Lucker (film)

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Lucker
Movie poster for Lucker
Directed by	Johan Vandewoestijne
Produced by	Johan Vandewoestjne Filip Beys André Coppens
Written by	Johan Vandewoestijne John Kupferschmidt
Starring	Nick Van Suyt Helga Vandevelde Let Jotts Marie Claes Martine Scherre
Music by	Geert Beernaert Peter Bonne François Lamoral Chris Minjauw Johan Minjauw
Cinematography	John Kupferschmidt
Editing by	Johan Vandewoestijne
Distributed by	Synapse Films (USA)
Release date(s)	1986
Running time	74 min (VHS cut) 68 min (director's cut)
Language	English
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Lucker (1986), better known by its full title Lucker the Necrophagous, is a Belgian exploitation film directed and produced by Johan Vandewoestijne, and was released in France and Belgium in 1986.

It is notorious for several scenes of extreme gore and misogyny, and has achieved a cult status by horror collectors. However, due to several distribution issues in the past, it has been banished into obscurity.

It is best known, however, for its unflinching portrayal of necrophilia in perhaps the film's most infamous scene, where escaped serial killer John Lucker (played by Nick Van Suyt) waits a week after slaying a prostitute to have sex with her badly decomposing corpse.

A re-edition by Johan Vandewoestijne was released worldwide in May 2007. In avant-première, the new edition was shown by the Flemish Film Museum and archive in Kortrijk on December 7, 2006.[1]