This story is about a lonely and twisted lady who has a fascination with dead people--so much so that she gets a job in a mortuary. However, she is not just fascinated but stimulated by the dead and begins to have her way with them. When she meets a seemingly nice guy who cares about her, she cannot give of herself to him...as he's alive. So, in a bizarre twist, he makes himself more attractive to her in a very sick but supposedly romantic finale. The acting is decent and the film is technically well done...but very, very unsettling and grotesque. Years ago, I saw this film and was hesitant to ever review it--after all, I'd hate my friends to know I've seen this! Plus, I tried very, very hard to erase the film from my memory because I regretted seeing such a sick and thoroughly nasty film--with almost nothing to recommend it. After all, the film glorifies and romanticizes necrophilia--yes, necrophilia (that's doing the nasty with dead folks for you less informed readers). If Lynne Stopkewich and Angus Fraser had made a movie glorifying pedophiles or serial rapists would people have praised it?! Probably not...or at least they wouldn't have done so publicly...after all, these are nasty and illegal. So, why, then, praise necrophilia?! It's illegal (in most but not all places) and really, really gross...yet to some, it's romantic or compelling?! Why not, then, make films about urophilics (people who like to tinkle on others for gratification) or copraphilics (people who like to defecate on others for gratification)?! By the way, if you notice I am using euphemisms and talking around things, IMDb won't allow certain key words in its reviews.The fact that people actually LIKED this film disturbs me more than the fact that the film was made in the first place.

I had to give this movie 9 stars out of ten because, having some background in Abnormal Psychology, this subject was very interesting to me. It is not often the subject of necrophilia is presented in a film that is non-academic or a complete gore fest. The portrayal of the main character's abnormal obsession with dead corpses was presented in a very enlightened and informed manner which was surprising. This deviant behavior was portrayed as being right and normal in the psyche of the necrophiliac and that is exactly how this type of necrophilia is described by those who have this particular type of compulsion/attraction. The sensitive, almost spiritual, love that the main character feels toward these cadavers is portrayed in a very ethereal manner and it allows us, the viewers, to almost understand the attraction. The inability of the main character to have a healthy relationship with a living being is also very common with this type of deviancy. That two people who have something of the same infatuation should be attracted to each other is not uncommon, nor is the willingness to be a participant in such a relationship. These are abnormal personality disorders and as such, cannot be judged by normal behavioral measures. This is a film that successfully taps into the psyche of this type of necrophilia that can manifest itself for no apparent reason. It is difficult to know how such abnormal behavior develops but there has been discussion that it may have something to do with aberrant development of the pre-frontal cortex in the brain, although it is not completely limited to this region. This type of development is difficult to predict or to even map within the realm of science much less cinematography. The director showed an inspired understanding of early manifested behavioral patterns that created a realistic lead-in to increased aberrant behavior. Good show!

In Hebrew it was translated to "Chill kiss".The whole movie treats on cold and hot.Remember the disappointment of Sandra with Matt is connected to the hot feeling and the stuck window.Another question. How come a preteen performs intuitive death rituals ? It must have cultural roots and these are not explained enough.And the myth that mortuary workers are all necrophiliacs. I don't see their syndicate protesting against the movie.I liked it. I never thought necrophilia could be beautiful.By myself,I prefer it alive...

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.