The Bunker – 2001 | 95 mins | Horror, War | Colour

Plot Synopsis

Though not the first film to combine WWII drama with supernatural horror, this low-budget debut from British director Rob Green is an imaginative and engaging thriller. Green and his young cast, led by Charley Boorman John Carlisle and Jason Flemyng, succeed in stoking up the claustrophobic tension to create an atmospheric treat.

In 1944, a platoon of battle weary German soldiers take refuge from the Allied advance in a half-finished anti-tank bunker in the forests of the Ardennes on the border between Belgium and Germany. Tension and dissent are already straining the integrity of the unit. Baaumann is the object of scorn and vilification from Lt. Krupp and the fiercely patriotic Sshenke. Kreuzmann is suffering from shell shock, whilst Franke, Ebert and Heydrich, each with their own individual concerns, are caught in the middle. As night falls and a rainstorm begins to blow the soldiers are beset by fear, guilt and mistrust of each other and try to find an escape route through the catacombs beneath the bunker. But mysterious forces are stalking the labyrinth of tunnels deep below.