"Nekromantik 2" came out 4 years after the original movie and the writer and director, as usual, is Jörg Buttgereit. I thought the first film was really bad in all aspects. This one is equally absurd, but slightly superior from start to finish. The acting is better (especially by the lead actress) and same goes for the script. Buttgereit probably improved his skill in the years between the two films. The lead actor is worth the watch, not because of any skill he possesses, but because of how campy and ridiculous the character is with his porn movie voice acting. This film is also considerable longer than the first, roughly half an hour. The title already tells you that this film is again about obsession with death and the female protagonist (pretty hot) has the rotten corpse of the main character from the first film in her bathtub. I felt that I could take this film here a lot more serious in terms of mental disorders than the previous film, which was just pointless and embarrassing and trying to be as shocking as possible. "Nekromantik 2" does have some substance in terms of story. And hands down, the final sex scene is pretty hot. All in all, the negative still outweighs the positive, but it is no complete failure like most of Buttgereit's other works I think. Certainly among the director's better efforts.
Review of Nekromantik 2
