German Horror - rare, but it exists
German Horror-Cinema made a really promising start in the 1920s. The german expressionists used horror to widen the possibilities of movie-making.
But then the 1930s came and under the Nazi-Regime not a single horror-movie was made.
Horror-Cinema in Germany had almost completely vanished after WWII. People more or less went to the cinema to forget their grim Post-War-Reality by watching harmless movies taking place in a beautiful countryside or in the mountains.
But time passed and the lust for horror crept through the psyche of german filmmakers. Finally some movies were shot in the 60s and 70s, but by far not as many as in the USA, Japan, Italy or the UK.
Since the 80s a new wave of german splatter has emerged (Jörg Buttgereit, Olaf Ittenbach) and since the 90s some german Horror-Productions even aim at mainstream-audiences.
Nowadays: Big Studios still mostly don't dare to produce Horror-Movies, while there's a flood of amateur Productions out of the splatter- and gore-scenes to compensate that. (I think the list reflects this phenomenon) Since about 2010 some indie-productions with a certain aspiration give hope to a new wave of good german horror. (Der Samurai, Der Nachtmahr, Homesick, Hagazussa...)
The following list really wants to be as complete as possible. If you know of any movie that isn't on the list, please let me know.
I include movies in the German language which can also be shot in austria and switzerland, as well as german productions in english. (This happens quite often with films who are straight-to-video productions)
To all imdb-users reading the list and to all german filmmakers: Keep the Horror-Movies coming!
But then the 1930s came and under the Nazi-Regime not a single horror-movie was made.
Horror-Cinema in Germany had almost completely vanished after WWII. People more or less went to the cinema to forget their grim Post-War-Reality by watching harmless movies taking place in a beautiful countryside or in the mountains.
But time passed and the lust for horror crept through the psyche of german filmmakers. Finally some movies were shot in the 60s and 70s, but by far not as many as in the USA, Japan, Italy or the UK.
Since the 80s a new wave of german splatter has emerged (Jörg Buttgereit, Olaf Ittenbach) and since the 90s some german Horror-Productions even aim at mainstream-audiences.
Nowadays: Big Studios still mostly don't dare to produce Horror-Movies, while there's a flood of amateur Productions out of the splatter- and gore-scenes to compensate that. (I think the list reflects this phenomenon) Since about 2010 some indie-productions with a certain aspiration give hope to a new wave of good german horror. (Der Samurai, Der Nachtmahr, Homesick, Hagazussa...)
The following list really wants to be as complete as possible. If you know of any movie that isn't on the list, please let me know.
I include movies in the German language which can also be shot in austria and switzerland, as well as german productions in english. (This happens quite often with films who are straight-to-video productions)
To all imdb-users reading the list and to all german filmmakers: Keep the Horror-Movies coming!
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- DirectorHanns Heinz EwersStellan RyeStarsPaul WegenerGrete BergerLyda SalmonovaBalduin, a student of Prague, leaves his roystering companions in the beer garden, when he finds he has reached the end of his resources. He is scarcely seated in a quiet corner when a hideous, shriveled-up old man taps him upon the shoulder and whispers vaguely of a big inheritance for Prague's finest swordsman and wildest student if he will enter into a certain agreement. Balduin rebuffs him, satirically asking his weird companion to procure him "the luckiest ticket in a lottery or a doweried wife." The old man goes off chuckling and thence onward persistently shadows Balduin, exerting a sinister influence over him, while Balduin is still disconsolate under the frowns of fortune. The Countess Margit Schwarzenberg, hunting with her cousin, to whom her father has betrothed her, meets with an accident. She is thrown over her horse's head into a river, but Balduin, who has been directed to the spot by his evil genius, plunges in and rescues her. Subsequently Balduin calls to inquire as to her condition at the castle of her father, the count, but be makes a hurried departure when Baron Waldis arrives, the contrast in their appearance discrediting him. His desire to win the countess and to humiliate the baron becomes so pronounced that he readily accedes to the compact suggested by Scapinelli, the old man, who has so pertinaciously dogged his footsteps, particularly when he learns that untold wealth and power will be his when he