German horror movies

List of the best German horror movies selected by visitors to our site: Faust, Nothing Bad Can Happen, The Cell, Nosferatu, Vampyr, Hellboy, Resident Evil, The Uninvited, The Skeleton Key, Hide and Seek.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
CountryGermany
Duration01:25

God and Satan war over earth; to settle things, they wager on the soul of Faust, a learned and prayerful alchemist.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
CountryGermany
Duration01:50

The young Tore seeks a new life in Hamburg among the religious group called The Jesus Freaks. When he by accident meets a family and helps them to repair their car, he believes that a heavenly wonder has helped him. He starts a friendship with the father of the family, Benno, and soon he moves in with them at their garden plot, not knowing the cruelty there is to come. True to his religious belief Tore stays with them although the increasing violence by Benno is torturing him...

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, crime
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration01:47

A psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrehorror, fantasy
CountryGermany
Duration01:34

Vampire Count Orlok is interested in a new residence and in real estate agent Hutter's young wife. Silent horror classic based on the Bram Stoker novel "Dracula".

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrehorror, fantasy
CountryGermany, France
Duration01:10

Traveler Allan Gray arrives in the village of Courtempierre and takes lodgings in a small inn. Gray has a great interest in the supernatural, particularly vampires. He's barely settled in when he feels a sinister force descending upon him. In the night an old man enters his room to tell him 'she must not die'. One of the old man's daughters, Leone, has been bitten by a vampire. In order to break the curse, Gray and Leone's sister Gisele must find the original vampire and drive a stake through her heart.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
CountryUSA, Germany, Hungary
Duration02:02

In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before a demon - Hellboy - has already been conjured. Joining the Allied forces, Hellboy eventually grows to adulthood, serving the cause of good rather than evil.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrehorror, fantastic, action
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration01:40

    When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak. Alice and Rain are charged with leading the mission. But they only have three hours before the pathogen becomes airborne and infects the world.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada, Germany
    Duration01:27

    Anna returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tragic death and discovers that her mother's former nurse, Rachel, has moved into their house and become engaged to her father. Soon after she learns this shocking news, Anna is visited by her mother's ghost, who warns her that Rachel has evil intentions.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration01:44

      A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryGermany, USA
      Duration01:37

      David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his own. David is at first amused to discover that Emily has created an imaginary friend named 'Charlie', but it isn't long before 'Charlie' develops a sinister and violent side, and as David struggles with his daughter's growing emotional problems, he comes to the frightening realisation that 'Charlie' isn't just a figment of Emily's imagination.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
      CountryGermany

      As a young couple stops and rests in a small village inn, the man is abducted by Death and is sequestered behind a huge doorless, windowless wall. The woman finds a mystic entrance and is met by Death, who tells her three separate stories set in exotic locales, all involving circumstances similar to hers.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany
      Duration01:48

        Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrehorror, comedy
        CountryItaly, France, Germany
        Duration01:44

        A cemetery man has the unusual problem of the dead rising from the grave. Himself and his assistant must end these creatures' lives again after they are reborn. Everything is going well until "She" comes along and stirs things up a bit.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrehorror, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA, Romania, Germany, France
        Duration01:57

        An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrehorror, action, thriller
        CountryGermany, USA

        A woman with a mysterious illness is forced into action when a group of terrorists attempt to hijack a transatlantic overnight flight. In order to protect her son she will have to reveal a dark secret, and unleash the inner monster she has fought to hide.

        Genrehorror, fantastic, action
        CountryCanada, Germany

          Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever…changed…and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrehorror, thriller, adventure
          CountryCanada, Germany, USA
          Duration01:33

            Retired military commander Colonel Dale Murphy hosts the simulated post-apocalyptic reality show where participants are challenged to survive a remote West Virginia wasteland. But the show turns into a nightmarish showdown when each realizes they are being hunted by an inbred family of cannibals determined to make them all dinner!

