Necrophilia usually guarantees a tastelessly entertaining time for fans of sick cinema (see Aftermath, Nekromantik and Deadgirl), but it's not long into The Corpse of Anna Fritz that writer/director Hèctor Hernández Vicens cheats his audience with a silly twist, his film becoming a rather predictable thriller as a result.
The delightfully demented initial premise - that a group of friends would seize the opportunity to bonk a famous actress, even if she was dead- descends into a trite 'woman in peril' horror. Anna, actually still alive despite her earlier appearance, tries to avoid becoming a stiff for real as her assailants desperately try to cover up their deviant behaviour.
As matters progress, friends' loyalties crumble, Anna tries to escape, and logic goes out the window: as if the woman being mistaken for dead at the beginning isn't daft enough, Anna successfully convinces the guys that she has expired once again, hoping they will leave her alone.
The not totally unexpected ending sees the actress exacting revenge on the men, but it's all so frustratingly pedestrian. Given the controversial nature of the opening scenes, it could have been so much more.
The delightfully demented initial premise - that a group of friends would seize the opportunity to bonk a famous actress, even if she was dead- descends into a trite 'woman in peril' horror. Anna, actually still alive despite her earlier appearance, tries to avoid becoming a stiff for real as her assailants desperately try to cover up their deviant behaviour.
As matters progress, friends' loyalties crumble, Anna tries to escape, and logic goes out the window: as if the woman being mistaken for dead at the beginning isn't daft enough, Anna successfully convinces the guys that she has expired once again, hoping they will leave her alone.
The not totally unexpected ending sees the actress exacting revenge on the men, but it's all so frustratingly pedestrian. Given the controversial nature of the opening scenes, it could have been so much more.