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The Elixir

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An elixir unleashes the undead in a village. A family at odds with one another must unite and fight to survive as their hometown collapses.
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JK Sooja Common Sense Media So much about the production, execution, and vision of The Elixir is great, despite its main flaw. The problem is simply that this particular flaw happens to be a cardinal sin of zombie movies: characters don't behave realistically. Rated: 3/5 Oct 29, 2025 Full Review John Serba Decider The director sacrifices his characters – their bodies and their intelligence – and indulges far too many contrivances for the sake of delivering near-non-stop action and gore. Oct 28, 2025 Full Review Claire Lewis Polygon It's mostly serving up scares. But they're effective scares, and because the film gives each character enough room to grow and doesn't punish them for having flaws, the result is an engaging and enjoyable entry in the zombie horror genre. Oct 27, 2025 Full Review LaNeysha Campbell But Why Tho? A Geek Community The Elixir is a gory, unpredictable thriller that’s as messy as it is mesmerizing. Its pacing issues and uneven storytelling, however, prevent it from reaching the emotional depths it aims for. Rated: 6/10 Oct 27, 2025 Full Review Casey Chong Casey's Movie Mania Kimo Stamboel’s otherwise technically proficient zombie horror suffers from a hollow storytelling. Rated: 2/5 Oct 24, 2025 Full Review Peter Martin ScreenAnarchy Director Kimo Stamboel ... says 'hold my beer' to every other horror filmmaker. Dynamic camerawork, furious pacing, and frequent gods-eye view drone shots ... make The Elixir consistently compelling, even mesmerizing, Rated: 4/5 Oct 23, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Zhy T It's not really a good movie but come on it's not that bad either I mean they act like pretty dumb, but that’s kind of the point and make it look realistic Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/31/25 Full Review Elang L This movie takes a different angle on the zombie outbreak. It happens in an Indonesian rural area where the people there don't ever meet with horror like that, where ordinary people suddenly become vicious and cannibal and can also be brought back from the dead. They know ghosts, but ghosts only exist at night, not in the daylight. Also, the police, as ordinary police all over the world (except Hollywood or American police), are not trained to shoot people who attack them, but try to subdue them first... That's reality, not stupidity. So, if you want to watch a brutal and gory zombie movie that attacks ordinary people who react as ordinary people, not like game characters or suddenly become elite soldiers as in Hollywood movies... Here you can watch this movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/31/25 Full Review Dokter F Best best 8.5/10 indonesian zombie movie 👍👍👍👍 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/31/25 Full Review Neil L Terribly made zombie movie. Wasted 2 hours of my life. Made no sense. Had no logic. I was rooting for the 2 female protagonists to die because of how bad their acting was. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/31/25 Full Review Jonathan G Empecé a verla con algo de expectativa. Las primeras escenas me hicieron pensar que que había algo bueno aquí, sin embargo a medida que la trama avanzaba cada minuto las decisiones sin sentido. La falta de lógica en cada situación que los protagonistas se enfrentaban hacen que lamente haberle dedicado mi tiempo a esta película. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 10/31/25 Full Review Navira S This is a zombie movie that doesn’t make me feel scared or tense, instead, I end up laughing and cursing at the characters’ stupidity. Every single one of them is written so lazily that they don’t even have distinct “personalities.” They’re all equally dumb and completely lack survival instincts. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 10/31/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis An elixir unleashes the undead in a village. A family at odds with one another must unite and fight to survive as their hometown collapses.
Director
Kimo Stamboel
Producer
Edwin Nazir
Screenwriter
Agasyah Karim
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
Netflix
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Indonesian
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 23, 2025
Runtime
1h 56m
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