Director: John Adams, Zelda Adams, Toby Poser
Cast: Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, John Adams, Lulu Adams, Trey Lindsay
Mother of Flies is a 2025 American horror film directed by John Adams, Zelda Adams, and Toby Poser, a family filmmaking collective known for their handcrafted, atmospheric genre work. Clocking in at 92 minutes, it blends body horror with folk-magic dread to deliver a tale about the terrible bargains desperate people make.
What is Mother of Flies about?
A young woman receives a diagnosis that upends her sense of the future. Unwilling to accept the verdict of conventional medicine, she ventures beyond the edge of the familiar world and finds her way to an enigmatic figure who dwells in the forest and traffics in forbidden remedies. The deal on offer seems almost too good — relief from suffering, a second chance at life. But the witch's gifts do not arrive without conditions, and the price exacted for each cure grows stranger and more terrible as the story unfolds. The film tracks its protagonist through mounting horror as she discovers that the medicine and the poison may be one and the same thing.
Cast & crew
The film is the work of the Adams family — Zelda Adams, Toby Poser, and John Adams — who share directing credits and lead acting roles, making Mother of Flies a rare fully family-made horror feature. Lulu Adams rounds out the family unit on screen. Supporting players Trey Lindsay, Noble Wilson-Eiden, Jessica Beveridge, and Sofia Macaluso flesh out the world around the central desperate bargain.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora, folk-horror built around nature, witchcraft, and the dangerous hope for a miracle sits close to a long storytelling tradition that runs through Persian literature and oral culture alike. Mother of Flies is available on K-Time with a Persian dub as well as Persian subtitles, meaning viewers can experience it in their preferred language without compromise. The Adams family collective has cultivated a loyal following among genre fans who value handmade aesthetics over studio polish — an approach that pairs naturally with the midnight-cinema taste many diaspora viewers carry from their years of seeking out unusual films on the margins.
Where & how to watch
Mother of Flies is available on K-Time with a full Persian dub and Persian subtitles included. Stream it on your browser, TV, or phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Subscribe and cancel anytime.