
Sandra Larson has always been fascinated by the entire sensory experience surrounding death: its touch, smell and look. As a child, she would search out dead animals and perform ritualistic burials. As a young woman, Sandra gets a job at Wallis Funeral Home, first as a general assistant, then progressing to study to become an embalmer. At the funeral home, she begins to take her fascination with death to the next level by becoming a necrophiliac. But she also begins her first... (Full plot summary below)
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Sandra Larson has always been fascinated by the entire sensory experience surrounding death: its touch, smell and look. As a child, she would search out dead animals and perform ritualistic burials. As a young woman, Sandra gets a job at Wallis Funeral Home, first as a general assistant, then progressing to study to become an embalmer. At the funeral home, she begins to take her fascination with death to the next level by becoming a necrophiliac. But she also begins her first ever relationship with Matt, a medical student, with who she is totally open about her necrophilia. He finds this aspect of her compelling. He becomes all consumed with her as she is consumed with dead people. The questions become how far he will take this fascination with her to understand fully what is going through her emotional being, how far she will allow him to go, and how far can her feelings for him extend as a live being.
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| Not Coming to a Theater Near YouRumsey TaylorIt is a futile claim to make that Kissed is less about necrophilia than it is about the nature of obsession and addiction. Though this is a perennial (and often generic) theme in film, in Kissed it is uniquely characterizing. |
| USA TodayMike ClarkThis uncommonly assured feature debut takes a metaphysical view of necrophilia. |
| Killer Movie ReviewsAndrea ChaseStopkewich has taken on a subject that can't help but be controversial but presents it in a way that is completely non-exploitive and non-sensational. . .it is lyrical. |
| User Review* sP!Ke * HHas anyone even seen this movie? Please do! |
| User ReviewLindy LAwesome! Peter Outerbridge and Molly Parker are the movie... |
| User ReviewJohn TSandra is a necrophile, and Kissed is not an exploitation film. That'Â?Â?s not to say it isn't frank in its depiction of Sandra'Â?Â?s sexual preferences - there'Â?Â?s at least one raw scene that renders her genuine affection for the dead - um..."bare"; however, Kissed is brave for unflinchingly taking on a taboo subject. It'Â?Â?s braver for resisting the temptation to vilify Sandra or pander to its audience with patent sensationalism. Conflict arises for Sandra when she allows fellow med-school student Matt to court her. Sandra'Â?Â?s predilection is no secret - she confesses as much to Matt on their first date - and Matt believes her. Initially, he'Â?Â?s curious and inquisitive; however, the reality of purpose behind Sandra's nocturnal sojourns to her place of employment overwhelms him. The minimalist vocal score is notable for effectively lending a psychologically Gothic romanticism to the proceedings. Sandra wants you to see that her lifestyle is unexceptional and matter-of-fact; however, she can'Â?Â?t resist an occasional defensive lapse: explaining herself in voice-over narration -Â?Â? justifying to the viewer her deference for the dead. Whether or not her self-aware anticipation of viewer judgment is a character strength or weakness is subject for debate. Ultimately, Kissed requires its viewers to set aside their prejudices and take Sandra's necrophilia for granted - at face value. Consequently, only the open-minded need apply. |
| User ReviewJeff Hnot for the faint of heart because of it's content, but well worth watching nonetheless. this is an out of the ordinary love story that you'll probably feel uncomfortable relating to. i saw this many, many years ago and to this day it still haunts me. |
| User ReviewCarita V"Erilainen", siis todellakin erilainen, rakkaustarina. |
| User ReviewJosh SOkay, necrophilia may happen to be the topic of this film, but that is not what it is about. It is about obsession and the lengths that one will go to in order to insert themselves into the ugliest and most intimate facets of the life of someone they love. You would not think that a story about fucking corpses could actually be moving and beautiful, but here it is. |
| User ReviewJeweleia VBeautiful ending.Elegant way to show necrophilia. |