Masters of Horror: Haeckel's Tale
If there ia already a thread for this, sorry, the search function is not working...
Anyhow this flick by John McNaughton (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986), Mad Dog and Glory (1993), Wild Things (1998)) is splendid, until the end gets silly. It is based upon a tale by Clive Barker, and in my opinion that is not usually a good thing... But this tale is told well, and it is creepy. The sexy Leela Sevasta having sex with her undead husband in the graveyard is actually pretty sexy, simply because Leela is so damn hot. And I liked all the dead guys standing around watching, that was too funny! But then the climax goes over-the-top into the realm of corniness... I had this tale at an A- until the ending drove it down to a C+ or B-...
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