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5 Recent German Horror Movies to Check Out
Around 90 to 100 years ago, Germany was the biggest horror producer. They created such classics as Nosferatu, The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari and many more. Then World War 2 happened, and since then there were barely any famous German horror movies. Germany is still producing some scarier movies, like Krampus, Antichrist and most movies by Lars von Trier. Every now and then they still churn out Horror Movies though, and I’m going to show you five of those.
Bela Kiss: Prologue (2013)
To ease you into German films, let’s start off with a German movie almost completely in English. It’s called Bela Kiss: Prologue, and is about the real life serial killer Bela Kiss, who drained the blood of his victims and stored them in barrels filled with alcohol. In this movie a group of teenagers encounter this killer after they robbed a bank.
For horror fans, this is a fun movie, with blockbuster-like looks to it. That’s astounding since this is actually a low-budget movie, starting out as the final project of film students. Only the students themselves and one backer financed this whole movie. And it’s all in English, so you won’t even need subtitles. The acting is not the best and some of the dialogue is a bit clunky, but you can forgive all that for a fun story and because this movie was made with heart.
The Last Employee (Der letzte Angestellte) (2010)
David, played by Christian Berkel, liquidates a firm and has to fire the employees. One of these employees does not take her firing well and is soon found dead; she killed herself. Now David is haunted by his guilt, and maybe by her evil spirit.
The Last Employee sounds like such a German horror movie: a lawyer as the main character, work is life, it’s all about bureaucracy. But it works. The whole movie gives off a really creepy vibe. That’s the only way to describe it. It all sounds so realistic, but nothing feels real. That’s partly because of the surrounding creepiness, the fired employee is just crazy, David’s son collects snails. Adding to that is Christian Berkels great performance. This is surely a movie to check out, and it’s probably the first bureaucracy horror movie.
The Presence (Die Präsenz) (2014)
A Found footage film from Germany. A young couple and the boyfriends best friend take a trip to a haunted castle, to see if it really is haunted.
Another passion project by a young director, funded mostly by himself. The Presence takes Paranormal Activity and puts it where it belongs. Ghosts don’t belong in suburban homes, but in castles. Other than that, it feels just like a Paranormal Activity movie, just in German. And it manages to be quite scary.
German Angst (2015)
In this anthology film we get three stories set in Berlin. The first story, The Final Girl, is about a girl experimenting on her “guinea pig”. In the second story, Make a Wish, a deaf and mute couple has to deal with a group of Nazis trying to give them a hard time. The final story, Die Alraune, is about a photographer joining a secret sex-club that changes his life forever.
German Angst is most famous for the director of the first short story, Jörg Buttgereit, the director of Nekromantik. While the other movies on this list were good because they were scary, German Angst is mostly gory and brutal. The stories all fit into the horror genre and the last story is pretty scary. But the directors of this movie also added great gore-effects that put the cherry on top of the blood soaked ice cream.
Goodnight Mommy (Ich seh, ich seh) (2014)
Two boys live with their single mother, who just came back from a nose operation. Soon they start to wonder if she is really their mother.
Even though it’s technically not a German movie (it was made in Austria), it is in German and still close enough to fit this list. It’s arguably the scariest movie on this list, as well made as all of the above, but just a notch better. The movie keeps you thinking. I cannot recommend this enough, and I’m sure you’ll forget about the subtitles once the story begins!.
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The latest exorcism movie is about to drop this summer. It’s aptly titled The Exorcism and it stars Academy Award winner turned B-movie savant Russell Crowe. The trailer dropped today and by the looks of it, we are getting a possession movie that takes place on a movie set.
Just like this year’s recent demon-in-media-space film Late Night With the Devil, The Exorcism happens during a production. Although the former takes place on a live network talk show, the latter is on an active sound stage. Hopefully, it won’t be entirely serious and we’ll get some meta chuckles out of it.
The film will open in theaters on June 7, but since Shudder also acquired it, it probably won’t be long after that until it finds a home on the streaming service.
Crowe plays, “Anthony Miller, a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter, Lee (Ryan Simpkins), wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play. The film also stars Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg and David Hyde Pierce.”
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Win a Stay at The Lizzie Borden House From Spirit Halloween
Spirit Halloween has declared that this week marks the start of spooky season and to celebrate they are offering fans a chance to stay at the Lizzie Borden House with so many perks Lizzie herself would approve.
The Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, MA is claimed to be one of the most haunted houses in America. Of course one lucky winner and up to 12 of their friends will find out if the rumors are true if they win the grand prize: A private stay in the notorious house.
“We are delighted to work with Spirit Halloween to roll out the red carpet and offer the public a chance to win a one-of-a-kind experience at the infamous Lizzie Borden House, which also includes additional haunted experiences and merchandise,” said Lance Zaal, President & Founder of US Ghost Adventures.
Fans can enter to win by following Spirit Halloween‘s Instagram and leaving a comment on the contest post from now through April 28.
The prize also includes:
An exclusive guided house tour, including insider insight around the murder, the trial, and commonly reported hauntings
A late-night ghost tour, complete with professional ghost-hunting gear
A private breakfast in the Borden family dining room
A ghost hunting starter kit with two pieces of Ghost Daddy Ghost Hunting Gear and a lesson for two at US Ghost Adventures Ghost Hunting Course
The ultimate Lizzie Borden gift package, featuring an official hatchet, the Lizzie Borden board game, Lily the Haunted Doll, and America’s Most Haunted Volume II
Winner’s choice of a Ghost Tour experience in Salem or a True Crime experience in Boston for two
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Alex Garland is writing the scripts. Garland is having a successful time at the box office right now. He wrote and directed the current action/thriller Civil War which was just knocked out of the theatrical top spot by Radio Silence’s Abigail.
There is no word yet on when, or where, 28 Years Later will start production.
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