Director: Bruce Goodison
What starts as an ordinary late-night ride turns into a nightmare with nowhere to escape in Black Cab (2024), a claustrophobic British-French horror-thriller set almost entirely inside one taxi.
What is Black Cab about?
A couple flags down a friendly, chatty cab driver for what should be a simple trip home, trading small talk as the city lights blur past the windows. The mood shifts gradually rather than all at once: a wrong turn here, an odd comment there, until the road outside stops looking familiar and the driver's cheerful patter starts feeling rehearsed. Stranded on a lonely stretch with the doors locked and no signal on their phones, the pair start piecing together what their driver actually wants from them, and why he chose this particular route. Confined almost entirely to the cab's interior, the film builds pressure through proximity, letting a single vehicle become the whole world for its trapped passengers.
Cast & crew
Nick Frost takes on a role far removed from his usual comic register as the driver, using warmth and small talk as tools of control rather than comfort. Synnøve Karlsen and Luke Norris play the couple whose night unravels in real time, while director Bruce Goodison keeps the camera tight on faces and mirrors to maximize the sense of entrapment inside the vehicle.
Context & significance
Black Cab leans into a long tradition of vehicle-bound horror, where the setting itself becomes the trap and every stoplight or empty road adds to the dread. Shot as a France-UK co-production and running a lean 90 minutes, it favors sustained tension over gore, relying on dialogue and confined staging rather than elaborate effects.
Where & how to watch
Black Cab streams on K-Time with a free account login and a Farsi-language interface built for Persian-speaking audiences. The film currently carries Persian dubbing on the platform, and browsing the title page itself requires no purchase, subscription cost, or trial of any kind.