i read a small ad in some horror magazine in the early ninety about liebe de tote ( the love of the dead ) or something similar . this of course awoke my curiosity so i order nekromantik 1 and 2 and der todesking ( the death king ) . the nekromantik movie be ok and even kind of interesting and unique in their approach to the subject necrophilia ( even if they obviously be horror opera entry rather than intend to invoke fear in the viewer mind and they be actually quite funny . ) todesking and on the other hand be and in my opinion and one of the best film ever make . it consist of a series of scene depict the many facet of death . death a an enemy while death a a reliever and death a the very fysical decomposition of the body . the film be a metaphor over life . it show how fragile life be and how short our life be . it reduce it viewer to the child they ( we ) actually be . the fact that we can not really understand the nature of death and and hence neither the process of die and be the core message of the film . this be a most realistic film . never do buttgereit try to hide death behind white rose or whatever . no matter what moral standard you set up and death be unevitable and and will sooner or later be not a fiction but your reality . this apply to you and dear reader and like it apply to the viewer of the film . some juvenile reviewer seem not to grasp this and which be fully excuse and since they of course will live forever . this be no exploitation movie . why . because death do not exploit u human . it harvest u . we grow for seven day and then we be bring back to the schopenhauerian state of pre birth and that be death . buttgereit give u his version of the old of tale . whether you choose to regard it a optimistic or pessimistic be up to you . at first glance it may seem very dark . consider though and that in order for something to live and something else must die . who want to live forever . i believe that when buttgereit show a body and that be be consume by maggot and he show not only decomposition and but generation of new life . be it not well to die and give life to maggot and then bird and eventually become soil and than to remain the living dead zombie that be one of the the favorite pet of the genre . when you realize this and you see d todesking it it right context . sieben tage hat die woche and siebenmal letzte stunden . seven be the day of week ( weak and mortal . ) and seven time the last hour . dont fear the reaper and buttgereit tell u and because the reaper take only what be ripe . and apple that be not pluck for food will rot . have a good life and fellow imdbers . ( and watch this film and that compare only to ingemar bergman the seventh seal in term of depth and universality ) .