SanEat
A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."
Ava-Grace Willis
Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
Kinley
This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
Aaron Hardy
With it's controversial legacy and infamous content, you would expect something extraordinary from Nekromantik, not an intelligent masterwork by any means but at least something profoundly shocking, but Nekromantik fails to deliver in that sense or any sense for that matter.The plot is incredibly basic, barely enough to sustain a short film, and while Nekromantik is only 71 minutes long, it drags terribly. The story follows a couple who get their hands on a rotting corpse and decide to use it to satisfy a death fetish. It sounds grisly and grotesque but having been executed with such incompetence, it ends up being oddly funny, but any ironic humour dissolves as every scene seems to drag. The writing and performances are amateur at best, the sound recording and photography leave a lot to be desired, it is clear that this is the work of a first time filmmaker working with almost no budget. Much of the special effects are atrociously bad, especially in the climactic scene.Most crucially, Nekromantik fails at being shocking, which is surely the entire point of its existence. The grusome effects are laughable, the tone is at times comedic, it tries to shift to arthouse horror but to no avail. The only disturbing sequence involved real footage of a rabbit being skinned and disembowled, a cheap trick used purely to disgust.There is almost no value to this underground horror film, it is amusing at times, but fails to deliver on its promise of depraved horror.
choptopsbbq-31282
Think of other steamy love stories like "91/2 Weeks" or "Fifty Shades". Now imagine them being made by a genius, appealing to a small niche audience. You now have Nekromantik! As someone who collects necrophile erotica, the is one of the better entries. I could've done without the bunny abuse, though
latakiahaze
Many moons ago when I was first involved in the horror film industry I remember having a long exchange with Jörg Buttgereit about the animal cruelty in this movie. His response was, he just filmed a butcher going about his business. My repulsion with the "mondo" jungle movies of the 1980's was along similar lines - seeing big stars like Ursula Andress in films with live monkeys being fed to giant snakes was way to much for me. Animals are intelligent, sentient creatures and should not be slaughtered for our entertainment. So, from the off I despise any director who includes animal cruelty in his films for sheer shock value.Now on to Nekromantic per se. It is a very amateur movie, made on 8mm, which explores the idea of necrophilia to a reasonable degree. It is not particularly well acted nor well made, and I personally found it rather dull. Everyone at the film festival where I first saw this were baying "Nekromantik! Nekromantik!" - thinking this was the most uber- goth un-pc movie of the night. Looking round, most had fallen asleep within half an hour.Good as a film-school project, but certainly not in the main league. Like anyone in the main league would make a film about necrophilia....
callanvass
With a title like Nekromantik, you should know what you're getting into. As I was watching this movie; there are plenty of times where I couldn't believe what I was seeing. I have seen many controversial films over the years, and I can honestly say this is in my top 10. I'm gonna do my best not to spoil things too much, but here are some examples. Our necrophilia addict is a guy named Robert. He can't get an erection unless a woman is dead, so he starts murdering people and having sex with them after. He also brings home a corpse for him and his wife to enjoy… That's not all though. He kills animal and bathes with their body parts. When it's not busy trying to be explicitly offensive, it's busy doing plenty of padding. There are some scenes that were pointless. There is an ongoing scene in the film that repeats itself. It's a skinning of a rabbit (which managed to make my stomach churn) but there are also many scenes of Robert walking around and doing nothing of note. I get the feeling there wasn't enough stuff for a full length feature, so the director resorted to padding. I won't reveal the ending, but it is what one of the most messed up scenes I have ever seen in my life. You wanna know why this is banned in places? The ending most likely has plenty to do with it. I guarantee you that you'll have trouble getting aroused for a day after or so. I know I didFinal thoughts: This won't be for everyone, that's an understatement. I got some strange satisfaction from it, but it's not something I'm ever going to watch again. It was downright horrifying, and did what it set out to do. Believe the hype… it's something else5.5/10
