Nekromantik (Arrow)

[Oscar Rothman]

They said it couldn't happen... BUT HERE IT IS!!! Time to feast your eyes on the artwork and full specs for our upcoming 3-disc release of notorious cult classic NEKROMANTIK - and boy, is this one an absolute monster! We've had to move the release date back to December 15th just to allow us time to accommodate all the goodness that's on offer here, but we're sure you won't be disappointed when you read on - seriously, this release is positively GROANING under the weight of all the special features.

So without further ado, here goes....

DEATH IS JUST THE BEGINNING

Nekromantik is the one-of-a-kind shock classic from cult director Jörg Buttgereit, weaving the tale of Rob Schmadtke (Daktari Lorenz), a young man who finds himself competing for the affections of his girlfriend with a putrefying cadaver.

An employee of Joe’s Streetcleaning Agency, a company which cleans up after grisly accidents, Rob takes advantage of his profession to indulge in his chosen hobby – the collection of body parts. Then, one day, Rob brings home an entire decomposing corpse, much to the delight of girlfriend Betty. There follows a twisted love triangle, resulting in some of the most shocking scenes ever committed to celluloid.

Nearly 30 years after its original release, Arrow Video is proud to present this classic of underground horror cinema – finally classified for UK release in its fully unexpurgated form.

3-DISC DIRECTOR-APPROVED LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of three Buttgereit films: Nekromantik (1987), Hot Love (1985) [29 mins] and Horror Heaven (1984) [23 mins]
- Optional English subtitles for all three films
- Limited Edition packaging featuring new artwork by Gilles Vranckx
- Individually-numbered #/3,000 Certificate
- Set of 5 Exclusive Limited Edition Nekromantik “polaroid” postcards
- Exclusive Limited Edition 100-page book.

DISC 1 [BLU-RAY] & DISC 2 [DVD] – NEKROMANTIK & JÖRG BUTTGEREIT SHORT FILMS

- Nekromantik audio commentary with Jörg Buttgereit and co writer Franz Rodenkirchen
- Hot Love audio commentary with Buttgereit
- Horror Heaven audio commentary with Buttgereit
- Director’s introduction to Nekromantik
- Alternative “Grindhouse Version” of Nekromantik, newly-transferred for this release from the only existing 35mm print [Blu-ray only]
- In Conversation with The Death King – A brand-new 2014 interview with Buttgereit conducted exclusively for this release
- Morbid Fascination: The Nekromantik Legacy – A brand-new 2014 documentary looking at the impact of the film on the horror scene both in the UK and abroad, featuring interviews with genre critic Alan Jones, Marc Morris, producer of Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide Parts 1 & 2, and Buttgereit biographer David Kerekes
- Q&A with Buttgereit recorded at Glasgow’s Centre for Contemporary Arts (2014)
- The Making of Nekromantik – A vintage documentary featuring a wealth of behind-the-scenes footage, newly-transferred in HD and viewable with two different audio tracks: an English commentary with Buttgereit, co-author Franz Rodenkirchen and David Kerekes, and a German-language audio track featuring radio interviews with Buttgereit, Rodenkirchen and producer Manfred Jelinski
- Nekromantik Featurette – A look back at the film’s production, featuring interviews with Buttgereit and Jelinski, produced for the film’s 10-year anniversary German VHS release
- Nekromantik Premiere – A short featurette comprised of footage from the film’s premiere in Berlin, January 1988
- “Das Letzte” – A short featurette comprising footage from the 1985 premiere of Hot Love
- Horror Heaven trailer featuring outtakes from the film
- Two Buttgereit-directed music videos: ‘I Can’t Let Go’ by Shock Therapy (1995) and ‘Lemmy, I’m a Feminist’ by Half Girl (2013)
- Complete collection of Buttgereit feature film trailers: Nekromantik, Der Todesking, Nekromantik 2 and Schramm
- Extensive image gallery including behind-the-scenes stills and the rare, surrealist German-language Nekromantik comic by Berlin artist Fil, reproduced in its entirety.

DISC 3 [CD] – NEKROMANTIK SOUNDTRACK: ULTIMATE EDITION - LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE

27-track CD featuring the complete Nekromantik soundtrack composed and performed by star Daktari Lorenz and musicians John Boy Walton and Hermann Kopp, plus rare tracks from Hot Love.

100-PAGE BOOK - ‘ROMANCE IS DEAD’ - LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE

- Exclusive perfect-bound book featuring a new article on Nekromantik from critic Graham Rae, alongside pieces from writers David Kerekes (Sex Murder Art: The Films of Jörg Buttgereit), Kier-La Janisse (House of Psychotic Women), Linnie Blake (The Wounds of Nations ) and an archive interview with real-life necrophile Karen Greenlee, all illustrated with new artwork and original archive stills.

[BHolst]

I pre-ordered this on the 24th of September, mainly because I hadn't heard about it and it sounded quite interesting (and vile and sick and...), but this have blown my expectations out of the water!

Wow, what a release! Now I can hardly wait to get it

[skyofcrack]

Wow. This is truly the golden age of horror films on Blu-ray. After all the years of censorship, we are finally being treated like adults.

Nice work, Arrow.

[Trampled]

Arrow have done it again this is an amazing sounding release. While I can't say I love the film and the sequel Nekromantik 2 is much better I do like it in a morbidly curious way although I haven't seen it in a few years so it will be interesting (not sure 'fun' was the right word there) to watch it again.

One of these will be mine, just in time for Christmas it seems....

[Gerby]

Absolutely smashes Cult Epics release!

[RandyK]

Looking forward to it. The artwork looks great. Wonder if the edited portion of the book art is just for publicity purposes.

[stigdu]

Brilliant, that would be great. I actually sold my Dutch DVD of Ken Park on eBay about 2 years ago. Their policies seem to have become more stringent...

[KRW1]

Hundreds of listings currently for Caligula on the UK site, at least.

[Mr. Thomsen]

That explanation sounds really weird, since Nekromantik is readily available on ebay.com (and if you look at sold listings, you can see that it is not only the US releases of I and II by Cult Epics that have been up for sale, but even the Arrow releases). So it cannot really be a company wide policy.

Sounds to me like someone on the British site is taking the moral highground based on completely arbitrary and subjective parameters.

[GasmaskAvenger]

Despite dropping $75 on a copy of the LE late last year, it was totally worth all the monies as this is one of my favorite Arrow releases on top of being in the service of a film I genuinely like a lot.

Honestly all of the Jorg Buttgereit Arrow Video Limited Editions are worth collecting in general.

[Killer Meteor]

Silly question but...has anyone seen Nekromantik with German language titles. Both transfers on the Arrow BD are in English.

[Ste7en]

Do you mean subtitles?

[Killer Meteor]

No, credits

[Member-222782]

Still looking for a good used copy (or sealed) of the first Nekromantik for my collection

[jackranderson]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

Still looking for a good used copy (or sealed) of the first Nekromantik for my collection

If you live in UK CEX sell both the standard and limited edition https://uk.webuy.com/search/?stext=Nekromantik

Zavvi also sell the standard edition https://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/nekrom...pingcountry=GB