Director: Alex Scharfman

Cast: Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Richard E. Grant, Téa Leoni

Death of a Unicorn is a 2025 American horror-comedy-fantasy film directed by Alex Scharfman, starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega as a father-daughter pair whose road-trip accident with a mythical creature sets off a chain of darkly absurd events involving the ultra-wealthy.

What is Death of a Unicorn about?

Elliot and his daughter Riley are driving through remote countryside when their car strikes a creature that should exist only in legend — a unicorn. Rather than leaving the wounded animal behind, they bring it along to a secluded wilderness estate owned by an enormously powerful pharmaceutical tycoon. What starts as an awkward situation quickly spirals as the tycoon and his circle recognize the creature's extraordinary properties. Competing greed, desperation, and the unpredictability of a genuinely magical being collide, turning a weekend retreat into something far stranger and more dangerous than anyone planned.

Cast & crew

Paul Rudd brings his reliable everyman warmth to Elliot, the well-meaning but hapless father. Jenna Ortega, known for her sharp genre instincts, plays Riley with sardonic conviction. The supporting ensemble includes Will Poulter, Richard E. Grant, Téa Leoni, Sunita Mani, Steve Park, and Anthony Carrigan, lending the film a remarkably stacked comedic and dramatic bench.

Context & significance

Horror-comedies that skewer pharmaceutical greed and billionaire entitlement have found a ready audience among diaspora viewers who enjoy sharp English-language satire alongside genuine creature-feature thrills. Death of a Unicorn lands in a lineage of darkly comic fantasies where ordinary people stumble into extraordinary moral hazard. For Persian-speaking viewers, the film is available with a Persian dub, making it equally accessible for family viewing across generations — from older Farsi-dominant relatives to younger diaspora members who grew up watching English-language genre cinema.

Where & how to watch

Death of a Unicorn is available on K-Time with both Persian dub and Persian subtitles. Stream it on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Cancel anytime.