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No review could sum up the true horror of Necrosis. Misleadingly packaged and advertised as a cannibalistic horror romp, this film consistently fails to deliver on any of its supposed attractions. The first thing that drew me to the film was the amazing box artwork, which highlights a grim procession of reanimated corpses through a stark snowy wasteland. Although these specters are one of the only cool features of the film, I want to make it clear that this DOES NOT happen at any point. They are highly underutilized in only a few flashback and hallucinatory moments and only appearing one or two at a time. Despite additional photoshopped box art and cleverly worded description, this film DOES NOT FEATURE CANNIBALISM.

Beyond the fact that the film is grossly misrepresented, Necrosis also fails on pretty much every technical ground in the school of filmmaking. The casting is dreadful, even the characters that are supposedly intimate friends have virtually ZERO onscreen chemistry. The editing and direction are on par with a first time effort, it's shocking to learn that this is Stephens' third full length entry into movieland. The editing and pace get so disorienting at some points that it's difficult to tell what is actually happening and what are symptoms of delirium. I suppose that last point is an element they could have been reaching for but it's executed poorly enough that it only serves to further disconnect the viewer.

Soon enough I've grown to hate these characters so much that I find myself hoping against the odds that this is all just a campy setup for one of the most satisfying splatterfests in movie history. But it's well over halfway through the movie before we witness any onscreen deaths whatsoever and they're so lackluster in execution that any hope for bloody redemption is quickly squelched.

 -- Vlad the Inhaler