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Nekromantik

  • 19881988
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 11m
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4.9/10
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Nekromantik (1988)
Horror
A street sweeper who cleans up after grisly accidents brings home a full corpse for him and his wife to enjoy sexually, but is dismayed to see that his wife prefers the corpse over him.A street sweeper who cleans up after grisly accidents brings home a full corpse for him and his wife to enjoy sexually, but is dismayed to see that his wife prefers the corpse over him.A street sweeper who cleans up after grisly accidents brings home a full corpse for him and his wife to enjoy sexually, but is dismayed to see that his wife prefers the corpse over him.
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
9.5K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,797
675
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    • Director
      • Jörg Buttgereit
    • Writers
      • Jörg Buttgereit
      • Franz Rodenkirchen
    • Stars
      • Bernd Daktari Lorenz
      • Beatrice Manowski
      • Harald Lundt
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Jörg Buttgereit
    • Writers
      • Jörg Buttgereit
      • Franz Rodenkirchen
    • Stars
      • Bernd Daktari Lorenz
      • Beatrice Manowski
      • Harald Lundt
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    • 106User reviews
    • 94Critic reviews
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    Bernd Daktari Lorenz
    • Robert Schmadtke
    • (as Daktari Lorenz)
    Beatrice Manowski
    • Betty
    • (as Beatrice M.)
    Harald Lundt
    • Bruno
    Collosseo
    • Joe
    Henri Boeck
    • J.S.A.
    Clemens Schwender
    • J.S.A.
    • (as Clemens Schwenter)
    Jörg Buttgereit
    Jörg Buttgereit
    • J.S.A.
    Holger Suhr
    • J.S.A.
    Volker Hauptvogel
    • Man with Gun
    Harald Weis
    • Dead in Garden
    Heike Surban
    • Prostitute
    • (as Heike S.)
    Patricia Leipold
    • Prostitute
    Elke Fuchs
    • Prostitute
    Margit Im Schlaa
    • Prostitute
    Suza Kohlstedt
    • Vera
    • (as Susa Kohlstedt)
    Franz Rodenkirchen
    Franz Rodenkirchen
    • Pornokiller
    Heinz Langner
    • Cop
    Christiane Baumgarten
    • Woman in Dream
    • Director
      • Jörg Buttgereit
    • Writers
      • Jörg Buttgereit
      • Franz Rodenkirchen
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    • Trivia
      Jörg Buttgereit said in an interview that he never intended to be a director and Nekromantik was just a film to rebel against the German film rating system, trying to shock as many people as possible.
    • Quotes

      Betty: [on a note] Left for good. Took the corpse.

    • Alternate versions
      Allegedly, the Japanese theatrical version was heavily cut, and edited together with Nekromantik 2 (also heavily cut) to make one long film.
    • Connections
      Featured in Corpse Fucking Art (1987)
    • Soundtracks
      Ménage à trois
      Written & performed by John Boy Walton

    User reviews106

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    6/10
    One heck of a moist movie.
    I have a penchant for applying my own little award system to genre pictures. "Salo" takes the most disturbing award; "Dead Alive" (aka Brain Dead) wins the goriest film award; "Caligula" runs away with the most over-sexed honor. Well, film lovers, here we have my vote for nastiest film ever. If you've seen it, you know why.

    The story concerns a young couple with a predilection for all things dead. This works out well for them, as the boyfriend works for a crime scene clean-up crew. As luck would have it, one day he comes across a rather well preserved corpse ('rather well' as in it's a rotted, blue hunk of tissue) while on duty. He manages to sneak the body home, much to the delight of his lady-friend, and they go about having their dirty little way with it. It soon becomes clear that the girl is enjoying the company of the corpse more than her still breathing boyfriend and runs off with it. Needless to say, this does nothing healthy for his already deranged mental state (being dumped for another guy is bad, being dumped for a dead one is even worse).

    Believe it or not, watching them have sex with the gooey body is NOT the nastiest thing you'll see here. All manners of assorted atrocities are committed for your viewing un-pleasure, most all of them rank in the 'so sick you can hardly watch' category. I will not spoil the best of them, just rest assured that gore-hounds will most certainly be pleased (if not disgusted).

    For better or worse, the film is not very competently made. The corpse and gore effects are very good, but the film stock and technique are both pretty sub-standard. And with the script being so barren and the acting merely passable, the shock moments are all that will keep hardened viewers watching 'till the gruesome conclusion.

    If you are looking for good story telling, look else where. If you're looking for a good sex flick, look else where. If you are looking for the ultimate stomach churner, you've found it.

    6/10
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    • Release date
      • January 29, 1988 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • NEKRomantik
    • Filming locations
      • Berlin, Germany
    • Production company
      • Jelinski & Buttgereit
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 11 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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