The Queen of Black Magic and Dancing Village: The Curse Begins director Kimo Stamboel is back this Halloween season with Netflix’s The Elixir, an Indonesian zombie movie that’s unveiled new images ahead of its release.

The Elixir releases on Netflix on October 23, 2025.

In the film, “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.”

The Elixir stars Donny Damara, Mikha Tambayong, Eva Celia, Dimas Anggara, Kiki Narendra, and Marthino Lio. Stamboel directs from a script co-written with Agasyah Karim and Khalid Kashog.

It’s a zombie outbreak triggered by a traditional Javanese herbal elixir, causing trouble for a fractured family in the new images below.

“Horror is a proven audience favourite in Thailand and Indonesia. But when it comes to zombie horror, demand has been met by Korean, English, and foreign-language titles,” Malobika Banerji, senior director of content for Southeast Asia at Netflix, said recently of The Elixir and Thai zombie film Ziam. “With these two films, we wanted to take the thrill of zombies and fuse it with local storytelling, culture, and authenticity.”

Look for this zombie feature to quietly arrive on Netflix next month. Stay tuned for more as it arrives.

Abadi Nan Jaya. (L to R) Mikha Tambayong, Donny Damara, Eva Celia in Abadi Nan Jaya. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2025

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A local urban legend unleashes a sinister presence in the new trailer for the found footage horror movie from writer/director Danny Villanueva Jr., What Happened to Dorothy Bell?

Dark Star Pictures will release the horror film What Happened to Dorothy Bell? this October, beginning October 3 in Los Angeles (Lumiere Theater) and Brooklyn (Film Noir Cinema), expanding to Alamo Drafthouse locations in Los Angeles, New York City, and Austin on October 10, before arriving on Digital and VOD platforms on October 21.

The found footage film follows “Ozzie Gray (Asya Meadows), a young woman confronting her own mental health struggles. As Ozzie begins to unpack her trauma, she uncovers unsettling truths about a violent incident from her childhood—when her grandmother, Dorothy Bell, attacked her under mysterious circumstances. Her investigation leads her back to a haunted library in her hometown, long tied to a sinister urban legend. There, Ozzie must face buried secrets and an unnerving supernatural presence.”

A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master and A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child star Lisa Wilcox and Michael Hargrove (Nia DaCosta’s Candyman) star alongside Steven Alonte (The Cathedral), Sargon Odicho, Arlene Arnone, Yera Constable, and J. Anthony Ramos.

“What Happened to Dorothy Bell? is a bold and unsettling vision that pushes the boundaries of found footage horror,” says Dark Star president Michael Repsch. “Danny Villanueva Jr. masterfully blends psychological depth with supernatural terror, crafting a story that resonates long after the credits roll.”

The film, which premiered at Fantastic Fest last year, was produced under Danny Villanueva Jr.’s independent production company, How Bizarre Pictures, with Villanueva Jr. serving as Editor and Producer, Tim Shircel as Executive Producer, and Michael Thomas Determan as Cinematographer and Co-Producer. Production design was done by Jody Sekas.

Discover What Happened to Dorothy Bell next month, in theaters and on Digital.

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Happy Death Day star Jessica Rothe finds herself caught in a cyclical nightmare tied to memory loss in Affection, a science fiction horror movie set to make its festival debut next month.

Affection World Premieres as the Opening Night Film at ScreamFest on October 7, followed by a screening at Brooklyn Horror Film Festival on October 18. 

Rothe stars alongside Joseph Cross (Lincoln) and Julianna Layne (Prodigal Son) in Affection, which marks the feature debut of writer/director BT Meza.

In the film, “Ellie Carter has never met the man who calls himself her husband, doesn’t recognize the girl who calls her mother, and can’t remember the life she is told is her own. Afflicted by violent seizures that reset her memory without warning, she is trapped in a cyclical nightmare, struggling to uncover the horrifying truth of her existence—before she forgets it all over again.”

Producers include Bay Dariz, BT Meza, Austin Walk, and JP Ouellette. Christian Henderson and Christy Walker executive produce.

Rothe most recently starred in gonzo actioner Boy Kills World and has confirmed that a third Happy Death Day may be moving forward, finally.

Stay tuned for more on Affection as it arrives.

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A comedic meta reboot of 1997 monster movie Anaconda is on the way this holiday season, but the fan favorite original is set to get a limited edition SteelBook release first.

Anaconda will get a limited edition 4K Ultra HD SteelBook release on December 9, 2025.

Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Jonathan Hyde, Owen Wilson, and Eric Stoltz star in the film directed by Luis Llosa and written by Hans Bauer and Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr.

In the 1997 film, “A documentary film crew, headed by anthropologist Steve Cale (Stoltz) and director Terri Flores (Lopez), ventures into the world’s most isolated jungle – the Amazon – in search of a lost and forgotten civilization. Early in their journey, they come to the aid of Paul Serone, a Paraguayan guide (Voight), who joins their expedition. But Serone is actually a poacher on the trail of a legendary snake. When Serone hijacks the boat and its crew on his quest to track and kill the giant snake, he steers the expedition right into the path of the deadly monster.”

The movie ended up spawning three sequels between 2004 and 2009, and the Anaconda franchise more recently battled the Lake Placid franchise in a 2015 crossover.

4K ULTRA HD DISC

• Feature presented in 4K resolution with Dolby Vision, restored from the original camera negative
• English Dolby Atmos + English 5.1
• Special Features:
  • Interview with Director Luis Llosa
  • Interview with Co-Writer Hans Bauer
  • Deleted & Extended Scenes
  • Theatrical Trailer

The reboot swims into theaters on December 25, 2025. Watch the trailer here and get a peek at the upcoming SteelBook release for the original film below.

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The end of our world was only the beginning in Greenland 2: Migration, a post-apocalyptic sequel to the 2020 disaster movie.

The film fights for survival in theaters on January 9 via Lionsgate and STX Films. Watch the trailer below.

In the aftermath of a comet strike that decimated most of the Earth, the Garrity family are forced to leave the safety of their bunker in Greenland to traverse a shattered world in search of a new home.

Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, and Roger Dale Floyd return to star, joined by Roman Griffin Davis, Amber Rose Revah, Sophie Thompson, Trond Fausa Aurvåg, and William Abadie.

Ric Roman Waugh is back in the director’s chair, working from a script by Chris Sparling (Greenland, Buried) and Mitchell LaFortune (Last Breath).

Butler and Waugh produce alongside Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee, Alan Siegel, Sebastien Raybaud, John Zois, and Brendon Boyea.

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