Director: Kiarash Asadizade
Cast: Pejman Jamshidi, Kazem Sayyahi, Nazanin Bayati, Setareh Pesyani, Soroush Sehhat
Khaneye Arvah is a 2025 Iranian comedy-horror film directed by Kiarash Asadizade, blending dark humor with supernatural suspense against a 1950s backdrop. A sprawling, enigmatic mansion draws a group of strangers into its walls, where every creaking corridor hides something the house has long refused to surrender.
What is Khaneye Arvah about?
Set in Iran's 1950s, a group of people arrive at a grand old mansion, each for their own reasons. The house carries the weight of decades behind its ornate doors, and as the visitors settle in, strange occurrences begin to surface — not through ghosts alone, but through the slow unraveling of buried histories. Each person's presence seems to unlock another layer of what the house has kept hidden. The film weaves its scares with comedy, letting absurd situations and mismatched personalities collide against a genuinely eerie setting. Stakes rise as it becomes clear the mansion's past is entangled with the present lives of everyone inside.
Cast & crew
Director Kiarash Asadizade brings together a heavyweight ensemble rarely assembled in a single Iranian genre film. Pejman Jamshidi and Reza Kianian anchor the cast with their contrasting screen personas — one loose and comedic, the other measured and intense. Nazanin Bayati and Setareh Pesyani add emotional texture, while Kazem Sayyahi, Soroush Sehhat, Nader Fallah, and Alireza Ostadi round out a cast that keeps the film's tone genuinely unpredictable.
Context & significance
Comedy-horror is a tricky balance in Iranian cinema, and Khaneye Arvah arrives at a moment when Persian-language genre films are finding more confident footing with diaspora audiences. The 1950s period setting — known in Iran as the دهه ۳۰ era — adds a layer of nostalgic strangeness: a world without modern safety nets, where a mysterious house could plausibly hold real secrets. For Iranians abroad, period films like this carry dual weight: they evoke a pre-revolutionary Iran many family members lived through, while the horror-comedy framing keeps the experience light enough to share across generations. Expect atmosphere, ensemble banter, and the satisfaction of watching beloved Persian actors play against type.
Where & how to watch
Khaneye Arvah is available on K-Time with original Persian audio. Stream it on the web at ktime.app, on your Android TV or phone — no geo-blocking, no VPN needed, and you can cancel anytime.