After having accidentally stumbled upon the trailer for The Human Centipede on Apple trailers I finally managed to get a copy of it yesterday. Allowing for a full 24 hours to process what I had seen. I now feel obliged to provide a review.
The scene is set in a motel (somewhere) in Germany for two good time party girls travelling round Europe to hit a nightclub in the middle of the countryside...wait what? Yes in the middle of the COUNTRYSIDE.
At this point I thought I have made a major mistake and I am in for an extremely pointless B movie horror experience.
Well without giving too much away this little gem actually does the business. Moments of sheer camp hilarity thanks to a brilliantly nuanced performance by the wonderfully named (and talented) Dieter Laser as Doctor Heiter. Fine screaming, tears and pleading from the female leads and a frankly impressive turn from Akihiro Kitamura as the Japanses tourist.
The gore was not overwhelming and the surgical scenes were not as unpleasant as I had anticipated but the unsettling tone and aforementioned camp hilarity mixed to give an altogether different experience.
Think Takashi Miike meets David Cronenberg and you will have a notion of the body horror fetishism the director is aiming for.
The proposed sequels will hopefully elevate this to the horror franchise status that so many other films have undeservedly received.
The scene is set in a motel (somewhere) in Germany for two good time party girls travelling round Europe to hit a nightclub in the middle of the countryside...wait what? Yes in the middle of the COUNTRYSIDE.
At this point I thought I have made a major mistake and I am in for an extremely pointless B movie horror experience.
Well without giving too much away this little gem actually does the business. Moments of sheer camp hilarity thanks to a brilliantly nuanced performance by the wonderfully named (and talented) Dieter Laser as Doctor Heiter. Fine screaming, tears and pleading from the female leads and a frankly impressive turn from Akihiro Kitamura as the Japanses tourist.
The gore was not overwhelming and the surgical scenes were not as unpleasant as I had anticipated but the unsettling tone and aforementioned camp hilarity mixed to give an altogether different experience.
Think Takashi Miike meets David Cronenberg and you will have a notion of the body horror fetishism the director is aiming for.
The proposed sequels will hopefully elevate this to the horror franchise status that so many other films have undeservedly received.
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