A fashion student's fascination with the swinging London of decades past turns into something far less nostalgic in this British psychological horror, once the past starts letting itself into her present.
What is Last Night in Soho about?
Eloise leaves the countryside for London to study fashion design, drawn to a version of the city that exists mostly in old records and secondhand memory. Once she settles into a rented room, something in that fascination becomes literal: she begins slipping into the life of an aspiring singer from decades earlier, watching her chase a career in the clubs and stages of that era. The dazzle fades fast. As Eloise keeps returning to those nights, the gap between admiring a glamorous past and being pulled into its consequences starts to close, and the city she came to fall in love with turns considerably harder to walk away from. Edgar Wright directs the film as a horror-thriller that leans on sound, color and period detail as much as plot to build its unease.
About the cast
Thomasin McKenzie plays Eloise, with Anya Taylor-Joy appearing as the singer whose past life increasingly overlaps with hers. Matt Smith, Michael Ajao, Diana Rigg, Terence Stamp, Rita Tushingham and Aimée Cassettari fill out a cast that spans both timelines the film moves between.
Context & significance
Released in 2021, the film marked a notable turn for director Edgar Wright, better known up to that point for comedy and action, into full psychological horror. It draws heavily on a real strain of London mythology around Soho's music and club scene in the 1960s, using period soundtrack choices and production design to root its more unsettling turns in a setting that feels historically specific rather than generic. It also stands out as one of the final screen credits for two veteran British actresses, giving the supporting cast a weight that outlasts the film's genre trappings.
Watching Last Night in Soho on Ktime
K-Time streams the film with both a Persian dub and Persian subtitles available. The page can be browsed for free without an account; watching requires only a free login, with no separate purchase attached. K-Time's Farsi-first interface keeps the dubbed and subtitled options easy to find, which suits a film that leans heavily on period music and sound design carried across the language switch.