The Human Centipede (First Sequence)

Name: The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Released: April 28, 2010
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 33
Cast: Ashley C. Williams, Ashlynn Yennie, Dieter Laser

2010

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IFC Films | Release Date: April 28, 2010 | Not Rated

Starring: Ashley C. Williams, Ashlynn Yennie, Dieter Laser

Summary: During a stopover in Germany in the middle of a carefree roadtrip through Europe, two American girls find themselves alone at night when their car breaks down in the woods. Searching for help at a nearby villa, they are wooed into the clutches of a deranged retired surgeon who explains his mad scientific vision to his captives’ utterDuring a stopover in Germany in the middle of a carefree roadtrip through Europe, two American girls find themselves alone at night when their car breaks down in the woods. Searching for help at a nearby villa, they are wooed into the clutches of a deranged retired surgeon who explains his mad scientific vision to his captives’ utter horror. They are to be the subjects of his sick lifetime fantasy: to be the first to connect people, one to the next, via their gastric system, and in doing so bring to life 'the human centipede'. (IFC Films)

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Director: Tom Six

Genre(s): Drama, Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 92 min

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Owen Gleiberman

Unlike its obvious influence, the 1999 Japanese shocker "Audition," The Human Centipede has no real-world echoes. It's an only-in-the-movies sick goof. Read full review

Karina Longworth

Centipede plays on the notion that the only thing more frightening than death is a state bridging life and death, in which, though one's body is no longer his own to control, the mind remains conscious. Read full review

V.A. Musetto

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. Read full review

J.R. Jones

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." Read full review

Wesley Morris

Tom Six's movie has the freakiness and sadism of its genre, but it's so heavy with self-appreciation -- Dude, we had the craziest premise for a movie! -- that it can't lift off into the perverse ecstasy of decent exploitation. That was also the problem with "Snakes on a Plane.'' Read full review

Peter DeBruge

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. Read full review

Michael Ordona

There are terrible movies and there are loathsome movies. And then there's that rare breed so idiotic, exploitative and sickening one wishes they could be scrubbed from memory. The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is such a specimen. Would that I had 100 legs to kick it. Read full review

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Sunshine

Nov 9, 2010

This movie is definitely for the "horror film junkie" It's been along time since I've seen a movie that made me insist on others watching. You just have to have an appreciation for B movie horror that will literally make you gag, but also has really funny moments. It ROCKS!

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TooLRooL

Jan 5, 2011

Tell you what. If you don't like this then you don't 'get' the whole body-horror genre, and David Cronenberg may as well have made 'Boo!' films like Halloween. Watch the film, which is deliberately minimalist, and imagine yourself in the middle-girl's position. That's why the film works.Tell you what. If you don't like this then you don't 'get' the whole body-horror genre, and David Cronenberg may as well have made 'Boo!' films like Halloween. Watch the film, which is deliberately minimalist, and imagine yourself in the middle-girl's position. That's why the film works. This is a horror movie which reaches inside you and twists and tugs at your primal fears, not just the fears that occupy your conscious mind. This is true horror, which didn't even need gore to work. This film is more Clive Barker than Steven King, and I can give it no higher praise than that.… Expand

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MrThehammer171

Jun 5, 2013

holy crap was this movie messed up and crazy and how does some one think of this and they people could do this that its surgical true thats pretty freaky and i want to watch the second then the 3rd when that comes out

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ErikTheCritic

Oct 14, 2018

Terrible. Disgusting. Ridiculous. Those are the first three words that comes to mind. This whole damn thing is just a sick-minded mess.

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KaptainHutchino

Dec 12, 2013

If you are deciding whether or not to watch it, don't watch it. While not as gruesome as I thought it would be, proves that a plot based off one gross-out idea can get tedious. Earns it's points for acting. Also, I won't be going to Germany any time soon.

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lilkillpappy

Jan 16, 2011

This movie could have been a 10, but since the doctor gets off with a painless death I must say its the biggest pile of crap ever made. I hate Tom Six!!!!

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TheBeastReviews

Apr 7, 2011

This movie is my **** nightmare! Do not watch this movie, spare yourselves from the mental scarring that this movie will inflict upon you. Ever since I have watched this movie I have not been able to get my full nights rest. The image of the human centipede was, and still is, stuck in myThis movie is my **** nightmare! Do not watch this movie, spare yourselves from the mental scarring that this movie will inflict upon you. Ever since I have watched this movie I have not been able to get my full nights rest. The image of the human centipede was, and still is, stuck in my head. I seriously regret watching this movie. Please do yourselves a favour, and do not watch this movie. You will be thanking me for my advice for the rest of your lives. I wish I could invent a time machine to just erase the very thought of this movie from my head. I get the chills just thinking about the movie. Please, just don't watch this movie. I think I'm going to catch Hannah Montana from the Disney Channel. Have a nice day everyone.… Expand

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