The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

[Ginaz]

I don't know what to say about this movie. Not sure if I want to watch it because it looks so freaky but an interesting idea for a horror film. The trailer is NSFW. Very disturbing. Don't say I didn't warn you.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1467304/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hLAfSbFkvY&feature

[WindupAtheist]

Are you shitting me? The guy's evil plan is to sew three people together ass-to-mouth? This would be a great comedy if one of the victims was just like "Dibs on the front!"

[Ratman_tf]

That trailer is one of the silliest things I've seen in a while. This is like a horror parody, if the trailer is anything to judge by.

[angry.bob]

The claim at the end to be "100% Medically Accurate" seems true. Because I can't see any problems with hooking 3 random people together so that they share circulatory systems, feed on the crap of the person in front of them, and the only point of attachment being a line of rough stitches around their lips and cheek.

This seems like some sort of weird scat fetish porn more than a horror movie.

Also, mole?

[Wasted]

The movie looks so padded with 'almost escapes' that it would be painful to watch.

[Mrbloodworth]

OMG its mantrid!


Dieter Laser is a good actor, and can be so very very creepy.

[Sir T]

http://funnycrave.com/mouth-to-anus-human-centipede-movie-finally-made/2514/

Possibly based on a book by Maya Angelou, Human Centipede: The First Sequence is an absolutely real movie that we at FunnyCrave didn’t make up because if we had made it up people would have just thought we’re retarded. Luckily now you can think it about someone else while we show you pictures.

There’s a horror festival over in the UK called FrightFest and writer/director Tom Six wanted to be remembered apparently, so he submitted his film about a surgeon who specializes in conjoined twins (we’d not be so crass as to use the non-politically correct term “Siamese twins”, only a uncouth twat would do that), who decides that mankind would be way better off if we were all sewn together ass to mouth in some long centipede chain. You can see how that makes sense.

Now, we all agreed with Rosario Dawson in Clerks II when she said sometimes it’s OK to go ass to mouth, but this probably isn’t one of those times. And really, is it even scientifically accurate? Do centipedes toss this much salad?

You’ll notice in the description this movie wasn’t half assed either, so to speak. This isn’t lazy ass to mouth sewing, the doctor apparently removes teeth and molds buttocks to properly facilitate the ass-to-mouth surgery. Read that again to fully appreciate what is likely going to reign as the most ridiculous sentence ever published on this website for ages. That means time on screen is devoted to letting you, the audience, know that the doctor is reshaping an ass so that a face can fit in it. And then sewing the face to the ass.

It’s hard to judge a movie without seeing it, however if the trailer for the movie involves people whose mouths are sewn to other people’s asses you can probably make some plausible guesses about what kind of movie you’re about to see. It’s like judging a book by its cover. If the cover is blank, sky blue paper, maybe you need to open it up and at least read a chapter. If the cover says “A Hobo’s Guide to Salting Beef in Your Own Underpants” then you can make a judgment call.

Among the best movie reviews ever written. CERTAINLY better than the film.

And yes I heard about this thing last year. For once I'm ahead of popular culture. And no I haven't watched it because (a) who in their right mind would watch it because (b) who in their mind would film it.

[Mrbloodworth]

I have been reading reviews, most have been rather favorable (Subject matter not withstanding). Its being praised as one of the most original works in horror in a ling time, and high marks are given to its cast in a mostly cast driven film. There is a sequel in the works that goes a full 12 people, apparently.

One such review.

From another:

What makes matters worse — or, arguably, better — is that Human Centipede is no shoddily-constructed piece of witless schlock. Laser makes for a terrific villain and Dutch director Tom Six has put together his nightmare yarn with Cronenbergian care and precision. He may also, it appears, be planning a sequel, given that the full name of the movie is Human Centipede: First Sequence.

As for the 100% medically accurate, apparently the procedure in the film was designed by a surgeon that was tasked and paid to detail out a procedure that would work, this includes IV drip to supplement the tail end.

I am torn as to if I want to see this personally. Morbid fascination seems to be colliding with my want to vomit. However, it seems this isn't a gory film, there are a few scenes during the procedure, but most read as if most of the movie is very much actor drama and less about FX/CG/Gore shots.



2009

    * Best picture at Fantastic Fest, Austin TX[29] and Best Actor (Dieter Laser)[29] in the horror category.
    * Best Movie at Screamfest LA[30]
    * Best Movie at Sainte Maxime International Horror Film Festival[31]
    * Best Movie at Ravenna Nightmare Film Festival[32]
    * Best Ensemble Cast at South African Horror Film Festival[33]

Some of the best reading about this production, is the fact investors, and even cast members were not told the full plot, or requirements before finial shooting.

[Samwise]

If I still remember this movie by the time it's out on DVD, I will probably Netflix it out of curiosity.  I can guarantee I've seen much worse.

[Mrbloodworth]

Same, but this is one that made me pukey from just the trailer and concept. I thought the first saw was brilliant, but I also thought it should have ended there. Films like hostile and the hills, I avoid, but like you said, there is a curiosity about this one. It also doesn't help that I personally think the actor playing the doctor is brilliant, and would really like to see his performance in this.

[Goreschach]

It also doesn't help that I personally think the actor playing the doctor is brilliant, and would really like to see his performance in this.

