Director: David A. Roberts
A missing friend pulls an American traveler into the isolated hills of Wales, where the search for answers leads somewhere far stranger than a simple disappearance.
What is Older Gods about?
Chris Rivers crosses the Atlantic after a close friend vanishes without explanation, following the last known trail into a remote stretch of the Welsh countryside. Locals are guarded, the terrain is unfamiliar, and the leads he does find point away from any ordinary explanation for a disappearance. As Chris keeps pushing, he uncovers signs of a secretive group operating far from outside attention, one built around beliefs that reach back long before anything modern. What started as a personal search turns into a confrontation with something the region has apparently kept hidden for a long time.
Cast & crew
Rory Wilson leads as Chris, the visitor pulled deeper into the investigation than he intended. Leuan Coombs, Lynsey Bennett-Thompson, Jonathan Keeble, Scott Bishop, Keith Lupton, Nicole Carino and Dylan Runge fill out a small ensemble of locals and outsiders whose loyalties shift as the story moves forward, keeping the group Chris is investigating deliberately hard to read.
Context & significance
David A. Roberts directs this 2023 British production, a low-budget genre film that leans on its Welsh countryside setting for isolation rather than relying on effects-heavy set pieces. Running a lean 82 minutes, it sits at the crossing point of horror, thriller and mystery, building dread gradually through what characters withhold rather than through sudden shocks. The rural setting stands in for a community that has closed itself off from the wider world.
Where & how to watch
Older Gods streams on K-Time with a Persian-dubbed track. A free K-Time account login is required to watch, while this page remains readable without one. K-Time's Farsi navigation makes independent horror and mystery titles like this one easy to find for viewers who prefer browsing entirely in Persian.