assigns to the other the right to take from his room whatever he chooses for his own use as he desires. The agreement is signed. Balduin receives a shower of gold and notes as his portion; Scapinelli takes Balduin's soul exposed in concrete form by his shadow. Balduin prosecutes his love affair assiduously and with apparent success, till the baron is informed of it by a jealous gypsy girl. He challenges Balduin to a duel, and the latter, assured of his superiority as a fencer, readily agrees. Count Schwarzenberg learns of the impending duel and appeals to Balduin not to kill "my sister's child, my daughter's future husband, and my heir." Balduin gives his promise, but when he goes to the venue of the duel he meets, his own counterpart stalking away derisively wiping his gory sword on his cloak. Balduin turns and in the far distance sees the dying victim of the deed he swore he would not do. He rushes from the spot horror-stricken. When he regains sufficient composure he makes his way to the castle of the count, but is refused admission. Determined to explain that he had no complicity in the death of the baron, Balduin climbs into a room in which the countess is seated. She receives him coldly, but soon succumbs to his ardent wooing. Just as he seeks to leave her she notices he has no shadow and that the mirror gives no reflection of him; and she drops back affrighted, the ghastly apparition of himself which takes shape in the corner of the room sends Balduin scuttling away from the castle in a paroxysm of terror. He makes a frenzied flight through a woodland estate and the streets of Prague, but wherever he stops to recover his breath he is haunted by the counterpart of himself. He reaches his rooms and draws a murderous looking fire-arm from its case. As the phantasmagorical figure strides towards him with a sinister grin, he fires, and in a few minutes the blood gushes from his own side from a fatal wound.
- DirectorOtto RippertStarsOlaf FønssErnst LudwigAdolf PaulFoenss, a Danish star, is the perfect creature manufactured in a laboratory by Kuehne. Having discovered his origins, that he has no 'soul' and is incapable of love, he revenges himself on mankind, instigating revolutions and becoming a monstrous but beautiful tyrant, relentlessly pursued by his creator-father who seeks to rectify his mistake.There were 6 Parts of this. All done by the same director.
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsPola NegriHarry LiedtkeEmil JanningsA girl is kidnapped and held captive in an ancient Egyptian temple. She is rescued and flees to England, but soon finds that her mysterious captor is still haunting her.
- DirectorOtto RippertStarsErich BartelsTheodor BeckerKarl BernhardSuddenly appearing in Florence, an evil seductress causes Cesare, the city's ruler, and his son to both fall madly in love with her. The son, killing his father before an order to torture the woman can be carried out, then turns the city's churches into dens of sexual debauchery. Acts of evil and corruption continue unabated until the arrival of Death, who brings with her a horrible plague which she is about to loose upon the city.
- DirectorRobert WieneStarsWerner KraussConrad VeidtFriedrich FeherHypnotist Dr. Caligari uses a somnambulist, Cesare, to commit murders.
- DirectorPaul WegenerCarl BoeseStarsPaul WegenerAlbert SteinrückErnst DeutschIn 16th-century Prague, a rabbi creates the Golem - a giant creature made of clay. Using sorcery, he brings the creature to life in order to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
- DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsMax SchreckAlexander GranachGustav von WangenheimVampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.
- DirectorRobert WieneStarsConrad VeidtAlexandra SorinaFritz StrassnyA world-famous pianist loses both hands in an accident. When new hands are grafted on, he doesn't know they once belonged to a murderer.
- DirectorCarl Theodor DreyerStarsJulian WestMaurice SchutzRena MandelA drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.
- DirectorArthur Maria RabenaltStarsHildegard KnefErich von StroheimTrude HesterbergA scientist creates a beautiful "perfect woman", but since she is artificial, she seems soul-less and with no sense of morality, she brings ruin to all around her.
- DirectorKurt HoffmannStarsLiselotte PulverCarlos ThompsonGünther LüdersCountess Franziska is "kidnapped" by a band of robbers. However, her father is not willing to pay the ransom, so Franziska changes sides.actually a musical comedy with few elements of horror
- DirectorVictor TrivasStarsHorst FrankKarin KernkeHelmut SchmidA scientist invents a serum that keeps a dog's head alive after its body dies.Widely considered the first real german horror-film after WW2.