            Markimdb: 5.1
            Genrehorror
            CountryGermany

            A woman travels home with her two kids for her sister's wedding but finds herself defending her family against blood-seeking pensioners.

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genrehorror
            CountryGermany

            A couple spend eternity in a castle until their reality starts to shift, as the unknown moves into their lives.

            Markimdb: 6.3
            Genrehorror
            CountryGermany
            Duration01:03

            When lovelorn Michael arrives in Berlin to return a set of keys to his ex-girlfriend, Gabi, as an excuse to see her again, he finds her apartment empty save for a couple of plumbers making repairs to the central heating. Just as Michael learns from the plumber’s apprentice, Harper, that Gabi has popped out for a while but will return soon, the apprentice is attacked by his boss who has unexpectedly and inexplicably transformed into a raging madman. Together, Michael and Harper manage to bundle the crazed plumber out of the apartment and barricade themselves safely inside. Within minutes, they find themselves trapped in apartment block under siege from a horde of similarly insane people, apparently hungry for human flesh.

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genrehorror, thriller
            CountryGermany
            Duration01:34

            Anxious to explore the mysterious hidden world under metropolitan Berlin, an international group of four urban explorers hires a local guide, Kris, who leads them into the maze of escape tunnels and subterranean fortifications under the city. When their guide has a bad fall, two of the girls in the group frantically set off to seek help while Denis, the young American, stays behind. Armin, a former East German border guard suddenly appears from nowhere. Out of sheer desperation, Denis allows Armin to lead them and their unconscious guide to safety and it is at this moment that Denis realizes he has just made the biggest mistake of his life!

            Markimdb: 3.9
            Genrehorror
            CountryGermany
            Duration02:07

            Necronos, one of the mightiest minions of the devil himself has come to earth to create an invincible army of the undead under leadership of barbaric demons, called Berzerkers. To achieve his goal Necronos needs numerous often very macabre and difficult to come by ingredients. So Satan sends him two assistants to achieve his goal - Goran, a Blood Demon and footman loyal to Necronos as well as The Mighty Witch to locate the chosen one - a virgin witch.

            Markimdb: 4.5
            Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
            CountryGermany
            Duration01:50

            A Retrovirus, which was conceived as a tool for industrial genetic engineering, has gotten out of control and is spreading rapidly. While it crosses all organisms within our ecological system completely indiscriminately (mixing plant with animal and humans) most plants prove more resistant because of their complex DNA. However, the simple genes of the plants lead humans to become grotesque mutations, in most cases even to death. Within one week, 90% of mankind are either extinct or no longer human. However, a small fraction of the earth?s population remains immune to the virus and must survive in this new and constantly changing ecological system. Tom cellar is one the survivors and on an old military base in the Eifel he has entrenched himself. Further survivors come together and succeed in carving out a life in this new world. But the GMOs - the ?genetically modified organisms? - constantly develop themselves further, and soon the fence of the base offers no more protection.

            Markimdb: 4.8
            Genrehorror, comedy, family, cartoon
            CountryGermany, United Kingdom
            Duration01:29

            The Wishbone family is far from happy. With a struggling bookshop, an overworked husband, and two misunderstood teenagers, Emma is at her wit's end trying to be the perfect mom. After dragging her family to a costume party on Halloween night, they are cursed by an evil witch and transformed into a Vampire, a Mummy, a Werewolf, and Frankenstein's monster. Now Emma will fight to keep her Monster Family together and uncover the secret of their curse... eventually leading them to the Prince of Darkness himself, Dracula!

            Markimdb: 6
            Genrehorror, thriller
            CountryGermany
            Duration01:43

            Medical student Paula Henning wins a place at an exclusive Heidelberg medical school. When the body of a young man she met on the train turns up on her dissection table, she begins to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death, and uncovers a gruesome conspiracy perpetrated by an Antihippocratic secret society operating within the school.

