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As Good As It Gets

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.

Buttgereit has proved himself to be first and foremost a filmmaker concerned with Germany's political and social past and present. That past of course includes the unfathomable horror of concentration camps and the deliberate execution of over nine million people who did not conform to the values and aspirations of the Third Reich. How does one represent this particularly dark moment in not only Germany's past, but in human history? What other horrors are humans capable of? Contemporary Germany remains unresolved to this part of its history and filmmakers like Buttgereit have set themselves the task of thrusting it in their faces. Watched literally, his Nekromantik films are buffoonish meaningless projects concerned with exploiting taboo topics and turning even the hardiest of stomachs. Indeed, regardless of how one approaches Buttgereit's film, it is hard to watch, but that is his point. What other describe as the film's "poor" production values and "bad" performances are all conceived to contribute to the overall pessimism and rage that underscores the film. Buttgereit deliberately embraces a trash aesthetic as it fits in with his intentions to disturb, repulse and offend.

There are certain movies out there that, for me, are just hard to sit through. They are disgusting and shocking, sure, but they are not at all entertaining. "NEKRomantik" was not one of them. I found it to be sick and disturbing, but somehow I still enjoyed it.The most disturbing part for me was the farmer killing the rabbit, which was I thought was unnecessary. It was obviously real. I know Bugs was probably killed for food, and I eat meat so who am I to judge, but I feel that showing that kind of stuff in a movie like this is kind of cheap. It didn't add anything to the overall show and shock. I find that in the jungle cannibal movies, that sort of National Geographic footage adds something to the savagery of the film. Here, I was just scratching my head.The body was nasty. I have to admit I felt a little nauseous in the first "love" scene with that thing. Yuck.As has been stated, the music is amazing. I'd say as good as anything Goblin ever did aside from "Suspiria." If I had to sum up this movie in a nutshell I'd say it is most like Joe D'Amato's "Buio Omega" but a heck of a lot more graphic. Still watchable though.9 out of 10, kids.

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.