- DirectorKurt HoffmannStarsLiselotte PulverHeinz BaumannHanne WiederThe ghosts of thieves help a beautiful young countess save her inherited castle from modern developers in this comic horror/musical.Das Wirtshaus im Spessart Pt. 2. Still a musical-comedy but with more horror. It was marketed as "Grusical"
- DirectorFritz BöttgerStarsHarald MareschHelga FranckAlexander D'ArcySurvivors of a plane crash on a remote island find it is covered by spiders. When bitten, the survivors start turning into spiders!
- DirectorÁkos RáthonyiStarsAdrian HovenErika RembergCarl MöhnerA mad scientist and his bevy of vampires terrorize a German village. A detective and a witch set out to stop them.
- DirectorHarald ReinlStarsLex BarkerKarin DorChristopher LeeA Count executed for murdering twelve virgins in a bid for immortality returns to life, seeking revenge on the daughter of his intended thirteenth victim and the son of his prosecutor.
- DirectorAdrian HovenStarsJanine ReynaudHoward VernonElvira BerndorffIn an ancient castle, a mad scientist is trying to revive his dead daughter by an operation, but there are certain body parts he needs that he can't get. His problem is solved when a group of drunken party-goers stumble into his castle.
- DirectorZbynek BrynychStarsUschi GlasIrina DemickFrançoise FabianA young woman joins an exclusive women's health clinic only to discover it's run by feminist cannibals.
- DirectorMichael ArmstrongAdrian HovenStarsHerbert LomUdo KierOlivera KatarinaIn 1700s Austria, a witch-hunter's apprentice has doubts about the righteousness of witch-hunting when he witnesses the brutality, the injustice, the falsehood, the torture and the arbitrary killing that go with the job.
- DirectorHans W. GeissendörferStarsJürgen JungHans-Dieter JendreykoPaul Albert KrummIn a apocalyptic 19th century landscape where wealthy vampires have taken over the world, a group of humans prepare an uprising, and select an adventurous young man to track down the leader of the undead and destroy him.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsSoledad MirandaDennis PricePaul MullerAn erotic horror tale about a vixen vampiress seducing and killing women to appease her insatiable thirst for female blood.
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsPia DegermarkThomas HunterYvor MurilloAn American actress inherits a castle in Transylvania. What she doesn't know is that her ancestor, the Baroness Catali, was in actuality a vampire countess, and emerges from her tomb to ravage the nearby village and Catholic seminary.
- DirectorUlli LommelStarsKurt RaabJeff RodenMargit CarstensenUsing his status as a police informant to procure his victims, baby-faced, shaven-headed Fritz Haarmann dismembers their bodies after death and sells the flesh to restaurants, dumping the remainder out of sight.
- DirectorAdrian HovenStarsErika BlancAnton DiffringPercy HovenA tribunal interrogates, tortures and murders "witches" and "heretics" during the Inquisition.
- DirectorPeter PatzakStarsMarisa MellPeter NeusserLeon AskinMan kills his lovers using his psychic powers.
- DirectorJesús FrancoStarsKlaus KinskiJosephine ChaplinHerbert FuxA serial killer whose mother was a prostitute starts killing streetwalkers as a way of paying back his mother for her abuse.Well, the director is Jess Franco. But it's shot in german.
- DirectorMarijan VajdaStarsWerner PochathEllen UmlaufBirgit ZamuloA deaf and dumb accountant suffers from a psychic trauma in his childhood. He is collecting puppets and mutilates female bodies in the mortuary. After his secret love died by an accident he starts to kill.
- DirectorFranz Josef GottliebStarsEvelyne KraftBrad HarrisTheo LingenA beautiful blonde bitten by Count Dracula 100 years previously is unearthed in Vienna, and soon she goes on a killing spree. The skeptical cop on the case falls for her.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsKlaus KinskiIsabelle AdjaniBruno GanzCount Dracula moves from Transylvania to Wismar, spreading the Black Plague across the land. Only a woman pure of heart can bring an end to his reign of horror.
- DirectorCarl SchenkelStarsGianni GarkoBetty VergèsBea FiedlerA descendant of the famous vampire gets a job as a photographer shooting beautiful fashion models at the family estate. Being around so much naked and semi-naked flesh has the expected effect on him.
