{"id":110610,"date":"2025-10-31T12:13:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T12:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/110610\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T12:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T12:13:07","slug":"indonesian-zombie-film-the-elixir-hits-no-1-on-netflix-globally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/110610\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesian Zombie Film &#8216;The Elixir&#8217; Hits No. 1 on Netflix Globally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/netflix\/\" id=\"auto-tag_netflix\" data-tag=\"netflix\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netflix<\/a>\u2018s Indonesian horror film \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/the-elixir\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-elixir\" data-tag=\"the-elixir\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Elixir<\/a>\u201d has surged to the top of the streamer\u2019s worldwide rankings for non-English language titles, drawing more than 11 million viewers in the first several days following its Oct. 23 debut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tDuring the Oct. 20-26 tracking period, director Kimo Stamboel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/zombie\/\" id=\"auto-tag_zombie\" data-tag=\"zombie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">zombie<\/a> thriller secured first place in five markets and appeared among the top 10 most-watched films in 75 territories worldwide, spanning Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas, including Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Malaysia, Germany, France, South Africa, Turkey, the Dominican Republic, Canada, and Brazil.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe horror film centers on a family business dealing in jamu, <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/indonesia\/\" id=\"auto-tag_indonesia\" data-tag=\"indonesia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indonesia<\/a>\u2018s traditional herbal remedies, in a village outside Yogyakarta. When the family patriarch\u2019s quest for immortality goes catastrophically wrong, it unleashes both domestic turmoil and a deadly outbreak.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tCritics and audiences have responded positively to the film\u2019s culturally specific interpretation of zombie horror, which incorporates uniquely Indonesian elements and creatures modeled after the country\u2019s native pitcher plant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI wanted to create a zombie film that truly feels Indonesian \u2014 not just through its setting or language, but through its very core story. From Jamu and Javanese villages to family dynamics. Seeing the film embraced by audiences across countries proves that local stories can have a global resonance,\u201d said Stamboel, who wrote the screenplay with Agasyah Karim and Khalid Kashogi. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe cast features Mikha Tambayong, Eva Celia, Donny Damara, Dimas Anggara, Marthino Lio, and Kiki Narendra. Edwin Nazir produced for Mowin Pictures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cI never expected a story so close to our daily lives \u2014 about family, ambition, and loss \u2014 to resonate so strongly both at home and abroad. \u2018The Elixir\u2019 may feature zombies, but at its heart, it\u2019s about family and humanity. Personally, it\u2019s been such a meaningful experience to bring a story rooted in Indonesian culture to global audiences and see how warmly they\u2019ve responded,\u201d said Celia, who plays Karina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2018s Indonesian horror film \u201cThe Elixir\u201d has surged to the top of the streamer\u2019s worldwide rankings for non-English&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[156,5696,409,1094,111,139,69,39508,79294],"class_list":{"0":"post-110610","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-indonesia","10":"tag-movies","11":"tag-netflix","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz","15":"tag-the-elixir","16":"tag-zombie"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}