Director: Jeremiah Kipp
Cast: Willa Holland, Paul Sparks, John Adams, Mark Steger, Shelly Gibson
The Mortuary Assistant is a 2026 American-British horror mystery film directed by Jeremiah Kipp, starring Willa Holland as a newly trained mortuary science graduate who discovers that her quiet night-shift job at a rural funeral home conceals something far more disturbing than death itself.
What is The Mortuary Assistant about?
Rebecca Owens has just completed her mortuary science degree and lands a night position at River Fields Mortuary, expecting routine embalming work and quiet paperwork. The facility seems unremarkable at first — a clean, hushed environment where she can learn the trade in peace. But as the hours of each night stretch on, Rebecca begins to notice details that cannot be explained by procedure or fatigue: subtle wrongness in the bodies, movements that shouldn't happen, presences that gather in the dark corridors. What begins as a professional opportunity slowly transforms into a personal ordeal, forcing Rebecca to question both the safety of the mortuary and her own grip on reality. The film builds its tension through atmosphere and dread rather than spectacle, giving Willa Holland room to anchor a story that is as much about psychological survival as it is about the supernatural.
Cast & crew
Willa Holland, known for her television work, carries the film as Rebecca Owens, delivering a grounded performance under sustained pressure. Paul Sparks brings an unsettling authority to his supporting role, while Mark Steger — a performer with a background in physical and creature work — contributes a memorably uncanny presence. Emily Bennett and Keena Ferguson round out a cast that keeps the drama intimate and character-driven throughout the film's 91 minutes.
Context & significance
Horror films set in mortuaries occupy a specific and enduring corner of the genre, tapping into near-universal anxieties about death, vulnerability, and the thin boundary between the living and the dead. For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora, The Mortuary Assistant offers a well-crafted English-language genre entry with the added accessibility of Persian dubbing and subtitles on K-Time. The film belongs to a tradition of slow-burn institutional horror — the kind where the workplace setting becomes a trap — and rewards viewers who appreciate atmospheric tension over jump-scare volume. Its relatively short runtime makes it an efficient evening watch without sacrificing the unease it builds across its third act.
Where & how to watch
The Mortuary Assistant is available on K-Time with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Stream it on your browser, TV, or phone — no VPN required, no geo-blocking, and no extra download needed. Subscribe once, cancel anytime.