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Deathwatch

Deliver them from evil.

5.8(240)20021h 34m7

In the brutal trench fighting of the First World War, a British Infantry Company is separated from their regiment after a fierce battle. Attempting to return to their lines, the British soldiers discover what appears to be a bombed out German trench, abandoned except for a few dazed German soldiers. After killing most of the Germans, and taking one prisoner, the British company fortifies to hold the trench until reinforcements can arrive. Soon, however, strange things being to happen as a sense of evil descends on the trench and the British begin turn on each other.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$2.3M
Language
German
  • supernatural
  • assault
  • soldier
  • trenches
  • horrors of war
  • 1910s

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

MJ Bassett

Writers

MJ Bassett

Produced in

Germany, United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical6 Oct 2002
    • PhysicalRLion's Gate Home Video #15693 [VHS] 96 minutes8 Jun 2004
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical156 Dec 2002
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical8 Jan 2003
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical187 Jan 2003

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Deathwatch was released on 6 October 2002.

Audience reviews

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  • G

    Gimly

    1/20/2019

    5/10

    Techically unimpressive, but an interesting story well-acted. _Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._

  • H

    HaremCinema

    4/25/2026

    6/10

    The world is believable, shot very well. The actors are also believable, even if they spend too much time shouting angrily for a horror movie. The overall experience that this movie left me with was a feeling of frustration. The emotional ‘ride’ seemed slow and awkward without any satisfying pay-off at the end. Not to be coarse, for me, investing ninety minutes in this story was all awkward foreplay without any satis…

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