- DirectorEckhart SchmidtStarsDésirée NosbuschBodo StaigerSimone BrahmannThe hero-worship that Simone has for a pop singer is built to a crescendo until she passes out when she finally sees him up-close in a crowd of fans. She is later shocked when he lets her know that he does not love her.
- DirectorDominik GrafStarsThomas SchückeGreta ScacchiIrene ClarinA young woman who works in a bookstore has been terrified by nightmares about having committed suicide in a past lifetime, combined with a sense of déjà vu regarding a specific apartment building. When she meets a young man who works in an optical company, whether she knows it or not, she is that much closer to the truth about her visions.
- DirectorGerald KarglStarsErwin LederRobert Hunger-BühlerSilvia RyderA troubled man gets released from prison and starts taking out his sadistic fantasies on an unsuspecting family living in a secluded house.
- DirectorEckhart SchmidtStarsAndreas JungRebecca WinterRalph SchichaIn an apocalyptic future world, a young upper class couple is visiting an exhibition of surrealistic paintings, presented by a group of young anarchists in their loft flat where they trap and torture their high society guests.
- DirectorJörg ButtgereitStarsBernd Daktari LorenzBeatrice ManowskiHarald LundtA street sweeper who cleans up after grisly accidents brings home a full corpse for him and his wife to enjoy sexually, but is dismayed to see that his wife prefers the corpse over him.
- DirectorGeorg TresslerStarsPeter SimonischekGiovanni FrühAndy VoßAfter a delirious night of drinking, two herdsmen and a boy who are all alone in the alps with their cattle, create a primitive female doll. When their creation comes to life as a beautiful succubus, they have to fear for their lives.
- DirectorRobert SiglStarsDóra SzinetárBrigitte KarnerKároly EperjesChildren have been disappearing under mysterious circumstances in a 19th century German village. A young girl soon becomes haunted by disturbing visions of the missing kids.
- DirectorJörg ButtgereitStarsHermann KoppHeinrich EbberMichael KrauseSeven episodes, each taking place on a different day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death.
- DirectorPetra HaffterStarsAnthony PerkinsUwe BohmSophie WardA strangler known as the Kenbourne Killer has been murdering streetwalkers for 25 years. The police set out to track him down.
- DirectorJörg ButtgereitStarsMonika M.Mark ReederSimone SpörlA female nurse desperately tries to hide her feelings of necrophilia from her new boyfriend, but still has pieces of the corpse of the first movie's hero in her possession.
- DirectorRalf HuettnerStarsNatja BrunckhorstVeronica FerresMichael GreilingMaria embarks on a one-night stand with Lothar. Lothar proves to be a ruthless seducer and when Maria becomes pregnant, she sinks into a nightmare from which there seems to be no escape.
- DirectorJörg ButtgereitStarsFlorian Koerner von GustorfMonika M.Micha BrendelAs serial killer Lothar Schramm lies dying in his own blood, horrific memories of his miserable life of paranoia, self-harm and rejection flash before his eyes. A tragic look into the mind of a serial killer.
- DirectorLö LeeStarsRuedi BongBruno BrunelliRoble BrutelliSome angry cops meet their match when they raid a house full of violent drug dealers.
- DirectorMartin WalzStarsUdo SamelPeter LohmeyerIris BerbenThe plot takes place in New York, and in the present. In a Hotel called "Quicky" a professor blackmails a student of his into having sex with him. But when the professor puts on a condom, the carnivorous condom bites off his penis and disappears. Detective Mackaroni who gets the case thinks that the college girl just bit off her teacher's penis! Mackaroni goes to the motel himself to check out the crime scene, in the lobby he finds a gigolo named Bill and he asks him to follow him to crime room, there the two men attempt to have sex when they are suddenly interrupted by the attack of a killer condom.
- DirectorKlaus KnoeselStarsFlorian FitzJophi RiesPeter FitzThree girls summon a demon. John Sinclair, a British investigator for supernatural phenomena, travels to Germany to meet Kerstin who is the only girl left. But the demon wants to sacrifice her in the old cathedral of Cologne.Adaptation of the novel/radioplay-series.
