The Human Centipede

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The Human Centipede

R

Released Apr 30, 2010

1h 30m

Horror

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A deranged surgeon (Dieter Laser) plans to make his morbid fantasy come true by suturing three people together through their gastric systems.

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Critics Consensus

Grotesque, visceral and hard to (ahem) swallow, this surgical horror doesn't quite earn its stripes because the gross-outs overwhelm and devalue everything else.

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

[The sequel] is already in the can. Which is where many of us will be, seeking relief for emetically affected stomachs.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 26, 2010

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

It scales the heights of yuckiness. It places a flag on a hitherto undreamt-of Everest-peak of offensiveness.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 20, 2010

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Sukhdev Sandhu

Daily Telegraph (UK)

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to take three human beings and sew them all together via their digestive tracts? Wonder no longer!

Rated: 2/5

Aug 20, 2010

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Notable only for the sheer oddity behind its concept, The Human Centipede (First Sequence) is not a horror movie that wants to scare you. Instead, it wants to leave you with a sense of revulsion.

Rated: 1/4

Aug 18, 2023

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Andrea Hubert

NME (New Musical Express)

Psychologically indelible nastiness.

Rated: 3/5

May 19, 2021

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

The simple truth is that the selling point, beyond the obvious novelty of the entire situation, is the freakish yet disturbing performance of Dieter Laser.

Rated: 2.0/4.0

Sep 11, 2020

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Audience Member

I love Dieter Laser's acting here. I really like the concept for the movie, and how unique is it. I love everything about this movie. A little off topic, but I'm really sad that the graphic novel didn't come out.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/10/24

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NIKOLAOS C

awesome family movie 5/5

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/29/24

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Bella D

The actual movie is not as bad as the reviews make it seem, I thought it would be a hard watch but watched with a straight face the whole time. The ending was sad, but it was an amazing movie!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/28/24

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Audience Member

It’s not even that scary or gross. It’s just plain hard to watch humans be treated like dogs.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

10/26/24

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Cliona M

Disgusting! I had to turn it off. Just disgusting. The director Tom disgusting weirdo Six should be sectioned. I now have to erase that memory which will take time. I'm actually angry that I had to see that.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/06/24

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Leslie H

This film is the epitome of “disturbing”. It’s not jumps scare horror, it’s not slasher horror…. It’s a fiendishly slow psychological disturbance that simply doesn’t let up. The horror of “knowing what’s coming” that usually tanks a movie, makes this movie that much more uneasy. Without any doubt, this movie is my answer to “Most Disturbing movie you ever watched”.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/19/24

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Synopsis

A deranged surgeon (Dieter Laser) plans to make his morbid fantasy come true by suturing three people together through their gastric systems.

Director: Tom Six
Producer: Ilona Six, Tom Six
Screenwriter: Tom Six
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Six Entertainment
Rating: R (Nudity|Language|Sadistic Horror Violence)
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 30, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 27, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $181.5K
Runtime: 1h 30m

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