Nekromantik 2 (1991)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Jörg Buttgereit

Writers:

Jörg Buttgereit (writer)
Franz Rodenkirchen (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

The Return of the loving dead !

Plot:

A female nurse desperately tries to hide her feelings of necrophilia from her new boyfriend, but still has pieces of the corpse of the first movie's hero in her possession.

Plot Keywords:

Nurse | Corpse | Bed | Necrophilia | Nipples

Cast

Monika M.	...	Monika
Mark Reeder	...	Mark
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lena Braun	...	Porno-synch girl
Jörg Buttgereit
Carola Ewers	...	Nekro-gang member
Astrid Ewerts	...	Nekro-gang member
Florian Koerner von Gustorf	...	Drunk at bar
Käthe Kruse	...	Actress in film playing at cinema
Eva-Maria Kurz	...	Nekro-gang member
Daktari Lorenz	...	Robert in flashback sequence (archive footage)
Beatrice Manowski	...	Betty (as Beatrice M.)
Wolfgang Müller	...	Actor in film playing at cinema
Petra	...	Nekro-gang member
Franz Rodenkirchen
Vanessa Salata	...	Girl at bar
Simone Spörl
John Boy Walton	...	Piano player
Eddi Zacharias	...	Barkeeper
Bjoern Zielaskowki	...	Man in cinema

Also Known As:

Nekromantik 2: Die Rückkehr der liebenden Toten (Germany)

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | Spain:X | Australia:Refused Classification | Germany:(Banned) | Germany:Not Rated (re-rating) (court decision) | Finland:K-18 (2001) (self applied) | New Zealand:(Banned) (2007)

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Goofs:

Continuity: When the woman is puking in the toilet, the length of the toilet paper hanging down changes.

Quotes:

[first title card]
Title Card: "I want to master life and death." Theodore R. Bundy.

Movie Connections:

References Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari. (1920)

Slow and ultimately pointless

The first Nekromatik was an original concept and was executed in a darkly original way (as has become Buttgereit's style). Sadly the sequel seems merely to rehash the original's ideas and does so without the flair and inventiveness of the original. Admittedly the ending truly must be seen to be believed and easily equals if not tops the originals ending, but the rest of the film (a gruesome dismemberment and a pointless seal autopsy aside) is extremely slow paced, especially the 'art' cinema scene. With a film as original and shocking as Nekromantik a sequel was never going to pack the same punch. If you're a fan of the first film I strongly suggest you check out Schramm or the excellent Der Todes King instead.