Nekromantik


Nekromantik stylized as NEKRomantik is a 1987 West German horror exploitation film cowritten and directed by Jrg Buttgereit. It is known to be frequently controversial, banned in a number of countries, and has become a cult film over the years due to its transgressive subject matter including necrophilia and audacious imagery.

The film centers on Rob Schmadtke, the tragic hero, who works for Joes Cleaning Agency, a company that removes bodies from public areas. They clean up the mess after traffic collisions. Their emblem is the Totenkopf symbol skull and crossbones variant within a pentagram. This job leaves him the perfect opportunity to pursue his fulltime hobby necrophilia. He returns home from his job to his apartment and girlfriend, Betty. He plays with his assortment of preserved human remains and watches television while Betty takes a bath in bloodladen water. Their apartment is decorated with centerfolds featuring models, pictures of famed killers, and jars containing human parts, which are preserved in formaldehyde.Rob watches a televised interview of a psychiatrist, speaking on the topic of arachnophobia and ways to overcome phobias. Rob then enters a daydream of a young lop rabbit being caught on a farm and graphically slaughtered. By implication, these are memories of his father killing a beloved childhood pet. Followed by memories of a pathologist performing an autopsy on a human cadaver. The following scene is seemingly unrelated. A man drinks beer and practices with his rifle at the same time, while listening to an oompah rhythm. The character would not seem out of place in a Heimatfilm. He accidentally kills a nearby gardener, and then discards the corpse. ........

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