Slime, blood, corpses, and a few guts are thrown in for good measure and they all look pretty damn decent all things considered.
The effects here are of the practical variety, and for a low budget film like this they are very well done. There’s some parts that sound like they wouldn’t be out of place in an old NES Final Fantasy game parts that sound like typical arthouse horror fare, and one particularly memorable piano melody that always sticks with me long after the film is over and fits the ending perfectly. The score is basically made up of three distinct styles that all end up coming into play at the right times and help underscore the emotional tone of many of the scenes. The score for the film is absolutely fantastic and although the way I’m going to describe it might sound strange, it nails the tone of the film and hits all the right beats. Luckily, the actors fare much better when simply emoting and the film has them doing a lot more of that than speaking, so it doesn’t take much away from the film. There isn’t a lot of dialogue and that certainly works in favor of the film, but what little dialogue there is seems to be a bit wooden and dull. The acting is decent, but in all honesty I feel it slides a bit more towards the negative side than the positive.
For being a film that had a very small budget, Nekromantik looks great and is a wonderfully shot feature length debut. A lot of the film could probably be labeled as being “artsy-fartsy” for lack of a better description and a great deal of the shots are composed of close-ups that reveal details and bask in the somewhat slower and more lyrical pace of the film.
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The cinematography and framing here are very well done and it is very clear that Buttgereit had a firm idea of what the film was going to look like and how to achieve it when he set out on making this little nugget. The story is also layered very professionally in that it sounds pretty disgusting on paper but in all actuality it is a sort of joyously tragic love story that is oftentimes very beautiful. The majority of the film has very little dialogue and there are a lot of little things hinted at here and there that delve into what exactly is going on in the mind of the main characters. The plot for this one is very solid and definitely rewards repeat viewings.
It just so happens that Rob likes to pilfer body parts from work and bring them home where he and his girlfriend Betty (Beatrice Manowski) can admire them and occasionally use them in their lovemaking (and haven’t we all been there?) Eventually an entire corpse is brought home and things get decidedly more twisted as the new love triangle spirals out of control and culminates in what might be one of the greatest film climaxes in the horror genre. The film follows a man named Rob (Daktari Lorenz) who works for a company that cleans up the street after grisly accidents. For those who don’t already know, Nekromantik was a highly controversial German film directed by Jorg Buttgereit that dealt with the taboo subject matter of necrophilia (along with psychosis, love, betrayal, death, and sex). Nekromantik will only appeal to a small group of viewers that aren’t easily offended or grossed out but for those willing to give it a look, they’ll find one of the most beautiful and lovingly made films about sex after death that has ever been created.
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