Director: James DeMonaco
Cast: Pete Davidson, Bruce Altman, Marilee Talkington, John Glover, Matthew Miniero
The Home is a 2025 American horror-thriller directed by James DeMonaco, running 95 minutes, in which a young man takes a job at a retirement facility only to discover that its elderly residents and staff harbor genuinely disturbing secrets beneath a veneer of calm.
What is The Home about?
Max is desperate for work and takes a position at a quiet, well-kept retirement home on the outskirts of town. From his first shift, small details feel wrong — residents who never seem to sleep, caretakers who give evasive answers to simple questions, corridors that fall silent whenever he approaches. As Max grows closer to a few of the more lucid residents, he begins piecing together a picture far darker than neglect or mismanagement. The facility hides something predatory at its core, and Max must decide how far he is willing to go to expose it — or whether getting out alive is the only goal left.
Cast & crew
Director James DeMonaco, best known for the Purge franchise, brings his signature tension-through-setting craft to this contained horror premise. Pete Davidson leads as Max, playing against type in a straight dramatic role, supported by veteran character actors Bruce Altman and John Glover, who lend the story its most unsettling performances as long-term residents with hidden depths.
Context & significance
Horror films set inside institutions — hospitals, asylums, care homes — occupy a reliable corner of the genre because they exploit anxieties most audiences share: dependence, isolation, and the fear of what happens behind closed doors. For diaspora viewers who have watched elderly relatives navigate unfamiliar systems in a new country, that institutional dread carries extra weight. The Home is available on K-Time with a full Persian dub, making it an easy watch for Persian-speaking households where not every member is comfortable with English. DeMonaco keeps the tone grounded and the threat believable, avoiding the supernatural in favor of human menace.
Where & how to watch
The Home is available now on K-Time with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles. Watch on your browser, TV, or phone — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, no extra download required. Start a subscription and cancel anytime.