Nekromantik 2 (1991)

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

As if we could ever forget, director Jörg Buttgereit reminds viewers of how his first Nekromantik film ended during this sequel's opening credits (it wasn't pretty, as I'm sure you will recall—a suicide that involved a whole mess of bodily fluids). Amazingly, the ending to Nekromantik 2 is even more shocking and gory, and to get there one has to wallow in an even greater level of depravity.Buttgereit's film opens with attractive necrophiliac Monika (Monika M.) paying a visit to the grave of Robert Schmadtke (the central character from the first film) and exhuming his body, taking the already decaying corpse back to her pad for some icky sexual antics. Soon after, however, the young woman embarks on a regular relationship with a live dude, Mark (Mark Reeder), and decides to ditch her dead guy, dismembering the stiff in her bath-tub (keeping only his head and mouldy tally-whacker for old time's sake!).As hard as she tries, though, Monika cannot completely shake her craving for humping the deceased, and begins to imagine Mark as Robert during sex. After fighting her urges, the girl finally gives in, hacking off Mark's head during sex, and swapping it for that of the decomposing Robert. It's one hell of a sickening scene and is sure to shock all but the most hardened gore-hounds.But while extreme horror/splatter fans are more than catered for, there are downsides to this sequel as well: at 104 minutes, it's waaaay too long, the generous running time allowing the pace to drag and for Buttgereit to indulge his pretentious side a tad too often. Thus, viewers are treated to a dull scene in the art-house cinema where Monika meets Mark (did we really need to see so much of the poncey film they were watching?), random shots of snails and slugs, a bizarre musical interlude in which a man with a ponytail tinkles the ivories while a woman wails a song, and a sickening moment in which Monika watches the dissection of a dead seal with her equally twisted friends (animal lovers might want to look away: this bit is really stomach churning).Overall, I think I slightly prefer the original film (if only because it's about half an hour shorter), but if you're a fan of Buttgereit's style, definitely give part 2 a watch: there's more than enough nastiness to make it worth your while.

I embarked to see Nekromantik 2 in optimism and happiness. since it was a cold night and I remember how the original made me feel after viewing, leaving me in a strange daze. I had nothing to do, especially on a week night. Watching Nekromantik was a huge thrill,I heard soo much about it's ending. How Jorge Buttergereit had more money,the movie has bigger budget.I watched as the plot unfolded…the film went on and I kept paying good attention at the first 20 silent minutes. I leaned back and forth through my twirly chair,earnestly to what went on. Reader, I'm sorry, I really wanted to love this film, everything about had me annoyed, confused, overwhelmed and impatient. I admired Jorge Buttgereit for making a sequel out of his audacious first film. Here, he uses the same concept with a woman who recoils having sex with a dead person. The film is shot the same way as the original, it has no dark atmosphere, Buttgereit uses his score again, only different. He uses dreams again to see what may lead a head to his characters, but doesn't to the depths to them, there's hardly anything dialogue or hero to look up to. Before The SURPRISE ENDING I wanted to do cruel things to the screenplay; I yelled and tried to turn it off.I hated this movie,to tell you Monika ,our new hero goes in the cemetery in broad daylight and digs up Rob Shmadtke who had a less boring life then her. She takes him to her apartment is a little better than Rob's was. There's no bodyparts around, only odd drawings .If you think Monika has sex with Rob's corpse, sure. But she's too good to get sticky with him! Monika is not a necrophiliac, she's just a poser. We see Betty! But sadly only for a moment, how a movie with her going on with her life with Rob's corpse. Sounds good, right? After she meet the bible salesman dresser, Mark, who works in dubbing in porn. We see Mark and Monika stroll around the park, this hapless Happy Together scene goes on forever, nothing eventful happens at all. This film is actually dead, but doesn't know it.There was nothing new at all in Nekromantik 2,there's an seal autopsy with women fixed to the screen,it may have worked in the first Nekromantik but it has no reason in this. Lucker the necrophagous, kissed, aftermath, and Nekromantik had better ways of showing us the characters lives, and they had better ones.Monika doesn't really know what she wants in life or in death,we don't really get to know much about her except she likes having sex with Mark without moving,watching animal autopsies and hanging with friends. A few things that annoyed me :the swaying of the camera in a bar scene where Mark yaks with a friend, Monika M's face and acting throughout,she even cuts Rob's body apart. She keeps his head and penis in the fridge, which Mark finds but ignores it. If I were to see it again and again, I might be able to take something good with it, but the problem is, when a movie's not worth seeing twice, it had better get the job done the first time through. But sure,I'll try seeing Buttgereit's Schramm and the Death king.I just won't watch this again…but maybe the ending. One more thing,what the hell was it with the damn editing?cutting to black abruptly,it looked like a slideshow. * out of ****

After being quite dissapointed in watching NEKROMANTIK 1, I gave Budgereit one more try by watching the second part of his stupid necro-drama. It´s even worse! It was so boring, that even a fly that comes across my sight would have been more interesting. The Plot could have been told in 15 Minutes. The Actors are as stupid as the whole movie itself. The music was getting so intensely on my nerves, that I nearly decided to watch the movie without sound. (Additonally I wouldn´t have missed much, because the dialogs are absolutely needless and explain nothing). The only "highlight" is the scene in the end, when Monika cuts off Marks head while having sex and replaces it with Roberts head. But this single scene doesn´t compensate more than 100 minutes of gaping boredem mixed with cheap thrills. That´s what NEKROMANTIK 2 is all about.If you´re looking for gore you´d better check out some of Peter Jacksons early movies...

Buttgereit tries something different -- pretentious artiness -- with this sequel to his infamous necro classic. It doesn't work.The woman from the first film returns and putters around with her dead flame's corpse. Shots are repeated from the first film and the music score is rehashed.The film's artwork has merit and more money was spent on this effort, but the single-minded focus of the first film -- one of its virtues -- is gone.For completists only. Try SCHRAMM instead.