Director: Tiago Teixeira
A 2024 British thriller, "Custom" follows a couple whose small production business pulls them into a conspiracy far larger and stranger than the client work they thought they had signed up for.
What is Custom about?
The two leads run a modest independent production company, taking on discreet freelance jobs to keep their business afloat. One new client stands out from the start: the requests are unusual, the payment is generous, and the instructions grow stranger with each assignment. As the couple keeps working the job, small inconsistencies pile up into something they can no longer explain away — hidden footage, unexplained figures on the periphery of their sets, and a client who seems to know more about them than he should. The film builds its tension gradually, tightening the space around the two leads until their working relationship becomes a trap they cannot easily walk away from. Rather than one big reveal, "Custom" lets dread accumulate scene by scene, keeping the exact shape of the conspiracy hidden until the final stretch of its 76-minute runtime.
Cast & crew
Abigail Hardingham and Rowan Polonski lead the cast as the central couple, with Samantha Steel and Brad Moore rounding out the small principal ensemble that carries most of the film's tension in two-hander scenes.
Context & significance
Tiago Teixeira directs a lean genre picture that fits within a broader run of low-budget British horror-thrillers built around isolated settings and a small cast. The film's short runtime works in its favor, keeping the escalation tight rather than padding out the mystery, and it sits comfortably alongside other single-location conspiracy thrillers that rely on mounting dread over shock effects.
Where & how to watch
"Custom" is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, and this page can be browsed without logging in. To stream the film itself, sign in with a free K-Time account, which unlocks playback across the catalog.