ellkew
This had an odd film to it that reminded me of Harold and Maude in tone. It does not really fit in any category which is always a good thing in my book. That said it didn't work on a complete level. I had problems with the boyfriend and I found it hard to believe the way he responded to her sleeping with dead people from the start. I expected him to be a little more horrified. I also didn't believe his outcome but I suppose it was always going to happen. Molly Parker was simply great and it was such a difficult role to pull off but she does it admirably. I really believed her and this world she ventured into. It manages to make a taboo subject seem quite fascinating which in itself is groundbreaking. I think it does stand true that if the sexes were switched then audiences would indeed have trouble swallowing the story but this way round it is more acceptable. Well that's the double standard thing again. Thought provoking and sensual. I take away from this Parker's performance more than anything, without her I think the film would be consigned to the annals of history.
horrorsxofxplan9
This movie is by far the most beautiful movie I have ever seen to date. If you like dark or Gothic movies, this is for you! The acting and story line is brilliant. I thought about this movie for weeks after I watched It. I like things like Six Feet Under, and morgue movies & TV shows. This film was excellent. How someone can be so fixated on one thing, makes it so beautiful. I might be sick to enjoy it by reading what the other persons comment said but it's not sick. These things do happen and this storyline is really interesting. Okay so you may not want see or hear about sleeping with corpses but if you look past that, you'll see the real beauty of the movie.I recommend this movie. You will not be disappointed!
cashute3
TO me, the most ridiculous, pretentious, dull, slow-moving, sickening piece of junk pseudo-art in a long time. The directors/producer/ artwork/writer/and many other self centered tasks in HER film ( did I forget gaffer/ sound/ lightman/ catering/executive prod./ costumes/ make up/etc/etc/etc/ ad nauseum as well? ) connivance has catapulted her into the top ten worst writers with the worst film idea since I don't know when, probably forever....what a sick mind to present necrophilia anyway....does it turn her on ?........it is to me just a pinch away from snuff porn. ....oh and one more thing! Near the end when the guy dies immediately after kicking the stool away to hang himself ?......sorry director, doesn't happen that way or that fast takes quite a long time to die that way, or didn't you know that ?......do some research next time...... Sorry folks...it's my opinion.
insomniac_rod
Let's get something straight. This isn't a horror movie. I was fooled by the premise of it. "Kissed" is not a straight horror movie like "Nekromantic". While "Nekromantic" is a disturbing gore fest; "Kissed" could be labeled as an art movie with horror tones.The movie is very pretentious. The director tried to create an intellectual drama ignoring the fact that it's plot could attract horror gore hounds.So the movie is not all a woman that enjoys having sex with corpses. There's a disturbing background behind the story. I won't get into that because sincerely, I didn't understand the director's point of view.I just found this to be a regular attempt to create a smart movie.The fact that Necrophilia is not used often in movies doesn't means that the audience will buy everything the director sells. I mean,*HUGE SPOILERS* I could only dig into two scenes.First, the "explicit" Necrophilic scene. It's not that I wanted to be it a very explicit scene, but there isn't anything disturbing about it. Sandra gets naked and rides a corpse. While having sex, some disturbing flashbacks come to her mind with classic (?) music in the background. Was that scene meant to be disturbing? I found it uncomfortable because you can say the director tried to craft a classy and dramatical scene. The result is bad.The final scene where the boyfriend tries to "show" love to his girlfriend by hanging himself so she could make love to him the way she does to corpses. Our lead female (Molly Parker) lets him die and tells policemen that she didn't try to stop her boyfriend's attempt to suicide because she loved him or something. Then she tells a creepy monologue about how his love was intense and how her body wanted him. She tells a metaphor or how can love be life on extinction. Parker rests her head on Matt's chest and looks to the camera. Then the creepy song plays.What? So Sandra made a big deal of not having sex with Matt because he wasn't a corpse, so she lets him commit suicide (she didn't do anything to stop him) and then she finds she loved him very much?!..........6/10. I love horror movies and I thought this could be one. The truth is that I sat through a very weird movie that I don't consider it as an art movie. I think of it as a movie with different intentions than the ones displayed... I'm talking about a regular drama. The best thing about the movie is Molly Parker's performance. She was very young when she starred in the movie. She looked cute and beautiful and I greet for having the guts for making a movie like this.Bull's Eye: The actors that played cadavers in the movie are listed as (excuse the redundancy) CADAVERS in the closing credits.