Human Centipede (The First Sequence) [2010] 2.5/5

Human Centipede (The First Sequence) [2010]

A doctor (Dieter Laser), living in an isolated area in the German countryside maintains a lab where he conducts experiments of forcibly conjoining human beings. Also with Ashley C. Williams, Ashlynn Yennie and Akihiro Kitamura. Directed by Tom Six. Some in German and Japanese with English subtitles. [1:28 - R]

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DUELING CRITICS

	"Never as explicit as a Saw or Hostel film, Centipede disarms the viewer with comedy early on, then swiftly shifts into the sh*t (literally and figuratively), managing to maintain a steady aura of stomach-churning dread through the end purely from performance and suggestion."
- Karina Longworth

	"...About half way through The Human Centipede, I thought long and hard about whether I wanted to be in the theater anymore. You might assume that’s because of the film’s gross out concept, but it’s actually because the film exhibits terrible writing, directing and execution for a full hour and a half runtime."
- Cole Abaius

CRITICAL CONSENSUS

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