Director: Damian Mc Carthy
Grief and the supernatural collide in Oddity, a 2024 Irish-American horror film from writer-director Damian Mc Carthy that trades jump scares for slow, creeping dread.
What is Oddity about?
Years after her twin sister was killed in an isolated country house, a blind psychic medium named Darcy returns to the same building, now occupied by the victim's widower and his new partner. Armed with an unsettling wooden mannequin she believes channels the dead, Darcy sets out to learn what really happened that night. As she probes the house's dark corners, the line between memory, haunting, and confession blurs, and the people living there begin to unravel under the weight of what she uncovers.
Cast & crew
Gwilym Lee and Carolyn Bracken anchor the film's two very different registers, with Bracken playing a dual role as both the psychic Darcy and her late sister. Tadhg Murphy, Caroline Menton, Steve Wall, Jonathan French, Joe Rooney, and Josuha Campbell round out the small, tightly wound ensemble that keeps the story feeling intimate rather than sprawling.
Context & significance
Shot on location in Ireland, Oddity is a co-production between Ireland and the United States and leans on practical effects and a single unnerving prop rather than heavy digital scares. Since its 2024 release it has built a reputation among horror fans for its patient pacing and its now widely discussed mannequin sequence, and it holds a solid 6.7 rating on IMDb. Mc Carthy's approach favors long, quiet takes and sound design over rapid editing, which gives the film's central mystery room to breathe and lets small details pay off much later in the runtime.
Where & how to watch
Oddity is available to stream on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, and the full listing page can be read without signing in. Starting playback simply requires a free K-Time account login, and the interface itself is built around a Farsi-first viewing experience for audiences across the diaspora.