Aftermath (1994)

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Ignacio "Nacho" Cerda's masterpiece of artfully-portrayed necrophilia is a kind of companion piece to Nekromantik, but where that film's attempted artfulness fell short a bit in favor of pure, shocking, gut-wrenching ickiness, Aftermath simply excels. That's not to say that Aftermath isn't a gross movie. It's super gory. So gory, in fact, that this viewer was truly repulsed. Adding to the sheer discomfort of it all is that Aftermath is so completely realistic in its portrayals of the embalming/autopsy procedure.
This ain't pretty stuff, folks. But, Aftermath makes a point as profound as the visuals are strong. That point, I think, is that death itself is not an indignity…it's what happens after death that is truly disturbing. The fact that the faceless mortician in Aftermath literally…and graphically…[has sex with] a female corpse is actually kind of secondary to the point. The line between the fetishitic portrayal of actual "medical" procedures and necrophilia is blurred to the point that the viewer becomes unsure as to where one ends and the other begins. If the mortician enjoys handling the viscera of a corpse - even though it's part of his job - is that truly any worse than that same mortician taking the next logical (but highly questionable) step and performing coitus with the corpse?
Cerda's analysis seems to indicate that, no, it's not really any different. When the final indignity to the corpse in question comes, the point is driven home with almost Shakesperean aplomb and gravity. We are all just meat, when it comes down to it, and any indignity involved mostly comes from the significance that we, as a species, apply to the cold corpses of our friends and loved ones.
This beautiful film (yes, I said beautiful) is made all the more disturbing and powerful through its absolutely perfect use of Mozart's "Requiem Mass" as its score.
Aftermath certainly isn't an easy movie to watch, and it's not "enjoyable" in the true sense of the word, but holy shit if it isn't a gorgeously filmed piece of splatter art.
One of the best, most disturbing, and most profound examinations of death as a concept ever brought to film.

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