            Markimdb: 5.1
            Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
            CountryGermany, USA
            Duration02:16

            A fancy garden party turns into upper class prey when a colony of killer wasps mutates into seven foot tall predators.

            Markimdb: 2.7
            Genrehorror
            CountryAustria, Germany
            Duration00:52

            Solitary and alone, left by his girlfriend, after being treated badly by her, a young man finds a female body in the woods. His conscience tells him to call the police, but something inside him, something evil commands him to take the corpse with him and satisfy his darkest desires. His Life is total pieces of trash and only the love to the female corpse gives him the power to continue his life. But he hasn't finished with his girlfriend yet and so he decides that it's time to get his revenge once and for all. Who will be the winner in this love triangle? The man, the woman or the corpse?

            Markimdb: 5.4
            Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, detective
            CountryGermany, USA
            Duration01:27

            On the trail of a missing friend who had been experimenting with mind-altering drugs, a young journalist - aided by a rogue counter-culture writer, The Silence of The Lambs -- finds herself drawn into the dangerous world of top-secret government chemical research and the mystery of a disturbing radio signal of unknown origin. A fast-paced thriller blending fact and fiction, Banshee Chapter is based on real documents, actual test subject testimony, and uncovered secrets about covert programs run by the CIA.

            Markimdb: 5.8
            Genrehorror, thriller, detective
            CountryGermany
            Duration01:52

            In 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...

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genrehorror, comedy
            CountryGermany, United Kingdom
            Duration01:38

            Four young offenders and their workers spend a weekend in the remote Yorkshire village of Mortlake, which prides on keeping itself to itself. A minor incident with locals rapidly escalates into a blood-soaked, deliriously warped nightmare.

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
            CountryGermany

            In Germany, as graduate student Katie Armstrong researches cannibal killer Oliver Hagen for her thesis, she becomes obsessed with her subject and ultimately plunges into a lifestyle similar to Hagen's and the thousands of people like him.

            Markimdb: 5.1
            Genrehorror, thriller
            CountryGermany

            Horror involving a serial-killer toying with a Pirate Radio DJ

            Markimdb: 2.1
            Genrehorror
            CountryCanada, Germany
            Duration01:18

            Coming back from her bachelor party in Las Vegas, Christine and her friends are driving through the hot desert of Nevada. But they are not alone - serial killer Max Seed is back and he brought the whole family.

            Markimdb: 3.1
            Genrehorror, thriller
            CountryGermany, Austria
            Duration01:30

            Follow the owners of the infamous "Maison de la petite mort" during their daily work. After the shocking events in part one, you'll never guess what the new owner Monsieur Matheo Maximè is up to. Torturing for money at it's very - worst.

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genrehorror
            CountryWest Germany, Germany
            Duration01:44

            A 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.

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Germany, Hungary
            Duration01:51

            Vampire death dealer Selene fends off brutal attacks from both the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. With her only allies, David and his father Thomas, she must stop the eternal war between Lycans and Vampires, even if it means she has to make the ultimate sacrifice.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
            CountryFrance, Germany, Czech Republic, Belgium
            Duration01:55

            A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime
            CountryDenmark, France, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, Tunisia
            Duration02:43

            Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
            CountryLuxembourg, Belgium, Germany, France

            Early one summer morning a young man, with a secret stashed away in a duffel bag, emerges from the forest. In a nearby village he asks around for work, but the farmers, suspicious to the point of hostility, are not very forthcoming. Only when Lucy, the mayor’s unruly daughter, takes a liking to him, does the village change its attitude: he is promptly offered a job as a farmhand and a caravan to live in. As time passes and he is gradually integrated into the community, it emerges that he’s not the only one with a past to hide. Something sinister is lurking under the immaculate surface of this picturesque little world - and it is slowly drawing him in.

            Markimdb: 5.5
            Genrehorror
            CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom

            Jen and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross into land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden community of mountain dwellers who use deadly means to protect their way of life.

