Best movie of this year hands down!

Crappy film

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

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

The plot: A man seeking to resurrect his dead lover runs into a shady occultist who claims to be able to help him.Necromentia is clearly one huge homage toward the works of Clive Barker -- Hellraiser, in particular. As a huge Barker fan, I was both excited and a little disappointed. The film is grotesque, gory, and beautiful, but almost everything in it is directly "inspired" by Clive Barker, making it a bit less original than I might like. Still, it has some truly striking visuals, and some scenes that you might remember long after the movie ends.Necromentia is slow-paced and atmospheric, and people who are more used to modern, MTV-style filmmaking might end up being bored. The budget is clearly very low, but I thought they did an excellent job with what they had. Sure, some of the set design was a little underwhelming at times, but I was not nearly as disappointed as many other people seem to have been. There are many twisted and disturbing scenes, some of which end up with a very absurd, surreal vibe. Although not really a candidate for "most disturbing movie ever", it still deserves an honorable mention.There some original ideas here, but the themes are as old as dirt, and, admittedly, becoming a bit clichéd in horror movies. If you're looking for something more than a Hellraiser clone, I can understand how you'd dislike this movie. Despite its issues, I still enjoyed it, and I think that other Barker fans may, as well.

It is obvious that this movie went over a lot of heads here at IBMD as a lot of horror tends to do. Myself, I like a good B movie scare fare especially ones that aren't just trying to not take themselves seriously and be silly as we have enough of those in the B movie world. This is a dark movie and I admit the first time I watched it I fell asleep because I was stoned. I almost wrote the movie off, but after deciding to give it another try before deleting it off my hard-drive, I was happy to see an above par B movie that just misses being a gem. Right off the bat, I hate people who make their life missions to compare movies to other movies and claim thievery. Even if the similarities are so small its ridiculous to make the assumption. Let me clue you guys something: Everything you watch is going to have tiny similarities to another movie you have seen, thats just the way it is so get over yourself and spare the rest of us your very (un)clever assumptions.To start off this movie is highly original. If you read my reviews you will know I'm not pretentious so you won't ever get any spoilers out of me, but I will give it to you straight. This movie follows some characters who are playing with evil via Ouija board, to get what they want out of life. Some are using it for love, others for their own evil means.First of all, I have to say that a lot of people won't like this movie because it requires a certain taste and only targets genre fans. It is nothing like Hellraiser as some would like you to think, but i'll give them this you may like this film if you liked Hellraiser, but then again you may not. The similarities are sparse to say the least, but if you like to reach, I guess some of the premise and demons are "hellraiserish". But no, this movie is very independent in its storyline and any similarities to other movies are not worth the examination as it goes in its own direction. I give this movie an 8(though it only deserves a 6 maybe a 7) to help bring it out of the slump that naysayers have put it in. I wish that IBMD could find away to keep non-genre fans off the page or have a Genre fan vote because the ratings here are a real disappointment and this movie is for a specific audience so I wonder why some people would even watch it if its not to their likings. I mean I wouldn't go over to "The Bodyguard" with Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner and trash it because its not my style of film. Even though some people(including myself) actually have the gift of seeing a movies qualities even if its not their taste. That is how I would describe this movie. Definitely not for everyone, but I really liked it and everything in it: Acting, effects, scenery, etc are believable taking into account the limited budget. The movie is deserving of a better rating.

I have to say I don't think I got it all. I enjoyed it though and after I digest it awhile I'll probably watch it a second time. There's a lot of jumping around as far as the timeline which I don't like but now that I've got the basics of the story I think in a second watching it will all fit together. Someone mentioned the timeline couldn't work but there was one point where the demon Morbius tells travis something like "you're living in two timelines" I need to figure that out! I get why Morbius wants revenge and I get why Travis wants to find his brother but I don't get how the two fit together or how Travis seems to know Morbius from when he was alive. And Suicidal Pigman, where did he come from? Why is he involved? Yes a second viewing is defiantly in order here! One thing that bugged me was the demonetization of ketamine. That's what she gave him with her payment, not poison as someone mentioned. Ketamine is a veterinary sedative, sometimes used recreationally by humans as it has dissociative effects. Usually snorted but sometimes injected by those looking for a full on trip of enlightenment. I have never heard of anyone using it to "get off heroin as mentioned in this movie. It isn't known for "bad trips" but I guess maybe it's used here to show a breakdown of barriers between the worlds? Somehow it came across to me as "Ketamine is bad" which overall I don't think it's thought of that way. He also came out of it way too fast, injecting into his jugular like he did would knock him out for many hours! Maybe it can also be explained away y the occult aspect of his trip? I thought the acting was good, the feel of the movie was just right and I think if I figure the story out, it's a decent one! It managed to keep me interested which is always good and it's got me thinking afterwards which is also good. FX were OK, not over the top which is almost refreshing these days. Nothing made me cringe except maybe where he cut her finger. The FX were realistic though so they get a 10 from me. As for being full of gore or the sickest movie ever, can't go that far, I've seen much worse but for me i'd rather see like this because there was a reason for everything, not just gore for gores sake. For now I give it a 7 out of 10 but I may come back and re- rate it after I watch it again.

Wow. That's all. Just...wow. What else can you say about a movie that's sort of like Clive Barker meets H.R. Geiger on a really bad trip? That's pretty much what I took away from this movie. I mean...what else is there really? The story isn't too bad, but it does tend to bounce around a bit too much for my liking. You'll probably find yourself at certain points thinking "Ooooohhhhh, so that's where this was going". Some people might call this movie "graphic" or something to that extent, but I think it's an illusion. Sure, there's some horror movie type blood and gore, but all in all I think it's the atmosphere of the movie that makes it seem so much worse. Really, this movie doesn't approach the kind of schadenfreude you'd see in...say...Saw or Hostel. Oh, sure there's violence and torture, but it's not simply for your amusement, there's a point to it (ok, to be fair, it's a weak point, but at least they tried). I suppose I could go into the subtext of the plot...redemption, revenge, blah blah blah...but you really aren't watching it for that, are you? You're probably watching it because you think that, if viewed under the correct circumstances, it just might make your head explode. And maybe you're right.