Despite the fact that it was clearly shot on a micro-budget and received an incognito release, Johan Vandewoestijne's Lucker has received cult status thanks to its legendary gore sequences. However, the gore scenes are either lacking in blood and/or completely ridiculous in their execution, and by putting the focus on making the central character as sick as possible; the director has forgotten to implement any horror with staying power into the movie, and it all feels a little bit flat. The central character - John Lucker - is presented as a man on a mission, and this is conveyed by the way he stays wordless for the majority of the movie, and by the fact that all his sick antics are leading up to one thing; namely, revenge. We are introduced to Lucker while he's staying at a mental hospital. Naturally, it doesn't take him long to break out and after killing and raping a couple of nurses, he's back on the street where his crime spree continues. Lucker's sick objective revolves around a young girl that he raped and intended to murder - only he didn't get the last part right, and that's what he's aiming to sort out.
The film only lasts for just over seventy minutes, which is a definite good thing as the plot is thinly applied even given that run time. A lot of the plot is concerned with watching the central character maraud around murdering people, and it's lucky that the director manages to introduce another sick sequence just about every time the film looks like it's getting a bit too boring. I have no idea what 'Necrophagous' means, but I'm guessing it has something to do with the fact that the title character enjoys using the women he kills after death. The sequence towards the end where he licks gore from one of his dead victims from his hands is the sickest in the movie...but it didn't offend me too much. The style of the film is down and dirty throughout, which definitely does the movie a lot of favours and the only other positive in the film comes from the lead actor - Nick Van Suyt - who does well in providing the right kind of feel for a character as sick as this one. The role doesn't require much actual acting, but at least he looks the part. Overall, I have to say this film doesn't really look up to its reputation, and while I sort of enjoyed it; I can't recommend it.
