Netflix horror movie “The Elders” about old people seeking revenge

After the falls in their members Netflix has had in recent months, the platform has managed to recompose itself after the announcement of major productions that it has prepared for the first time in the rest of the year. And for this Halloween season, the streaming platform has gotten ready with a long list of horror and suspense productions.

Now Netflix takes us ‘Seniors’a film that lived up to the company’s productions and became all the rage on the platform after the premiere of October 7, 2022. The German-born film is one of the first horror proposals for the streaming platform for this October.

The film is in charge of German director Andy Fetscher, who was the screenwriter and director of the film, and who worked on titles such as “Urban Explorer” and “Binny and the ghost”. And with the interpretations of Melika Foroutan, Stephan Luca, Anna Unterberger, Bianca Nawrath, Otto Emil Koch, Maxine Kazis, Richard Manualpillai, Jeanne Goursaud, Paul Fabnacht and Gerhard Bös.

What is ‘The Elders’ about?

The story told by “The Elders” revolves around a woman who travels to her hometown with her two children. The purpose of her vacation is to attend her sister’s wedding, but the situation soon starts to get rough, because near the place where this woman and her children are staying there is an institution for the elderly that will trigger a series of violent events. in the movie.

The protagonists will have to protect themselves from these old men thirsting for revenge. Since as the plot progresses we become aware of the seeking revenge that these people are looking for abuse of young people towards the elderly, full of contempt and indifference, which will unleash their violent attitude.

As the celebration of the wedding in which the protagonists participate begins to take shape, we realize that within the bodies of these elders begins to grow an anger and a thirst for violence that transforms them into a kind of zombie that will initiate their vendetta. murders, destroying the custodians of his institution and then taking to the streets.

The message behind The Elders is very clear, as through the horror genre it invites us to reflect on the way the elderly are treated, who in the film seek revenge for mistreatment by young people. Aside from that, it gives the genre a twist, since it is more common to see cursed children than bloodthirsty old men.