Director: Vivieno Caldinelli
Scared Shitless is a 2024 Canadian creature comedy that turns a leaking apartment building into a battlefield between a nervous plumber and something that should never have left a lab.
What is Scared Shitless about?
A father-son plumbing duo gets called out to a routine clog and ends up facing down a genetically engineered predator that has slipped into the pipework of their apartment building. The son, a committed germophobe, is dragged out of his comfort zone as the pair works floor by floor to warn residents, patch up busted pipework, and keep the creature from finding a way into anyone's bathroom. Director Vivieno Caldinelli leans into practical gags and close-quarters set pieces rather than jump scares, keeping the pace brisk across a lean 76-minute runtime. The building itself becomes a kind of maze, its corridors and crawlspaces used for both comedy and tension as the two leads bicker their way toward a plan.
Cast & crew
Steven Ogg and Daniel Doheny anchor the film as the father-son plumbers, playing the age gap and clashing temperaments for laughs even as the situation turns dangerous. Mark McKinney and Julian Richings round out a supporting cast built from familiar Canadian comedy and genre faces, while Chelsea Clark, Brynn Godenir, Marcia Bennett, and Marty Adams fill out the building's rattled tenants.
Context & significance
Shot in Canada, the film sits comfortably in the creature-comedy tradition that treats infrastructure horror as a source of physical comedy rather than dread. Its 76-minute length and confined-building setting keep the scope tight, favoring character bits and gross-out set pieces over spectacle. An IMDb rating of 6.1 places it among the more well-received entries in its niche corner of low-budget monster comedy.
Where & how to watch
Scared Shitless is available to watch on K-Time with a free account login, presented with Farsi dubbing for viewers who prefer to follow the story in Persian. The platform's browsing experience is built around the Iranian diaspora, with a Farsi-first interface for finding titles like this one alongside the rest of the horror-comedy catalog.