Director: Martijn Smits
Cast: Caro Derkx, Juliëtte van de Weerdt, Tommy Zonneveld, Sem Ben Yakar, Sweder de Sitter
Meat Kills is a 2025 Dutch horror film directed by Martijn Smits, set on a brutal factory pig farm where an animal-rights activist's covert mission spirals into a violent confrontation between idealism, vengeance, and raw survival instinct. Running 85 minutes, it blends eco-horror with slasher tension.
What is Meat Kills about?
Mirthe is a committed member of a radical animal-rights collective known as the Animal Army. When she sneaks onto an industrial pig farm to document the cruelties hidden from public view, her footage threatens to expose operations that powerful people would rather keep buried. What begins as a carefully planned act of defiance turns dangerous when the farm's owner discovers her presence and a figure named Nasha — driven by her own consuming rage — enters the picture. Caught between a furious farmer protecting his livelihood by any means and an avenger with no interest in half-measures, Mirthe must fight to escape with her life. The film keeps its stakes personal and its atmosphere suffocating, building dread through claustrophobic spaces and the unsettling moral grey zone between justice and brutality.
Cast & crew
Director Martijn Smits steers a predominantly Dutch ensemble through the film's pressurised set-pieces. Caro Derkx leads as Mirthe, anchoring the audience's sympathy through her character's panicked resourcefulness. Juliëtte van de Weerdt and Tommy Zonneveld round out the core cast, with Sem Ben Yakar, Sweder de Sitter, Chardonnay Rillen, Derron Lurvink, and Bart Oomen filling out the ensemble across the farm's threatening landscape.
Context & significance
Dutch horror has a reputation for unflinching rural dread — from isolated farmsteads to communities with uncomfortable secrets — and Meat Kills fits squarely into that tradition. For Persian-speaking diaspora viewers who enjoy international genre cinema, the film offers an accessible 85-minute thriller with a clear moral engine (animal welfare and corporate accountability) that resonates globally. Because the film carries both a Persian dub and Persian subtitles on K-Time, viewers can choose whichever experience suits them, making it one of the more viewer-friendly foreign horror entries in the catalog. The eco-horror angle — cruelty behind closed barn doors, activists risking everything for a cause — gives the film crossover appeal beyond straight slasher fans.
Where & how to watch
Meat Kills is available now on K-Time with a full Persian dub and Persian subtitles. Stream it on the web, your TV, or your phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download required. Start watching anytime and cancel anytime.