K-Shop
After his father is killed in an altercation with drunken thugs, Salah's world is plunged into darkness. Forced into running the family kebab shop alone, Salah struggles to manage the increasingly rowdy night life and when a fight with an angry customer goes fatally wrong, he finds himself with a dead body on his hands. With no faith in the authorities Salah disposes of the body in the one place he knows best… the kebabs.
Why it matters
A grimy, black-comedy-infused urban horror that blends London's immigrant grit with a darkly absurd crime thriller.
- A rare look at immigrant life through a genre lens, grounded in cultural specificity and social tension.
- Stark, claustrophobic atmosphere captures the claustrophobia of a late-night kebab shop under siege.
- Practical gore effects meet deadpan humor in a narrative that balances despair and dark absurdity.
- For fans of social-realist horror with a twisted sense of humor — think a British cousin to South Korean black comedy horrors.
Director
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
0
Slow Burn
33
Psychological
14
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
50
Fun Factor
17
Cerebral
43
Survival
17
