The Parenting

Meeting the in-laws is awkward enough without a ghost in the house. The Parenting (2025) is a horror-comedy you can watch online on iFILM. Josh and Rohan rent a country place for the weekend to introduce their families to each other, then learn the lease came with a 400-year-old poltergeist.

Brandon Flynn and Nik Dodani play the couple, but the real chaos is the parental lineup: Brian Cox, Edie Falco, Lisa Kudrow and Dean Norris stuck under one roof is a disaster before anything supernatural happens. Stiff dinner-table small talk and old grudges curdle fast once the ancient thing in the walls starts flinging furniture and bodies around. To survive the night, two clashing families have to stop sniping and team up against it.

Director Craig Johnson blends Meet the Parents-style cringe with cheap jump scares and gore, going for laughs rather than real dread. It's a breezy 94-minute genre ride for anyone who likes their scares with the volume turned to silly. Stream The Parenting (2025) online on iFILM.