Director: Steven Boyle
Three estranged brothers return to their late father's garage in "The Demon Disorder" (2024), an Australian horror film built around one very unhappy family reunion.
What is The Demon Disorder about?
Graham, Jake, and Phillip Reilly haven't spent much time together since childhood, and it shows the moment they're forced back under one roof to sort out their father's affairs. What starts as an awkward inheritance dispute turns into something far stranger once a long-buried family secret surfaces inside the old garage. Steven Boyle's film leans into claustrophobic, low-lit spaces and frayed sibling dynamics, using the brothers' unresolved history as the fuse for the supernatural trouble that follows. Old resentments about who left, who stayed, and who was closest to their father resurface just as something from beyond the grave starts settling scores of its own, and the 86-minute runtime keeps the pressure tight rather than letting the family drama sprawl.
Cast & crew
John Noble headlines as the family patriarch whose presence looms over the story even after his death, with Charles Cottier, Christian Willis, and Dirk Hunter playing the three Reilly brothers navigating grief, guilt, and the garage's darker secrets.
Context & significance
Director Steven Boyle sets the film firmly within Australian genre horror, favoring a single confined location and a small cast to keep the focus on family fracture rather than a sprawling mythology. The garage setting doubles as both literal workshop and psychological pressure cooker for three men who never resolved their differences, and the film's modest scale lets it lean into mood and dread over big effects sequences.
Where & how to watch
"The Demon Disorder" is available on K-Time with Persian subtitles, and this page can be read without logging in. Streaming the film itself requires a K-Time account, part of a platform built around a Farsi-language experience for Persian-speaking audiences everywhere.