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As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

"Nekromantik" follows a German street cleaner who picks up car accident scenes and disposes of the bodies. He and his girlfriend have a fetish for keeping body parts, and one day he brings home an entire corpse that has been decomposing in a swamp for some months. They enact an array of sexual fantasies with it, but find their relationship challenged when she begins paying more attention to it than him.In writing a review for this movie, it's difficult to know exactly where to begin. There is obviously an audience for it, though it's certainly a specific one. John Waters apparently described the film as the first movie for necrophiles, and he's probably right, although I think its viewership also includes fans of gross-out and extreme horror. "Nekromantik," while typically classified as a horror film, doesn't strike me so much as that—it seems more a meditation on relationships and sex, except it is drawn to the most grotesque margins possible.Make no bones about it (pun intended), this is a well-made film. It has an artistic edge and the writer/director has a very distinct vision here that is articulated on the screen—the real nitty gritty is that its subject matter is extremely disturbing to many sensibilities, and it's hard to watch the film and not have your skin crawl at some point. It is also, by most accounts, utterly insane. And for that reason, it plays out more like a fantasy metaphor for the disintegration of a romance. However you want to read it, the filmmaking is effective.One of its most infamous scenes is the real-life footage of a rabbit being butchered and skinned at a factory, which has offended many. While I do find it hard to watch (and this is coming from a vegetarian), I also think it's important to consider that the animal in question was going to be slaughtered regardless, and that the filmmakers used the filming of it as an artistic opportunity. It bookends the film, playing early on, and then returns, run in reverse once the protagonist has reached the "fulfillment" he seeks. It's symbolic, and it's disturbing, and the "fulfillment" that comprises the conclusion is just as twisted as everything that precedes it, but my point is that the film is making deliberate moves that elevate it above the level of exploitative trash that many have classified it under.I can't say I have a desire to watch "Nekromantik" again, but, in spite of the ludicrous plot and the lengths at which it carries its viewers from grotesque spectacle to grotesque spectacle, there is a distinct artistic vision that ties it all together, and for that, I can appreciate the film. I'm not sure I can say I "like" it, and I can't imagine having any desire to give it a second viewing, but I concede that it is a visionary, albeit extremely provocative, piece of celluloid. 8/10.

The only reason I decided to watch this was because I was informed it was sick,deranged,horrific etc. and of course love being disgusted. It does take a lot to gross me out and I hate to admit it but I was grossed out by parts of this. It took a while to find this but at least all the time didn't go to waste. If you are looking to be grossed out or want something interesting or are surprisingly a necrophiliac I would suggest this movie. Not for people who are easily grossed out or people who aren't into the genre. All in all it was an okay movie but the gross factor was pretty up there. 6 out of 10 from me.~Joe

Necrophilia films usually fall into two categories, "black comedy", or bizarre. "Nekromantik" definitely fits with the bizarre group. A gruesome accident sets the story in motion, introducing a street sweeper husband who collects body parts for his hot wife who routinely takes blood baths. Eventually he gives her a gift of a badly decomposed body, which leads to the bizarre part, a love triangle. It's love at first sight for the wife, who eventually runs off with the rotting corpse. Between interesting visuals, and musical interludes, there is plenty of dead space. Speaking of dead, there is some totally unacceptable animal cruelty, in this crude curiosity of a movie. - MERK

This is a movie about, as the title indicates, the love to the dead. A sort of perverted theme. And yes, it is a film with a lot of gore and a lot of disgusting dead meat. The weird thing about this movie is, that all this nastiness is filmed in a beautiful way – with beautiful music. This makes this film unusual and definitely needs an open mind to be watched. I personally liked the cheap synth-music the best. It suited the bad quality of the movie (which was filmed with a hi8 camera) perfectly. Combined this created a great and unusual atmosphere.Sadly the movie is very exhausting to watch. And sometimes you get the idea, that the movie is all about living out a perversion. But then again, the movie asks interesting questions about humanity and life itself. One of many reasons why I consider this movie art and believe it's worth to watch – despite all the perversion and gore.