Teutonic film maverick Jorg Buttgereit directed this insanely perverse and transgressive movie which does not shy away from tackling some of society's biggest taboos - mainly necrophilia. Rob is a smelly, useless necrophiliac who works peeling body parts from accidents on the road, when one day he gets hold of an intact (but very ripe) corpse, brings it home to his girlfriend Betty - who is an even greater freak than Rob - and they have a menage a trois with the corpse. Because he is so useless, Rob gets fired and Betty leaves him. The rest of the film covers Rob's perverted odyssey to live as a necrophiliac in a hostile world. The famous corpse sex scene is filmed through a soft light with groovy special effects and some pleasant piano music. Even though eyeballs are sucked out, the sex scenes are as aesthetically arresting. It is quite a viewing experience, not as torpid as you may have been led to believe.
My first film watched was Carrie aged 2 on my dad's knee. Educated at The University of St Andrews and Trinity College Dublin. Fan of Arthouse, Exploitation, Horror, Euro Trash, Giallo, New French Extremism. Weaned at the bosom of a Russ Meyer starlet. The bleaker, artier or sleazier the better!
