The Nightmare

The Nightmare (Der Nachtmahr, 2015) is a German horror film you can watch online on iFILM. After one wild house party, 17-year-old Tina starts seeing a small, deformed creature that nobody else will admit is there.

First it haunts her sleep. Then it's in her kitchen, raiding the fridge, waiting in her room. Her parents drag her to therapists, her friends back away, and the bond between girl and monster tightens until its pain becomes hers. Director Achim Bornhak shoots the whole thing to a throbbing Berlin techno pulse that beats like a second heart.

Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth turns up in a small role, but the bigger surprise is that this isn't a creature feature at all — it's a coming-of-age story where the monster stands in for teenage anxiety the adults refuse to see. Raw and jittery, it's for anyone sick of by-the-numbers scares. Stream The Nightmare online on iFILM.