Movie

Es frisst

2026

A grim, claustrophobic hostage thriller that slowly curdles into something eerie and predatory in the woods.

Overview: After a botched robbery, a young gangster couple takes a mother and her daughter hostage and ends up in a forgotten forest cemetery on the edge of a disused industrial estate.
How it feels: Dark, tense, eerie and bleak. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Crime, survival, violence, isolation
Content: Strong violence, gore and language. Mild sexual content.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
survival
violence
isolation
fate
Places: wilderness
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Genres: horror, crime
Directed by: Ralf Kemper
Written by: Ralf Kemper
Starring: Yvo René Scharf, Kati Rausch, Christoph Steinau, Claudius Freyer, Katharina Brehl, Julia Dernbach, Corrina Hartmann, Simon Pietsch
Country: Germany
Languages: German