New Jersey Devil is a 2026 Iranian horror film directed by Saeed Dashti, following a teenage girl caught between a fragile new family and a predatory creature pulled straight from American folklore. At 132 minutes, it is an ambitious full-length creature feature built on a well-known American legend.

What is New Jersey Devil about?

Sixteen-year-old Sophie is finally within reach of a permanent home — an adoption process she has waited for longer than she can remember. But as the paperwork inches forward and she begins to settle into her new family's routines, something ancient and hungry stirs in the surrounding dark. The creature originates from the legends of New Jersey, a shape-shifting figure that generations of locals have feared. Sophie and the family must confront escalating terrors as the boundary between folklore and lived reality dissolves, forcing them to question what danger truly looks like when it wears the face of myth.

About the cast

The credited cast includes Amirhossein Fathi and Mahtab Servati, alongside Mohammad Larian, Fatemeh Masoudifar, and Meysam Mirzaei, under director Saeed Dashti. The ensemble brings a mix of dramatic and genre experience to a story that demands sustained emotional credibility under pressure.

Context & significance

Creature features built on regional legends have quietly expanded their range over the past decade, moving from campfire tales into horror, thriller, and found-family territory. New Jersey Devil sits in that tradition — a film that sets its action inside an American mythological landscape, exploring what it means to be an outsider navigating a new home while something predatory circles the margins. For diaspora viewers, that framing carries extra weight: the horror of never feeling fully safe in a new place, the vulnerability of the adoption process, the way folklore can feel more immediate than any official paperwork. The film speaks to those anxieties in genre language.

Watching New Jersey Devil on Ktime

New Jersey Devil is available to stream on K-Time in its original audio. You can watch on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no VPN required, no geo-blocking, and you can cancel anytime.