The Human Centipede [First Sequence] (Directors Cut) [Blu-ray]

So, some crazy German fella who used to operate on Siamese twins now has a thing for putting dogs and people together mouth-to-butt and making them like a centipede (As you do).

When I first heard about this, I thought 'How do they drag this out for an hour and a half?'
Well, the director (Tom Six) does an alright job to be fair.
There's the usual dumb-american-girls-get-lost-and-knock-on-random-crazy-dude's-door along with the chances of escape.

I watched this a second time tonight, with my girlfriend and her Mum.
Not a family film, this one.

The good though:

- Crazy German guy is cast well. Scary, creepy and everything a horror lead needs.
- A fair bit of action to keep the pace going
- Pretty epic (though grim) ending
- Could provide a decent night with friends. You wouldn't want to be watching this type of film by yourself, would you!

The bad of this film:

- Dialogue and acting between the girls at the start of the film is pretty tragic
- Japanese guy is the only one of the three victims who can talk. He's pretty bloody annoying.
- Makes you wonder why you're watching such a soul-destroying film
- Because the girls have their mouths attached to bums, they can't talk, so even the bad dialogue is missed
- The ending, though grande, is left sort of open. Does the girl just stay in that position until death? If so, poor thing.

That's pretty much all I can say.
Not a great film, but watchable.
Like many have pointed out, it's not in good taste. It makes you wonder what the director gets up to in his spare time, and you also wonder about his mental health.
It's basically torture porn and I'm sure many would find it vulgar and offensive.
Since I'm in the new generation, I'm pretty laid back by this kind of rubbish.

With all that said, I have ordered the second film, if only out of pure curiousity.
This one was actually a present for my Mother's 50th Birthday!
She asked for it, too!

Thanks for reading my review.

Hope it helps,

Stefan

This is not a film for the squeamish, those of a sensitive condition, or anyone who is eating at the time! However, if you are sick of Hollywood horror with all the knowing, post cultural irony and want genuine, Cronenberg style gross out body horror, this is one for you.

I, if you have read any of my other reviews, will know that I love my Horror, Sci-Fi and Fantasy films and have a large collecion. I'm also a fan of Exploitation and B-Movies.

I had heard & read quite a bit about this film and was interested to see the final result. I'm a bit perplexed. I'm disturbed because there was no real reason or backstory as to why The Doctor does what he does, I wanted a real story behind it. On the other hand the film was certainly not as stomach churning as I was expecting.

Gore isn't everything but I was expecting a more psychological terror. It didn't happen and as a result just felt like the filmakers were just trying to take the 'we are going to gross you out' one notch up from other films. It must take a very weird mind to come up with this without having a reason.

The acting wasn't brilliant, and the film is quite slow in places. Normally I like that approach but, and at the risk of saying it again, because there is no reason for why this is happening it just didn't seem to go anywhere.

Perhaps I've become a little less shockable over the years but had this been released in the 80's it would have immediately been refused a release. Like most of the films that were banned though it doesn't really stand up to all the hype and I only say that in respect that times must have changed because I watched it at 10pm on TV.

If you think this review sounds a little confused, you're right. Yes it's gross but not in the way I was expecting. I'm certainly not sure where the film makers are going to go with the second part other than I've read that there will be more than 3 people attached together. It just sounds like they are going to try and take it further.

This could have been so much 'more' with a better story/ script or had it possibly been taken in a different direction i.e. with a some black humour injected. In the end it just feels like a wasted opportunity.