Gives the phrase "eat shit and die" (and the term "ass to mouth") a whole new meaning.
Randall: You've never gone ass-to-mouth?
Dante: You
never go ass-to-mouth!
BRAIN BLEACH WARNING: Just
reading about
The Human Centipede could make you wish you hadn't. Those of a sensitive disposition should
stop now before it's too late.
We mean it; the "centipede" here doesn't just refer to a human with too many limbs.
You Have Been Warned.
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Still with us? Well, don't say we didn't warn you.
In 2010's
The Human Centipede: First Sequence (directed by Tom Six), two young American tourists, Lindsay and Jenny, find themselves traveling through Germany when they
get a flat tire. They stop for help at the house of
Dr. Josef Heiter (
Dieter Laser), a surgeon who specializes in separating conjoined twins — and a man
with a vision. We'll let you get a cold drink and a comfy seat before we share
his vision with you. If you like to drink alcohol, make your drink a
stiff one.
Ready? Okay, here we go.
Heiter seems to have read
Franken Fran a lot — especially the second chapter. He dreams of taking separate individuals and stitching them together to
create a "human centipede" that shares a single digestive tract. (Take a minute to let that sink in if you need to.) For the sanity of our readers, we will not describe how he plans to accomplish his goal here, but to bottom line it: Lindsay, Jenny, and a
Japanese Tourist named Katsuro have just become his first test subjects.
Billed as "100% medically accurate,"
The Human Centipede gained plenty of early attention from horror fans and sites due to its
depraved premise. (Riding on a wave of graphic European horror films helped the film, too.) The film often receives a mixed reaction from horror fans who can stomach watching it: some believe it went to amazing lengths with its premise, while others feel it relied too heavily on
Body Horror at the expense of scaring viewers.
The film found enough success at festivals around the world to warrant a
sequel. 2011's
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence), filmed and set in England — where the ratings board
banned the uncut version until the filmmakers cut almost three minutes of footage — centers around a
Psychopathic Manchild named Martin who becomes obsessed enough with the
first film to try and imitate it. Tom Six says the sequel makes the original film look like
My Little Pony; judging by people's reactions to the finished product, the sentiment comes off as legit. While the filmmakers billed the first film as "100% medically accurate", Six described the sequel as "100%
medically inaccurate".
Six allegedly has plans for a third movie, but given reports of
a falling out
between Six and actor Dieter Laser, it may not get off the ground.
The films somehow spawned a
light-hearted porn parody,
The Human Sexipede, and inspired the Season 15 premiere of
South Park ("HUMANCENTiPAD"). Someone also got the bright idea to make a
Screen-to-Stage Adaptation in
Human Centipede The Musical.
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