A campfire meant to mend a broken heart turns into something far bloodier in Deathwoods, a 2026 horror comedy that leans into backwoods dread with a wink. Old Hickory, Tennessee, supplies the kind of small-town legend that horror fans recognize instantly, and the film wastes little time letting it loose.
What is Deathwoods about?
Scott heads into the woods outside Old Hickory hoping a weekend of camping with friends will pull him out of a post-breakup slump. The trip is supposed to be about bonfires, bad jokes, and fresh air. Instead, the group discovers that the local legend haunting those woods is very real, and the campsite becomes a hunting ground. As the friends scatter through the trees searching for a way out, the film shifts between gallows humor and genuine dread, tracking who survives the night and who does not.
About the cast
Deathwoods brings together a cast built for genre fans, led by Felissa Rose alongside Jessa Jupiter Flux, KateLynn E. Newberry, Anna Clary, Celeste Blandon, L.C. Holt, and Kellan Jackson. Co-director Jake Kopronica also appears on screen, a common move in independent horror where the people behind the camera double up in front of it. The ensemble carries the film's shift between comic banter and survival panic.
Context & significance
The horror-comedy tag covers a lot of ground, and Deathwoods sits on the slasher side of it, closer to a summer-camp scare story than a straight parody. Its setting in small-town Tennessee taps a familiar American horror tradition: an isolated wooded area, a legend the locals half-believe, and a group of outsiders who find out the hard way that the stories were not exaggerated. Co-directors Jake Kopronica and Deryk Wehrley keep the pace brisk across a short runtime, favoring momentum over slow-burn atmosphere.
Watching Deathwoods on Ktime
Deathwoods streams on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so Farsi-speaking horror fans can follow every scream without losing the jokes in translation. The film is free to read about here without an account; watching it requires signing in to a K-Time account, and the whole experience, including the interface, is built around the Farsi-speaking audience.