The controversial horror film that shocked the world in 1987, when it was banned in Germany, censored in Japan and simultaneously became a huge underground hit in the US (now long out of print.) Nekromantik tells the story of Rob, who works at a street-cleaning Agency and visits roadside accidents to clean up the scene. Roden Kirchen, Bernd Daktari Lorenz and Franz RodenkirchenĬast: Daktari Lorenz, Beatrice Manowski, Harald Lundt, Colloseo Schulzendorf, Henri Boeck, Clemens Schwender, Jorg Buttgereit, Holger Suhr, Volker Hauptvogel, Harald Weis, Heike Surban, Suza Kohlstedt Would you like to review a film and share your thoughts on our website? Come join the many authors who have contributed by contacting us HERE.Digital Dismemberment: Nekromantik Special Edition Blu-Ray Review Director: Jorg Buttgereit The six-minute-long necrophilic threesome scene will certainly go down in history as one of the most disturbingly romantic sex scenes to ever grace the film industry.įor the foregoing reasons, Grave Reviews gives Nekromantik (1987) three graves out of five graves. No matter how disgusting this film is to watch, there is a continuous underlying facet of melancholic beauty that I, as a viewer, truly appreciate. From its raw and gritty filming style to its excessive amounts of gore, Nekromantik is everything I want a horror film to be. Having been a fan of cult and underground horror films from an early age, it is rare for me to come across a movie that will leave a lasting impression. This final scene fuses together the futility of both life and death in one truly breathtaking scene. At his final moment, Rob ejaculates a stream of bright red blood. The film builds up to the final climactic scene in which Rob commits suicide by stabbing himself in the gut with a knife while masturbating. Such scenes include the killing of their cat to bathe in its blood and the killing of a prostitute to have sex with its corpse.
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Betty, in a rage, decides to take the corpse and leave Rob. Subsequently, the proceeding day, Rob announces to Betty that he has lost his job. Betty’s feelings towards the corpse increase drastically as she cuddles with it and reads romantic stories to it. They immediately partake in a truly disturbing yet beautifully romantic threesome. The more decrepit the better.īetty, Rob’s girlfriend, is thrilled when Rob brings home a fully intact rotting corpse. He, therefore, has access to a plethora of mangled and decaying bodies. Rob, a young man, conveniently works for a company that specializes in the cleanup of fatal accidents, suicides, and homicides. The plot itself is quite straightforward revolving around a couple who both experience sexual pleasure from dead bodies. Together, it creates a unique, albeit highly graphic, viewing experience. Nekromantik, as the title implies, includes the taboo subject matter of necrophilia and presents its audience with grotesque and stomach-wrenching scenes of decomposing bodies and limbs.ĭeath, in its rawest form, is merged with both erotic and romantic love. Nekromantik, a 1987 film directed by Jörg Buttgereit, is an extremely controversial German horror film. Harald Lundt as Bruno Rating = 3/5 Graves Screenwriter: Jörg Buttgereit, Franz Rodenkirchen