- DirectorMichael HanekeStarsSusanne LotharUlrich MüheArno FrischTwo violent young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
- DirectorPeter FratzscherStarsJan Josef LiefersMarie BäumerUlrich MüheThomas Krömer follows the traces of a brutal murder in werewolf-manner out of personal interest. After investigating for some time, the traces all point to one person: himself. Now, he has to find out whether he surprisingly turns into a blood-seeking werewolf at full moon without knowing it or if there is an other solution to the murders. Police are getting pretty suspicious after Thomas' own grandmother has been brutally slaughtered in her little fairy-tale-fashioned house in the woods, and it will soon be time for a full moon...
- DirectorHeiko FipperStarsHeiko FipperMike HoffmanStefan HoftWhen a man is killed by a drunk driving, his son wants revenge, which starts a big battle that will continue for years.
- DirectorAndreas SchnaasStarsAndreas SchnaasMarc TrinkhausSteve AquilinaKarl the Butcher continues his violence on an isolated island, but this time he has his followers.
- DirectorMichael KarenStarsValerie NiehausXaver HutterAlexandra NeldelAs a young child, Jeanette witnessed her parents brutal murder. After years in a mental institution, the 22 year old is finally strong enough to leave the asylum and begin a life on her own. Soon, Jeanette discovers with horror that many of her new found friends have been murdered. Does her painful past hide a mystery that could help her bring an end to the death around her?
- DirectorUlli BujardStarsNicole BujardStefan KesebergAlex KaeseJens Feldner's pulp fantasy novels are a success. His secret is easy: his girl-friend Selin is a vampire. But there is more to it: She is a vampire slayer on a mission to find the master who bit her centuries ago...
- DirectorStefan RuzowitzkyStarsFranka PotenteBenno FürmannAnna LoosA cute med student starts a summer course at Heidelberg University. David's on her dissection table. She met him the day before on the train. Something's wrong.
- DirectorChristoph GamplStarsGötz OttoYasmina FilaliLars Rudolph
- DirectorRobert SchwentkeStarsAugust DiehlChristian RedlNadeshda BrennickeTwo police detectives, a grizzled veteran and one fresh-faced rookie, hunt a ritualistic serial killer murdering people with tattoos and skinning them.Well, this is a serial-killer movie. Some say, they are thrillers others say, it's horror. This one has got some elements of body-horror in it, so i list it here.
- DirectorOlaf IttenbachStarsNatacza BoonJames Matthews-PyeckaDaryl JacksonA woman whose family was brutally murdered when she was little is instructed by her family's ghosts to bring the killers to them so their souls can rest in peace.Ittenbach really produces a lot of Movies. I didn't include them all. They are not as famous as this one and I didn't want to flood my list with his pics.
- DirectorStefan RuzowitzkyStarsAugust DiehlAriane SchnugHerbert KnaupJo starts as intern in a Berlin hospital researching bionic muscle enhancement. Despite warnings, he joins an anti-Hippocratic group interested in results, not laws and body count.
- DirectorAndreas MarschallStarsPeter MartellAnja GebelMagdalena RitterA creepy three-part anthology which is actually constructed from a trio of German-produced independent short films that form a narrative around a mysterious cult in 1983 India as a wrap-around story. In the first story "Shakti", a reporter talks to an institutionalized cult survivor who claims to have murdered her boyfriend. In the second story "Devi", a man awakens from a therapy session to discover that he's been beaten senseless and held prisoner by his evil therapist. In the third story "Kali", a faith healer exorcises a spirit from a person only to discover that he has released it into his cellar.
- DirectorDaniel StieglitzStarsMatthias ScherwenikasKatharina SchwarzBrunhild Falkenstein"Happy End" is about a young writer who moves into an old suburban house because of his writing blockade. He wants to start a new life there. Searching for the right story for his new novel, he discovers a well secured secret in which his strange neighbors and the preceding tenant are involved. Joana, the little daughter who died in a car accident 7 years ago, seems to play an important role in this mystery. In the end, everything turns out different from what he expected.
