DVD Release
Sexual sadist and insane murderer John Lucker is once again on the prowl after escaping a medical clinic while being treated for self-inflicted wounds. He’s looking for a little revenge, sweet decomposing revenge, and Cathy Jordan, the victim that got away, is at the top of that list. He plans to butcher his way to her apartment and finish what he started and nothing, not even the police, can stop him!
Finally the much sought after, bootleg gem hits DVD in the U.S. with an official release through Synapse and I couldn’t be happier! The remastered film quality is fantastic (better than the bootleg tape I own), the sound is a hundred times better and Vandewoestijne’s final vision of Lucker The Necrophagous is indeed far more effective than what’s been floating around for years on the gray market.
Improved picture quality, sound and edit are all great things but some of you are probably wondering whether Lucker is going to be a smart purchase and that’s really where my review for this film is going to shake some of you. Personally, I love films like Lucker, as well as necrophilia cinema in general, so this film was a major score for me but there’s very few out there that can even tolerate nudity in horror cinema let along rotting corpse sex. If the thought of watching somebody lick their hands after stroking slimy, putrid corpse vagina makes you queasy and full, I’d recommend passing on this film.
Lucker The Necrophagous is a gritty, no-holds-barred bit of shock cinema and that’s about it; it’s no cult classic but it is undoubtedly the Holy Grail for some. Synapse should be commended for releasing such a ballsy flick.
Lucker is one helluva nasty little film, it’s not very long or incredibly complex, but it’s nasty nonetheless and for that I love it. Don’t be a jackass and purchase this without knowing what you’re getting into first, this isn’t a party flick nor is it one of those classic “Must Have” films that make everybody’s favorite films lists. If you’re a fan of films like Buttgereit’s Nekromantik, Cerda’s Aftermath or D’Amato’s Buio Omega, you’re going to probably dig this as I did.
