A young Bradford actor is set to bring terror back to the big screen this year in psychological drama The Bunker.

Andrew Potts, from Wibsey, plays Private Neumann, the youngest of a crew of German officers trapped underground in the new Second World War horror film.

The 21-year-old, brother of successful Hollywood-based actress Sarah Jane, finally got to see the finished movie at a preview in London's Leicester Square last month.

Critical reaction was positive, with one newspaper comparing it to The Blair Witch Project, and producers Millennium Pictures are now wrapping up UK distribution rights with a major film company.

Delighted with the reception, Andrew thinks The Bunker might be just what the UK movie industry needs right now.

He said: "I play a German soldier trapped with eight others underground at the end of the Second World War, when weird things start happening.

"It's a psychological thriller, and one by one the platoon starts to get picked off.

"The British haven't done a straight horror film for a long time, but this has been made like an old-style horror, with lots of genuinely scary bits in."

Involved in acting since he was seven, Andrew, who learned his craft at Leeds performing arts school Intake High, is currently enjoying the richest period of an eventful career.

In the last year he has starred in Steven Spielberg's forthcoming war series Band of Brothers, filmed new BBC drama Night & Day, and seen both the Bunker and New Year's Day, another independent film, premiered.

Despite the run of success, however, and the experience of working alongside established actors such as Jason Flemyng and Jack Daven-port, Andrew insists he is not getting carried away.

"Acting is a bit of a rollercoaster," he said.

"Since I've been 17 it's just been going all over the place, and I've been very lucky.

"But every time I get a job I still think 'thank God I'm still working!'."

The Bunker should be hitting British cinemas later this year.