- DirectorChristian AlvartStarsNorman ReedusChristian von AsterAndré HennickeWanted for a long time, serial killer Gabriel Engel gets arrested in a spectacular police raid. Small town cop Michael Martens travels to the big city to interrogate him and finds out more than he is looking for.Another serial-killer-movie. Maybe a thriller. But it definitley has got strong elements of horror in it.
- DirectorMarian DoraStarsCarsten FrankVictor BrandlTobias SickertAn internet advertisement placed by a man with a cannibalistic obsession brings yields a willing victim to serve up his own flesh in this dramatic account of the crime that shocked the world.
- DirectorAndreas ProchaskaStarsSabrina ReiterJulia Rosa PeerMichael SteinocherIn Ebensee, the teenagers Nina, her boyfriend Martin, Clemens, his girlfriend Alex and Mona are best friends since their childhood. On their high-school graduation day, they all receive the same text message, "In three days you will be dead!", but they believe is a stupid joke from their weird schoolmate Patrick. However, when Martin is found dead in the Lake Traunsee, the group realizes that it is not a prank. When Nina is attacked and Patrick is killed trying to save her, they recall a tragic incident from their childhood.
- DirectorPeter KollerStarsAleksandar PetrovicBirgit StauberKari RakkolaRomeo and Juliet - a couple that has a very odd perception of their relationship. They decide to buy a loft situated in a run-down factory. Somenone already lives there. The deranged owner of the factory, and his buddy, the real-estate agent, have been living an exciting life of capturing and torturing young and innocent couples. Too bad Romeo and Juliet are everything but docile victims!
- DirectorFrank W. MontagStarsChristiane ImdahlChristian StockSebastian BadenbergA group of friends take a break from their studies, but find themselves pursued through the backwoods of Germany by a savage lunatic.
- DirectorAndreas ProchaskaStarsSabrina ReiterAndreas KiendlAnna RotOne year ago, Nina survived the attacks of a serial killer. She wants to flee from these memories but one call at night recalls all memories and she is again in the middle of a murder mystery.
- DirectorMarian DoraStarsZenza RaggiCarsten FrankFrank OliverTwo friends meet again to share their last days in an old house where everything happened a long time ago. They gather a group of people, which results in a disastrous turn of events, during which reveals the deepest human depths.
- DirectorMichael SteinerStarsRoxane MesquidaNicholas OfczarekAndrea ZoggThree lonely herdsmen starved of female companionship creates the girl of their dreams, from a broom, some straw and a few rags. The creation - Sennentuntschi, lives and breathe to cook, clean and look after the three.
- DirectorAlexander AdolphStarsChristian BerkelJule RonstedtBibiana BeglauLaywer David Bottcher, (Christian Berkel) after a year long absence has been hired by a new firm, to act as its liquidator, as the company is deemed unprofitable. After being out of work a year himself, this is not something he takes lightly, and doesn't particularly relish it.
- DirectorDennis GanselStarsKaroline HerfurthNina HossJennifer UlrichIn Berlin, a cop closes in on an all-female vampire trio who just took in a new member, Lena.
- DirectorMarvin KrenStarsMichael FuithTheo TrebsAnka GraczykJust when Michael arrives in Berlin to visit his ex-girlfriend Gabi, a terrible virus starts spreading across the city at a rapid pace, turning people into mindless homicidal maniacs. Much to Michael's concern, Gabi's not home; instead, he meets Harper, a teenage plumber's apprentice at work in her apartment block. Together, they manage to barricade themselves when raging hordes of infected people swarm the building. Surrounded by these thirsty zombies, Michael and Harper have their hands full to survive - and it will take all of their ingenuity to make their way out to try and find Gabi.
- DirectorHuân VuStarsPaul DorschJürgen HeimüllerIngo HeiseA boy, looking for his missing father, travels to Germany and uncovers a haunting legacy that a meteorite left behind in the area. Based on H.P. Lovecraft's short novel "The Color Out of Space."A german H.P. Lovecraft adaptation.
- DirectorMarian DoraStarsThomas GoerschTatjana LommelJanna Lisa DombrowskyA wealthy couple of perverts lures a prostitute to a seemingly innocent yachting cruise under the sun; however, by the end of the day, she will end up humiliated, and, above all, violated. But, is this the end of her nightmarish ordeal?
