FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Bryan Kluger It's good to live in a world where a sequel to 'Nekromantik' was made, released, and critically acclaimed. Only three years after the first film, director Jorg Buttgereit went back behind the camera and made 'Nekromantik 2' for his loyal cult audience. Actually, the German authorities seized the movie a few days after it was released, but luckily for Buttgereit and us, they did not confiscate the original negative of the film, hence now we have an excellent Blu-ray from Cult Epics in glorious high definition.Some people might look at this sequel much like how they viewed the first film, which is a sadistic film that depicts deplorable violence and sex acts so depraved that it would make the seasoned cinephile blush. Others like myself, view the original film and 'Nekromantik 2' as a work of art that is expertly crafted to show a woman and man's search for love and sexual satisfaction. Sure, they go about it in a much different way than we're used to seeing, and in this case, we follow a woman who engages in sex with corpses, but there is so much more to the larger picture than just having sex with the dead.Buttgereit wants to show us the simplistic nature of a human trying to find love and not be lonely, and how sometimes that might be more of a struggle than not. But don't worry, for all you gore hounds who are just interested in seeing the gruesome, slimy parts, there are plenty of moments to satisfy your sick appetite. 'Nekromantik 2' gives us a recap in full of the climactic scene from the first film in black and white. Soon after, a woman named Monika is seeing digging up Rob's corpse (from the first film) and bringing it back to her apartment. There, she undresses the black and moldy corpse as she tries to have an orgasm. To my disappointment and to Monika's, she is unable to achieve the ultimate feeling.Monika then decides to start looking for love in the living. Unfortunately, that role goes to Mark who makes his living by dubbing voices in pornographic films. Monika and Mark seem to be the loving couple that could be in any romantic comedy as they see movies and go to the park together. However, Mark is unaware of Monika's unnatural need for the dead until he sees a few images in her apartment and walks in on Monika and a few friends, watching some truly disturbing shows on television.Despite all of this, Mark is like Monika in a way. He's just a lonely person looking for love, so he stays with her. That is until the climactic scene of the film that is guaranteed to shock you. Buttgereit definitely does not shy away from any of the blood and guts by any means, but 'Nekromantik 2' is not all about the gore. There are some long extended scenes of Mark and Monica just being a couple in it's most simplistic and natural way. Though one is more distant than the other, both are trying to find their better half in life, and Buttgereit reveals each emotion and action with a calm and collected view as if to tell us that's it's okay to choose this lifestyle.More often than not these days, horror directors tend to only rely on the gore aspect and only want an action scene that follows into another action scene. Luckily for us, Buttgereit gives us a bit more tone, melodrama, style, and grit and that's why 'Nekromantik 2' will outlive the others.

gunslinger861 As a fan of film i cringe when i hear the word sequel, because let's face it films rarely if ever have sequels that come near the original and in horror films that number is a fraction of that. With that thought in mind there are films I've come to in my travels that at the end i ask myself or whoever is still in the room at that time " How can you follow that one up?". In many cases you just can't, however there is that time when lightning indeed does strike. Ironically i came to this when watching a sequel that I had absolutely no hope for what so ever and that film is nekromantik 2.Now before i defend my stance on this film let me catch all those uninitiated up to speed. We start out with the end of the first film where Rob is killing himself on the bed but set in an archival seepiatone lens. Cut to Monika, a nurse with a real nasty fetish, She finds Rob obituary and decides his work is not done. So she takes him home and has her fun but as usual something comes up. Monika meets a nice guy who dubs porn films for a living. The two hit it off and a really nice romance blossoms and of course old habits die hard. After some odd indicators that Monika isn't who she says she is and some soul searching she decides to have her cake...or corpse and eat it too resulting in a creative but disgusting solution to her love troubles.Now first off i do not in any way shape or form advocate or condone necrophilia but the film was solid. The script was coherent, the casting was good, the placement of characters actually made sense witch really cut on continuity errors..which we all is a hallmark in horror sequels. The film itself was in my mind very well made, everything was here. It was dark, disturbing, more disgusting at some points than the original. I even admired the other flashback scene where Betty comes to Robs grave and gets angry that someone pilfered the plot before her. Now sitting she thinks back to the last time they spoke and how she tore him down realizing how nasty she treated him and cries at his empty plot. In closing this film is not for everyone and that is a actually a gross understatement...no pun intended . Love it or hate it this is one of the few times that one will find a film that actually lives up to the original. The fact that people still talk about Nekromantik twenty five years after its release to me says something and on top of that the fact that the sequel is still just as talked about really says something about the film in the terms that how often does that happen. Who really talks about Halloween part three, or nightmare on elms street part two...not many. All in all this is worth the watch...if your strong enough that is. all the good points aside this is still a film that deals graphically with something that most will find repulsive, reviewer included.

mike biggs (mercyfulfate7410) **SPOILERS**Man, I can't believe I'm just now getting around to reviewing this, but anyway, this is just one bizarre film. It picks up right where the first ended, following the activities of that sick chick that dug up Rob from the first film. She takes him home and, um..Well, you guys that've seen it know and whoever hasn't can figure it out. Then she props him up and takes photos w/ him and then dismembers him after he gets too ripe. Finally, she meets a guys that's still among the living, but can't just get over IL' Rob, so that makes for a just plain sick and original ending. Those true to the core gore hounds that haven't seen this...well actually, your not a true gore hound if you haven't seen this! Also, the very end has a pretty messed up twist...

tomplanlos After being quite dissapointed in watching NEKROMANTIK 1, I gave Budgereit one more try by watching the second part of his stupid necro-drama. It´s even worse! It was so boring, that even a fly that comes across my sight would have been more interesting. The Plot could have been told in 15 Minutes. The Actors are as stupid as the whole movie itself. The music was getting so intensely on my nerves, that I nearly decided to watch the movie without sound. (Additonally I wouldn´t have missed much, because the dialogs are absolutely needless and explain nothing). The only "highlight" is the scene in the end, when Monika cuts off Marks head while having sex and replaces it with Roberts head. But this single scene doesn´t compensate more than 100 minutes of gaping boredem mixed with cheap thrills. That´s what NEKROMANTIK 2 is all about.If you´re looking for gore you´d better check out some of Peter Jacksons early movies...