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
            CountryGermany, USA
            Duration01:41

            Canadian scientist, Dr Geoff Burton takes up a position at a new institute in wintry Dresden in order to contribute to their most important project—a human regeneration gene—that also has the potential to make something miraculous out of a personal tragedy that has haunted him for years.

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genrehorror, fantasy, melodrama, drama
            CountryGermany
            Duration01:41

            One night, 18 year old Lena is bitten by Louise, leader of a female vampire trio that are as deadly as they are beautiful. Her newfound vampiric lifestyle is a blessing and a curse at the same time. At first, she enjoys the limitless freedom, the luxury, the parties. But soon the murderous blood lust of her comrades in arms proves too much for her, and she falls dangerously in love with Tom, a young undercover cop. When she resolves to turn her back on the bloodsucking band of sisters, Louise fury knows no bounds. Lena will have to choose between immortal love and immortal life.

            Markimdb: 3.7
            Genrehorror, action, adventure, detective
            CountryUSA, Germany
            Duration01:25

            A multinational expedition discovers a lost city beneath a pyramid, where they must stop the reawakened gods of ancient Egypt from initiating the apocalypse

            Markimdb: 4.7
            Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, adventure, family, cartoon
            CountryGermany

            Film that mixes live action and animation, from Hui Buh, a character created in 1969 by Eberhard Alexander-Burgh author and star of a radio series and book series popular in the 70s. Hui Buh takes over 500 years in the castle of Burgeck as officially licensed only ghost to scare. The problem is that not too good at his job and you can not scare anyone. Things get complicated when King Wedding spoils Julius and Leonora, causing the King to destroy the license and the ghost Hui Buh run out of power. To recover will have to pass a special examination in two days or disappear forever.

            Markimdb: 3
            Genrehorror, thriller
            CountryGermany
            Duration01:25

            Maria is happy. Her little sister Kira returns after being gone for a bunch of months, caused by the death of their beloved mother. When Maria and Kira stayed at their family's house for the first night after a long time, strangers enter the house and start a night full of fear, horror and torture. Everyone who enters the family's house has to fight for his life... What do the strangers want? And what is the secret behind the family's past?

            Markimdb: 4.3
            Genrehorror, thriller, detective
            CountryGermany
            Duration01:41

            While on a GPS treasure hunt in the Palatinate forest four teenagers come across an old US military radio tower station. Back in the days of the Cold War it was part of a secret military program that produced horrific side effects, but has long since abandoned. Until now, when the station is mysteriously powered up again.

            Markimdb: 3.3
            Genrehorror, action, comedy
            CountryGermany
            Duration01:15

            2023 and Karl The Butcher Jr Returns from hell after 25 years, and is on a mission to kill a new butcher, Axe. But the world he returns to is in devastation, civilization is split between gangs, including the Gang loco, The Others, the tyrant Queen Scara, The Black Monks, and of course, the nomads Axe and his sister Vendetta whose family history is unknown. An ultra-violent journey in a wasteland awaits...

            Markimdb: 7.5
            Genrehorror, drama, cartoon
            CountryChile, Germany

            María, a girl from Colonia Dignidad, in Chile —a kind of sectarian community, tyrannically mastered by the ruthless Paul Schäfer, a German madman, religious fanatic and child predator, who would end up turning the place into a torture center at the service of the military dictatorship ruled by Augusto Pinochet—, is punished for having lost three pigs, so she decides to run away and take refuge in an abandoned house hidden in the forest.

            Markimdb: 5.8
            Genrehorror, fantastic, drama, detective
            CountryAustria, United Kingdom, Germany, France

            A genetically engineered plant scatters its seeds and seems to cause uncanny changes on living creatures. The afflicted appear strange, as if they were replaced - especially for those, who are close to them. Or is it all just imagination? Thus starts a play between various truths,on which end stands the loss of the own identity.

            Markimdb: 4.1
            Genrehorror, action
            CountryGermany
            Duration02:32

            Directed by Slavko Spionjak.




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