Nekromantik (1987)

Not content with body parts alone, Rob surprises Betty by presenting her with a bloated corpse pulled from a swamp. Betty is overjoyed, and with the rotten corpse between them, they pledge undying love.

But all good things must end. Betty soon becomes enamored with the corpse, and leaves Rob alone, taking it with her as a parting gift. Unable to cope with his loss, Rob travels a twisted road of sickness and self-abuse before finding salvation and happiness through a very sharp knife.

Completed in 1987, Nekromantik shocked the world, proving that director Jörg Buttgereit and low budget filmmaking were forces to reckon with. Not for the squeamish.

Director Buttgereit's notorious 80's underground film was banned from public display in several countries. It tells the terribly dark tale of Rob, a professional "street cleaner" in Berlin who cleans up the

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Related Movies: Nekromantik 2 (1991) [sequel]

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This is definitely not for all and there's some pretty sick and morbid sequences here it's just a virtually plotless collection of depravity without any real reason. However, Buttgereit does do a good job of making everything in the film look completely unappealing and as German 'splatter' directors go he's certainly better than Andreas Schnaas. 

This is one sick and twisted movie. Honestly I thought Cannibal Holocaust was weird, but this takes the cake.  --Zaero (Bloody-Disgusting.com)