- DirectorSimon LahmStarsJustus DallmerGlenn Giera-BayJörn HinrichsJustus Dallmer is a trash-fan. He tells us about his movies and plays and what it means to do trash.
- DirectorAndreas MarschallStarsSusen ErmichMagdalena RitterJulita WittIn the 70s Matteusz Gdula invented an acting method that was supposed to make every actor "shine". Still, lots of his students die mysteriously and Gdula commits suicide. His method gets banned. Now: Stella, an ambitious, but rather untalented drama student, gets accepted at the "Matteusz Gdula"-school. When she bears witness to some strange occurrences, she gets drawn into the bizarre and deadly web that surrounds the dark secret of the school...
- DirectorTim FehlbaumStarsLilo BaurMarco CalamandreiLisa VicariIn the not too distant future, people struggle to survive their greatest enemy, the sun.
- DirectorAndy FetscherStarsNathalie KelleyNick EversmanKlaus StiglmeierWhen a group of urban explorers venture beneath Berlin, their guide hurts himself and the group must struggle to escape the subterranean maze beneath the city.
- DirectorRainer MatsutaniStarsJennifer UlrichJulia DietzeInez Bjørg DavidA young college student thinks that something sinister is going on in her new dorm room.
- DirectorMarco J. RiedlCarsten VauthStarsMarkus KnüfkenCharles RettinghausRonald NitschkeThe serial killer "Nachtschlitzer" keeps the city holding its breath. With the police always one step behind the murderer, only the radio DJ Doc Rock can lure him out of his hiding place
- DirectorMartin FaltermeierStarsJudith GorgassFlorian KimlSiegfried FosterBavaria in the late fifties. Someday the life of Maria, a young girl, changes all of a sudden when she finds the body of a woman. The scientist Dr. Robert Hoelzlein and the American Captain John Welles, deployed in Bavaria, are commissioned to solve the apparently obvious murder case. But trouble seems inevitable, as both are interested in beautiful Maria. From now on horrible discoveries of dead women increase in the neighborhood as well as mysterious sightings of unidentified flying objects spread fear and mistrust among the villagers. While inspecting a crop circle the Captain finds a dead alien and during an autopsy the scientist comes to a terrifying conclusion. Too late he discovers the connection between the corpses and the UFOs. Before he can alert the population the undead aliens rise from their tombs underneath the crop circles to extinguish humanity. Will Robert and John overcome their rivalry and finally kick some alien-zombie ass?
- DirectorMarvin KrenStarsGerhard LiebmannEdita MalovcicSantosScientists working in the Austrian Alps discover that a glacier is leaking a liquid that appears to be affecting local wildlife.
- DirectorSeverin FialaVeronika FranzStarsLukas SchwarzElias SchwarzSusanne WuestTwin boys move to a new house with their mother after she has face-changing cosmetic surgery, but under the bandages is someone the boys don't recognize.
- DirectorTill KleinertStarsMichel DiercksPit BukowskiUwe PreussSet in a small German village, a bloody game of cat-and-mouse ensues between a young, straight-shooting police officer and a cross-dressing villain with a large sword and a predilection for beheadings.
- DirectorMichael David PateStarsDavid GantMichael EppGedeon BurkhardA young woman from Heide (Germany) finds purpose in her life by hunting down killers and sexual offenders, facing a show-down with a notorious serial killer who stalks his victims online and publishes their deaths in the social network.
- DirectorMathieu SeilerStarsAnna HausburgDavid C. BunnersKai Michael MüllerAfter a recurring dream Séverine decides she needs to get away from her boyfriend Tom for a couple of days. Tom makes a deal with a man he meets at a bar: Séverine will be kidnapped. Tom rescues her from the clutches of the kidnappers, and will become her savior. However what Tom does not know is that his new made friend has a different plan with Séverine. Faced with violent criminals and her own primal fears, Séverine is pulled into a brutal game of unfulfilled desire and the search for true love.
- DirectorDavid RühmStarsAnatole TaubmanTobias MorettiDominic OleySigmund Freud's newest patient is a vampire fed up with his undying relationship with his wife.
