Dolly is a 2026 American horror film directed by Rod Blackhurst, running 83 minutes. It follows a young woman pulled into the grip of a terrifying, masked captor who wants to remake her as its own child — a slow-burn nightmare built on dread, isolation, and the primal fear of being taken from everyone you know.

What is Dolly about?

When a quiet hike turns catastrophic, Macy vanishes — taken by a hulking, disturbed figure consumed by a warped obsession to claim her as its own child. The film unfolds both through Macy herself and through the man left searching for her as she faces an incomprehensible reality. Blackhurst keeps the horror grounded and intimate, resisting spectacle in favor of psychological tension. Every choice Macy makes carries weight, and the creature's motivation — however monstrous — is rendered with an unsettling sense of need. The 83-minute runtime is tight, refusing to let the audience breathe.

About the cast

Rod Blackhurst directs a cast anchored by Fabianne Therese as Macy and Max Lindsey, alongside Seann William Scott as Macy's boyfriend Chase and Ethan Suplee in supporting roles. Scott and Suplee, both well-known to audiences from mainstream Hollywood comedies, bring unexpected gravity to a genre setting, lending the film a layer of tonal dissonance that works in its favor.

Context & significance

Horror built on abduction and forced captivity carries particular emotional weight for diaspora families — communities that know what it means to be separated, displaced, or left searching. After premiering at Fantastic Fest in 2025, Dolly arrives in 2026 with Persian dubbing, making the tension fully accessible to Persian-speaking viewers who prefer to experience horror in their own language without reading subtitles. Blackhurst works in a minimalist American independent horror tradition that prizes atmosphere over gore, a style that has found a loyal following among Iranian viewers abroad who grew up watching international genre cinema. This is straightforward, effective horror built for a single late-night sitting.

Watching Dolly on Ktime

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