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Nekromantik (1988) poster

Nekromantik

dir. Jörg Buttgereit · 1988

Feature
Psychological Horror
Mood
Dark
Look
gritty, grainy cinematography with stark contrasts and unsettling imagery
Structure
episodic with surreal interludes
Plot

Sharing a mutual fascination for the dead, and the macabre, the Berlin misfits, Betty and Robert, are in for a big surprise that will soon broaden their horizons when Rob takes a job as a cleaner at an aftermath clean-up agency. Little by little, right under everyone's noses, the obsessed new employee amasses a rich and grotesque collection of severed limbs and human organs, and what is even more fascinating, their dreams will finally come true when Rob brings home a putrid cadaver to amaze his girlfriend. But, can Robert handle this bizarre and gruesome ménage a trois?

Why watch

Robert, a cleaner at a death cleanup agency, brings home a decaying corpse to share with his girlfriend, Betty. The film immerses viewers in a world where love and death intertwine in grotesque ways, challenging societal norms and personal boundaries.

Cultural context
1980s German underground cinemapost-war trauma in Berlinthe rise of body horror in horror cinema
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