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it's a necrophiliac love story.


I was reading this review and I came acorss this part

At this point I should mention the most potentially disturbing aspect of the movie that everyone involved does their absolute best to ignore--it's a necrophiliac love story. Personally I think the film could have been much more successful had the filmmakers focused, rather than denied this part of the story. Perhaps this says far too much about my own cynicism than the failure of the filmmakers to properly exploit their subject, but it seems obvious to me that the primary motivation behind Paul's actions is just as much sexual desire as it is the bond of friendship. The last thing he shared with Sam before her accident was a kiss and it only makes sense that he would want to continue their relationship in a natural progression towards complete intimacy. At its core this is a movie about the extraordinary lengths a teenage boy will go to get laid, so--considering how far the filmmakers were willing to go in terms of violence--it seems like the ultimate cop-out that this theme is never explored in a way that could have added a nude scene to a work that already had an R-rating. I mean, why else have Slime point out the tremendous quality of Sam's bosom, if you have no intention of showing it?

I found that to be a very interesting point of view, anyone else have thoughts about this being a a necrophiliac love story?

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Yeah, i was thinking that any normal guy in the theater watching this would have elbowed his buddy next to him saying the same thing.

Guess some people are in denial about sick thoughts like that, but its relative to human nature so I embrace them. Hell, the movie would have been more interesting anyway. If it had been indy, it would have gone that rout more likely.

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Always a pleasure to read intelligent, thoughtful posts on IMDb, especially about horror movies. I haven't seen the film, but you got me very curious about it.
I don't mean to impose, but I am the Ocean.

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I wouldn't call it necrophilia. You have to have sex with a dead corpse for that.

Still, it's no different to those dumb ass Twilight fans who think a Vampire that sparkles is hot. Forgetting that he is dead, he has no heart pumping blood, in which causes Edward to not be able to obtain an erection at all. What's the point of being hot if you can't do anything with them?

And that Wherewolf Jacob guy... oh how cute it is to have a dog sniff your butt before it pee's on you to mark its territory.

Sorry to kill the fantasy of any ladies who want to bump uglies in the night with Dracula, but i'm afraid he is a dead *beep* in more ways than one!

Still, it's only fantasy & fairy tales, just like bringing a dead girlfriend back to life with just a micro processor pinned into her brain.

Reminds me of when I was a kid, figured if I taped enough loose wires to a cardboard box with a steering wheel it would fly! Guess I should have used some more gum to hold them in place and it might have worked? I mean if a guy can stick a microchip in a human brain and reanimate the person, then just doing something more basic with wires and wood should work too, right?

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Damn man! You are sick 😁

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