“The Human Centipede”

Director: Tom Six (2009)

Writer: Tom Six

The Human Centipede

       Randomly selected to be part of an experiment to be turned into “The Human Centipede” may have some people confused and aware about what that means or how this particular experiment was going to work.  Not knowing what this movie was about and after hearing so many people talk about how disturbing it was, watching this particular film was on the top priority of movies to watch. 

What was so disturbing about the “Human Centipede?” After watching all seven “Saw” movies, there aren’t any movies out there that gets more disturbing than those films. As the movie is playing out and still not understanding what the director meant by the term “human centipede” the anticipation and anxiety became overwhelming. Then came the one scene where the mad scientist Dr. Heiter, played by Dieter Laser, comes and explains to his three victims that he was going to turn them into his new pet; a human centipede. He would create this human centipede by stitching their mouths to each others’ rectums. Disturbed and appalled that someone had the audacity to write a story that had to do with people physically being connected by the mouth to an anus of some random person, is enough to make someone vomit. Not to mention the lack of sanitation it is to be attached to a person in that manner. 

Trying so hard to not push the stop button and turn to something more cheerful, finishing the movie was something that needed to be done. Plus what was the ending to be like? Just as predicted, the ending was just as bad as the idea of making humans into a centipedes. Cops came looking for the three victims. Dr. Heiter and the two cops got into a physical altercation with each other and both the two cops and the scientist ended up dying. No one came to the three victims rescue, because the movie just ended with the cops and Dr. Heiter dying. The chances of recommending this movie to a person is slim to none. The plot in itself is horrific but on top of that the actress and actors in this film, made the movie that much worse. 

Comparing “The Human Centipede” as being more horrific than the Saw movies, some people may disagree. With all seven “Saw” movies, they made people think, and it kept the audience engaged. There was a true story line that gave viewers wanting more and anxious to see the sequels. “The Human Centipede,” there was no reason or explanation to why this doctor wanted to conduct this particular experiment. The film “The Human Centipede had no beginning, middle, or end. It was very choppy and had horrible transitions. It was just wasn’t a movie that should have ever been made, or have a sequel to it.