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The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

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The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)

The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)

Original title

The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

Year

2009

Running time

90 min.

Country

Netherlands

Netherlands

Director

Screenwriter

Cast

Music

Patrick Savage, Holeg Spies

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Producer

Six Entertainment

Genre

Horror | Gore. Kidnapping Film / Disappearance. Medical. Cult Movie

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The Human Centipede

Synopsis

A mad scientist kidnaps and mutilates a trio of tourists in order to reassemble them into a new "pet", a human centipede, created by stitching their mouths to each others' rectums.

Critics' reviews

"Much of the film's 'entertainment value' rests on the sadistically outlandish performance of Dieter Laser (...)The film itself, as staged by Dutch director Tom Six, is a fairly crafty piece of over-the-top suspense."

Owen Gleiberman: Entertainment Weekly
"Written and directed by Tom Six--who doesn't seem to realize that movie theaters rely on popcorn sales--this nasty stuff plays like a cross between 'Saw,' 'Naked Lunch,' and 'Bride of the Monster.'"

J.R. Jones: Chicago Reader
"No horror film I've seen inflicts more terrible things on its victims (...) 'The Human Centipede' scores high on this scale. It is depraved and disgusting enough to satisfy the most demanding midnight movie fan"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"Dieter Laser is grand as the doc, a character Christopher Walken would be comfortable doing, and Akihiro Kitamura provides laughs as the first part of the centipede"

V.A. Musetto: New York Post
"Excruciatingly stupid movie."

Joshua Rothkopf: Entertainment Weekly
"This will not appeal to everyone, whether it will appeal to anyone is another question. With dark humour from time to time, underneath an extremely repulsive concept, this is a relatively conventional horror movie"

Kim Newman: Empire
"Only real payoff is seeing the monstrosity assembled, and though that will surely earn the Dutch writer-director a cult reputation on the genre circuit, 'going there' does not a movie make"

Peter Debruge: Variety
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The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

2009

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