
Richard Raaphorst
Directing
Biography
Richard RAAPHORST (b. 1971, Netherlands) studied at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam. He graduated in 1996 by directing the short film Zombi 1. Raaphorst works as a filmmaker and graphic designer. He has directed commercials, drawn storyboards for Jacky Chan, and worked on visual design for such names as Terry Gilliam, Stuart Gordon and Jaume Balaguero. Frankenstein’s Army is his first feature film.
Known For

Toward the end of World War II, Russian soldiers pushing into eastern Germany stumble across a secret Nazi lab, one that has unearthed and begun experimenting with the journal of one Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The scientists have used the legendary Frankenstein's work to assemble an army of super-soldiers stitched together from the body parts of their fallen comrades -- a desperate Hitler's last ghastly ploy to escape defeat
Frankenstein's Army

A docuseries presented in found footage style, exploring the world of found footage and fake documentary movies. Each episode is broken down by subgenre, featuring recommendations, filmmaker interviews, and historical & behind-the-scenes information.
Found Footage Finds

After her father gets killed in an automobile accident, Kristel Lodema discovers that her dad was investigating an old mine where convicted child killer Andries Martiens died back in 1857. Kristel decides to check out the mine along with a group of young adults. However, said mine turns out to be haunted by the dangerous and murderous spirit of Martiens.
Slaughter Night

Marine biologist Skylar Shane hires an expat charter boat captain, Jack Bowman, to help her find prehistoric life form samples in the north Sumatran Sea. During the expedition, they run into some of Jack's 'friends', a gang of smugglers headquartered on a fishing platform in the middle of the sea. Tamal, an orphan sold into servitude on the fishing platform by his uncle, a 'Dukun' (sorcerer and master of black magic) shaman, begs Skylar to take him away. She empathizes with the boy, who reminds her of her lost daughter, Rebecca, and is determined to help him, not knowing what lurks beneath the dark inky water, waiting to surface. Ever since Tamal arrived, mysterious things begin to happen, until one by one the smugglers will be killed by the terrifying creature from the deep. In the middle of an eerie, violent storm, the animus inside Tamal grows stronger, calling for the ancient creature of his nightmares...
Amphibious Creature of the Deep

Five military veterans, best friends since childhood, gather together in a Brooklyn brownstone several months after the end of World War II, and the metaphoric ghosts of their past become all-too-literal.
Brooklyn 45
A series of interconnected stories explore the dark underbelly of the city of lights.
Fear Paris

The story is about Bookwalker, once a useless bum, now turned zombie killer and raider hunter. The story is set in CrittersVille where there is a nuclear meltdown and the dead are coming back to life and you have raiders. roaming the lands.
Zombies from Sector 9
A feature take on the 2019 short about a young girl who finds herself menaced by an evil tribe of gnomes.
Gnomes

In the early morning of February 3, 1979, a giant black triangular object flew over Soesterberg Air Base. At least twelve soldiers witnessed this bizarre spectacle.
The UFO's of Soesterberg

Unknowingly, a girl enters the habitat of a tribe of killer gnomes during her daily run. Lured by mysterious glowing mushrooms, she'll soon wish she'd stayed on her usual tracks.
Gnomes!

A heavily overworked nurse is being stalked by a mysterious figure during her night shift in the nursing home. While trying to tend to everyone’s needs, she also has to deal with her stalker and pushes herself to extremes.
Nightingale
Popo was born to be a clown...
Popo

Marc is an obsessive Star Wars collector; his marriage has failed because of it. On eBay he finds an ad for the ultimate collector's item: The Bobafett Rocketeer, for a couple of thousand euros. Marc's furious attempts to scrape together enough cash culminate in him becoming an organ donor.
The Rocketeer

"The Nether-Horror Collection is a compilation of ten remarkable short Dutch horror films. While feature films from our own country often fall short, short films often prove capable of surprising results."
The Nether Horror Collection
A professor lectures his students about an island inhabited by the living dead. Meanwhile, youths staying at his house are attacked by zombies.