If you want to cool down in these temperatures with a horror thriller that will make your blood run cold, you can still find relief in the Netflix program for a few days. The streamer’s subscription includes Anatomy and Anatomy 2, an absolutely legendary German horror series that even one of the most disturbing scenes of all time.
Medical thriller Anatomy is German horror cult with Franka Potente
Anatomy revolves around the medical student Paula (Franka Potente), who is admitted to an exclusive anatomy course run by the renowned Professor Grombek (Traugott Buhre) in Heidelberg. But on the first day she notices that something is very wrong: The Corpse on her dissection table is none other than the young man whose life she had just saved. And in his blood she finds a substance that is actually only used for dissecting animals.
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Franka Potente in Anatomy
Investigations eventually lead them to the discovery of a secret organization that misuses research to overturn all principles and also does not stop at murder.
Anatomy has one of the most disturbing scenes in film history
In our ranking of the most disturbing horror scenes in film history, Anatomy made it to number 13 ‒ and not without reason. The scene in which a man awakens on the dissection table while all his organs were removed dehumanizes the character in a gruesome way that stays in the memory for a long time. One more reason to quickly check out Netflix and watch this German horror classic from 2000.
Director Stefan Ruzowitzky, who is also responsible for the screenplay, made a sequel in 2003 with Anatomy 2, in which new characters are at the centre of the plot. Both films are still until 30 June 2024 available on Netflix via streaming subscription. Alternatively, you can buy or rent the two horror shockers on the usual VoD platforms such as Amazon, MagentaTV, Sky or Maxdome.