They Will Kill You (2026)
They Will Kill You is a 2026 horror movie directed by Kirill Sokolov, with a running time of 1h 35m. It stars Zazie Beetz, Myha'la and Patricia Arquette.
An ex-convict takes a live-in housekeeping job in a stately New York high-rise, grateful for the work and the fresh start. The residents are welcoming in a way that never quite settles, and the long roster of tenants who vanished over the years is not something anyone brings up. Zazie Beetz plays the newcomer, with Patricia Arquette, Heather Graham, Paterson Joseph, Tom Felton and Myha'la among the neighbors. Director Kirill Sokolov leans into the comedy as hard as the horror, staging the slow realization that this warm little community answers to something much darker.
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What is They Will Kill You about?
An ex-convict takes a live-in housekeeping job in a stately New York high-rise, grateful for the work and the fresh start. The residents are welcoming in a way that never quite settles, and the long roster of tenants who vanished over the years is not something anyone brings up. Zazie Beetz plays the newcomer, with Patricia Arquette, Heather Graham, Paterson Joseph, Tom Felton and Myha'la among the neighbors. Director Kirill Sokolov leans into the comedy as hard as the horror, staging the slow realization that this warm little community answers to something much darker.
When was They Will Kill You released?
They Will Kill You was released on 25 March 2026.
How long is They Will Kill You?
They Will Kill You runs 1h 35m.
Who made They Will Kill You?
They Will Kill You was directed by Kirill Sokolov.
Where can I watch They Will Kill You?
They Will Kill You is available on HBO Max, MAX (Via Amazon Prime), YouTube TV, Amazon, AppleTV and Fandango at Home.
Where to watch They Will Kill You
Stream: HBO Max, MAX (Via Amazon Prime), YouTube TV
Rent: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home
Buy: Fandango at Home
Cast
- Zazie Beetz as Asia Reaves
- Myha'la as Maria Reaves
- Patricia Arquette as Lily Woodhouse
- Paterson Joseph as Ray Woodhouse
- Heather Graham as Sharon
- Tom Felton as Kevin
- Willie Ludik as Bob
- David Viviers as Tall Steve
- Gabe Gabriel as Short Steve
- Viktoria Korotkova as Sophia
- James Remar as Pig's Head (voice)
- Dorothy Ann Gould as Anne Sheapman
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A few thoughts on They Will Kill You
The bones of this story come straight from Semilla del Diablo, Ira Levin's novel about a woman who moves into a grand Manhattan building and gradually learns what her neighbors want from her. Fans who want the same closing-walls paranoia in a game should try Layers of Fear, all haunted architecture and rising dread.
Welcoming communities that turn out to be murderous
They Will Kill You builds its dread out of neighbors who are a little too friendly for a little too long, and these movies run the same bait. Ready or Not turns a new in-law's wedding night into a hunt, The Hunt and The First Purge stage sanctioned violence as a game with rules, and Society and Parents hide their monstrous appetite behind perfectly normal suburban manners.
Horror that lands jokes right between the scares
Kirill Sokolov plays They Will Kill You for comedy as much as horror, and this bunch works the same tightrope. Ready or Not: Here I Come and A Haunted House 2 turn slasher tropes into slapstick, The Babysitter and its sequel Killer Queen dress a teen cult in bright neon absurdity, and Extra Ordinary finds the funny side of small-town possession without ever losing its nerve for the gore.
Movies that turn body horror into a punchline
The gross-out glee under They Will Kill You's manners has real ancestors in genre cinema. Frankenhooker and Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers turn body horror into deadpan camp, Phantom of the Paradise wraps its horror in glam-rock theater, and John Waters' Multiple Maniacs and Cecil B. Demented push bad taste until it becomes its own kind of punchline, the same instinct that keeps Sokolov's film funny instead of just grim.
Predators who pass as perfectly ordinary neighbors
The tenants in They Will Kill You look like a community until the truth underneath them shows itself, and these follow the same reveal. Tomie and Uzumaki turn a town's ordinary people into something monstrous from within, Tokyo Ghoul and Parasyte hide predators inside human faces, The Promised Neverland's caretakers are never who the children think, and Jennifer's Body slips a demon into the most familiar role in town.