Human Centipede (2009)

A mad scientist kidnaps and mutilates a trio of tourists in order to reassemble them into a human centipede, created by stitching their mouths to each others' rectums.

Director:

Tom Six

Writer:

Tom Six

Stars:

Dieter Laser, Ashley C. Williams, Ashlynn Yennie

8 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Dieter Laser	...	Dr. Heiter
Ashley C. Williams	...	Lindsay
Ashlynn Yennie	...	Jenny
Akihiro Kitamura	...	Katsuro
Andreas Leupold	...	Det. Kranz
Peter Blankenstein	...	Det. Voller
Bernd Kostrau	...	Dirty Man in Car
Rene de Wit	...	Truck Driver
Sylvia Zidek	...	Hotel Receptionist (voice)
Rosemary Annabella	...	Amy (voice) (as Monica Iconica)
Mauricio d'Orey	...	TV Presenter (voice) (as Maurício d'Orey)

Storyline

Two pretty but ditsy American girls are on a road trip through Europe. In Germany, they end up alone at night with a broken car in the woods. They search for help and find an isolated villa. The next day, they awaken to find themselves trapped in a terrifying makeshift basement hospital along with a Japanese man. An older German man identifies himself as a retired surgeon specialized in separating Siamese twins. However, his three "patients" are not about to be separated but joined together in a horrific operation. He plans to be the first person to connect people via their gastric systems. By doing so, he plans to bring to life his sick lifetime fantasy, the human centipede.

---

Plot Keywords:

mad scientist | surgery | victim | kidnapping | swimming pool | 

---

Taglines:

Stronger Together.

---

Genres:

Horror

---

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing sadistic horror violence, nudity and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Roger Ebert refused to assign this film a star rating for his review (not to be confused with giving it a zero star rating, which he hands out to the very worst films that he sees), saying it does not really matter whether the film is perceived as good or bad. He closed the review by writing, "[The film] is what it is and occupies a world where the stars don't shine."

---

Goofs

Though possible, the ingestion of human excrement would most likely have cause the individual to throw up, thus leading to the individual's demise as they would choke on their own vomit and the excrement.

---

Quotes

[first lines]
Jenny: [speaking on a hotel phone] Hi. Yes, um, I was wondering if I could get driving directions to a nightclub called Bunker. Yes, Bunker. How exactly would I get there?

---

Crazy Credits

Tom Six's dog Nigel is credited under "Edited by" and "Making of edited by" as "NIGEL DE HOND", which is Dutch for "Nigel the dog".

---

Connections

Referenced in Phelous & the Movies: Drive Phru (2011)

User Reviews

For a low budget movie it's got legs

Well, where to start? Sat down and watched this after being told you have to see this to believe it. What did they mean? It'll make you sick, it'll make you turn your eyes away. I was very intrigued. I have been watching horror movies since my teens at the cinema and even earlier if I include the Hammer Horrors on late night TV.

So I like to think I know a decent Horror when I see one. I am so used to the hype around these movies. I used to fall for the tag lines 'scariest movie ever' etc etc etc. More often than not deflated and let down at the failure of all the claims made in advertisements. Which means in recent years I have become picky about what horrors to watch.

Did The Human Centipede live up to the hype. As far as I am concerned on many levels it did. I thought I was going to hate it. Once you get over the extremely twisted premise of an evil doctor attaching humans together in a very disgusting way. This is a really good little low budget Horror. There I said it. I liked this. There is nearly no gore, most of the horror is built in the imagination, in the tense build up and a genuine sympathy for the victims of the mad doctor. Oh.... and what a mad doctor he is, scary, sadistic, and as mad as the maddest hatter! This movie achieves a certain sense of foreboding and dark oppressiveness that big budget horrors never manage.

OK, I agree the premise is totally bizarre but it is a horror movie and it makes a great change from the usual slasher movies and supernatural flicks. In a few years this will be regarded as a great example of tense thrilling and yes horrific filmmaking.

Details

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

English German Japanese

Release Date:

28 April 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Human Centipede

Filming Locations:

Naarden, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Box Office

Budget:

EUR1,500,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$12,424, 2 May 2010

Gross USA:

$181,467

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$325,113

Company Credits

Production Co:

Six Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1 / (high definition)