Friday, July 25, 2014

Limp. (2013, Shaun Ryan)

"Limp." is definitely one of the best 'necro-art' flicks since Jörg Buttgereit's "Nekromantik". It's a beautifully shot piece of esoteric and morbid Irish cinema.

An extremely lonely man keeps the corpse of a young woman in his home for some much desired companionship. His pathetic home-life mainly consists of propping her up at the table during dinner, watching TV with her and, of course, having sex with her. His lamentable interaction with those in the outside world remains solely based in routine ass-kickings from an obnoxious prick and his bitch girlfriend who he tends to run into pretty frequently. As time goes on, he starts becoming regretful of his deceased gal pal and people begin inquiring about the girl's whereabouts which prompts him to arrange for her disposal...

While "Limp." doesn't do much new, plot wise, since it's very straightfoward, it's strengths lie in it's tactful and strikingly ambivalent reconnaissance into the main character's humiliatingly lonely existence. The style of the film clearly reflects his deteriorated mental state through slow, quiet shots often broken up by random flashes of tumult. It's never really overdone, however, so the film maintains a few nice 'flow', throughout.

I'd absolutely recommend "Limp.". Obviously, it's not for everyone, so if you're either bothered by necrophilia or happen to be looking for tons of fucked up violence and gore, you better steer clear. Personally, this is MY kinda film - artful, disturbing, well shot, while being very effective and non-pretentious in it's 'arthouse' approach. Check it out.

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