- DirectorJörg ButtgereitMichal KosakowskiAndreas MarschallStarsLola GaveAxel HolstMichael ZennerThree German tales of love, sex and death in Berlin from Germany's most shocking directors.
- DirectorSlavko SpionjakStarsBernhard BozianLena BaaderBurak AkkoyunDan and his friends are camping in the black forest. After a wild night of drinking it comes to a rude awakening! Panic and hysteria are spreading, when the camp is suddenly overrun by a horde of bloodthirsty zombies. The friends must realize that the world has come to an end and turned into a zombie apocalypse. The Walking Dead meets Shaun of the Dead! German language film with English subtitles.
- DirectorAkizStarsCarolyn GenzkowSina TkotschWilson GonzalezAfter attending a rave party, a teenage girl forms a bond with a strange monster as she suffers a slow chaotic mental breakdown.
- DirectorJakob M. ErwaStarsEsther Maria PietschMatthias LierTatja SeibtAmbitious cello student Jessica receives the invitation to an international contest. A great opportunity - but at the same time enormous pressure. Stress begins to gnaw on Jessica's everyday life and soon reality and imagination blur.It's a hitchcockian psycho-thriller with strong horror-elements.
- DirectorDaniele GriecoStarsLiv Lisa FriesMatthias DietrichHenning NöhrenHoping to film paranormal activity, three friends break into an abandoned castle, where an evil presence soon hounds them into terror and madness.
- DirectorNikias ChryssosStarsPit BukowskiDaniel FripanOona von MaydellA young student seeks quiet and solitude to focus on an important work but ends up as the teacher of a peculiar boy who is home-schooled by his parents in an isolated bunker mansion. THE BUNKER is a dark, twisted, and funny tale about childhood, growing up and education.
- DirectorSimon VerhoevenStarsAlycia Debnam-CareyWilliam MoseleyConnor PaoloWhen a college student unfriends a mysterious girl online, she finds herself fighting a demonic presence that wants to make her lonely by killing her closest friends.
- CreatorBaran bo OdarJantje FrieseStarsLouis HofmannKaroline EichhornLisa VicariA family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families.
- DirectorLukas FeigelfeldStarsAleksandra CwenCelina PeterClaudia MartiniAfter the loss of her tormented mother, the erratic behavior of a 15th century woman living in an isolated mountain village becomes a threat to the safety of her infant child.
- DirectorTilman SingerStarsLuana VelisJohannes BeneckeJan BluthardtLuz, a young cabdriver, drags herself into the brightly lit entrance of a run-down police station. A demonic entity follows her, determined to finally be close to the woman it loves.
- DirectorCarolina HellsgårdStarsGro Swantje KohlhofMaja LehrerTrine DyrholmIt has been two years since a zombie virus epidemic infected all but two German cities. Vivi and Eva flee the struggling community in Weimar for the one other safe-haven: Jena.
- CreatorTill KleinertAnna StoevaStarsTristan GöbelCharly HübnerAlexander ScheerAfter his mother's death, 16-year-old Juri and his father Jaschek move into a run-down prefabricated building on the outskirts of the city. While Jaschek tries to build a new existence for himself and his son as the caretaker of the building, Juri gradually discovers that the house has a malicious life of its own and feeds on the suffering of its residents.
- DirectorMichael VenusStarsGro Swantje KohlhofSandra HüllerAugust SchmölzerMarlene, a woman plagued by horrific dreams, suffers a breakdown in a remote village. As her daughter Mona follows, she comes upon a well-kept family secret and an old curse that ultimately threatens her life - a never-ending nightmare.
- DirectorGreg ZglinskiStarsBirgit MinichmayrPhilipp HochmairMona PetriA collision with a sheep on a country road initiates a whole series of weird and unsettling experiences for Anna and Nick which ultimately leave them both incapable of being certain exactly where they are: in the real world, in their own imaginations - or in someone else's imagination.
- DirectorChristian TheedeStarsSebastian StröbelTeresa WeißbachDario StankewitzA young boy seeks revenge for murder 20 years earlier. "Evil Never Forgets" And this rings true as this boy doesn't seem too keen on letting those whom harmed him live in peace. Driven by that anger he held in life, he will stop at nothing to achieve his goal.