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Originally Posted by Rik  Watched Nekromantik last night, I first read about this in an issue of TDS sometime in 1991 and it's taken me until now to get a copy, a rather strange film to say the least.  |
I remember watching a fuzzy bootleg in the late nineties after spending ages trying to get hold of it. The experience was completely ruined by my viewing companion who pored scorn on every possible aspect, from the super 8 cinematography to the "Oh how outrageous, seen more transgressive shit happening on Brookside etcetc" (his attitude, not mine). I had to put up with that through similarly dodgy renderings of 'Cannibal Holocaust' and 'Dr Butcher MD', too! When I finally caught up with 'Nekromantik' 'for real' a few years ago I found I couldn't really get into it, as some bits just put me in mind of a home movie made by some talented young people. You have to remember, my perceptions were primed by the likes of Chas Balun, who may have been a very wise person and important in the realm of cult movie journalism but who seemed to make a big thing at one point about hpw soul searingly dark and transgressive the film was, so I was expecting something completely unwatchable almost. I think my experiences obscured a lot, raised expectations get you off to a bad start in this game, I think some aspects of the film are actually really good in a bleak and grainy kind of way but I just couldn't shake the feeling that, paradoxically there was too much humour in it for my liking, something slapstick about some of the deaths and camerawork. I don't know, I'll have to give it another try. 'Nekromantik 2' I think is really good, his best may be 'Schramm'.