Director: Colin Minihan
Cast: Justin Long, Kate Bosworth, Mila Harris, Norbert Leo Butz, Katherine McNamara
Coyotes is a 2025 American survival thriller-comedy directed by Colin Minihan, starring Justin Long and Kate Bosworth. Set against the backdrop of a catastrophic wildfire in the Hollywood Hills, the film traps a family between two forces of nature — one elemental, one feral — and refuses to let either go easy.
What is Coyotes about?
When an out-of-control wildfire sweeps toward their Hollywood Hills property, a family scrambles to hold the line. The blaze cuts off every escape route, forcing them inside while the surrounding hills go dark and chaotic. But a pack of coyotes, displaced and emboldened by the advancing flames, closes in on the house from outside. Caught between smoke and teeth, the family must navigate crumbling trust, fractured relationships, and split-second decisions — all before dawn. Minihan weaves dark humor into the tension, so the film never settles into straightforward horror; it shifts registers just when you think you have its rhythm figured out.
Cast & crew
Justin Long leads as the family's anxious center, bringing the jittery comedy-to-dread slide he does well. Kate Bosworth plays against type as a steelier counterpart. Supporting turns from Norbert Leo Butz, Katherine McNamara, Brittany Allen, Keir O'Donnell, and Norma Nivia fill out the ensemble. Director Colin Minihan, known for tight-budget genre work, keeps the cast in claustrophobic proximity throughout.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora, survival films built around a single, confined location carry a particular charge — the family-under-pressure premise resonates across cultures, and the Hollywood Hills setting gives the film a recognizable geography. Coyotes arrives with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, making it fully accessible whether you watch alone or with family members at different comfort levels with English. The genre blend of dark comedy and survival thriller has proven popular with Iranian diaspora audiences who appreciate films that hold tension without tipping into pure horror. At 91 minutes, it asks little of your evening and delivers a propulsive, uneasy ride through a single terrifying night.
Where & how to watch
Coyotes is available on K-Time with Persian dub and Persian subtitles. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download required. Start and cancel anytime.