Pretty Packaging: NEKROMANTIK 2 Need Not Be Called A Sloppy Second

Editor, Europe; Rotterdam, The Netherlands (@ardvark23)
(But... but... who said I wanted more of this?!)

Last year, Arrow UK shocked everyone by announcing a pimped edition of Nekromantik, Jörg Buttgereit's grungy art-horror film about a necrophiliac, his hobbies and his dreams. In fact, that edition was so well done, and included so many great extras about WHY the film was made, that it overwon my distaste and I made a gallery about it last year.

And of course this year I actually met Jörg Buttgereit, interviewed him as part of the directors of German Angst, and he is an interesting and intelligent guy with interesting and intelligent ideas about cinema, of the horror kind and otherwise.

When I congratulated him with the stellar treatment Arrow had given Nekromantik, he said: "I still have a hard time believing it, and I've heard they might try to do the same thing with Nekromantik 2?"

Well, here we are, eleven months later, and indeed Arrow UK managed to coax Nekromantik 2 past the BBFC ratings board and into shops. And ladies and gentlemen, the good news is that we have a repeat performance!

Here is a gallery of shots. Click on the edge of the pictures to scroll through them, or at the center of each to see a bigger version.

And here it is: like its predecessor, this release has a stylish soft-cardboard slipcase with what may be artist Gilles Vranckx' bloodiest cover yet.

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