Cover Watch ‘Outside’, Netflix Philippines’ debut zombie thriller (Photo: Instagram / carlo.led)
Watch ‘Outside’, Netflix Philippines’ debut zombie thriller (Photo: Instagram / carlo.led)
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‘Outside’ brings a fresh and gripping take to the zombie genre with a focus on survival, family, and the raw fear of the unknown
When Netflix Philippines drops Outside today, October 17, it’s not just another entry in the saturated zombie genre. Directed by Carlo Ledesma, the film balances the intense thrills of a survival narrative with a layered exploration of family and fear in a Filipino setting.
Read the review here: Monsters within: Inside Netflix Philippines’ first zombie film—‘Outside’
Set on a remote farm, the story pulses with both the intimacy of lockdown isolation and the broader terror of the “dead ones”—a tension made possible through its meticulous production and gripping performances.
Above Sid Lucero as Francis and Beauty Gonzalez as Iris (Photo: Instagram / carlo.led)
Above Marco Masa as Joshua and Aiden Patdu as Lucas (Photo: Instagram / carlo.led)
Sid Lucero as Francis and Beauty Gonzalez as Iris (Photo: Instagram / carlo.led)
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The film’s use of continuous takes and practical effects—highlighted by intense sequence shots and single-take scenes—keeps the action gritty and immersive. The cast, including Sid Lucero, Beauty Gonzalez, James Blanco, and Joel Torre, among many others, delivers raw performances reflecting family, generational trauma, and survival.
Outside isn’t just another zombie movie—and Ledesma isn’t really aiming for that. It’s a “terrifying psychological thriller”; an honest, tense exploration of humanity when faced with the unknown.
Watch the full trailer of Outside here:
Above A cunning father (Sid Lucero) and a strong-willed mother (Beauty Gonzalez) take their sons (Marco Masa, Aiden Patdu) to the father's idyllic childhood farmhouse to escape a zombie outbreak, but they quickly discover that safety is harder to come by than they thought (Video: YouTube / Netflix Philippines)
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Angela Nicole Regis Guiral is a digital editor at Tatler Philippines. She studied journalism and has since written features that look closely at how culture, lifestyle and social impact converge, while occasionally wandering into the worlds of style and travel.
