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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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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lily g

Not gonna lie I watched this a while back and it gave me insane nightmares. Watched it again with a friend, we are now both extremely traumatized. If you wanna cry yourself to sleep thinking about this sadist man, I’d say go for it.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/24/25

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Jenna J

Whoever made this moive you are sooo werid what is this how did it get 47% rotton tomatoes. Who liked this moive if i could give this a score I would give it 0/10 why did you make this moive and why would you star in it why would you see the script and say wow this looks like a good moive why just why. And the fact they made another moive just why and i thought snow white was bad but this just nooooo don't watch this don't even watch the tralier its not worth it its better not knowing what this moive is.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/14/25

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Horror fan 4

Not nearly as bad as people say. The sequels on the other hand is another thing. Tim Treakle

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/11/25

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Craig H

Some really bad acting, the girls acted better once their mouths where attached to assholes. The villain was an awful, awful human and he deserved a much worse death. Middle of the road, albeit fairly entertaining gross horror movie

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/21/25

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nailea a

perfect for family watch!! bring your parents, siblings, grandparents, cousins, your friends, your partners or even your side chick!! perfect movies to traumatize them!

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/16/25

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Obi-wan K

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/20/25

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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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