Centipede! (2004)

A group of cave explorers are menaced by giant centipedes.

Director:

Gregory Gieras

Writer:

Gregory Gieras

Stars:

Larry Casey, Margaret Cash, Trevor Murphy

Cast

Credited cast:
Larry Casey	...	David Stone
Margaret Cash	...	Sara
Trevor Murphy	...	Jake
George Foster	...	Dirk Doggett
Matthew Pohlson	...	Owen
Danielle Kirlin	...	Zoe
Steve Herd	...	Matt
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Suresh Gera	...	Deputy Inspector Vijay
Kiran Gonsalves	...	Geologist
Nick Goodman	...	Butler
Anuj Gurwara	...	Ravi
Sue Hainsworth	...	Professor
Rekha	...	Rekha
Charan Saluja	...	Inspector Kumar
Satish Sharma	...	Kafi

Storyline

David Stone, his ex-girlfriend, Sara, and six other youth, five men, one with a morbid fear of bugs, and a woman, decide to go to the Shankali, Hyderabad, India to explore an underground cave. At the outskirts of the city, they are met by their tourist guide, Kafi, and taken several miles underground. This is where their trip will turn into an nightmare as an underground quake will block their return path, virtually burying them amongst giant centipedes.

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Taglines:

Evil Comes In Many Sizes

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for creature violence and brief strong language

Details

Official Sites:

production company site

Country:

USA

Release Date:

6 November 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

Fonika entoma

Filming Locations:

India

Box Office

Budget:

$500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

San Diego Films, Shoreline Entertainment, Usha Kiron Movies

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

Aside from the question of why a spelunking group is carrying a flare gun in the first place, when Sara shoots a pursuing centipede in the mouth, it falls back into the water and the flare extinguishes. Flares carry their own oxygen supply, somewhat like solid-fuel rockets do, and are fully capable of staying lit underwater or in rainy conditions.

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Connections

Referenced in Death Row (2007)

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Soundtracks

"To the Dance"
Written by Alex Menck and Alex Flores
Performed by Pinguinopolis

User Reviews

Jesus wept...and so did I.

I guess it's time all sci-fi/horror/fantasy fans rose up and seized control of the SF Channel. The current directorate is certainly doing such a lousy job that even a committee could do better. I mean, a long line of incredibly foul made-for-TV movies--of which 'Centipede!' is the latest--is NOT the reason I continue to pay 60-some-odd bucks a month for cable. I can hardly wait to see how SFC mangles 'The Wizard of Earthsea'; maybe Ursula K can be our new commissar.

Okay, okay, I should know better by now. In all my years of viewing these kind of flicks (damn near a half-century), I've resigned myself to the fact that most of the genre is not going to be 'Lord of the Rings', 'Star Wars' or 'Clockwork Orange'. But is that any excuse to not at least attempt the production values of moderately well-done mainstream movies? You don't need big bucks, just a measure of talent. None here, I'm afraid...or if there was, it was exceptionally well-hidden.

Take special effects; they had to be kidding. Were those sock puppets? I've seen more believable animation at a Punch and Judy show.

And plot? A bunch of kids celebrate one of their group's pending marriage by going caving in a really deep cavern system, and end up getting eaten by giant centipedes. Oh, yeah; and they got this device that tracks individual transponders ($129.95 at Radio Shack) that each one carries, so that when one of the kids gets noshed, the survivors can--SURPRISE!--actually track the monsters! Hoo-hah! With such clever originality, how could you ask for more?

Might as well forget character development, too. This is one of those rare movies where absolutely NO one is sympathetic. I wanted them all--even the native comic-relief, with his politically-incorrect 'funny Indian' accent--to DIE HORRIBLY. Unfortunately, they didn't--die horribly, that is.

They just died. And so did the flick.

I can say one good thing about 'Centipede!', though; it's over, and I'm not watching it any longer.