6.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
The Elixir (2025)
The Elixir (2025)
Overview
The Elixir is a 2025 Indonesian zombie horror film directed by Kimo Stamboel. A family travels to rural Java to negotiate the sale of their herbal medicine business with the estranged patriarch, where a prototype elixir unleashes a zombie outbreak. Starring Mikha Tambayong as Kenes, Eva Celia Latjuba as Karina, and Donny Damara as Sadimin. Netflix original.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixRating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
6.2
Overview
The Elixir is a 2025 Indonesian zombie horror film directed by Kimo Stamboel. A family travels to rural Java to negotiate the sale of their herbal medicine business with the estranged patriarch, where a prototype elixir unleashes a zombie outbreak. Starring Mikha Tambayong as Kenes, Eva Celia Latjuba as Karina, and Donny Damara as Sadimin. Netflix original.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
NetflixDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The zombie outbreak stems from a family's experimental elixir, highlighting personal greed and relational fractures without advancing systemic or ideological agendas. This emphasis on individual survival and unity amid chaos establishes a neutral political perspective.
An all-Indonesian cast delivers authentic representation for Southeast Asian stories, with female characters holding central roles in the family narrative. The storyline examines intergenerational tensions and business pressures without delving into critiques of gender, race, or traditional power structures.
Secondary
This zombie horror dissects a blended family's rot through greed-fueled betrayals and a patriarch's hubris that twists paternal authority into visceral dread, framing traditional bonds as fragile illusions shattered by crisis.
The film contains no identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, focusing instead on family dynamics and horror in a zombie outbreak scenario.
The film contains no depiction of transgender characters or themes, resulting in no net impact on the portrayal of transsexual identities.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The Elixir presents original characters in an Indonesian zombie horror setting, with no adaptations, historical figures, or legacy roles that involve gender changes in portrayal.
The Elixir features original characters in an Indonesian setting with no prior source material or historical basis establishing racial identities, resulting in no race swaps.
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