A couple having marital problems (the husband can't seem to rise to the occasion) visits Madame Heles, a necromancer, in hopes of ameliorating their boudoir blunders. After an elaborate ritu... Read allA couple having marital problems (the husband can't seem to rise to the occasion) visits Madame Heles, a necromancer, in hopes of ameliorating their boudoir blunders. After an elaborate ritual with a skull, Heles' lovely assistant Tanya first takes care of another client, then mo... Read allA couple having marital problems (the husband can't seem to rise to the occasion) visits Madame Heles, a necromancer, in hopes of ameliorating their boudoir blunders. After an elaborate ritual with a skull, Heles' lovely assistant Tanya first takes care of another client, then moves on to the couple, each in their turn. Once she's worked with each of them on a physica... Read all
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The acting was really laughable and the story makes absolutely no sense. "Necromania" mixes porn with horror and the end result actually is pretty fun to watch. Most certainly not Wood his worst. The music really is something that made me laugh. It sounds like it was directly taken from an old Wood movie from the 50's and was just plain odd to listen to, especially with the images with it.
It's a typical 70 porn movie meaning that it features lot's of hair and sideburns. Judging by all the other comments here, most people have seen the R-rated version, I've actually seen the X-rated version but seriously the X-rated version also isn't exactly something that will make you warm.
The movie is just more fun than anything to watch and absolutely most certainly not Wood's worst.
5/10
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Having said that, "Necromania" will only interest the already-converted Wood fan trying to fill in the gaps between the end of Ed's "official" filmography and the unfortunate end of his life. The casual or first-time Wood viewer should stay away from this one like the plague. For Wood fans, there are items of interest here, not least of which is Ed's (apparent) final appearance in a feature-length film. There are plot elements (and here I use the word "plot" in the most generous of senses) reminiscent of Ed's 50s classics, set pieces that recall (and may indeed have been used in) "Bride of the Monster" and "Plan 9", a way-out score, and echoes of the trademark Ed Wood dialog that to this day puts Hal Hartley and David Lynch to shame. There's also more than a little tragedy on display here; the truly sincere fan of Ed Wood (and there are about five of us) has to watch this hugely creative and tremendously life-loving soul in near total decay, ravaged by the wasting effects of too much alcohol and too little self-respect. One can't help but wish he had lived long enough to revel in the anti-hero status that was just a few years off. He would have taken the derision gleefully, knowing that somewhere out there, one viewer in a million would see his films and "get it." That's the one he was making movies for. Who knows, maybe it's you.
(Disclaimer: despite what is presented in "Necromania," there is no established scientific or medical evidence linking necromancy to increased male potency.)
However (having watched the XXX version), a lot of the movie is spent watching the other lovers at this Madam Heles (like Heels and also "Heels" natche). One particular highlight, in knowing who the filmmaker was, is seeing the one other male character screw and how he lasts about five or six seconds and picturing the director on set ala the Bride of the Monster Lobo scene from Ed Wood 94 ("No, no it's real... you know, in every day life, this would happen to him every day"), though that's my own personal amusement.
The mostly un-erotic sex (a couple of the ladies have fine curves) and an occasional line or moment where a drowsy woman gets to have a doozy of a line leads to a casket scene that finally brings somewhat to a head the horror of the title, and it all comes down the male lead getting it up at last... which would be more impactful if we didn't already see him have a jump in the hay like ten minutes before (!) Unless if that isn't the point and it's just about having a good time in a casket (courtesy if Criswell, seriously).
This ultimately is not all that memorable from this iconic director - having a 7 grand budget, which was pennies compared to even Monster or Plan 9 - and if it didn't have his reputation I'm sure it would have remained obscure if not lost. I guess I'm glad I could see it once and laugh a few times, but it is also a kind of quintessential rental choice from Kim's Video at Alamo, which is how I saw it, as it was special enough to check out but not anywhere near quality to own.
Did you know
- TriviaAfter 15 years of detective work, Rudolph Grey and Alexander W. Kogan Jr., Edward D. Wood Jr. enthusiasts, found the film in a warehouse in Los Angeles.
- Crazy creditsOur cast wish to remain anonymous
- Alternate versionsSeveral longer versions of this film have been discovered in recent years: a 48-minute print with titles, a 51-minute X-rated softcore print, and a 54-minute XXX-rated hardcore version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in SexTV: The Money Shot/Fleshbot/A Moment with... Brian McNair (2005)
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- Budget
- $7,000 (estimated)
- Runtime54 minutes
- Color