The doctor looked good, but the girls were crap. Overall, the movie seems dumb. Not even specifically bad, just dumb. Before I looked at the youtube sidebar and saw all the related videos, I was convinced it was some top tier parody video.


Also, they totally missed the chance to one up Donkey Punch by naming this movie Ass To Mouth.

[01101010]

I am definitely NOT a brutality-horror kinda guy. This movie does not even make the maybe if its on PPV. However, from a medical standpoint, I am curious - aside from the breathing aspects.

[Mrbloodworth]

It also doesn't help that I personally think the actor playing the doctor is brilliant, and would really like to see his performance in this.

The doctor looked good, but the girls were crap. Overall, the movie seems dumb. Not even specifically bad, just dumb. Before I looked at the youtube sidebar and saw all the related videos, I was convinced it was some top tier parody video.


Also, they totally missed the chance to one up Donkey Punch by naming this movie Ass To Mouth.

You watched it?

[Goreschach]

Just the trailer.

[HaemishM]

This is the kind of movie and trailer where the only coherent thought I can manage around the revulsion is "SURE, YOU CAN MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT X, BUT FOR FUCK'S SAKE, WHY WOULD YOU?"

[Lakov_Sanite]

Shitting Dick Nipples: The movie.

[Margalis]

Put me in the "looks like a parody rather than disturbing" camp.

[Ratman_tf]

See, the person attached to the other person's ass has to eat their poop.

[Hawkbit]

I really enjoy horror films, but there has to be a line drawn somewhere, for me at least.  Frankly, after watching Hostel in the theatre I can pass on all the new horror which is nothing but gore and shock factor.  Its not really scary, just disturbing. 

Sadly, the wolfman and vampires are just made into kids movies these days.

[01101010]

I really enjoy horror films, but there has to be a line drawn somewhere, for me at least.  Frankly, after watching Hostel in the theatre I can pass on all the new horror which is nothing but gore and shock factor.  Its not really scary, just disturbing. 

Exactly. Its not about horror or the suspense of horror - its about brutality as horror in order to elicit a shock response. There really is no suspense anymore which made the old school horror films great. Now its become akin to a gross-out contest. Hostel did the same for me in that I completely gravitated away from the horror genre. I get the appeal to other people, I just had no clue there were that many who enjoyed these types of movies enough to sustain and continue their production - which sorta frightens me.

[Samwise]

IMO the "gross-out" movies don't really belong to the "horror" genre; they belong somewhere on a spectrum between "horror" and "action".  Much of Tarantino's stuff, for example, is ostensibly "action" but has more brutality and arterial spray than many "horror" movies.  Something like Saw is on the same spectrum but with less action and more drama/horror/suspense.

[HaemishM]

As much as I liked the original Saw, it started the whole torture pr0n as horror genre that I wish would flush itself down the toilet as soon as humanely possible. Hostel wasn't scary, or suspenseful, it was just stomach-churning revenge fantasies for no good reason other than shock value. I cheer at the box office failure of the sequel. We have enough shit on the screens as it is, we don't need garbage like it and A2M the Surgeon's Manual up there.

[Yegolev]

Williams actually manages to deliver a good performance despite the fact that she spends half the movie's running time naked, on all fours and crying muffled sobs into a guy's butt cheeks.

wut

To quote Ricky Gervais: "Fucking bollocks."

I might end up watching it.  I managed to make it through El Superbeasto, so I can probably watch this.

[angry.bob]

I might end up watching it.  I managed to make it through El Superbeasto, so I can probably watch this.

you're a brave man. It took me 4 tries and several glasses of maker's mark to make it through. It was a wierd experience since I thought the animation was first rate, but everything else was absolute shit.

[Margalis]

The Saw movies are pretty different from the Hostel movies IMO. Hostel is just pure exploitive shit with zero plot, acting or redeeming features of any kind. It appears to come from the mind of someone who hates people and didn't get laid enough in high school.

The Saw movies are actually very plot heavy, really TOO plot heavy to the point of being a byzantine mess full of flashbacks and retcons and new characters injected into an increasingly complex series of events. Watching Saw I don't get the feeling that the creators hate all people on earth including their own characters.

[Yegolev]

I might end up watching it.  I managed to make it through El Superbeasto, so I can probably watch this.

you're a brave man. It took me 4 tries and several glasses of maker's mark to make it through. It was a wierd experience since I thought the animation was first rate, but everything else was absolute shit.

I didn't even like the animation.  Poor imitation of Bakshi.  The entire affair was a waste of time, and I lost some respect for Paul Giamatti.

[Ozzu]

I just watched it.

Eh. It's not poorly made or anything, but it's not what I would consider a "good" movie. It's also definitely not a parody. It's attempting to be serious, at least that's how I took it. It's very dark and depressing and I really have no urge to see it again.

[Chimpy]

So, I just noticed this on the "New Movies on Watch Instantly" on netflix.

Not planning on watching it, but for those of you who were interested....figured I would mention it.

[Mrbloodworth]

This has a sequel, and I have to say, its premise, is rather clever. Basically, someone watching the first movie, decides its a good idea and tries it "IRL".

Why do we want to see movies like 'The Human Centipede 2'?

[HaemishM]