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The Human Centipede

Play trailer Poster for The Human Centipede R Released Apr 30, 2010 1h 30m Horror Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Andrea Hubert NME (New Musical Express) Psychologically indelible nastiness. Rated: 3/5 May 19, 2021 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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‎ ‎ This is gross and twisted, but it gets a mark up for its incredible effects, and acting from lead antagonist Dieter Laser. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/20/24 Full Review Richard B I mean what is there to say it is just bad Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/29/24 Full Review 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 Full Review NIKOLAOS C awesome family movie 5/5 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/29/24 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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