The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
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- Directed by
- Tom Six
- Written by
- Tom Six
- Produced by
- Tom Six
Why it’s HorroRated
The Human Centipede is a film built almost entirely around the horror of anticipation. Tom Six understands that the idea is more disturbing than any explicit depiction could be and he uses that gap productively. Dieter Laser as Dr. Heiter gives a performance that takes the material completely seriously. A film that earned its notoriety.
Synopsis
Dr. Heiter abducts three travelers and subjects them to a procedure he has apparently been developing in theory for some time. Tom Six builds the film almost entirely around a single idea and the audience's anticipation and experience of that idea. The concept is more disturbing than the execution, which is probably the honest thing to say about it.
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Quick facts
- Release date
- October 31, 2009
- Runtime
- 1 hour 32 mins
- Country
- Netherlands
- Language
- English, Japanese, German
- Content rating
- R
- Entry type
- Movie
Content notes
- Blood and gore
- Violence and peril
- Disturbing themes
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