10 German Horror Films first published by BFI, 18 Sept 2025, occasioned by the release of Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) on UHD, Blu-ray and digital via BFI Includes capsules of: The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, M, Vampyr, Jonathan, The Fan, Nekromantik, Antibodies, We Are The Night, Der Samurai, Sleep The history of German…
Antibodies (Antikörper) first published by Film4 summary: The Hollywood psychothriller meets the German morality play in Christian Alvart‘s intelligent twister. Review: There is a long tradition of police dramas (or Krimis) on German television, and sometimes on the big screen. In 2002, Robert Schwentke’s Tattoo gave the genre a Seven-inflected overhaul. Christian Alvart‘s Antibodies also draws inspiration…
Adapted from Sebastian Fitzek and Michael Tsokos’ best selling novel Abgeschnitten (2012), Cut Off (Abgeschnitten) takes its writer/director Christian Alvart back to the serial killer psychothriller terrains of his earlier feature Antibodies (Antikörper, 2005). The film’s opening premise is as high-concept as they come: Paul Herzfeld (Moritz Bleibtreu), a divorced professor of forensic pathology working…