blocking, cancel anytime.