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Episode directed by John McNaughton (Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer) based on The short story by Clive Barker, about a man who searches for the way to afterlife and brigning the dead back to this earth, not by god and his will, but rather by science and human power. when his own attempts (as written by Dr. Frankenstein) fail, he searches for a new answer in a nekromancer, only to find his skills are that of only puppetry and trickery. On his way to visit his sick father, Ernst is picked up by a gentleman who offers him food, a warm place to spend the night, and a safe keeping away from the cemetery where he was originally posted to sleep. Finding not only all of those things waiting for him at the house, but a young odd and pretty girl who is the older man's wife; and for some reason can not get away from the window. Almost as if she's turned on by what's outside. Is the nekromacer's tricks just that? or can he bring forth life from death, and give the young seductress what she longs for.. The lover and the dead man who fathered her child! Outraged with the admittance of the husband that he pays this Dr. to pretend to bring back the young wife's tale, Haeckel goes to the necropolis to demand retribution, and only finds an orgy of the undead! no trickery or puppets, just sex between the living and the dead; mortal hungers do her no good and cold is what she likes best! What a classic "Clive Barker" tale brought (pardon the pun) to life from paper. Definetly one of the Master of Horror's Best Episodes!
Ernst Haeckel: I'm A Medical Student. I Do Not Fear The Dead.
7/10
