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Monika M., Mark Reeder, Lena Braun, Jörg Buttgereit

A German necrophiliac feels torn between her living boyfriend and the corpse of her dead ex in the follow-up to Nekromantik, Jorg Buttgereit's transgressive sex horror debut. Monika M (taking over for... read more read more... Beatrice Manowski) plays Betty, whose former lover, Rob (Daktari Lorenz), committed spectacular erotic suicide after she abandoned him capriciously in the previous film. Digging up Rob's corpse and making love to it in her home, Betty nonetheless stumbles into a more conventional romance with Mark (Mark Reeder), who makes his living providing sound effects for porn films. Alarmed by Betty's insistence that he remain perfectly motionless during sex, Mark considers leaving his paramour -- especially after finding Rob's withered penis in the refrigerator and witnessing Betty and her girlfriends watching videos of animal cruelty just for kicks. Betty, meanwhile, dismembers Rob's corpse but saves the head, setting the stage for another of Buttgereit's over-the-top finales. Although Lorenz, star of the original Nekromantik, appears only in flashbacks, the actor/composer did provide music for Nekromantik 2. Monika M would re-team with her director for 1994's Schramm. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 44 min.

Directed by: Jörg Buttgereit

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DVD Release Date: June 14, 2005

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  • thefog1331
    May 14, 2010
    thefog1331
    Ahh, another crapfest from German shizamaster Jörg Buttgereit. Thank God for whoever invented the FF button.
  • cancercapricorn2002
    June 17, 2008
    cancercapricorn2002
    How do you outdo one of the most notorious, extreme splatter movies ever made? Simple: make an art film. Though still chock full of the usual body bonking and assorted gross outs, this is a far more elegant and polished piece of work than its predecessor, more concerned with a mo... read moreod of unease and melancholia than spraying bodily fluids (until the last five minutes, anyway).
    Beautiful young nurse and fledgling necrophile Monika (Monika M.) steals into a graveyard and digs up the rotting corpse of Rob, our hero from the first film. She takes his congealed remains home and deposits him in the bathtub, where does some impromptu prep work and dresses him up to pose for homemade photographs. Of course, our happy couple becomes a love triangle thanks to Mark (Mark Reeder), a nice but slightly kinky guy who makes his living dubbing and providing sound effects) for hardcore porn films. When she isn't at home spending quality time with deadbeat Rob, Monika goes with Mark to pretentious art films and watches seal brutality videos, occasionally suspending him naked by his feet. The strain soon takes its toll, however, and Monika devises an ingenious and thoroughly perverse solution for the two suitors in her life.

    Best known as the film that finally sent the German censors over the deep end (including a well-publicized theatrical raid), Nekromantik 2 uses its comparatively lavish running time for a more ambitious and densely textured narrative. While the corpse scenes are naturally gruesome, there's a strong surrealist sensibility at work that keeps it more curious than repellent. Apart from the aforementioned seal scene, an ill-advised attempt to outdo the bunny footage from the original film, Buttgereit strangely avoids any graphic bloodshed or nasty latex dismemberments for most of the running time. Of course, he's really just saving it up for the powerhouse finale, which amazingly outdoes the Daktari Lorenz's "climax" from Nekromantik. The narrative also has a stronger pull in this case, stopping along the way for some humorous and romantic asides before the ironic final scene. Much credit must also go to the alluring Monika M., a terrific lead who should have gone on to do far more work. (She even chipped in on the lyrical music score, along with five other people)
    Iam a fan of the 1st Nekromantik film but I liked this one alot more. Not sure if everyone will see the theme of ( be who you are and not what your expected to be) that comes through in the film but thats one more aspect of this film that I really enjoyed.
    To sum up if your not a fan of the 1st don't bother with this one but if your looking for something off of your usual path of film viewing this is worth checking out,
  • matertenebraum
    September 3, 2007
    matertenebraum
    The first "Nekromantik" is one of my favorite underground horror films. Although "Nekromantik 2" is shot beautifully and has some really good gore scenes, it just doesn't have the punch that the first one did. There are many scenes that are long and drawn-out and detract from the... read more pace of the film. Some scenes seem like they don't belong in the film at all. There are some genuinely funny scenes that are good for a laugh, and definitely some strong gore that rivals the first "Nekromantik", but I found myself checking my watch too often. Buttgereit and crew could have easily shaved a half hour off this film and made it a more sleek and streamlined film, but being that Buttgereit seemed to have a bigger budget this time, it appears he wanted to spend it on filming as much footage as possible, not always to the benefit of the viewer. Still a decent experience and definitely worth checking out for the extreme horror enthusiasts, and the ending is suitably matched to the first film
  • pier007
    August 13, 2007
    pier007
    One of the sickest pieces of trash I've ever seen. at least it's well told, but the somber theme makes it a little unbearable. good shocking ending though.
  • RicC
    November 10, 2010
    RicC
    More stably directed than the first film, and the female counterpart, in the perspective of a singly female necrophile. This unfortunately pigeon holes women as perverted seductresses, but that's not the worst part of the film because it's also unnecessarily elongated, not counti... read moreng the first ten minutes which were the last ten in the first Nekromantik.Nowhere near as layered as Nekro I attempted to be, and instead of investing in a philosophy on death, there's a lot of casual plot points normally found in romance films. The production values seem a notch better, but the content is like two notches worse than the first film. Ends with a worthwile bang.
  • jubarmh
    November 18, 2006
    jubarmh
    Not as funny as the first one, but just so the extreme gore fans wouldn't feel abandoned, the directors made sure to include a rather interesting finale. Much like the first one, it's total crap.
  • frankensteinsbride13
    July 19, 2006
    frankensteinsbride13
    it left off where Nekromantik ended.
    the movie was shot very well, almost a little to artsy fartsy for my taste though.
    i enjoyed this movie but not as much as the first one!

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Cole Smithey
October 16, 2007
Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com

So wrong, and yet so sublimely funny and grotesque.

Bryant Frazer
November 27, 2002
Bryant Frazer, Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

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