Sandra Larson was always fascinated with dead things. She would rub small dead animals on herself. She shocks her one and only friend Carol when she does it in front of her. Carol stops seeing her leaving her even more of an outcast. As a young woman, she (Molly Parker) apprentices for funeral home owner Mr. Wallis. Fellow student Matt (Peter Outerbridge) falls for her and they get into a relationship. However, her love of the dead becomes necrophilia and he struggles to understand her obsession.
It's a beautiful, almost spiritual romantic take on ... necrophilia. I don't know what to do with this. It's definitely not grotesque which makes me question it even more afterward. Obviously, no actual dead bodies are used. So the gross factor isn't in the experience of watching the movie. It's in the dissecting of the movie after watching it. The younger Sandra is pretty interesting with her only friend. The older Sandra's romance with Matt is perplexing. The necrophilia is done with sexuality like a normal sex scene which ends in a bright light as she perceives the soul of the dead. Molly Parker is beautiful and compelling. Other than the controversy, she's all there is in the movie.
It's a beautiful, almost spiritual romantic take on ... necrophilia. I don't know what to do with this. It's definitely not grotesque which makes me question it even more afterward. Obviously, no actual dead bodies are used. So the gross factor isn't in the experience of watching the movie. It's in the dissecting of the movie after watching it. The younger Sandra is pretty interesting with her only friend. The older Sandra's romance with Matt is perplexing. The necrophilia is done with sexuality like a normal sex scene which ends in a bright light as she perceives the soul of the dead. Molly Parker is beautiful and compelling. Other than the controversy, she's all there is in the movie.