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…
Sleep (Schlaf) is at Fantasia “Don’t breathe, please,” says young adult Mona Engelhardt (Gro Swantje Kohlhof) to her single mother Marlene (Sandra Hüller, Toni Erdmann) at the beginning of Michael Venus’ feature debut Sleep (Schlaf), which he co-wrote with Thomas Friedrich. The reason for Mona’s plea is that they are playing Jenga together, and Mona…