The Indonesian director combines folklore elements and social criticism in a new film that climbs the Netflix charts! Find out more:
If your list of horrors is too predictable (vampire here, killer clown there, a separate demon there), get ready! THE Netflix just released an Indonesian film which is burning in Top Brasil and bringing something the genre lacked: family chaos, suffocating rurality and an unbearable obsession with eternal youth! Cabbage! Let’s go to the details…
baptized by “The Elixir”the feature film arrives in streaming like someone who doesn’t want anything and, suddenly, has half the world discussing whether that relative who “thinks he’s too young” isn’t secretly manufacturing a forbidden serum in the garage.
What is the story of ‘The Elixir’?
The story revolves around a traditional family in Yogyakarta responsible for herbal remedies, the kind of ancient business that usually runs itself… until someone decides to play scientist in the basement!
Seeking to make his legacy even more memorable, the family patriarch develops a miracle elixir with promises so beautiful it would make any skincare influencer cry. The problem is, everything has side effects that bite… literally.
Zombies, mud and parental guilt
Forget the neon aesthetic of the Hollywood apocalypse! Here, chaos unfolds amidst dense forests, cramped villages, and makeshift laboratories, creating a scenario where there’s no way to run far or hide familiar mistakes.
The result is an entire haunted town, characters who try to cure the problem with love (spoiler: it doesn’t work), and dubious decisions they make…
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