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Nekromantik (1988) — Stream on Shudder · CriticCrunch

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Nekromantik

Movie1988·71 min

Nekromantik

Directed by Jörg Buttgereit

A drama horror film directed by Jörg Buttgereit.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 99%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

5.1/10

339 ratings

About Nekromantik

A necrophilic street sweeper who cleans up after grisly accidents brings home a corpse for him and his girlfriend to enjoy sexually, but is dismayed to see that she prefers the corpse over him.

Pacing: Slow-burn (1 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Harrowing (9 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Intimate (1 of 9)
Spirit: Bleak (1 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Unsettling
Story Tags: obsession, isolation loneliness, identity self discovery, sexual violence, urban, romantic partners, anti hero, outsider misfit, rise and fall, slow burn reveal, body horror, gothic horror

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Details

Director: Jörg Buttgereit
Language: German

Cast

Beatrice Manowski, Harald Lundt, Colloseo Schulzendorf

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How Nekromantik Ranks

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the vibe

Nekromantik Vibe

What it feels like

slow-burndarkharrowingapproachableseriousintimatebleakgrittyunsettling

What it's about

pacing

slow-burn 1/9slow-burn 1/9

tone

texture

grittygritty

rise & fall

slow-burn reveal

obsession

isolation loneliness

identity self discovery

anti-hero

outsider misfit

romantic partners

sexual violence

body horror

gothic horror

urban

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

harrowing 9/9harrowing 9/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

intimate 1/9intimate 1/9

spirit

bleak 1/9bleak 1/9