Director: Kimo Stamboel
A family herbal remedy turns into a citywide nightmare in The Elixir, an Indonesian horror-thriller that mixes household drama with a full-blown outbreak.
What is The Elixir about?
The film centers on a family whose herbal medicine company has built its name on trusted, traditional remedies passed down through generations. Cracks are already showing at home — old grudges, competing ambitions, and a business under pressure to modernize — when the company's owner pushes forward with an experimental new tonic meant to reinvent the brand. The formula works faster than anyone expected, but not in the way anyone hoped: it sets off a wave of infection that spreads unchecked and turns customers into something no longer recognizably human. As chaos closes in from outside, the family is forced to face what their own ambition unleashed, with every member carrying some share of the blame. Director Kimo Stamboel builds the outbreak around the family's fractures rather than around gore for its own sake, using the domestic tension as the engine that drives the horror forward.
Cast & crew
Mikha Tambayong and Eva Celia lead the family at the center of the story, with Marthino Lio and Dimas Anggara playing key relatives caught in the fallout of the company's decisions. Varen Arianda Calief, Ardit Erwandha, Claresta Taufan, and Donny Damara round out the ensemble as the outbreak spreads beyond the household.
Context & significance
Released in 2025 out of Indonesia, The Elixir belongs to a wave of Southeast Asian horror that grounds its scares in family businesses and inherited legacies rather than isolated haunted houses. The herbal medicine setting gives the outbreak a distinct texture, tying the horror to ideas of trust, tradition, and what happens when a remedy meant to heal instead does the opposite.
Where & how to watch
The Elixir streams on K-Time with a free account login, and it's available with both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, so viewers can choose whichever fits how they like to watch. K-Time's Farsi-first design makes browsing and settling into a film like this simple for Persian-speaking audiences.