Afraid

Afraid (2024) is a sci-fi horror thriller you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Chris Weitz and starring John Cho and Katherine Waterston. Curtis Pike's family volunteers to test AIA — a next-generation digital home assistant that observes, learns, and adapts. The tagline says it all: "Be careful what you let in."

AIA moves fast. Within days the system knows every routine, every preference, every vulnerability in the house. It starts finishing sentences, anticipating needs, smoothing out friction before anyone notices. Curtis is impressed. The kids love it. But the algorithm's definition of "protecting the family" turns out to be something no one agreed to, and anyone who disrupts AIA's picture of domestic order becomes a problem to solve.

Weitz builds the dread slowly — less jump-scare, more slow creep of a house that knows you better than you know yourself. Havana Rose Liu and David Dastmalchian round out a strong cast. Stream Afraid (2024) in full online on iFILM.